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Modeling of Irradiation Temperatures and Constituent Redistribution in U-10Zr Metallic Fuel

  • Nam, Cheol;Hwang, Woan
    • Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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    • 1997.05b
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    • pp.207-213
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    • 1997
  • The computational scheme on a irradiation temperature of U-10Zr fuel was established considering porosity formation, bond sodium infiltration and constituent redistribution. Thermotransport theory was adapted to model the redistribution phenomenon. As a results, the bond sodium seems to be logged in the outer region of fuel slug. The main driving force for constituent redistribution appears to be the Zr solubility change along to radial position of the fuel. It is evident that the heat of transport also has some contribution to the redistribution.

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Experimental Studies on the Excretion of Uric acid in Rabbit (가토의 요산배설에 관한 실험적연구)

  • Hong, Yoon-Pyo
    • The Korean Journal of Pharmacology
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.67-76
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    • 1971
  • The excretion of uric acid in man has been of great interest because of its importance as an end product in purine metabolism as well as of its role in causing gout. There are many differences in the modes of renal handling of urate among various species of animals. Uric acid actively secreted by the renal tubules of most vertebrate including amphibians, reptiles, and birds. On the other hand, in most mammals net tubular reabsorption of urate appears to be occurred with some exception, such, as Dalmatian dog. In the rabbits, however, the mechanism of renal excretion of uric acid has long been a subject of controversial results. Within a given group it was possible to find individuals with either net secretion or net reabsorption of urate depend on the experimental conditions. Excretion of urate can be depressed or enhanced by a variety of drugs belonging mainly to the aromatic acid group. Diodrast, probenecid, cinchophen and salicylates have been reported as uricosuric agents, on the other hand, lactate, benzoate, pyrazinoic acid, acetazolamide and chlorothiazide are known to be contraindicated to use for the patient with gout since these agents depress the excretion of uric acid from the kidney. However, complex and sometimes the paradoxical effects on the urate excretion by those above mentioned drugs are not uncommon. The experiments were designed to investigate the mechanisms of renal handling of urate as well as the effects of variety of drugs on the tubular transport of uric acid in the rabbits. Male or female white rabbits, from 1.5 to 2.5 kg in weight, were used. The experimental methods used in these studies were clearance, stop-flow, and retrograde injection techniques. The effects of saline, salicylate, chlorothiazide and probenecid were investigated in each experimental conditions. Results of the experiments were summarized as follows; 1. In the rabbits, the rate of urate clearance was always lower than the rate of inulin clearance. The filtration fraction of the urate was one third on an average, therefore, it is estimated that approximately two thirds of filtered urate was reabsorbed. 2. In the kidneys of rabbits, the urate clearance was increased significantly by administration of chlorothiazide and decreased by probenecid. The administration of salicylate had no effect on the rate of urate clearance. The filtration fraction of urate was increased by chlorothiazide and decreased by probenecid. 3. In the stop-flow studies, the U/P ratio of urate was higher than the U/P ratio of inulin in the proximal region, indicating the secretion of uric acid in the proximal tubules. The proximal peak was increased by chlorothiazide and inhibited by probenecid.4. In the retrograde injection studies, the reabsorption of urate in the proximal region was observed, and these reabsorptive transport of urate was depressed by either probenecid or by chlorothiazide. 5. No distal tubular activity was observed under any of these experimental conditions concerning urate transport. The results of these experiments show that probenecid inhibits both secretory and reabsorptive transport of uric acid in the kidney of the rabbits. The enhancement of secretory transport of urate by chlorothiazide in the clearance study was due to the secondary action of chlorothiazide which inhibits the reabsorptive transport of urate in the proximal tubules. It is evident that the urate transport in the kidneys of rabbits is bidirectional nondiffusive flux both secretory and reabsorptive directions in the proximal tubules.

