• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제6권5_6호
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• pp.439-459
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• 2010

Structural health monitoring (SHM) of civil infrastructure using wireless smart sensor networks (WSSNs) has received significant public attention in recent years. The benefits of WSSNs are that they are low-cost, easy to install, and provide effective data management via on-board computation. This paper reports on the deployment and evaluation of a state-of-the-art WSSN on the new Jindo Bridge, a cable-stayed bridge in South Korea with a 344-m main span and two 70-m side spans. The central components of the WSSN deployment are the Imote2 smart sensor platforms, a custom-designed multimetric sensor boards, base stations, and software provided by the Illinois Structural Health Monitoring Project (ISHMP) Services Toolsuite. In total, 70 sensor nodes and two base stations have been deployed to monitor the bridge using an autonomous SHM application with excessive wind and vibration triggering the system to initiate monitoring. Additionally, the performance of the system is evaluated in terms of hardware durability, software stability, power consumption and energy harvesting capabilities. The Jindo Bridge SHM system constitutes the largest deployment of wireless smart sensors for civil infrastructure monitoring to date. This deployment demonstrates the strong potential of WSSNs for monitoring of large scale civil infrastructure.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.125-128
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• 2021

A means of enhancing the performance of triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) is increasing the differences in work functions between contacting materials. Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) exhibits excellent mechanical properties and high chemical stability as well as a high work function. As a result, engineers in the field of energy harvesting have envisioned using h-BN in the electrification layer in TENGs. For the industrial application of h-BN in TENGs, large-scale production is necessary, and h-BN is generally exfoliated and dispersed in various solvents. In this study, we evaluate the performance of a TENG with h-BN nanoflakes in the polyimide (PI) layer. To synthesize a PI composite containing h-BN nanoflakes, h-BN powders are exfoliated and dispersed in poly(amic acid) (PAA), which is the precursor of PI. Then, h-BN dispersion is spin-coated onto the PI film and cured for 2 h under 300℃. This composite material can then be used for the electrification layer in TENGs. Below the electrification layer, an aluminum foil is placed and used as an electrode. When the contact and separation processes with polyethylene terephthalate are repeated, the fabricated TENG shows a maximum power density of 190.8 W/m². This study shows that h-BN is a promising material for enhancing the performance of the electrification layer in TENGs.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제32권10호
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• pp.419-424
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• 2022

Halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have improved rapidly over the past few years, and research on the optoelectrical properties of halide perovskite thin films has grown as well. Among the characterization techniques, photoluminescence (PL), a method of collecting emitted photons to evaluate the properties of materials, is widely applied to evaluate improvements in the performance of PSCs. However, since only photons emitted from the film in the escape cone are included, the photons collected in PL are a small fraction of the total photons emitted from the film. Unlike PSCs power conversion efficiency, PL measuring methods have not been standardized, and have been evaluated in a variety of ways. Thus, an in-depth study is needed of the methods used to evaluate materials using PL spectra. In this study, we examined the PL spectra of the perovskite light harvesting layer with different measurement protocols and analyzed the features. As the incident angle changed, different spectra were observed, indicating that the PL emission spectrum can depend on the measuring method, not the material. We found the intensity and energy of the PL spectra changes were due to the path of the emitted photons. Also, we found that the PL of halide perovskite thin films generally contains limited information. To solve this problem, the emitted photons should be collected using an integrating sphere. The results of this study suggest that the emission spectrum of halide perovskite films should be carefully interpreted in accordance with PL measuring method, since PL data is mostly affected by the method.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.130-139
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• 2023

Thermoelectric materials and devices are energy-harvesting devices that can effectively recycle waste heat into electricity. Thermoelectric power generation is widely used in factories, engines, and even in human bodies as they continuously generate heat. However, thermoelectric elements exhibit poor performance and low energy efficiency; research is being conducted to find new materials or improve the thermoelectric performance of existing materials, that is, by ensuring a high figure-of-merit (zT) value. For increasing zT, higher σ (electrical conductivity) and S (Seebeck coefficient) and a lower κ (thermal conductivity) are required. Here, interface engineering by atomic layer deposition (ALD) is used to increase zT of n-type BiTeSe (BTS) thermoelectric powders. ALD of the BTS powders is performed in a rotary-type ALD reactor, and 40 to 100 ALD cycles of ZnO thin films are conducted at 100℃. The physical and chemical properties and thermoelectric performance of the ALD-coated BTS powders and pellets are characterized. It is revealed that electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity are decoupled, and thus, zT of ALD-coated BTS pellets is increased by more than 60% compared to that of the uncoated BTS pellets. This result can be utilized in a novel method for improving the thermoelectric efficiency in materials processing.

