• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권3호
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• pp.803-811
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• 2024

Nuclear accidents such as Fukushima Daiichi have highlighted the potential of passive safety systems to replace or complement active safety systems as part of the overall prevention and/or mitigation strategies. In addition, passive systems are key features of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), for which they are becoming almost unavoidable and are part of the basic design of many reactors available in today's nuclear market. Nevertheless, their potential to significantly increase the safety of nuclear power plants still needs to be strengthened, in particular the ability of computer codes to determine their performance and reliability in industrial applications and support the safety demonstration. The PASTELS project (September 2020-February 2024), funded by the European Commission "Euratom H2020" programme, is devoted to the study of passive systems relying on natural circulation. The project focuses on two types, namely the SAfety COndenser (SACO) for the evacuation of the core residual power and the Containment Wall Condenser (CWC) for the reduction of heat and pressure in the containment vessel in case of accident. A specific design for each of these systems is being investigated in the project. Firstly, a straight vertical pool type of SACO has been implemented on the Framatome's PKL loop at Erlangen. It represents a tube bundle type heat exchanger that transfers heat from the secondary circuit to the water pool in which it is immersed by condensing the vapour generated in the steam generator. Secondly, the project relies on the CWC installed on the PASI test loop at LUT University in Finland. This facility reproduces the thermal-hydraulic behaviour of a Passive Containment Cooling System (PCCS) mainly composed of a CWC, a heat exchanger in the containment vessel connected to a water tank at atmospheric pressure outside the vessel which represents the ultimate heat sink. Several activities are carried out within the framework of the project. Different tests are conducted on these integral test facilities to produce new and relevant experimental data allowing to better characterize the physical behaviours and the performances of these systems for various thermo-hydraulic conditions. These test programmes are simulated by different codes acting at different scales, mainly system and CFD codes. New "system/CFD" coupling approaches are also considered to evaluate their potential to benefit both from the accuracy of CFD in regions where local 3D effects are dominant and system codes whose computational speed, robustness and general level of physical validation are particularly appreciated in industrial studies. In parallel, the project includes the study of single and two-phase natural circulation loops through a bibliographical study and the simulations of the PERSEO and HERO-2 experimental facilities. After a synthetic presentation of the project and its objectives, this article provides the reader with findings related to the physical analysis of the test results obtained on the PKL and PASI installations as well an overall evaluation of the capability of the different numerical tools to simulate passive systems.

• 암석학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.279-291
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• 2009

라돈은 원자번호 86의 화학원소로서 무색, 무취, 무미의 천연에서 존재하는 방사성 불활성기체이며 암석 및 토양 내 라듐의 방사능붕괴에 의해 생성되어, 주로 토양의 공극 중 가스 상태로 분포된다. 본 연구에서는 부산시 금정구의 금정산에 분포하는 화강암 잔류 토양에서 라돈 농도의 장기적 변화 특성과 이러한 변화에 영향을 미칠 수 있는 요인들로서 대기 온도, 강수, 토양 온 습도에 대한 영향을 분석하였다. 챔버와 튜브를 토양 내 설치하는 두 종류의 In-situ 모니터링 방식으로 토양 가스 내 라돈 농도를 정기적으로 측정하고, 그 효율성을 검토하였다. 토양 가스 중 라돈의 농도는 여름철에 가장 높게 측정되며, 겨울철에 가장 낮게 측정된다. 토양 내부 온도와 대기 온도의 변화가 이러한 라돈의 장기적 변화에 가장 크게 영향을 미치며, 양의 상관관계를 보인다. 대기 중 온도와 토양 내 온도 차에 의한 대기와 토양 내 공기의 순환이 주된 변화 요인으로 분석되었다. 그러나 다른 요인들(강수, 토양 습도)은 라돈 농도의 장기적 변화에 미치는 영향은 상대적으로 낮게 나타났다.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.258-261
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• 1991

