• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.13 no.12
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• pp.6159-6166
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• 2012

A discharge measurement is difficult in flood season which is especially important in the water resources field and the continuous discharge measurement for all rivers is impossible on the present system. So, the stage-discharge curve has been used for a long time to produce discharge data of rivers. However, there has been problems from a reliability angle due to the fact that this method uses only stage-discharge relationship, although the stage-discharge curve has the convenience. Therefore, a new mean velocity equation was derived by using Chiu's 2D velocity formula of the entropy concept in this paper. The derived equation reflected hydraulic characteristics such as the depth, gravity acceleration, hydraulic radius, energy slope, kinematic coefficient of viscosity, etc. and estimated also a maximum velocity. In addition, this method verified the relationship between a mean and maximum velocity and estimates an equilibrium state ${\phi}(M)$ well presenting properties of a river cross section as the results. The mean velocity was estimated by using the equilibrium state ${\phi}(M)$, and then the discharge was estimated. To prove this equation to be accurate, the comparison between the measured and estimated discharge is conducted by using the measured laboratory data in the unsteady condition flow showing loop state and the results are consistent. If this study is constantly carried out by using various laboratory and river data, this method will be widely utilized in water resources field.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.1908-1912
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• 2009

유량자료는 물의 순환과정을 규명하고 효율적인 수자원 개발 및 이수 치수 계획 등에 매우 귀중하게 이용된다. 그러나 이러한 유량자료를 확보하는 데는 많은 시간과 경비 등이 요구되기 때문에 주요 수위의 유량측정자료로 수위-유량관계 곡선식(Stage-Discharge Curve)을 개발하여 유량자료를 환산하고 있다. 따라서 수위-유량관계 곡선식의 신뢰도는 유량자료의 품질에 절대적인 영향을 미치는 요인으로 작용된다. 수문학을 연구하는 많은 학자들은 고품질의 유량자료를 생산하여 신뢰성 있는 곡선식을 개발하고자 유량측정 방법과 기준, 장비개량 등에 관한 연구를 수행하고 있다. 측정하고자 하는 기기별 측정 성과에 대한 연구 자료가 거의 없이 국내에 보급된 다양한 유속측정기기를 사용하여 유량자료를 생산하여 활용하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 규격화된 콘크리트 수로에 일정한 유량을 흘려보내고 다양한 측정기기를 이용하여 유속을 측정하였다. 그리고 이 측정성과를 이용하여 유량을 산정하고 비교분석하였다. 실험을 위해서 국내에서 일반적으로 사용되고 있는 측정기기로 마그네틱유속계(Electromagnetic Current Meter), 휴대용유량계(Flow Meter), 프라이스유속계(USGS Type AA Current Meter), 갈수기용유속계(USGS Pygmy Meter)등의 장비를 사용하였으며, 동일한 조건에서 유량을 얻음으로 측정 기기가 제시하는 유량을 알 수 있었다. 비교검토에 적용하고자 측정한 수심으로는 0.25m, 0.30m, 0.35m, 0.40m의 4개 Case로 진행이 되었으며, 측정방법으로는 도섭법(Wading Measurement)에 의하거나 케이블웨이(Cableway), 교량법(Bridge Measurement), 보트법(Boat Measurement)등이 있으나, 신뢰성과 정확도를 높이기 위해 도섭법으로 수면에서 0.6d 지점의 유량측정방법(1점법)을 적용하였다. USGS Type AA Current Meter, USGS Pygmy Meter는 유속측정기기의 검교정을 받았으므로 다른 실험유속측정치의 비교를 위한 기준값으로 사용하였다. 따라서 국내에서 널리 사용되는 측정기기(Electromagnetic Current meter, Flow Meter, USGS Type AA Current Meter, USGS Pygmy Meter)별 검토 결과 프라이스유속계를 기준으로 마그네틱유속계는 ${\pm}$10% 이상, 갈수기용 유속계 및 휴대용 유량계는 ${\pm}$5% 미만의 차이가 있음을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.78-83
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• 2021

