• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권3호
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• pp.873-879
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• 2024

A sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) core has a potential of prompt criticality due to a change of core material distribution during a severe accident, and the resultant energy release has been one of the safety issues of SFRs. In this study, the safety assessment of an unprotected loss-of-flow (ULOF) in a small SFR (SSFR) has been performed using the SIMMER-IV computer code, which couples the models of space- and time-dependent neutronics and multi-component, multi-field thermal hydraulics in three dimensions. The code, therefore, is applicable to the simulations of transient behaviors of extended disrupted core material motion and its reactivity effects during the transition phase (TP) of ULOF, including a potential of prompt-criticality power excursions driven by fuel compaction. Several conservative assumptions are used in the TP analysis by SIMMER-IV. It was found out that one of the important mechanisms that drives the reactivity-inserting fuel motion was sodium vapor pressure resulted from a fuel-coolant interaction (FCI), which itself was non-energetic local phenomenon. The uncertainties relating to FCI is also evaluated in much conservative way in the sensitivity analysis. From this study, the ULOF characteristics in an SSFR have been understood. Occurrence of recriticality events under conservative assumptions are plausible, but their energy releases are limited.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.555-567
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• 2013

An Remote Corrosion Monitoring (RCM) system consists of an anode with low potential, the metallic structures against corrosion, an electrode to provide reference potential, and a data-acquisition system to ensure the potential difference for anticorrosion. In more detail, the data-acquisition (DAQ) system monitors the potential difference between the metallic structures and a reference electrode to identify the correct potential level against the corrosion of the infrastructures. Then, the measured data are transmitted to a central office to remotely keep track of the status of the corrosion monitoring (CM) system. To date, the RCM system is designed to achieve low power consumption, so that it can be simply powered by batteries. However, due to memory effect and the limited number of recharge cycles, it can entail the maintenance fee or sometimes cause failure to protect the metallic structures. To address this issue, the low-overhead energy harvesting circuitry for the RCM systems has designed to replenish energy storage elements (ESEs) along with redeeming the leakage of supercapacitors. Our developed energy harvester can scavenge the ambient energy from the corrosion monitoring environments and store it as useful electrical energy for powering local data-acquisition systems. In particular, this paper considers the energy harvesting from potential difference due to galvanic corrosion between a metallic infrastructure and a permanent copper/copper sulfate reference electrode. In addition, supercapacitors are adopted as an ESE to compensate for or overcome the limitations of batteries. Experimental results show that our proposed harvesting schemes significantly reduce the overhead of the charging circuitry, which enable fully charging up to a 350-F supercapacitor under the low corrosion power of 3 mW (i.e., 1 V/3 mA).

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.11-18
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• 2016

The local wind systems in the Pohang region were categorized into wind sectors. Still, thorough knowledge of wind resource assessment, wind environment analysis, and atmospheric environmental impact assessment was required since the region has outstanding wind resources, it is located on the path of typhoon, and it has large-scale atmospheric pollution sources. To overcome the resolution limitation of meteorological dataset and problems of categorization criteria of the preceding studies, the high-resolution wind resource map of the Korea Institute of Energy Research was used as time-series meteorological data; the 2-step method of determining the clustering coefficient through hierarchical clustering analysis and subsequently categorizing the wind sectors through non-hierarchical K-means clustering analysis was adopted. The similarity of normalized time-series wind vector was proposed as the Euclidean distance. The meteor-statistical characteristics of the mean vector wind distribution and meteorological variables of each wind sector were compared. The comparison confirmed significant differences among wind sectors according to the terrain elevation, mean wind speed, Weibull shape parameter, etc.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.571-579
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• 2022

본 연구는 부산·울산·경남 지역의 관광호텔을 대상으로 에너지사용량과 이들의 개별적인 호텔특성 및 입지특성 간의 관계를 실증분석하였다. 복합적인 관계식 도출을 위해 다중회귀모형에서부터 다수준회귀분석(multi-level regression analysis)으로 모형을 확장하였고, 이를 통해 건축물의 개별적인 특성만을 고려한 대부분의 선행연구에서 나아가 호텔이 위치한 지역의 입지적 특성과 호텔-지역 간 위계적 구조를 고려하여 좀 더 개선된 모형을 도출하였다. 분석결과에 따르면, 호텔의 규모, 연한, 서비스 등급과 같은 개별적인 특성은 에너지사용량을 설명하는 주요 변수이고, 그들의 영향은 지역적으로 유의한 차이를 보이는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 중심상업지에 인접하거나 다수의 관광호텔이 밀집한 지역에 위치할수록 에너지사용량은 달라지는 것으로 나타났으며, 이러한 입지특성 또한 개별호텔의 에너지사용량을 설명함에 있어 주요한 요인임을 확인하였다. 이와 같은 결과는 건축물단위의 에너지정책과 소비수준이 높고 에너지 집약시설이 밀집한 지역에 대한 지역단위의 에너지정책이 함께 고려될 필요성을 시사하며, 관광산업의 지속가능성을 높이기 위한 지역적 책임을 제언한다.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제42권
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• pp.22.1-22.6
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• 2020

