• 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국태양에너지학회 2009년도 춘계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.102-108
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• 2009

Fossil power plants firing lower grade coals or equipped with modified system for NOx controls are challenged with maintaining good combustion conditions while maximizing generation and minimizing emissions. In many cases significant derate, availability losses and increase in unburned carbon levels can be attributed to poor combustion conditions as a result of poorly controlled local fuel and air distribution within the boiler furnace. In order to develop a on-line combustion tuning system, field test was conducted at operating power boiler. During the field test the exhaust gases' $O_2$, NOx and CO was monitored by using a spatially distributed monitoring grid located in the boiler's high temperature vestibule and upper convective back-pass region. At these locations, the flue gas flow is still significantly stratified, and air in-leakage is minimal which enables tracing of poor combustion zones to specific burners and over-fire air ports. using these monitored information we can improving combustion at every point within the furnace, therefore the boiler can operate at reduced excess $O_2$ and gas temperature deviation, reduced furnace exit gas temperature levels while also reducing localized hot spots, corrosive gas conditions, slag or clinker formation and UBC. Benefits include improving efficiency, reducing NOx emissions, increasing output and maximizing availability. Discussion concerning the reduction of greenhouse gases is prevalent in the world. When taking a practical approach to addressing this problem, the best way and short-term solution to reduce greenhouse gases on coal-fired power plants is to improve efficiency. From this point of view the real time optimized combustion tuning approach is the most effective and implemented with minimal cost.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.45-52
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• 2009

Fossil power plants firing lower grade coals or equipped with modified system for $NO_x$ controls are challenged with maintaining good combustion conditions while maximizing generation and minimizing emissions. In many cases significant derate, availability losses and increase in unburned carbon levels can be attributed to poor combustion conditions as a result of poorly controlled local fuel and air distribution within the boiler furnace. In order to develop a on-line combustion tuning system, field test was conducted at operating power boiler. During the field test the exhaust gases' $O_2,\;NO_x$ and CO was monitored by using a spatially distributed monitoring grid located in the boiler's high temperature vestibule and upper convective rear pass region. At these locations, the flue gas flow is still significantly stratified, and air in-leakage is minimal which enables tracing of poor combustion zones to specific burners and over-fire air ports. using these monitored information we can improving combustion at every point within the furnace, therefore the boiler can operate at reduced excess $O_2$ and gas temperature deviation, reduced furnace exit gas temperature levels while also reducing localized hot spots, corrosive gas conditions, slag or clinker formation and UBC. Benefits include improving efficiency, reducing $NO_x$ emissions, increasing output and maximizing availability. Discussion concerning the reduction of greenhouse gases is prevalent in the world. When taking a practical approach to addressing this problem, the best way and short-term solution to reduce greenhouse gases on coal-fired power plants is to improve efficiency. From this point of view the real time optimized combustion tuning approach is the most effective and implemented with minimal cost.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.1768-1789
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• 2015

The maximal signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (Max-SINR) algorithm for interference alignment (IA) has received considerable attention for its high sum rate achievement in the multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) interference channel. However, its complexity may increase dramatically when the number of users approaches the IA feasibility bound, and the number of iterations and computational time may become unacceptable. In this paper, we study the properties of the Max-SINR algorithm thoroughly by presenting theoretical insight into the algorithm and by providing the potential of reducing the overall computational cost. Furthermore, a novel IA algorithm based on the principle direction search is proposed, which can converge more rapidly than the conventional Max-SINR method. In the proposed algorithm, it searches along the principle direction, which is found to approximately point to the convergence values, and can approach the convergence solutions rapidly. In addition, the closed-form solution of the optimal step size can be formulated in the sense of minimal interference leakage. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm outperforms the conventional minimal interference leakage and Max-SINR algorithms in terms of the convergence rate while guaranteeing the high throughput of IA networks.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제22권9호
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• pp.82-87
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• 2008

국내 택배시장은 과거 몇 개의 업체에서 독점해왔으나 현재는 대기업들과 수많은 중소기업들이 참여하고 있어 경쟁이 심화되고 있다. 우편물의 신속한 배송과 운송비용의 최소화는 매우 중요하며 이를 위하여 운송거리의 최단 거리화가 우선 필요하다. 본 논문은 전국의 주요 도시에 배치된 우편집중국을 기하적으로 가장 짧게 연결하는 교환 센터의 최적 위치를 찾는 방법을 제시한다. 송전계통의 routing, 배전선로망의 최적화 등에 이용되고 있는 Steiner Tree이론을 최단거리 우편물 운송망 구축에 적용하였다. Steiner Tree이론으로부터 선정된 위치에 교환센터를 설치할 경우, 운송비를 절감하여 경영수지를 개선할 뿐 아니라 신속한 배달을 최우선으로 하는 택배 시장에서 우위를 점할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다. Steiner Tree 이론은 차기 초고압 선로를 최단거리로 연결하는 전력소의 위치선정 등에도 활용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제18권10호
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• pp.2375-2381
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• 2014