We modeled the helical turbine and three modified helical turbines for the structure of the hydraulic turbine for discharge water energy harvesting. A structure that can reduce the load applied to the blade by placing a center plate is our basic concept. The shape was reduced to 1/5, fixed to a size of 240 mm in height and 247 mm in diameter, and modeled by changing the width and the angle of the hydraulic turbine blade. The pipe inner diameter of the simulation pipeline equipment is 309.5 mm, and the simulation section was 4 m in the entire section. The flow velocity was measured for two cases, 1.82 m/s and 2.51 m/s, with the parameters being the amount of power generation, hydraulic turbine's torque, and hydraulic turbine's rotation speed. The measurement results confirmed that the flow velocity at the center, which has no pipe surface resistance, has a great influence on the amount of power generation; therefore, the friction area of the turbine blade should be increased in the center area. In addition, if the center plate is placed on the helical turbine, durability can be improved as it reduces the stress on the blade.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.38 no.10 s.159
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• pp.811-824
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• 2005

The ADCP is an instrument based on Doppler effect, which measures discharge of a river in a short time while crossing it. In this study we aim to make a comparison of the discharge results from a moving-vessel ADCP with those measured by velocity-area method at the same cross-section, and to investigate the characteristics of velocity and discharge data using ADCP. Bathymetry measured by ADCP almost coincides with that by direct depth measurements. Because velocity data from ADCP are essentially instantaneous, individual velocity profiles obtained by ADCP are rather different from time-averaged velocity profiles. But spatially averaged velocity profiles of the individual ADCP data near the comparable verticals have similar vertical velocity pattern with the time-averaged ones. The average velocity profile from repeatedly crossed data is also similar with the time-averaged one. In case of the velocity distribution, individual and spatially averaged data for the sub-width of mid-section method Have good agreement with those by velocity-area method. Discharge data determined by averaging several ADCP measurement transects have $0.1\%{\~}9.3\%$ of difference with those from velocity-area method, and as the number of measurement increases, the relative difference to the velocity-area method decreases.

• Journal of Korean Society of Rural Planning
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.177-186
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• 2015

The main objective of this study was to assess the applicability of IoT (Internet of Things)-based flood management under climate change by developing intelligent water level monitoring platform based on IoT. In this study, Arduino Uno was selected as the development board, which is an open-source electronic platform. Arduino Uno was designed to connect the ultrasonic sensor, temperature sensor, and data logger shield for implementing IoT. Arduino IDE (Integrated Development Environment) was selected as the Arduino software and used to develop the intelligent algorithm to measure and calibrate the real-time water level automatically. The intelligent water level monitoring platform consists of water level measurement, temperature calibration, data calibration, stage-discharge relationship, and data logger algorithms. Water level measurement and temperature calibration algorithm corrected the bias inherent in the ultrasonic sensor. Data calibration algorithm analyzed and corrected the outliers during the measurement process. The verification of the intelligent water level measurement algorithm was performed by comparing water levels using the tape and ultrasonic sensor, which was generated by measuring water levels at regular intervals up to the maximum level. The statistics of the slope of the regression line and $R^2$ were 1.00 and 0.99, respectively which were considered acceptable. The error was 0.0575 cm. The verification of data calibration algorithm was performed by analyzing water levels containing all error codes in a time series graph. The intelligent platform developed in this study may contribute to the public IoT service, which is applicable to intelligent flood management under climate change.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Combustion
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.27-38
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• 1999

We constructed a wire-cylinder type pulsed corona discharge system for $NO_x$ removal, which was operated in room temperature. A emission spectrometer was built with a boxcar averager and monochrometer equipped with photo-multiplier tube detector. The sensitivity of the emission spectrometer was greatly improved by synchronizing the emission spectrometer with pulsed corona discharge system using a triggered spark-gap switch. $N_2$ spectrum($c^3{\Pi}_u{\rightarrow}X^1{\Sigma}_g{^+}$) was measured in the range of 300 - 450 nm and oxidizing OH radical emission($A^2{\Sigma}^+{\rightarrow}X^2{\Pi}$) was measured in case $N_2$ was supplied with water bubbling. As wet gas composition of inlet $N_2$ supplied in the discharge system increased, the intensity of OH emission was increased and saturated at wet gas composition 50%. We also investigated additive effect of $C_2H_4,\;H_2O,\;H_2O_2$ on the intensity of OR emission and $NO/NO_2/NO_x$ reduction and analysed the related reaction mechanism in corona discharge process. $H_2O_2$ additive increased the intensity of OH emission and $NO/NO_x$ reduction.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.942-947
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• 2006