순환식 곡물건조기의 열풍온도별 미질특성을 구명하여 건조적정온도를 확립하기 위하여 2톤 규모의 순환식 열풍건조기를 이용 열풍건조온도를 $40^{\circ}C$에서 $70^{\circ}C$까지 $5^{\circ}C$간격으로 하여 수분함량 24%에서 15%까지 건조하는데 건조효율 및 건조벼의 미질 특성을 조사하였던바 열풍건조 온도별 소요된 건조일수는 온도가 높을수록 짧았고 석유소요량은 적었다. 동할립은 $40{\sim}55^{\circ}C$로 건조하였을 때 $3{\sim}10^{\circ}C$였으나 $55^{\circ}C$에서 $70^{\circ}C$까지 건조하였을 땐 $19{\sim}30%$로 매우 높았으며, 발아율은 40 및 $45^{\circ}C$으로 건조하였을 때 각각 98 및 93%였으나 $50^{\circ}C$로 건조하였을 때 86%로 감소하였으며, $70^{\circ}C$로 건조하였을 때는 30%밖에 안되었다. 도정율은 $40^{\circ}C$의 75.86%보다 60, 65 및 $70^{\circ}C$에서 각각 1.76, 2.63 및 7.52% 감소하였다. 또한 백미의 완전립율도 건조온도가 높아짐에 따라 감소하였는데 $60^{\circ}C$에서부터 감소폭이 급증하는 경향이었다. 알카리 붕괴도 및 호화응집성은 건조 온도가 높아짐에 따라 낮아졌으며 $60^{\circ}C$에서 그 폭이 컸다. 취반미는 흡수율, 용적팽창율, 취반용액중의 용출고형물 및 요드 정색도가 증가하였는데 일반적으로 $60^{\circ}C$에서 증가 폭이 컸다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.624-634
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• 1995

가막만의 해수유동 변동특성을 연구하기 위하여 1994년 7월 21일부터 8월 8일까지 가막만 남쪽 입구의 송도 부근, 북쪽 입구의 여수, 그리고 만 중앙부의 평사 부근의 3개 지점에 유속계를 계류하였고, 송도 선착장과 여수항 부근의 2개 지점에 조위계를 설치하여 10분 간격으로 연속관측하였다. 가막만의 양쪽 수로에 도달하는 조석파의 위상관계를 알아보기 위하여 기기를 남쪽과 북쪽의 입구에 설치하였으며 이들 입구를 통해서 유입, 유출되는 조류가 만 내부의 해수순환에 어떤 영향을 주는지 알아보기 위해서 내만의 평사 부근에 유속계를 추가로 설치하였다. 최대조차는 여수와 송도에서 각각 357, 352cm 였다. M2, S2, Kl, O1 분조의 진폭은 여수에서는 각각 95.5, 48.8, 20.5, 14.0cm 였고 송도에서는 각각 93.6, 47.2, 21.3, 13.1cm 로서 조석의 형태수는 공통적으로 0.25 미만으로 반일주조가 지배적이었다. 양쪽 입구를 통해서 들어오는 주요분조의 위상차는 거의 없었다. 천해조 성분은 양쪽 모두 전체 진폭의 $4\%$ 이하로서 마찰효과 및 비선형효과는 매우 작았다. 조류의 최대유속은 송도부근에서 약 100m/sec, 내만의 평사에서 약 40cm/sec 였으며 M2분조의 유속은 각각 47.2, 14.8cm/sec 였다. 송도부근에서 조류성분은 주로 북서-남동 방향이고 반시계 방향의 회전성을 가지고 있으며 항류 성분은 남서 방향으로 17cm/sec 였다. 반면에 내만에서는 북동-남서 방향의 조류성분이 지배적이고 시계방향으로 회전하며 항류는 남동방향이고 0.9cm/sec 로 매우 약하지만 시간적으로 바람의 영향을 많이 받는 것으로 나타났다 전반적으로 가막만의 동부 내만과 송도 부근에서는 남쪽방향으로의 항류성분이 존재하는데 그 원인을 설명하기 위해서는 보다 충분한 관측을 통한 해수순환에 관한 연구가 필요하다.

• Journal of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.50-61
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• 2023

