• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.2628-2634
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• 2014

동절기에 차량 전면유리의 결빙이나 이물질을 제거하기 위하여 워셔액 가열시스템 적용이 점차 늘어나고 있다. 이 워셔액 가열 시스템은 짧은 시간동안 목표온도까지 워셔액이 가열되도록 설계되어야 한다. 본 연구에서는 급속하게 워셔액을 가열하기 위하여 차량 워셔액 가열 시스템의 내부 부품의 재질에 따라 열전달 특성을 해석하였다. 해석을 위해 열유동 전산해석에서 사용하고 있는 CFD(Computational Fluid Dynamics) 상용코드인 ANSYS-FLUENT 소프트웨어를 이용하였다. 본 모델은 3차원 비정상상태의 축대칭 모델로 Fluent에서 제공하는 압력기반(Pressure-Based) 기법 중의 하나인 Coupled 기법을 적용하였다. 이 결과를 통하여 충전재 및 유로의 최적화된 재질을 찾게 되었다. 충전재 재질은 낮은 밀도를 가진 공기가 실리콘카바이드보다 빠르게 가열되었다. 유로재질은 니켈보다 열전달계수가 약 4배 정도 큰 구리가 내부에 열을 균일하게 전달되어 메탄올의 가열 시간을 단축하여 효율이 더 높게 나왔다.

• 열처리공학회지
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.239-244
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• 2021

Following Silicon Carbide, single crystal diamond continues to attract attention as a next-generation semiconductor substrate material. In addition to excellent physical properties, large area and productivity are very important for semiconductor substrate materials. Research on the increase in area and productivity of single crystal diamonds has been carried out using various devices such as HPHT (High Pressure High Temperature) and MPECVD (Microwave Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition). We hit the limits of growth rate and internal defects. However, HFCVD (Hot Filament Chemical Vapor Deposition) can be replaced due to the previous problem. In this study, HFCVD confirmed the distance between the substrate and the filament, the accompanying growth rate, the surface shape, and the Raman shift of the substrate after vapor deposition according to the vapor deposition temperature change. As a result, it was confirmed that the difference in the growth rate of the single crystal substrate due to the change in the vapor deposition temperature was gained up to 5 times, and that as the vapor deposition temperature increased, a large amount of polycrystalline diamond tended to be generated on the surface.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.254-261
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• 2019

Distinct from conventional energy-harvesting (EH) technologies, such as the use of photovoltaic, piezoelectric, and thermoelectric effects, betavoltaic energy conversion can consistently generate uniform electric power, independent of environmental variations, and provide a constant output of high DC voltage, even under conditions of ultra-low-power EH. It can also dramatically reduce the energy loss incurred in the processes of voltage boosting and regulation. This study realized betavoltaic cells comprised of p-i-n junctions based on silicon carbide, fabricated through a customized semiconductor recipe, and a Ni foil plated with a Ni-63 radioisotope. The betavoltaic energy converter (BEC) includes an array of 16 parallel-connected betavoltaic cells. Experimental results demonstrate that the series and parallel connections of two BECs result in an open-circuit voltage $V_{oc}$ of 3.06 V with a short-circuit current $I_{sc}$ of 48.5 nA, and a $V_{oc}$ of 1.50 V with an $I_{sc}$ of 92.6 nA, respectively. The capacitor charging efficiency in terms of the current generated from the two series-connected BECs was measured to be approximately 90.7%.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.100-103
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• 2019

The change in vanadium amount according to the growth direction of vanadium-doped semi-insulated (SI) SiC single crystals using high-purity SiC powder was investigated. High-purity SiC powder and a porous graphite (PG) inner crucible were placed on opposite sides of SiC seed crystals. SI SiC crystals were grown on 2 inch 6H-SiC Si-face seeds at a temperature of $2,300^{\circ}C$ and growth pressure of 10~30 mbar of argon atmosphere, using the physical vapor transport (PVT) method. The sliced SiC single crystals were polished using diamond slurry. We analyzed the polytype and quality of the SiC crystals using high-resolution X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman spectroscopy. The resistivity of the SI SiC crystals was analyzed using contactless resistivity mapping (COREMA) measurements.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.63-68
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 NbC 코팅된 도가니가 SiC 단결정 품질에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 실험은 흑연 도가니와 NbC 코팅된 도가니를 사용하였으며, 두 실험의 결과를 체계적으로 비교 분석하였다. SiC 결정 성장은 Ar 분위기에서 2300℃ 이상의 온도와 5 Torr의 압력조건에서 PVT 법을 사용하여 진행하였다. 성장된 SiC 결정은 양면 그라인딩과 연마 가공 후 Raman 분석을 통해 결정상 분석, HR-XRD 분석으로 결정성을 분석하였다. 또한 KOH 에칭 후 광학현미경 분석과 SIMS 분석으로 결함 밀도 및 불순물 농도를 분석하여 두 웨이퍼의 품질을 비교하였다.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.258-263
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• 2020

