• Journal of the Korean Operations Research and Management Science Society
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.145-162
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• 1997

This paper an analytical model for estimating packet waiting times at stations in the DQDB network, where the most upstream station is saturated. This model is useful in comparing the extreme unfairness which downstream stations experience due to their geographical locations in accessing the medium. Each station is modeled as an M/G/1, where the service time is defined to be the time a packet spends in the transmission buffer. The service time is decomposed into five components, and in turn, the first and second moment of each component are derived in three different modes of operation. Simulation experiments are presented for model validation and results are discussed.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.435-441
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• 2004

A drum bioreactor was used for the treatment of sandy soil contaminated with three kinds of aromatic compounds (phenol, naphthalene, and phenanthrene), and its performance was evaluated in two different operation modes; intermittent and continuous rotation of drum. When the drum bioreactor was operated with one rotation per day, the microbial growth was relatively low, and most of the compounds remaining in soil, except naphthalene of 90 mg/kg dry soil, disappeared mainly due to volatilization. In contrast, when the drum was continuously rotated at 9 rpm (rotation/min), the number of microorganisms was drastically increased and nitrate was consumed for growth as a nitrogen source. Phenol and phenanthrene were removed at rates of 56.7 mg/kg dry soil/day and 3.2 mg/kg dry soil/day, respectively.

• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• v.12 no.E
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• pp.19-28
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• 1996

A pore concensation-based separation technique was studied experimentally using toluene and xylene in a nitrogen stream. The removal rate of toluene and xylene on a microporous ceramic membrane was enhanced by increasing the partial pressure difference across the membrane, but the selectivity was reduced with increasing flux of nitrogen. This was found both in vacuum and pressure modes of operation. The experimental results from this study suggest that the pores mear the inlet portion of the module were filled with the organic solvent while the pores near the exit section of the module were slightly opened as the solvent concentration was depleted along the module. In the case of xylene, the rate of N$_{2}$ permeation was reduced considerably relative to toluene, resulting in a much higher separation gactor. Condensibility of xylene appeared to be higher than that of toluene, the potential for pore condensation-based separation of xylene was also found to be higher than that for toluene.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.1-7
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• 2014

A novel design of a simple circular ring with open-ended monopole antenna for wireless local area network (WLAN) applications is proposed in this article. The proposed antenna consists of an open-ended circular ring and $50-{\Omega}$ microstrip feed-line. The proposed antenna is capable of generating two separate resonant modes with good impedance-matching conditions. A prototype of the proposed antenna is designed, fabricated, and measured. Acceptable agreement between the measurement and simulation results is achieved. Experimental results show that the proposed antenna has operating bandwidths of 1.99-3.04 GHz and 5.08-6.1 GHz with a return loss of less than -10 dB, covering the required bandwidths of the 2.4/5.2/5.8-GHz WLAN standards. This is a microstrip antenna for IEEE 802.11a/b wireless local area networks applications. Meanwhile, the two-dimensional (2D) radiation patterns and three-dimensional (3D) gain performance of the antenna are also observed and discussed.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.353-358
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• 2002

In this paper, improved ZCS-PWM boost converter is proposed. The proposed converter eliminates additional conduction loss of a main switch by flowing circulating current oかy through an auxiliary switch. The operation modes of proposed converter are explained. And design procedure of resonant parameters is established. Experimental results are presented to verify the theoretic analysis of the proposed converter.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1998.11c
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• pp.950-952
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• 1998

DC Arc Plasma was applied in order to convert of hydrocabon fuels (Methane) to hydrogen, which has higher available energy. Plasma can generate very high temperatures with a high degree of control, using electricity. Plasma can be used to produce the pure hydrogen fuel, and has rapid response time. In addition, the use of plasma could provide for a greater variety of operating modes including the posibility of virtual elimination of $CO_2$ production by pyrolytic operation and could obtain byproduct (Carbonblack).

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.123-130
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• 2001

A chevron rubber spring is used in primary suspension system for rail vehicle. The chevron spring support the load carried and reduces vibration and noise in operation of rail vehicle. The computer simulation using the nonlinear finite element analysis program MARC executed to predict and evaluate the load capacity and stiffness for the chevron spring. The appropriate shape and the material properties are proposed to adjust the required characteristics of chevron spring in the three modes of flexibility. Also, several samples of chevron spring are manufactured and experimented. It is shown that the predicted values agree well the results obtained from experiment.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.39-45
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• 1999

This paper presents the current-fed inverter of a TGV-K traction system with thyristor switches using phase control and commutation techniques. The current-fed inverters have two modes of operation which consist of forced commutation and natural commutation. In forced commutation mode, at speed of less than 120km/h, commutation is forced by means of the commutation capacitors and the thyristors. Above 120km/h, the thyristors operate in natural commutation mode. according to the voltages between phases of the motors. In this paper. the power conversion theory of the TGV-K traction system and the control principle of the converter and current-fed inverter are discussed.

• Journal of Applied Reliability
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.114-121
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• 2014

An environmental test has been performed in order to improve the lifetime and reliability of the electrical units on aircraft. However, faults occurring in the field of aircraft have been difficult to predict and prevent, and new concepts for reliability testing are desired. Therefore, a composite reliability test sequence was proposed in the conventional studies. This study introduces test sequence guidelines based on relevant principles and considerations for electronic testing according to International Standard IEC-60068-1 and the United States Military Standard MIL-STD-810G. In addition, we analyze possible causes of failure using two-step QFD based on aircraft operation scenarios. Finally, the proposed test sequence can reproduce various and realistic failure modes for electrical units on aircraft.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.493-500
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• 2015

A flyback converter operates with either pulse width modulation (PWM) or pulse frequency modulation (PFM) control scheme depending on the load current. At light load condition, PFM control is employed to reduce the switching frequency and thereby minimize the switching power loss. For heavier load, PWM control is used to regulate the output voltage of the flyback converter. The flyback controller has been implemented in a $0.35{\mu}m$ BCDMOS process and applied to a 40-W flyback converter. The light-load power efficiency of the flyback converter is improved up to 5.7-% comparing with the one operating with a fixed switching frequency.