Objective: To describe the roadmapping technique and our three-year experience in the management of intracranial aneurysms in the hybrid operating room. Methods: We analyzed all patients who underwent surgical clipping for cerebral aneurysms with the roadmapping technique from January 2017 to September 2019. We report demographic, clinical, and morphological variables, as well as clinical and radiological outcomes. We further describe three illustrative cases of the technique. Results: A total of 13 patients were included, 9 of which (69.2%) presented with subarachnoid hemorrhage, with a total of 23 treated aneurysms. All patients were female, with a mean age of 47.7 years (range 31-63). All cases were anterior circulation aneurysms, the most frequent location being the ophthalmic segment of the internal carotid artery (ICA) in 11 cases (48%), followed by posterior communicating in 8 (36%), and ICA bifurcation in 2 (8%). Intraoperative clip repositioning was required in 9 aneurysms (36%) as a result of the roadmapping technique in the hybrid operating room. There were no residual aneurysms in our series, nor reported mortality. Conclusions: The roadmapping technique in the hybrid operating room offers a complementary tool for the adequate occlusion of complex intracranial aneurysms, as it provides a real time fluoroscopic-guided clipping technique, and clip repositioning is possible in a single surgical stage, whenever a residual portion of the aneurysm is identified. This technique also provides some advantages, such as immediate vasospasm identification and treatment with intra-arterial vasodilators, balloon proximal control for certain paraclinoid aneurysms, and simultaneous endovascular treatment in selected cases during a single stage.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.281-287
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• 1997

We have reported a sensitive, specific and simple direct competitive ELISA method to detect aflatoxin in agricultural commodities. We evaluated the ELISA for practical use to detect aflatoxins contaminated in the domestic and foreign agricultural commodities. The detection limits of the direct ELISA for residual aflatoxins in rice, pine nuts, corns, almonds, bean nuts, and pistachio were 10 ppb and in peanuts and cashew nuts were 20 ppb, which were elucidated from the standard curves of ELISA for aflatoxin fortified into the agricultural commodities. Residue studies of naturally contaminated aflatoxins in the agricultural commodities were also carried out by using direct ELISA. As the results of the studies, it was revealed that there were no residues of aflatoxins in 20 rice samples produced in south Korea, 20 pine nut samples in south Korea (9 samples), USA (1 sample) and China (10 samples), each of 20 almond, pistachio and bean nut samples in USA. However, aflatoxin residues were detected in corn samples imported from north Korea (350∼585 ppb in 2 of 3 samples), from USA (109*326 ppb in 6 of 6 samples) and domestic corns (61-326 ppb in 7 of 17 samples). The toxins were contaminated in corn imported from USA for popcorn (17∼20 ppb, in 3 of 10 samples) whereas no residues were detected in corn from south Korea and China. In case of cashew nuts imported from India, 11.4∼23.1 ppb of aflatoxins were detected in 4 from 20 samples. Most of the contaminated foods were harvested before 1995. Thus, hygienic managements of the foods should be required during storage and circulation at market.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.11-29
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• 2009

Variability of sea surface temperature (SST) in the Japan/East Sea (JES) was studied using complex empirical orthogonal function (CEOF) analysis. Two daily data sets were analyzed: (1) New Generation 0.05o-gridded SST from Tohoku University, Japan (July 2002-July 2006), and (2) 0.25o-gridded SST from the Japan Meteorological Agency (October 1993-November 2006). Linkages with wind stress curl were revealed using 6-h 1o-gridded surface zonal and meridional winds from ancillary data of the Sea- WiFS Project, a special National Centers for Environmental Prediction/National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCEP/NCAR) product (1998-2005). SST anomalies (SSTA) were obtained by removing the seasonal signal, estimated as the leading mode of the CEOF decomposition of the original SST. Leading CEOF modes of residual SSTA obtained from both data sets were consistent with each other and were characterized by annual, semiannual, and quasi-biennial time scales estimated with 95% statistical significance. The Semiannual Mode lagged 2 months behind the increased occurrence of the anticyclonic (AC) wind stress curl over the JES. Links to dynamic processes were investigated by numerical simulations using an oceanic model. The suggested dynamic forcings of SSTA are the inflow of subtropical water into the JES through the Korea Strait, divergence in the surface layer induced by Ekman suction, meridional shifts of the Subarctic Front in the western JES, AC eddy formation, and wind-driven strengthening/weakening of large-scale currents. Events of west-east SSTA movement were identified in July-September. The SSTA moved from the northeastern JES towards the continental coast along the path of the westward branch of the Tsushima Current at a speed consistent with the advective scale.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.47-58
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• 1994