FIR 필터의 계수가 CSD(canonic signed digit) 형식으로 표현되고 계수 당 0이 아닌 자릿수가 매우 적다면 적은 하드웨어 비용으로 고속 필터링을 수행할 수 있다. 주어진 주파수 응답 특성을 따르며 최소의 0이 아닌 부호자릿수(signed digit)를 갖는 CSD 형식의 FIR 필터 계수를 설계하는 문제는 목표 주파수 응답과의 최대 오차를 최소화하는 희소한 0이 아닌 부호자릿수 계수를 찾는 문제와 같다. 본 논문에서는 FIR 필터의 무곱셈 초고속 구현을 위해 압축센싱 기법에 기반을 둔 CSD 형식의 계수 설계 알고리듬을 제안한다. 탐욕(greedy) 방법을 채용한 본 알고리듬에서는 매 반복단계에서 잔차 신호를 구성하는 가장 큰 크기의 atom을 선택하고, 그 atom의 계수를 나타내는 가장 큰 부호자리를 찾아 FIR 필터의 계수를 갱신한다. 설계 예를 통해 평균적으로 탭 당 두 번 이하의 덧셈만으로 목표 주파수 응답에 근접한 FIR 필터링을 수행할 수 있음을 확인하였고, 이는 적은 하드웨어 비용으로 고속 필터링 구현에 적합하다.

• Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering
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• 제35권12호
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• pp.2327-2335
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• 2018

Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) is an important chemical process that is widely used to produce valuable petrochemical products by cracking heavier components. However, many difficulties exist in modeling the FCC process due to its complexity. In this study, a dynamic process model of a FCC process is suggested and its structural observability is analyzed. In the process modeling, yield function for the kinetic model of the riser reactor was applied to explain the product distribution. Hydrodynamics, mass balance and energy balance equations of the riser reactor and the regenerator were used to complete the modeling. The process model was tested in steady-state simulation and dynamic simulation, which gives dynamic responses to the change of process variables. The result was compared with the measured data from operating plaint. In the structural analysis, the system was analyzed using the process model and the process design to identify the structural observability of the system. The reactor and regenerator unit in the system were divided into six nodes based on their functions and modeling relationship equations were built based on nodes and edges of the directed graph of the system. Output-set assignment algorithm was demonstrated on the occurrence matrix to find observable nodes and variables. Optimal locations for minimal addition of measurements could be found by completing the whole output-set assignment algorithm of the system. The result of this study can help predict the state more accurately and improve observability of a complex chemical process with minimal cost.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제13권11호
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• pp.47-58
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• 2015

Purpose - This study aims to seek determinants of department store sales commission rates under consignment contracts based on transaction cost theory, the power-dependence view, and the resource-based view. A consignment contract is a unique contract where the retailer, over a given period, takes possession of goods owned by a supplier, promotes the sales of these goods, and receives a profit share from their sales. Under this contract, the supplier owns the goods until they are sold. In department stores in South Korea, over 70% of overall sales comes through consignment contracts. In other words, this is the most popular contract agreement between large retailers and vendors in South Korea. Consignment contracts yield high profits to department stores with minimal sales uncertainty, stock cost, and marketing investment. Many suppliers believe the consignment contract commission rates are too high. However, department stores disagree. They state that the commissions are not high as they generate new value for the suppliers by accumulating up-to-date merchandise and supporting various marketing programs on their behalf. Recently, consignment contracts have been critically examined and scrutinized by politicians, mass media, and the public of Korea. This study further intends to derive implications reflecting both buyer and seller perspectives as well as offer insights to policy makers in making appropriate decisions. Research design, data, and methodology - To verify the proposed research model and test hypotheses, the authors selected 164 suppliers, which currently have relationships with department stores. This study carefully investigated the reliability, content validity, convergent validity, and discriminant validity of the proposed model. The data were analyzed using SPSS 18.0 and AMOS structural equation modeling program Results - For the transaction cost theory and the power-dependence view, the results indicated that product diversity and demand volatility had a positive impact on the sales dependence on a department store. Dependence in turn had a positive effect on the sales commission under the consignment contract. Based on the resource-based view, the department store's marketing capability, the supplier's perception toward merchandising, and supporting activities could enhance the department store's channel leadership in the buyer-seller relationship. Subsequently, the channel leadership had a positive effect on the sales commission. However, product complexity had no relationship with department store dependence. Conclusions - This is the first empirical research that investigates the determinants of sales commissions under consignment contracts in the domestic retail industry. This study reveals several theoretical and practical implications for both marketing scholars and marketers. In terms of theoretical implication, this study integrated and enlarged certain theoretical background, such as transaction cost theory, the power-dependence view, and the resource-based view, to explain the determinants of sales commissions under consignment contracts that include sales revenue. From a business management viewpoint, this research offers useful insights for policy makers by applying two different perspectives, both the manufacturer and the retailer, in terms of the sales commission issue under a consignment contract.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.75-80
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• 2019

