• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.423-431
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• 1999

A radiotracer technique has been developed to monitor the rotational movement of two piston rings in one cylinder during engine operation. The rings were labeled with two different kinds of radioisotopes, i.e. $^{60}$ Co and $^{192}$ Ir, for identification of the top ring from the second ring. The radiotracers were implanted in a small hole bored on the inner side of each piston ring. The rings were installed in a single cylinder hydrogen engine and three Nal scintillation detectors were mounted around the engine block to measure the gamma radiation. The angle of ring-gap orientation was determined from the radiation counts measured with the three detectors during engine operation. Two windows (upper window for $^{60}$ Co and lower window for $^{192}$ Ir) were set on each ratemeter to count radiation from the two isotopes separately. Procedure to convert the radiation counts to the position of the ring gap was established. With the software programmed with MS-Visualbasic, radiation counts were compared with the reference responses that were measured at angular intervals of 10$^{\circ}$for each piston ring in advance of the experiment. The result was used for the evaluation of the relationship between the orientation of ring-gaps and oil consumption. It was found that an increase in the oil consumption rate of a specific operation condition was closely related to the relative phase angle of the two piston rings.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.15-29
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• 1994

원격탐사자료의 픽셀값 변이 중 (위성에 의하여) 주사되는 물체 또는 전경등의 자체에 의한 것이 아닌 기타 변이에 대해서는 핏셀의 방사값을 보정하게 된다. 이러한 핏셀값 변이의 원 인에 대해서는 감지방치의 성능차이 및 작동불량, 또는 대기에 의한 간섭효과등을 들 수 있다. 감 지장치들의 성능차에 의하여(원치 않는) 줄이 그어진 화상자료를, 그리고 작동불량으로 값이 零 (영)인 픽셀들을 얻게 되며, 또한 빛의 산란에 기인하는 대기의 편기등이 발생하게 되는 데, 이러 한 변이들에 대하여는 그 방사값을 보정한다. 본고에서는 이러한 방사값 보정법으로 일부 주요원 칙에 대하여 예제와 함께 고찰하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.85-94
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• 1975

n형 Ge 결정체를 보상하기 위해 상온에서 $^{60}$Co 감마선으로 647 Mrad 조사하였다. 감마선으로 조사된 Ge 결정체로 Ge(${\gamma}$) 검출기를 제작하였다. Ge(${\gamma}$) 검출기의 검출기 특성은 얇은 Ge(Li) 검출기나 고순도 Ge 검출기와 비슷하였다. Ge(${\gamma}$) 검출기의 온도에 대한 안정도는 상온에서의 저장이 가능함을 보여 주었다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제50권7호
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• pp.1006-1016
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• 2018

Since the early forties, researchers from around the world have been studying the phenomenon of deadtime in radiation detectors. Many have attempted to develop models to represent this phenomenon. Two highly idealized models; paralyzable and non-paralyzable are commonly used by most individuals involved in radiation measurements. Most put little thought about the operating conditions and applicability of these ideal models for their experimental conditions. So far, there is no general agreement on the applicability of any given model for a specific detector under specific operating conditions, let alone a universal model for all detectors and all operating conditions. Further the related problem of pile-up is often confused with the deadtime phenomenon. Much work, is needed to devise a generalized and practical solution to these related problems. Many methods have been developed to measure and compensate for the detector deadtime count loss, and many researchers have addressed deadtime and pulse pile-up. The goal of this article is to summarize the state of science of deadtime; measurement and compensation techniques as proposed by some of the most significant work on these topics and to review the deadtime correction models applicable to present day radiation detection systems.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.25-31
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• 2004

Results of EGS4 based calculations to study the spatial resolution of gas detectors are described. The calculations include radial distribution of electrons generated by photons of various energies penetrating into variable thickness of Ar and Xe gas layers. Given a desired spatial resolution, the maximum allowed thickness of gas layer for each energy level is determined. In order to obtain 0.1mm spatial resolution, the maximum thickness for the Ar gas is found to be 2mm for photon energies below 14keV while the optimum energy of photons for Xe gas with the same thickness is about 45keV. The results of calculations performed to compare the number of electrons generated by CsI coated micro-channel plate and the number of electrons generated by the Ar and Xe gas layers are described. The results show that the number of electrons generated by the gases is about 10 times higher than the one generated by CsI coated micro-channel plate. A few sample gray scale images generated by these calculations are included.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.26-33
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• 1987