Field observation and numerical experiments with a two-dimensional depth-integrated model were undertaken in order to investigate some of the effects on the flow structure resulting from the construction of a bridge connecting Kohung Peninsula and the Narodo Islands on the southern coast of Korea. Tidal currents passing through the straits between the Narodo Islands showed that, although the phase lagged one hour behind that passing through the strait between Kohung Peninsula and Naenarodo Island, it still kept strong flows of more than 80cm/sec near the bottom. The seawater temperature and salinity within the study area seemed to be higher southward but uniform vertically. The results of the drogue experiments in the straits between the Narodo Islands showed that the drogues moved northward of Sayangdo in the early part of the flood tide, but southward in the late part of the flood tide and finally stopped a mile from the east coast of Surakdo. On the other hand, the numerical computation showed that the flow structures after construction of the bridge piers were basically in line with those before construction of the bridge piers, except for the slight variations of velocities in the vicinity of the bridge piers. A large scale clockwise circulation has been confirmed in the south area of Namsungri of Kohung Peninsula from the computational results of tide-induced residual currents. Referring to these computational results, the impact category on the flow structures due to the bridge piers construction has been estimated to be within around 2km. The results were in good agreement with the field observations.

• 열처리공학회지
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.153-160
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• 2023

The use of biogas is an industrially necessary means to achieve resource circulation. However, since biogas obtained from waste frequently causes corrosion in pipes, it is important to elucidate corrosion mechanisms of the pipes used for biogas transportation. Recently, corrosion failure occurred in a pipe which supplied for the biogas at the speed of 12.5 m/s. Pinholes and pits were found in a straight line along the seamline of the pipe. By using corrosion-damaged samples, residual thickness, microstructure, and composition of oxide film and inclusion were examined to analyze the cause of the failure. It was revealed that the thickness reduction of biogas pipe was ~0.11 mm per year. A thin sulfuric acid film was formed on the surface of the interior of a pipe due to moisture and hydrogen sulfide contained in a biogas. Near the seamline, microstructure was heterogeneous and manganese sulfide (MnS) was found. Pits were generated by micro-galvanic corrosion between the manganese sulfide and the matrix in the interior of the pipe along the seamline. In addition, microcracks formed along the grain boundaries beneath the pits revealed that hydrogen-induced cracking (HIC) also contributed to accelerating the pitting corrosion.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제46권5호
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• pp.340-345
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• 2013

Background: This study aims to evaluate whether or not the method of right vertical axillary minithoracotomy (RVAM) is preferable to and as reliable as conventional sternotomy surgery, and also assesses its cosmetic results. Methods: Thirty-three patients (7 males, 26 females) with atrial septal defect were admitted to the Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic of Cukurova University from December 2005 until January 2010. The patients' ages ranged from 3 to 22. Patients who underwent vertical axillary minithracotomy were assigned to group I, and those undergoing conventional sternotomy, to group II. Group I and group II were compared with regard to the preoperative, perioperative and postoperative variables. Group I included 12 females and 4 males with an average age of $16.5{\pm}9.7$. Group II comprised 14 female and 3 male patients with an average age of $18.5{\pm}9.8$ showing similar features and pathologies. The cases were in Class I-II according to the New York Heart Association (NYHA) Classification, and patients with other cardiac and systemic problems were not included in the study. The ratio of the systemic blood flow to the pulmonary blood flow (Qp/Qs) was $1.8{\pm}0.2$. The average pulmonary artery pressure was $35{\pm}10$ mmHg. Following the diagnosis, performing elective surgery was planned. Results: No significant difference was detected in the average time of the patients' extraportal circulation, cross-clamp and surgery (p>0.05). In the early postoperative period of the cases, the duration of mechanical ventilator support, the drainage volume in the first 24 hours, and the hospitalization time in the intensive care unit were similar (p>0.05). Postoperative pains were evaluated together with narcotic analgesics taken intravenously or orally. While 7 cases (43.7%) in group I needed postoperative analgesics, 12 cases (70.6%) in group II needed them. No mortality or major morbidity has occurred in the patients. The incision style and sizes in all of the patients undergoing RVAM were preserved as they were at the beginning. Furthermore, the patients of group I were mobilized more quickly than the patients of group II. The patients of group I were quite pleased with the psychological and cosmetic results. No residual defects have been found in the early postoperative period and after the end of the follow-up periods. All of the patients achieved functional capacity per NYHA. No deformation of breast growth has been detected during 18 months of follow-up for the group I patients, who underwent RVAM. Conclusion: To conclude, the repair of atrial septal defect by RVAM, apart from the limited working zone for the surgeon in these pathologies as compared to sternotomymay be considered in terms of the outcomes, and early and late complications. And this has accounted for less need of analgesics and better cosmetic results in recent years.