Sales of the Korean clothing industry grew to 16.9 percent on-year in 2010, but the growth rate dropped to 3 percent from 2011 to 2016 and the overall market began to slump to 1.1.6 percent in 2017. The competitiveness of clothing companies is also a major sector in logistics capability, and the average logistics cost of domestic clothing companies is 8.3 percent of sales in 2011, higher than the average 8 percent of domestic industries, and 36.4 percent of the total storage cost in 2011, higher than the 28.8 percent share of the total storage cost of domestic companies. As domestic production conditions such as wage hikes and labor disputes worsened in the 1990s, production facilities were rapidly moved overseas, which led many clothing companies to have no production facilities or a minimal production base in Korea and focus on marketing and design capabilities. The total storage capacity and storage efficiency of the logistics center became very important as the products were changed to the form of mass warehousing and small-volume forwarding. Research shows that building column spacing, a model of this research, can affect the amount of hanger rack storage empirically, so for sustainable growth of clothing companies, it is necessary to improve competitiveness in the logistics market by reducing costs and improving efficiency to overcome difficulties in corporate management. Because logistics costs are 8.3 percent and operating profit to sales ratio is 2 percent, it is expected that operating profit will increase by 41.5 percent if logistics costs are reduced by 10 percent. If 10% of storage cost is saved based on storage cost, operating profit is expected to increase by 15% To strengthen the competitiveness of the clothing industry, a reduction in logistics costs is essential. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to provide hints that logistics experts can have empirically small amounts in reducing storage costs through column spacing adjustment of logistics centers that have not been dealt with statistically until now, and to contribute to the continued growth of clothing companies and the development of the domestic logistics industry.

• 한국철도학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.23-37
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• 2007

1964년 일본에서 세계 최초로 개통된 고속철도는 그간 세계교통시장에 큰 영향력을 발휘해 왔다. 역사적으로 고속철도는 국제수송인프라로서 사람과 물자의 신속한 이동을 가능하게 했다는 점에서 로마시대의 도로(Roman Road)와 비슷한 특징을 가지고 있다. 최근 고속철도는 빠른 속도를 바탕으로 높은 경제성과 지속 가능 형 교통체계가 추구하는 환경, 에너지 면에서 편익을 가지고 있어 그 중요성이 더욱 높아지고 있다. 고속철도가 성공한 주요한 요인으로는 높은 수요와 함께 지형적인 여건을 고려한 낮은 건설비용에 있다. 지금까지 고속철도 운영에서 성공한 일본과 프랑스의 경우를 보면 일본은 높은 수송수요, 프랑스는 건설비용을 최소화하는 전략으로 각각 성공을 거두었다. 일본을 대표하는 수요 중심적 고속철도운영모델은 대략 300km~500km 구간에서 1일 10만이상의 승객을 수송하는 모델로 한국 등 동아시아의 국가들이 여기에 해당한다고 하겠다. 한편 프랑스는 수요는 많지 않지만 최소한의 비용으로 건설한 장점을 가지고 있다. 독일의 경우는 건설비용적 측면에서 일본과 프랑스의 중간적인 위치이지만 여객과 화물모두를 취급하여 고속철도의 운영효율을 높이고 있다. 향후 한국, 대만 그리고 중국은 일본의 수요중심적인 고속철도운영모델을 따를 것을로 예상되는데 이는 높은 인구밀도와 고속철도네트워크를 중심으로 밀집한 높은 경제력에 기인한다. 본 논문에서는 Vickerman이 주장한 고속철도는 간선구간에서 1일 4만 명 이상을 수송할 경우 성공적인 모델이 된다는 견해를 한국이나 타이완, 중국의 예를 들어 논증하였다. 마지막으로 본 논문에서는 고속철도가 신선에서 250km/h, 개량 선에서 200km/h의 속도로 운행되고 네트워크 주변에 높은 인구밀도를 가지거나 낮은 비용으로 건설될 경우 성공적으로 운행된다는 사실을 각국의 사례를 통해 증명하였다.

• International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.339-350
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• 2003

In this paper, we propose a simultaneous multithreading (SMT) architecture that improves instruction throughput by exploiting instruction level parallelism (ILP) and thread level parallelism (TLP). The proposed architecture issues and completes instructions belonging to the same thread in exact program order. The issue and completion policy greatly reduces the design complexity and hardware cost of our architecture, compared with others that employ out-of-order issue and completion. On the other hand, when the instructions belong to different threads, the issue and completion orders for those instructions may not necessarily be identical to the fetch order. The processor issues instructions simultaneously from multiple threads to functional units by exploiting ILP and TLP, and by dynamic resource sharing. That parallel execution notably improves performance and resource utilization with minimal additional hardware cost over the conventional superscalar processors. This paper proposes an SMT architecture with grouping as well as one without grouping. Without grouping, all threads dynamically and flexibly share most resources. On the other hand, in the SMT architecture with grouping, in which resources and threads are divided into several groups for design simplification, resources are shared only among threads belonging to the same group as those resources. Simulation results show that our processors with four and eight threads improve performance by three or more times over the conventional superscalar processor with comparable execution resources and policies, and that reasonable grouping reduces the design complexity of SMT processors with little negative effect on performance.