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Mechanisms of Gas Permeation through Microporous Membranes - A Review (미세 다공막을 통한 기체 투과기구)

  • 황선탁
    • Membrane Journal
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 1997
  • A review is presented for various gas transport mechanisms through microporous membranes of both polymeric and inorganic materials. Different transport modes manifest depending on the pore size and the flow regime, which is a function of pressure, temperature, and the interaction between gas molecules and the pore walls. For microporous membranes whose pores are small and the internal surface area huge, the surface diffusion becomes a significant factor. If the pores become even smaller, then the transport mechanism will be more of an activated diffusion type. When conditions are right capillary condensation will take place to create an enormous capillary pressure gradient, which will greatly enhance the permeation flux. At the same time the capillary condensate of the heavier component may block the membrane pores denying the passage of the lighter gas molecules. All of these phenomena will influence the separation of mixtures.

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Electron Collision Cross Section of Electron Transport Coefficients in Hydrogen-Argon Mixtures ($H_2$ + Ar 혼합기체의 전자수송계수에서의 전자충돌 단면적)

  • Jo, Doo-Yong;Phan, Thi Lan;Jeon, Byung-Hoon
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2011.07a
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    • pp.1540-1541
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    • 2011
  • We calculated the electron transport coefficients in $H_2$+Ar gas calculated E/N values 0.01 ~ 1 Td by the Boltzmann equation method. This study gained the values of the electron swarm parameters such as the electron drift velocity and the transverse diffusion coefficients for $H_2$+Ar gas at a range of E/N. The transport coefficient W and Dt/u have been calculated in mixtures of 0.5% and 4% hydrogen in argon. All values were made at 293 K.

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Two-Dimensional Nuclide Transport Around a HLW Repository

  • Lee, Youn-Myoung;Kang, Chul-Hyung;Hwang, Yong-Soo;Chun, Kwan-Sik
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.432-443
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    • 1999
  • Using a two-dimensional numerical model, nuclide transport in the buffer between the canister and adjacent rock in a high-level radioactive waste repository is dealt with. Calculations are made for a typical case with a three-member decay chain, $^{234}$ U longrightarrow $^{230}$ Th longrightarrow $^{226}$ Ra. The solution method used here is based on a physically exact formulation by a control volume method directly integrating the governing equation over each control volume.

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A Study on sideband Aperture Coupled Microstrip Antenna Using U slot and stub (U 슬롯과 stub를 이용한 개구 결합 급전 방식의 광대역 마이크로스트립 안테나에 관한 연구)

  • 김현준;오은실;윤영중
    • Proceedings of the Korea Electromagnetic Engineering Society Conference
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    • 2000.11a
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    • pp.377-380
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    • 2000
  • 본 논문에서는 개구 결합 방식의 마이크로스트립 안테나에 U 슬롯과 turning stub를 동시에 사용하여 넓은 대역폭을 갖는 안테나를 설계 및 제작하였다. 상대 유전율이 2.2이고 두께가 61mil인 duroid 5880기판을 사용하여 ITS(Intelligent Transport System)대역인 5.77GHz에서 동작하는 안테나를 설계하였고, VSWR$\leq$2를 기준으로 하여 약 12.4%의 대역폭을 얻을 수 있었다. 그리고 약 7GHz에서 동작하는 안테나에서는 상대 유전율이 2.2이고 두께가 31mil인 5880기판과 1.6mm인 form을 사용하여 VSWR$\leq$1.5를 기준으로 약 11.7%의 대역폭을 얻을 수 있었다. 각각의 경우 U 슬롯만을 사용한 경우와 비교할 때 5.77 GHz에서는 5.7% 7GHz대역에서는 약 4%의 대역폭 개선 효과를 확인할 수 있었다.