고분자로부터 제조되는 탄화규소 섬유는 고온 내산화성, 인장강도, 그리고 경량성 때문에 세라믹 복합체의 강화재료로 주로 적용되고 있다. 본 연구에서 탄화규소 연속섬유는 유연한 로프 형태의 고온 발열체(> 650℃)로 제조하기 위해 사용되었다. 특히, 탄화규소 섬유 발열체는 고효율의 저항 발열을 위해 단면적과 길이에 대한 저항 변화를 2-point probe 방법으로 측정하고, 비정질 탄화규소 섬유에 존재하는 산소 불순물과 결정립의 크기 제어를 통해 로프형 섬유 발열체의 저항 값을 최적화하였다. 그 결과, 약 100~200 Ω의 저항 범위를 가지는 탄화규소 섬유 발열체는 탄소 섬유 발열체보다 1.5배의 우수한 소비전력 효율을 가졌다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.241-245
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• 2022

In this study, we measured and comparatively analyzed the characteristics of MPS (Merged Pin Schottky) diodes in 4H-SiC by changing the areal ratio between the Schottky and PN junction region. Increasing the temperature from 298 K to 473 K resulted in the threshold voltage shifting from 0.8 V to 0.5 V. A wider Schottky region indicates a lower on-resistance and a faster turn-on. The effective barrier height was smaller for a wider Schottky region. Additionally, the depletion layer became smaller under the influence of the reduced effective barrier height. The wider Schottky region resulted in the ideality factor being reduced from 1.37 to 1.01, which is closer to an ideal device. The leakage saturation current increased with the widening Schottky region, resulting in a 1.38 times to 2.09 times larger leakage current.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권8호
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• pp.2792-2800
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• 2022

In the core of the WWR-K reactor, a long-term irradiation of tristructural isotopic (TRISO)-coated fuel particles (CFPs) with a UO₂ kernel was carried out under high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR)-like operating conditions. The temperature of this TRISO fuel during irradiation varied in the range of 950-1100 ℃. A fission per initial metal atom (FIMA) of uranium burnup of 9.9% was reached. The release of gaseous fission products was measured in-pile. The release-to-birth ratio (R/B) for the fission product isotopes was calculated. Aspects of fuel safety while achieving deep fuel burnup are important and relevant, including maintaining the integrity of the fuel coatings. The main mechanisms of fuel failure are kernel migration, silicon carbide corrosion by palladium, and gas pressure increase inside the CFP. The formation of gaseous fission products and carbon monoxide leads to an increase in the internal pressure in the CFP, which is a dominant failure mechanism of the coatings under this level of burnup. Irradiated fuel compacts were subjected to electric dissociation to isolate the CFPs from the fuel compacts. In addition, nondestructive methods, such as X-ray radiography and gamma spectrometry, were used. The predicted R/B ratio was evaluated using the fission gas release model developed in the high-temperature test reactor (HTTR) project. In the model, both the through-coatings of failed CFPs and as-fabricated uranium contamination were assumed to be sources of the fission gas. The obtained R/B ratio for gaseous fission products allows the finalization and validation of the model for the release of fission products from the CFPs and fuel compacts. The success of the integrity of TRISO fuel irradiated at approximately 9.9% FIMA was demonstrated. A low fuel failure fraction and R/B ratios indicated good performance and reliability of the studied TRISO fuel.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권8호
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• pp.3095-3105
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• 2022

Solid Microencapsulated Fuel (SMF) is a type of solid fuel rod design that disperses TRISO coated fuel particles directly into a kind of matrix. SMF is expected to provide improved performance because of the elimination of cladding tube and associated failure mechanisms. This study focused on the neutronics and some of the fuel cycle characteristics of SMF by using OpenMC. Two kinds of SMFs have been designed and evaluated - fuel particles dispersed into a silicon carbide matrix and fuel particles dispersed into a zirconium matrix. A 7×7 fuel assembly with increased rod diameter transformed from the standard NHR200-II 9×9 array was also introduced to increase the heavy metal inventory. A preliminary study of two kinds of burnable poisons (Erbia & Gadolinia) in two forms (BISO and QUADRISO particles) was also included. This study found that SMF requires about 12% enriched UN TRISO particles to match the cycle length of standard fuel when loaded in NHR200-II, which is about 7% for SMF with increased rod diameter. Feedback coefficients are less negative through the life of SMF than the reference. And it is estimated that the average center temperature of fuel kernel at fuel rod centerline is about 60 K below that of reference in this paper.

• Composites Research
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.161-174
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• 2022

SiC 섬유강화 복합체는 경수형 원자로의 안전성을 획기적으로 향상시킬 수 있는 사고저항성 핵연료 피복관 소재이다. 지르코늄 합금 피복관 및 금속기반 사고저항성 핵연료 피복관에 비해, 중대 사고 환경에서도 우수한 구조적 안정성을 가지고 부식 속도가 매우 낮아, 사고 시 원자로의 온도를 낮추고 사고 진행을 늦출 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 현재 개발되고 있는 사고저항성 SiC 복합체 핵연료 피복관의 개념 및 가동/사고환경에서의 다양한 특성, 상용화를 위해 해결해야 할 다양한 이슈에 대해서 소개하고자 한다.