Introduction: Facial fractures (FFs) occur after high- and low-energy trauma; differences in associated injuries and outcomes have not been well articulated. Objective: To compare the epidemiology, management, and outcomes of patients suffering FFs from high-energy and low-energy mechanisms. Methods: We conducted a 6-year retrospective local trauma registry analysis of adults aged 18-55 years old that suffered a FF treated at the Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. Fracture patterns, concomitant injuries, procedures, and outcomes were compared between patients that suffered a high-energy mechanism (HEM: motor vehicle crash, bicycle crash, auto versus pedestrian, falls from height > 20 feet) and those that suffered a low-energy mechanism (LEM: assault, ground-level falls) of injury. Results: FFs occurred in 123 patients, 25 from an HEM and 98 from an LEM. Rates of Le Fort (HEM 12% vs. LEM 3%, P = 0.10), mandible (HEM 20% vs. LEM 38%, P = 0.11), midface (HEM 84% vs. LEM 67%, P = 0.14), and upper face (HEM 24% vs. LEM 13%, P = 0.217) fractures did not significantly differ between the HEM and LEM groups, nor did facial operative rates (HEM 28% vs. LEM 40%, P = 0.36). FFs after an HEM event were associated with increased Injury Severity Scores (HEM 16.8 vs. LEM 7.5, P <0.001), ICU admittance (HEM 60% vs. LEM 13.3%, P <0.001), intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) (HEM 52% vs. LEM 15%, P <0.001), cervical spine fractures (HEM 12% vs. LEM 0%, P = 0.008), truncal/lower extremity injuries (HEM 60% vs. LEM 6%, P <0.001), neurosurgical procedures for the management of ICH (HEM 54% vs. LEM 36%, P = 0.003), and decreased Glasgow Coma Score on arrival (HEM 11.7 vs. LEM 14.2, P <0.001). Conclusion: FFs after HEM events were associated with severe and multifocal injuries. FFs after LEM events were associated with ICH, concussions, and cervical spine fractures. Mechanism-based screening strategies will allow for the appropriate detection and management of injuries that occur concomitant to FFs. Type of study: Retrospective cohort study. Level of evidence: Level III.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제25권6_3호
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• pp.1135-1145
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• 2022

Due to increase in concerns related to the climate change, state-wide promotion of the carbon neutrality has been in progress thus far. Smart City could be one of the measures as the initiative to mitigate the missions process. The primary purpose of Smart City can be summarized to be maximization of the social net-beneift to be returned for the local citizens and derivation of the optimal pattern of the energy consumption could belong to one of the elements included in the net-benefit. Currently, the energy consumption by the buildings has been determined to be responsible for the greatest consumption among the sectors considered to be energy-intensive. Moreover, considering the fact that the consumption by operations of HVAC is responsible for nearly 40% in the commercial buildings, it is virtually not possible to optimize schedules for the energy consumption with considerable deliverables from the perspective of the urban planners. Thus, the methods to implement the optimal schedules for the HVAC commissioned with the OHUs were concluded to be the suitable candidate resources for the simulation by EnergyPlus capable of monitoring the thermal changes in each subject space in the present research.

• 산업융합연구
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• 제21권8호
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• pp.51-58
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• 2023

최근 블록체인은 트릴레마를 해결하기 위해 이상적인 분산 신뢰 네트워크를 설계하려고 노력했다. 그러나 일부 국가간 분쟁으로 에너지 분배의 불균형이 발생했고, 현재 비트코인과 같은 블록체인 네트워크가 거래와 채굴을 위해 엄청난 에너지를 소비하고 있다. 기존 연구인 데이터 볼륨 기반 신뢰 모델은 루빈 방식의 신뢰 모델보다 증가하는 블록체인 크기를 더 잘 평가했다. 본 논문에서는 성장하는 블록체인 네트워크의 존속시간, 블록체인 크기 및 거래를 위해 소모된 에너지를 고려하여 블록체인 네트워크의 지속 가능성을 평가하는 확장성 기반 에너지 모델을 제안한다. 또한 수학적 분석을 통해 제안 모델과 기존 모델에 대한 만족도와 최적의 블록체인 크기를 비교한다. 그러므로 제안된 확장성 기반 에너지 모델은 트릴레마를 해결하고 지속 가능성을 검증하는 적절한 블록체인 네트워크를 선택할 수 있는 평가 툴을 제공할 것이다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권3호
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• pp.1066-1080
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• 2024