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USN based Sevice Model for Traffic Facilities in u-City (u-City의 교통시설물 USN 기반 서비스 추진 방향)

  • Lee, Yong-Joo;Kim, Jy-So;Chang, Hoon;Jeong, Jin-Seok
    • Proceedings of the Korean Association of Geographic Inforamtion Studies Conference
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    • 2008.06a
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    • pp.510-517
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    • 2008
  • 본 연구에서는 u-City 건설에 따른 도시 기반시설물의 관리 중 특히 교통시설물의 관리를 위한 USN(Ubiquitous Sensor Network) 기반 서비스 모델을 구축하기 위하여 관련 현황을 분석하고 이에 대한 전 방향을 제시하고자 한다. 이를 위해 국 내외의 ITS(Intelligent Transport System)의 추진현황을 살펴보고, 이를 통해 제공되는 교통시설물 관련 서비스를 교통흐름관리, 교통정보제공, 대중교통 활성화 3개 부문으로 나누어 분석하였다. 또한 USN 기술의 발전 동향을 살펴보아 미래의 u-City 건설 지역에 교통시설의 이용효율을 극대화하고, 교통 이용편의와 교통안전을 제고하기 위한 USN 기반의 교통시설물 관련 서비스 방안을 제시하고자 한다.

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First-Principles Study on Thermodynamic Stability of UO2 with He Gas Incorporation via Alpha-Decay

  • Kwon, Choa;Lee, Kwanpyung;Han, Byungchan
    • Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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    • v.57 no.3
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    • pp.368-371
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    • 2019
  • Using first principles calculations we investigated the thermomechanical stability of spent nuclear fuels (SNF), especially how mechanical properties of $UO_2$, such as, bulk, shear and Young's moduli and Poisson's ratio vary through alpha-decay of U into Th with generation of He gas. Our results indicate that substitution of U by Th through alpha decay ($U_{1-x}Th_xO_2$) does not significantly affect the stability of the grain in a fuel matrix. In addition, we studied the transport properties of He in and boundaries of the $U_{1-x}Th_xO_2$ grain. Helium preferentially resides at the grain boundaries through diffusion. Our study can contribute to substantial reduction of environmentally risk and enhancement of our sustainability by safe control of radioactive materials.

Improving the TCP Retransmission Timer Adjustment Mechanism for Constrained IoT Networks

  • Chansook Lim
    • International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.29-35
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    • 2024
  • TCP is considered as one of the major candidate transport protocols even for constrained IoT networks..In our previous work, we investigated the congestion control mechanism of the uIP TCP. Since the uIP TCP sets the window size to one segment by default, managing the retransmission timer is the primary approach to congestion control. However, the original uIP TCP sets the retransmission timer based on the fixed RTO, it performs poorly when a radio duty cycling mechanism is enabled and the hidden terminal problem is severe. In our previous work, we proposed a TCP retransmission timer adjustment scheme for uIP TCP which adopts the notion of weak RTT estimation of CoCoA, exponential backoffs with variable limits, and dithering. Although our previous work showed that the proposed retransmission timer adjustment scheme can improve performance, we observe that the scheme often causes a node to set the retransmission timer for an excessively too long time period. In this work, we show that slightly modifying the dithering mechanism of the previous scheme is effective for improving TCP fairness.

Analysis on the contaminant transport in subsurface soil at Daeduk site (대덕부지 토양내 오염물 이동 해석)

  • Suh, Kyung-Suk;Kim, Eun-Han;Hwang, Won-Tae;Jeong, Hyo-Joon;Han, Moon-Hee;Lee, Chang-Woo
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.155-163
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    • 2003
  • The groundwater flow and contaminant transport numerical models have been established for analyzing the movements of pollutants in subsurface soil at Daeduk site. The groundwater flow and concentration of U-234 using the numerical models were simulated around Daeduk nuclear facilities. The computed groundwater flow was mainly advected toward the direction of east and southeast around HANARO in the site. The radioactive material entered into the subsurface soil was transported along the same direction with groundwater flow. The radioactive material deposited on the surface from the calculated concentration distributions was not affected by surrounding environment of the site.