In KOWACO, flow measurement system using PDA has been developed and used since 2004. Even though this system has improved the reliability of the measured flow data, it still has some problems caused by the internet-based data manipulation scheme. We found that this kind of data handling method is not suitable because it causes frequent communication problems especially in fringe areas. To solve this problem, the structure and algorithms of existing system has been analyzed and an improved system is proposed. Besides, improvement study on the rate of change and the uncertainty of the flow data have been performed as well as the communication method between the Microwave Water Surface Current Meter and PDA adopting the state-of-the-art IT technology.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.472-477
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• 2010

자동유량측정시설은 연속적인 유량자료를 측정하기 위해 운영되는 실시간-무인화 유량측정 시스템이다. 현재 국내 외에서 유량측정을 위해 설치 및 운영되고 있는 자동유량측정시설은 대부분 초음파유속계를 이용하고 있는는데, 초음파유속계는 유속을 측정하는 방식에 따라 크게 도플러방식 초음파유속계(ADVM, Acoustic Doppler Velocity Meter)와 이동시간차방식 초음파유속계(UVM, Ultrasonic Velocity Meter)로 분류된다. 본 연구에서는 각 방식별로 유량산정방법을 개선하기 위해 설치 운영 중인 자동유량측정시설 중 고령교 지점의 ADVM 방식과 여주, 적성 지점의 UVM 방식을 대상으로 측정성과에 대한 문제점을 분석하고 통계적인 방법을 통해 오측유속을 제거하거나 방식별 또는 지점별 특성을 고려하여 적절한 유량산정방법을 적용하였다. 그 결과 3개 지점에 대한 검증유량과의 평균 상대오차율은 모두 10% 이내로 나타났다.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.54 no.11
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• pp.903-913
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• 2021

In the flood season, the measurement of the river discharge has many restrictions due to reasons such as budget, manpower, safety, convenience in measurement and so on. In particular, when heavy rain events occur due to typhoons, etc., it is difficult to measure the amount of flood due to the above problems. In order to improve this problem, in this study, a method was developed that can measure the river discharge in a flood season simply and safely in a short time with minimal manpower by combining the functions of a drone and a surface velocity doppler radar. To overcome the mechanical limitations of drones caused by weather issues such as wind and rainfall derived from the measurement of the river discharge using the conventional drone, we developed a drone with P56 grade dustproof and waterproof performance, stable flight capability at a wind speed of up to 36 km/h, and a payload weight of up to 10 kg. Further, to eliminate vibration which is the most important constraint factor in the measurement with a surface velocity doppler radar, a damper plate was developed as a device that combines a drone and a surface velocity Doppler radar. The velocity meter DSVM (Dron and Surface Veloctity Meter using doppler radar) that combines the flight equipment with the velocity meter was produced. The error of ±3.5% occurred as a result of measuring the river discharge using DSVM at the point of Geumsan-gun (Hwangpunggyo) located at Bonghwang stream (the first tributary stream of the Geum River). In addition, when calculating the mean velocity from the measured surface velocity, the measurement was performed using ADCP simultaneously to improve accuracy, and the mean velocity conversion factor (0.92) was calculated by comparing the mean velocity. In this study, the discharge measured by combining a drone and a surface velocity meter was compared with the discharge measured using ADCP and floats, so that the application and utility of DSVM was confirmed.

• Journal of Korean Society of Disaster and Security
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.15-32
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• 2023

There are some difficulties such as safety problem and need of manpower in measuring discharge by submerging the instruments because of many floating debris and very fast flow in the river during the flood season. As an alternative, microwave water surface current meters have been increasingly used these days, which are easy to measure the discharge in the field without contacting the water surface directly. But it is also hard to apply the method in the sudden and rapidly changing field conditions. Therefore, the estimation of the discharge using the surface velocity in flood conditions requires a theoretical and economical approach. In this study, the measurements from microwave water surface current meter and rating curve were collected and then analyzed by the discharge estimation method using the surface velocity. Generally, the measured and converted discharge are analyzed to be similar in all methods at a hydraulic radius of 3 m or over or a mean velocity of 2 ㎧ or more. Besides, the study computed the discharge by the index velocity method and the velocity profile method with the maximum surface velocity in the section where the maximum velocity occurs at the high water level range of the rating curve among the target locations. As a result, the mean relative error with the converted discharge was within 10%. That is, in flood season, the discharge estimation method using one maximum surface velocity measurement, index velocity method, and velocity profile method can be applied to develop high-level extrapolation, therefore, it is judged that the reliability for the range of extrapolation estimation could be improved. Therefore, the discharge estimation method using the surface velocity is expected to become a fast and efficient discharge measurement method during the flood season.