알파입자 검출을 위한 고체 비적 검출기인 CA 8-15와 LR 115-1은 그 부식조건이 검출기 제조 회사에서 이미 주어지고는 있으나 이들 검출기에 대한 최적부식에 관한 실험적 검토를 다시 행하였는바 최적부식시간에 현저한 차이가 있음을 발견하였다. 검출기의 방사선 조사는 이미 설정된 기하학적 배치조건하에서 $0.1{\mu}Ci$수준의 $^{241}Am$ 알파선원으로 수행하였다. 부식시간과 용액 농도의 함수로서의 비적크기에 대한 분석과 검출기에 검출된 단위면적당 비적의 이론적 기대치에 대한 비교 조사를 행하였으며, 입사 알파입자의 유효 에너지에 대한 검출효율의 변화에 대해서도 연구하였다.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2001년도 춘계학술대회 논문집 전기기기 및 에너지변환시스템부문
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• pp.209-212
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• 2001

A flame detector responds either to radiant energy visible to the human eye or outside the range of human vision. Such a detector is sensitive to glowing embers, coals, or flames which radiate energy of sufficient intensity and spectral quality to actuate the alarm. An infra-red detectors can respond to the total IR component of the flame alone or in combination with flame flicker in the frequency range of 5 to 30 Hz. A major problem in the use of infrared detectors receiving total IR radiation is the possible interference of solar radiation in the infrared region. When detectors are located in places shielded from the sun, such as vaults, filtering or shielding the unit from the sun's rays is unnecessary. In this study, we proposed method for redue a false alarm with using filtering & sensor technology for distinguish of causes of raise a false alarm and pure flame.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.64-71
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• 2016

Void fraction is an important parameter in the oil industry. This quantity is necessary for volume rate measurement in multiphase flows. In this study, the void fraction percentage was estimated precisely, independent of the flow regime in gas-liquid two-phase flows by using ${\gamma}-ray$ attenuation and a multilayer perceptron neural network. In all previous studies that implemented a multibeam ${\gamma}-ray$ attenuation technique to determine void fraction independent of the flow regime in two-phase flows, three or more detectors were used while in this study just two NaI detectors were used. Using fewer detectors is of advantage in industrial nuclear gauges because of reduced expense and improved simplicity. In this work, an artificial neural network is also implemented to predict the void fraction percentage independent of the flow regime. To do this, a multilayer perceptron neural network is used for developing the artificial neural network model in MATLAB. The required data for training and testing the network in three different regimes (annular, stratified, and bubbly) were obtained using an experimental setup. Using the technique developed in this work, void fraction percentages were predicted with mean relative error of <1.4%.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.25-30
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• 2009

Micro-columnar CsI(Tl) is the most popular scintillator material which is used for many indirect digital X-ray imaging detectors. The light scattering at the surface of micro-columnar CsI(Tl) scintillator was studied to find the correlation between the surface roughness and the resultant image resolution of indirect X-ray imaging detectors. Using a commercially available optical simulation program, Light Tools, MTF (Modulation Transfer Function) curves of the CsI(Tl) film thermally evaporated on glass substrate with different thickness were calculated and compared with the experimental estimation of MTF values by the edge X-ray image method and CCD camera. It was found that the standard deviation value of Gaussian scattering model which is determined by the surface roughness of micro-columns could certainly change the MTF value of image sensors. This model and calculation methodology will be beneficial to estimate the overall performance of indirect X-ray imaging system with CsI(Tl) scintillator film for optimum design depending on its application.

• 천문학회지
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.111-117
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• 2018

A numerical method is proposed to calculate the response of detectors measuring particle energies from incident isotropic fluxes of electrons and positive ions. The isotropic flux is generated by injecting particles moving radially inward on a hypothetical, spherical surface encompassing the detectors. A geometric projection of the field-of-view from the detectors onto the spherical surface allows for the identification of initial positions and momenta corresponding to the clear field-of-view of the detectors. The contamination of detector responses by particles penetrating through, or scattering off, the structure is also similarly identified by tracing the initial positions and momenta of the detected particles. The relative contribution from the contaminating particles is calculated using GEANT4 to obtain the geometric factor of the instrument as a function of the energy. This calculation clearly shows that the geometric factor is a strong function of incident particle energies. The current investigation provides a simple and decisive method to analyze the instrument geometric factor, which is a complicated function of contributions from the anticipated field-of-view particles, together with penetrating or scattered particles.