• 드라이브 ㆍ 컨트롤
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.40-46
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• 2023

Fresh corn, one of the main food crops, must be harvested by hand. A harvest mechanization technology is required. In this study, a tractor-attached harvester was designed and manufactured to sequentially perform stem reaping, fresh corn detaching, and collecting. The(harvester was designed so that the main device could operate through a hydraulic pump and a generator could be operated through the tractor's PTO. Factor tests were conducted according to cultivars (Ilmichal, Super sweet corn) and working speed (0.12 m/s, 0.17, 0.22). After the factor test, detached corns ratio, collected corns ratio, and damaged corns ratio were analyzed and harvest performance was evaluated. Harvesting performance was good for super sweet corn. Considering operation efficiency, 0.22 m/s was judged to be an appropriate working speed. It was found that it took two hours to work an area of 10 a.

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.294-301
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• 2022

본 연구에서는 열전발전기에 장착된 열전소자 간의 불균일한 온도편차에 의해 발생하는 부정합 손실을 저감할 수 있는 Multi-layer Cascade (MLC) 전기연결 방법을 제안한다. MLC의 성능을 검증하기 위해 열유동 현상 뿐만 아니라 열전소자에서 발생하는 다중물리현상을 반영한 수치해석 모델을 개발하였다. MLC는 고온도차를 경험하는 소자와 저온도차를 경험하는 소자를 서로 다른 Layer에 배치하여 구현할 수 있으며, 고온도차 소자와 저온도차 소자의 분류에는 수치해석 모델을 통해 얻어진 소자별 고온부 표면 온도를 활용하였다. MLC를 구성하는 각 Layer의 전기분선 비율을 변화시키며 이상적인 열전발전 성능과의 비교를 통해 MLC의 부정합손실 저감특성을 확인하였다. 최적 분선비율로 구성한 MLC의 경우 이상적인 결과 대비 96.5%의 발전성능을 보였으며, 열원의 유량이 적거나 발전시스템의 크기가 증가하여 소자 간의 온도편차가 클수록 부정합손실 저감효과가 더욱 증가하는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.250-256
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• 2004

국내의 기상조건 및 벼의 수확후 처리여건에 적합한 곡물냉각기를 개발하고, 냉각능력, 재열능력, 가열능력, 소요전력 및 성능계수 등의 성능을 측정하여 설계조건에 적합한지를 분석하였다. 그 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 압축기 무부하전자변과, 재열기 및 증발기에 고온고압의 냉매가스를 공급하여 냉각능력을 0∼100%까지 제어할 수 있고, 온도 5$^{\circ}C$이상, 상대습도 54∼95%의 정온정습 공기를 발생할 수 있는 1일 최대 벼 200톤을 냉각할 수 있는 곡물냉각기를 개발하였다. 이 곡물냉각기의 최대냉각능력은 35,284㎉/hr, 송풍량 및 정압은 각각 120㎥/min, 279mmAq이었으며, 재열기를 통한 냉각공기의 최대 온도상승 및 상대습도의 저하범위는 각각 7.6∼8.6$^{\circ}C$, 34.5∼41.0%이었으며, 최대가열능력은 5.6$^{\circ}C$이었다. 또한, 최대 소요동력은 22.8㎾이었으나, 압축기의 무부하 전자변이 작동될 때는 총소요동력의 33.3%, 압축기 소요축동력의 44.7%가 절약되는 것으로 나타났으며, 제어조건에 따라 전체소요동력의 26.7～33.3%정도가 절약되는 것으로 나타났으며, 냉동시스템의 성능계수는 과냉각으로 인해 표준냉동사이클하에서의 4.0보다 높은 4.71이었으며, 전성능계수는 1.8로 나타났다.

• 한국축산시설환경학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.11-16
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• 2005

1. 구획이 작고 논두렁이 많은 논의 볏짚 수집에 적합한 1축롤 구동 래핑암회전식 트랙터 3점히치 장착형 원형베일 래퍼를 개발하였다. 2. 2개의 구동롤을 구동하는 래핑암 회전식원형베일래퍼는 베일 적재시 베일에 변형이 발생하였으며 작업시 무게중심이 높아 기체 흔들림이 있었으나 시작기는 베일적재시 롤이 수평직선운동을 하여 베일의 변형이 적었으며 무게중심이 낮아 작업 안정성이 다소 높은 것으로 평가되었다. 3. 베일적재시에 두 개의 적재롤이 자유회전을 하여 적재시의 베일과 롤의 마찰저항을 구름저항으로 바꿈으로써 베일의 변형이 생기지 않았으며 베일을 회전시키기 위한 구동롤의 토크를 기존의 2축롤 구동식은 12 kgf-m 이었으나 새로 개발한 1축롤 구동식은 6 kgf-m로 낮았다. 4. 구동롤 토크가 낮아 1축롤 구동으로 베일래핑작업이 가능하였으며 기계구조를 단순화 킬 수 있었다. 5. 기존 회전테이블식에 비해 작업능률을 $45\%$ 향상, 작업비용은 $17\%$ 절감할 수 있었다.