SMART100 has a containment pressure and radioactivity suppression system (CPRSS) for passive containment cooling system (PCCS). This prevents overheating and over-pressurization of a containment through direct contact condensation in an in-containment refueling water storage tank (IRWST) and wall condensation in a CPRSS heat exchanger (CHX) in an emergency cool-down tank (ECT). The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) constructed scaled-down test facilities, SISTA1 and SISTA2, for the thermal-hydraulic validation of the SMART100 CPRSS. Three separate effect tests were performed using SISTA1 to confirm the heat removal characteristics of SMART100 CPRSS. When the low mass flux steam with or without non-condensable gas is released into an IRWST, the conditions for mitigation of the chugging phenomenon were identified, and the physical variables were quantified by the 3D reconstruction method. The local behavior of the non-condensable gas was measured after condensation inside heat exchanger using a traverse system. Stratification of non-condensable gas occurred in large tank of the natural circulation loop. SISTA2 was used to simulate a small break loss-of-coolant accident (SBLCOA) transient. Since the test apparatus was a metal tank, compensations of initial heat transfer to the material and effect of heat loss during long-term operation were important for simulating cooling performance of SMART100 CPRSS. The pressure of SMART100 CPRSS was maintained below the design limit for 3 days even under sufficiently conservative conditions of an SBLOCA transient.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제19권10호
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• pp.63-70
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• 2014

주어진 이진영상 안에 존재하는 객체를 인식하기 위해서는 영상분할과 패턴정합 과정을 거친다. 영상 내의 이진 객체들이 서로 분리되었다는 조건 하에서는 면적, 경계선의 길이, 또는 그들 사이의 비례 등과 같은 대상 전체의 특징을 기술하는 전역적 특징을 이용해서 객체를 인식할 수 있지만 객체들이 서로에 의해 부분적으로 가리어져 있으면 전역적 특징은 사용될 수 없고 점, 선분 등 객체의 부분을 기술하는 국지적 특징들을 이용해서 인식해야 한다. 본 논문에서는 모델의 경계선상의 곡률이 큰 점들을 추출하여 특징점으로 삼고, 그 가운데 두 점을 택하여 하나의 국지적 특징으로 사용한다. 또한 모델과 입력영상에서 각기 추출된 국지적 특징들을 비교하여 정합함으로써 부분적으로 가려진 객체를 인식하는 방법을 제안하고 있다. 특징점의 쌍으로 표현되는 국지적 특징을 서로 비교함에 있어서 두 점간의 거리와 양 특징점에서의 그래디언트 벡터의 사이 각을 일치시키는데 필요한 탄성변형 에너지를 이용하여 국지적 특징 사이의 유사도를 정의한다. 인식대상 객체 상의 한 특징점의 레이블을 다른 특징점의 레이블들이 얼마나 지지하는 지를 계산함으로써 부분적으로 가려진 객체를 안정적으로 인식하는 방법을 제안한다. Kimia-25 데이터에 대한 실험 결과 최대 클리크 알고리즘의 4.5배의 속도로 동일한 인식률을 얻음을 보였다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제21권7호
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• pp.391-398
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• 2020

프로펠러에 의해 생성된 회전 유동에 의한 손실된 에너지를 일부라도 회복시킨다면 추진효율을 증가시킬 수 있고 선박의 운항에 필요한 연료 소모를 줄일 수 있다. 이러한 목적을 위해 설치되는 장비를 에너지저감 장치라고 하며, 이 중 추진효율을 가장 증대시키는 장치 중 하나가 상반회전 프로펠러 시스템이다. 대형 선박에 상반회전 프로펠러를 장착하기 위해서 우선 해결해야 할 과제는 저널 베어링에 발생하는 평균 압력이 선급 요구 조건을 만족하는 것인데, 국내에서는 현재 이 단계를 극복하지 못해 실용화가 이루어지지 않고 있다. 그 다음 단계는 국부 압력도 낮추어 신뢰성을 높이는 것이다. 본 연구에서는 첫 단계인 평균 압력 문제를 해결하기 위해 상반회전 프로펠러 장착 대상 선박으로 축계의 중량을 줄일 수 있는 선미 형상이 짧은 정유운반선을 선정하였고, 이에 적합한 축계 설계안을 제시하였다. 제시안에 대해 축계 해석을 수행한 결과, 선박에 주로 사용되는 저널 베어링 라이닝 재질(화이트메탈)에 대한 선급 요구 설계기준인 평균 면압 0.8 MPa(8 bar)을 만족함을 확인하였으며, 다음 단계인 국부 압력 감소의 필요성도 확인하였다.