• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.50 no.2
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• pp.203-209
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• 2013

Digital Radiography (DR) has improved a quality of resolution based on a wide dynamic range, high detective quantum efficiency (DQE), and modulation transfer function (MTF), compared with film/screen(F/s). Unlike expectation that a low level of radiation can be used in examination, high level of signal to noise ratio(SNR) due to over-exposure caused increase of exposed dose to patients. Also, the auto exposure control (AEC) using Kilovolage(kVp) in F/S can cause over-exposure. Hence, in this study, we proposed a proper method for using DR, in which effect of tubing Kilovolage on device's image, DR MTF measurement with changes of tubing current (mA), and the quantitative evaluation of skull phantom captured images' PSNR were evaluated. Changes of contrast with tubing Kilovolage can be improved by retouching, and MTF changes according to tubing current(1.41~1.39 lp/mm in 50% area, and 3.19~2.8 lp/mm in 10% area) does not influence on resolution of image. As a result, high tubing Kilovoltage, and tubing current will be suitable to use of DR.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.25 no.10
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• pp.1589-1592
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• 2004

• Elastomers and Composites
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.253-259
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• 1979

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.63-68
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• 2013

Some essential components in nuclear power plants are periodically inspected using non-destructive examinations, for example ultrasonic, eddy current and radiographic examinations, in order to determine their integrity. These components include nuclear power plant items such as vessels, containments, piping systems, pumps, valves, tubes and core support structure. Steam generator tubes have an important safety role because they constitute one of the primary barriers between the radioactive and non-radioactive sides of the nuclear power plant. There is potential that if a tube bursts while a plant is operating, radioactivity from the primary coolant system could escape directly to the atmosphere. Therefore, in-service inspections are critical in maintaining steam generator tube integrity. In general, the eddy current testing is widely used for the inspection of steam generator tubes due to its high inspection speed and flaw detectability on non-magnetic tubes. However, it is not easy to analyze correctly eddy current signals because they are influenced by many factors. Therefore, the performance of eddy current data analysts for steam generator tubing should be demonstrated comprehensively. In Korea, the performance of steam generator tubing analysts has been demonstrated using the Qualified Data Analyst program. This paper describes the performance demonstration program for steam generator tubing analysts and its implementation results in Korea. The pass rate of domestic analysts for this program was 71.4%.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.445-450
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• 1992

An enhancement of the oxygen transfer rate in a 1$\ell$ bioreactor for mammalian cell culture by using a silicone rubber tubing as an oxygenator was investigated. When the silicone membrane was used to supply oxygen to the culture broth, the oxygen transfer coefficients ($k_{\iota}a$) measured in deionized-distilled water were markedly increased. Effect of surface aeration without the tubing aeration was very low under $1.0hr^{-1}$ of $k_{\iota}a$. The enhancing effects of agitation rates on $k_{\iota}a$ were much more effective than those of aeration rates. The increase of $k_{\iota}a$ with increasing tube length was observed as a result of the large surface area for oxygen supply. However, 2 m of the tube length was adequate for a 1$\ell$ vessel. The larger blade type of impeller was effective to enhance the kLa values because of its high mixing intensity. In culture medium supplemented with 5% serum, kLa values were reduced to approximately 40% probably due to the viscosity. We also obtained the normal cell concentration of $5{\times}10^6$ cells/m$\ell$ of HepG2 on microcarriers, which could be achieved in a typical bioreactor for animal cell culture.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• v.5 no.5
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• pp.168-172
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• 2006

Alloy 600 having a superior resistance to a corrosion is used as a steam generator tubing in nuclear power plants. In spite of its high corrosion resistance, there are many tubings which experience corrosion problems such as a SCC under the high temperature and high pressure environments of nuclear power plants. The Alloy 600 tubing can be repaired by using a Ni electroplating having an excellent SCC resistance. In order to carry out a successful Ni electrodeposition inside a steam generator tubing, the effects of various parameters on the material properties of the electrodeposit should be elucidated. Hence this work deals with the effects of an applied current density, duty cycle($T_{on}/(T_{on}+T_{off})$) of a pulse current, bath temperature and solution pH on the material properties of Ni electrodeposit obtained from a Ni sulphamate bath by analyzing the current efficiency, potentiodynamic curve, hardness and stress-strain curve. Hardness, YS(yield strength) and TS(tensile strength) decreased whereas the elongation increased as the applied current density increased. This was thought to be by a concentration depletion at the interface of the electrodeposit/solution, and a fractional decrease of the hydrogen reduction reaction. As the duty cycle increased, the hardness, YS and TS decreased while the elongation increased. During an off time at a high duty cycle, the concentration depletion could not be recovered sufficiently enough to induce a coarse grain sized electrodeposit. With an increase of the solution temperature and pH, the YS and TS increased while the elongation decreased. The experimental results of the hardness and the stress-strain curves can be supplemented by the results of the potentiodynamic curve.

• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.609-616
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• 1999

심폐바이패스시 발생할 수 있는 튜브 마모 및 파쇄는 롤러펌프의 반복되는 압박에 의해 롤러펌프에 장착된 튜브 내벽에 균열이 생기고 이로 인해 미세한 비생물적 조각들이 혈액중으로 떨어져 나가는 현상을 말하는데, 임상적으로 치명적인 색전증을 초래할 수 있다. 그러나 아직 롤러펌프 튜브로 사용되는 PVC 및 실리콘 튜브 중 어느 쪽이 마모 및 파쇄 관점에서 더 우수한지는 체계적으로 밝혀지지 않고 있다. 이에 본 연구는 두 종류의 튜브를각각 일정 기간 롤러펌프에 장착하여 작동시킨 뒤 튜브내외면을 육안 및 주사형 전자현미경으로 관찰하였다. 즉 PVC 및 실리콘 튜브 (내경 1/2 인치의)들을 미리 정해진 폐쇄도 조절에 의해 폐쇄 회로 심폐비이패스 롤러펌프 헤드에 장착시키고 4.500ml/min에서 각각 4차례씩 1,2,4,6 시간 작동시켰다. 파쇄에 의한 색전 관찰 실험에서는 회로 중간에 동맥여과기를 설치하고 각각 6,9시간 씩 롤러펌프를 작동시켰다. 실험 후 튜브 및 여과기들을 수거한 후 육안 및 주사형 전자현미경 분석을 시행하였다. 실험후 튜브 및 여과기들을 수거한 후 육안 및 주사형 전자현미경을 분석을 시행하였다. 튜브 외부의 육안 관찰 결과 일반적으로 실라스틱 튜브에서의 외부 마모가 PVC 튜브에 비해 현저하였다. 주사형 전자현미경 관찰에서 PVC 튜브에서의 홈은 좁으면서 경계선이 뚜렷한 특징을 보였고 3시간 이상 롤러와 접촉한 튜브들에게서는 깊은 균열이 간헐적으로 관찰되었다. 반면, 실라스틱에서의 홈은 좁으면서도 경계선이 뚜렷한 특징을 보였고 3시간 이상 롤러와 접촉한 튜브들에게서는 깊은 균열이 간헐적으로 관찰되었다.반면 실라스틱에서의 튜브들에서는 홈이 상대적으로 넓고 경계가 덜 명확했으며, 특징적으로 V 자 모양의 융기부들이 간헐적으로 관찰되었다. 실라스틱 및 PVC 튜브 모두에서 50u 전후의 Craters 가 간헐적으로 관찰되었다. 여과기의 여과망에 대한 주사형 전자현미경 분석 결과 실라스틱과 PVC 튜브 실험군 모두에서 색전입자로 의심되는조각들이 발견되었으나 두군간 정량적 비교는 어려웠다. 결론적으로 롤러펌프에 의한 튜브 마모 및 파쇄현상은 실리콘 및 PVC 튜브의 재질에 따라 그 양상에는 차이가 있으나 임상적인 측면에서는 어느 쪽도 상대적인 우수성이 입증되지 못하였다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• v.44 no.2
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• pp.199-210
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• 2022

This study build finite element analysis (FEA) models describing the bending events of coiled tubing (CT) at the wellhead and trips into the hole, accurately provide the state of stress and strain while the CT is in service. The bending moment and axial force history curves are used as loads and boundary conditions in the diametrical growth models to ensure consistency with the actual working conditions in field operations. The simulation diametrical growth results in this study are more accurate and reasonable. Analysis the factors influencing fatigue and diametrical growth shows that the internal pressure has a first-order influence on fatigue, followed by the radius of the guide arch, reel and the CT diameter. As the number of trip cycles increase, fatigue damage, residual stress and strain cumulatively increase, until CT failure occurs. Significant residual stresses remain in the CT cross-section, and the CT exhibits a residual curvature, the initial residual bending configuration of CT under wellbore constraints, after running into the hole, is sinusoidal. The residual stresses and residual bending configuration significantly decrease the buckling load, making the buckling and buckling release of CT in the downhole an elastic-plastic process, exacerbating the helical lockup. The conclusions drawn in this study will improve CT models and contribute to the operational and economic success of CT services.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.16-26
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• 1988

In the in-service inspections for the steam generator tubing of the nuclear power plants by the Eddy Current Testing, the ECT signals are evaluated by their phase. If oxidized copper sludge is piled up in the secondary side, however, big sludge signals occur in large quantities which originate from copper layers forming in the sludge piles due to the pitting mechanism of the steam generator tubing by $Cu^{2+}$, and modulate the defect signals, causing the difficulty in the defect detection. In this research, sludge specimens were prepared considering the formations of the sludge signal sources and multi-frequency ECT mixing experiments by different choices of the mixing standards were performed. The results were found to be 5 to 30% of the tube wall thickness over-estimated. Experiments using the ring-type mixing standards showed the least errors of all, while those with the mixing standards nearing the sludge conditions brought larger errors as a result of the influence of the interference between the defect and the copper layers.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.217-225
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• 1999

The effect on the pitting corrosion resistance of laser welding and surface treatment developed as a repair method of stream generator tubing material that was a major component of primary system at nuclear power plant was observed. Some heat-treated Alloy 600 tubing materials used at domestic nuclear power plants were laser-surface observed. Some heat-treated Alloy 600 tubing materials used at domestic nuclear power plants were laser-surface melted and the microstructural characteristics were examined. The pitting corrosion resistance was examined through Ep(pitting potential) and degree of pit generation by means of the electrochemical tests and the immersion tests respectively. The pit formation characteristics were investigated through microstructural changes and the pit initiation site and pit morphology. The test results showed that the pitting corrosion resistances was increased in the order of the followings; sensitized Alloy 600, solution annealed alloy600, and laser surface melted Alloy 600. Pits were initiated preferably at Ti-containing inclusions and their surroundings in all tested specimens and it is believed that higher pitting resistance of laser-surface treated Alloy 600 was caused by fine, homogeneous distribution of non-soluble inclusions, the disappearance of grain boundary, and the formation of dense, stable oxide film. The major element of corrosion products filled in the pit was Cr. On the other hand, Fe was enriched in the deposit formed on the pit.