• Composites Research
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.378-393
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• 2022

마찰전기 나노발전기(이하 TENG)의 새로운 발전 기술은 에너지 수집 및 자가 전력 공급 감지 응용 분야의 긍정적 전망으로 인해 점점 더 많은 관심을 받고 있다. 또한 최근 소프트로봇의 부상은 플렉시블과 소프트센서, 액추에이터 개발에 대한 폭넓은 관심을 불러 일으키고 있다. TENG는 액추에이터와 자가 전력 공급 센서를 구동하는 유망한 전원으로 간주되어 소프트웨어 로봇, 소프트 센서 및 액추에이터 개발을 위한 독창적인 방법을 제공한다. 이 리뷰에서는 TENG를 기반으로 다양한 형태와 기능을 가진 소프트웨어 로봇을 소개하려 한다. 그 중 자연계의 구조, 표면 형태, 재료 특성과 센싱/발전 메커니즘을 모방한 바이오닉 소프트 로봇의 설계는 TENG 성능 향상에 큰 도움이 되었다. 또한 다양한 바이오닉 소프트 로봇은 TENG의 간단한 구조, 자체 전력 공급 특성 및 조정 가능한 출력으로 인해 이전 구동 방식보다 향상되었다. 그리하여 이 리뷰에서는 TENG가 활성화한 소프트 로봇 응용의 특정 핵심 영역에서 다양한 연구를 종합적으로 검토하려 한다. 리뷰를 요약하자면 먼저 최근 개발된 다양한 TENG 기반 소프트웨어 로봇을 정리하고 다양한 장비 구조, 표면 형태 및 자연적으로 영감을 받은 재료를 비교 분석하여 그에 따른 TENG 성능 개선을 수행한다. 자연계에 사용되는 다양한 유비쿼터스 감지 원리와 발전 메커니즘 및 유사한 인공 TENG 설계가 확인되었고 촉각 디스플레이 및 웨어러블 기기, 인공 전자 피부 등의 기기에 TENG를 활성화하는 바이오닉 응용에 대해 논의한다. 마지막으로 TENG 기반 센서 및 구동 장비의 로봇 실제 적용에 대한 발전 기회, 도전 및 미래 전망을 분석한다.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.22-33
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• 1978

To maintain the self-sufficiency of food production , it is required to improved the productivity and increase the effective utilization of land in the double cropping areas using improved cultivation technology. The following reasons encourage this cours of action because the overlapping rice harvest and barely seeding seasons complete for labour, the lower price of barley makes it financially less attractive to grow and these two facts together are responsible for a decrease in barley being planted in certain more seasonably marginal double cropping areas. Fro these reasons, it is desirable to carry out tests to improve the current cultivation techniques . In this interest , the following studies were carried out in the experimental field located at Banweol-myeon, Whasung-jkun, Gyeonggi-do from October 1977 to July 1978 in order to establish the mechanical method of barley cultivation using the power tiller. The summarized results are as follows. 1. The work performance in the seeding operation using the rotary barley seeder was 68 minutes per 10 ares which compares favourably with 408 min/10a using the conventional method. This is only one sixth of the time required by th conventional method. The operating costs using the rotary barley seeder was 1, 463 won per 10 areas as against 3, 486 Won per 10 ares for the conventional method, showing a saving of about 50% in comparison with the conventional method. 2. In the manure spreading operation, the work performance was 25 min/10a for the manure spreading machine , compared to 1089 min/10a for the manual operations. This is about one fourth of the time required by the conventional method, The operating costs were 810 Won/10a for the machine and 857 Won/10a for the manual labour. This cost shows little advantage by the machine over the manual labor costs. The conventional method of manure spreading will continue pending decision which will develope and improve the machine.3. Work performance in the rolling operation using the barley rolIer was 30 min/lOa which compares favourably with 135 min/10a using conventional method. This was one fourth of the time required by the conventional method. The operating costs were 514 Won/103. for the machine and 1, 003 Won/lOa for manual labour. In the weed control operation, the work performance and operating costs were 45min/lOa, 1, 399won/10a for the herbcide application using the power sprayer, 1, 149min/10a 8, 541won/lOa for the conventional method respectively. This is 26 times higher efficiency in comparison to the conventional method. 4. In the harvesting operation using the reaper binder and tiller attachment, the work performance was 60min/lOa and represents a cost of 2, 039won/10a. The con\ulcornerventional method took 640min/10a at a cost of 4, 757won/lOa. The reaper binder showns a saving of one tenth over the conventional method. The automatic thresher is already recommended for the current situations, and is now being used. 5. From a comparison of the results of the above trials, the serial cultivation system using the attachment for the power tiller such as the rotary barley seeder is now to be recommended for the current barley cultivation system. It is also recommend from these results that the mechanized technology now available must be used to improve and maintain the increase in barley production. It is seen th1t this is the only course now avaihble to solve the peak seasonal requirements of labour needed for l11rvesting and seeding between rice and barley cultivation.