• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권1호
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• pp.233-240
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• 2024

The wall friction correlations of oscillatory natural circulation loops are highly loop-specific, making it difficult to perform 1-D system simulations before obtaining specific experimental data. To better predict the friction characteristics, the nonlinear dynamics of a toroidal single-phase natural circulation loop were numerically investigated, and the transition effect was considered. The k-k_L-ω transitional turbulence and k-ω SST turbulence models were used to compute the flow characteristics of the loop under different heating powers varying from 0.48 to 1.0 W/cm², and the results of both models were compared with previous experiments. The mass flow rates and friction factors predicted by the k-k_L-ω model showed a better agreement with the experimental data than the results of the k-ω SST model. The oscillation frequencies calculated using both models agreed well with the experimental data. The k-k_L-ω transitional turbulence model provided better friction-factor predictions in oscillatory natural circulation loops because it can reproduce the temporal and spatial variation of the wall shear stress more accurately by capturing the movement of laminar, transition turbulent zones inside unstable natural circulation loops. This study shows that transition effects are a possible explanation for the highly loop-specific friction correlations observed in various oscillatory natural circulation loops.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제26권7호
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• pp.1163-1172
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• 2016

The Ω-loop is a nonregular and flexible structure that plays an important role in molecular recognition, protein folding, and thermostability. In the present study, molecular dynamics simulation was carried out to assess the molecular stability and flexibility profile of the porcine trypsin structures. Two Ω-Loops (fragment 57-67 and fragment 78-91) were confirmed to represent the flexible region. Subsequently, glycosylation site-directed mutations (A73S, N84S, and R104S) were introduced within the Ω-loop region and its wing chain based on its potential N-glycosylation sites (Asn-Xaa-Ser/Thr consensus sequences) and structure information to improve the thermostability of trypsin. The result demonstrated that the half-life of the N84S mutant at 50℃ increased by 177.89 min when compared with that of the wild-type enzyme. Furthermore, the significant increase in the thermal stability of the N84S mutant has also been proven by an increase in the T_m values determined by circular dichroism. Additionally, the optimum temperatures of the wild-type enzyme and the N84S mutant were 75℃ and 80℃, respectively. In conclusion, we obtained the thermostability-improved enzyme N84S mutant, and the strategy used to design this mutant based on its structural information and N-linked glycosylation modification could be applied to engineer other enzymes to meet the needs of the biotechnological industry.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제60권2호
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• pp.111-117
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 이성분 격자 용액에서 용매-용질, 용질-용질 분자 사이에 특정상호작용이 존재하는 경우에 대한 새로운 혼합자유에너지식을 유도하였다. 특정상호작용이 일어날 확률은 이항분포를 만족한다고 가정하였다. 이 혼합자유에너지식을 이용하여 나타낼 수 있는 부분혼합도에 대한 유형을 조사하였고 Ω-모양의 온도-조성 상도가 존재할 수 있음을 보여 주었다. 그리고 물-2-부탄올에 대한 Ω-모양의 온도-조성 상도를 계산하여 Hino등 ⁵의 방법에 의한 계산값, 실험값과 비교하여 보았다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2005

Sol-gel 법을 이용하여 Pt/TiO/sub x/SiO₂/Si 기판 위에 3.14×10/sup -4/㎠ 의 상부전극 면적을 갖는 PLT(5) 박막을 제작하여 스위칭 및 retention 특성에 대해 연구하였다. 4V 에서 3.56×10/sup -7/A/㎠의 누설전류밀도 값을 갖는 우수한 PLT(5) 박막에 펄스전압을 2V 에서 5V 까지 인가하였다. 펄스전압 증가에 따라 스위칭 시간은 0.52㎲ 에서부터 0.14㎲ 까지 감소하는 경향을 나타냈으며, 부하저항을 50Ω 에서 3.3Ω 으로 증가시킴에 따라 스위칭 시간이 0.14㎲에서 13.7㎲ 로 증가하는 것이 관찰되었다. 인가된 펄스 전압에 대한 스위칭 시간의 관계로부터 구한 활성화 에너지(Ea) 는 135kV/cm 이었다. PLT(5) 박막의 이력곡선과 분극 스위칭 실험으로부터 구한 switched charge density 사이의 오차는 약 10% 정도로 비교적 잘 일치하였으며, retention 특성은 105s 이후에도 약 8% 정도의 우수한 분극 감소 특성을 나타내었다.

• 전자공학회논문지T
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• 제36T권1호
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• pp.86-92
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• 1999

본 논문에서는 수분센서용으로 적합한 구조의 안테나로 소형의 개 루우프 안테나를 모델로 제시하고, 그 동작특성을 모멘트 법을 이용하여 수치해석 하였다. 수치해석의 결과, 동작 주파수 300MHz ∼ 500MHz의 대역에서 안테나의 파리미터 값을 변화시킴으로써 입력 임피던스는 50Ω으로 정합시킬 수 있으며, 이득은 약 2.5㏈d 정도로 나타났다. 또한, 이 안테나는 동작 주파수에서 협대역 공진특성을 보이고, 안테나의 중심 축 상으로 균일분포의 복사패턴을 보였다. 따라서 본 논문에서 제시된 안테나 모델은 수분센서용 안테나로서 적합한 구조와 동작특성을 갖는다.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2000년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집(2)
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• pp.88-91
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• 2000

An MMIC oscillator operating at the 24.55 GHz has been designed using 0.2 ${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$AlGaAs/InGaAs/GaAs Pseudomorphic HEMT technology. The active device used in the oscillator design has a 0.2 ${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ gate length PHEMT with 4$\times$80 ${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ gate width. We obtained 4.08 dB of S$_{21}$ gain and 317 mS/mm of transconductance, and extrapolated unit current gain cut-off frequency (f$_{T}$) and maximum oscillation frequency (fmax) were 62 GHz and 120 GHz, respectively. The circuit are based on a series feedback and negative resistance topology. Microstrip line open stub is used to terminating. The oscillator circuits has designed for delivering maximum power to load and conjugated matching. The simulated small signal negative resistance was 50 Ω. We obtained 1.002 of loop gain and 0.0005$^{\circ}$angle from the simulation by HP libra 6.1. The layout for oscillator is 1.2$\times$1.8 $\textrm{mm}^2$.>.

• Progress in Superconductivity
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.94-97
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• 2004

Step-edge Josephson junctions (SEJ) have been fabricated on sapphire substrates with in situ deposited films of CeO$_2$ buffer layer and YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7}$ films on the low angle steps. Direct coupled SQUID magnetometers with the SEJ were formed on 1 cm X 1 cm R-plane sapphire substrates. Typical 5-${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$-wide Josephson junctions have R$_{N}$ of 3 Ω and I$_{c}$ of 50 $mutextrm{A}$ at 77 K. The direct coupled SQUID magnetometers were designed to have pickup coils of 50-${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$-wide 16 parallel loops on the 1 cm X 1 cm substrates with outer dimension of 8.8 mm X 8.8 mm. The SEJ SQUID magnetometers exhibit relatively low 1/f noise even with dc bias control, and could be stably controlled by flux-locked loops in the magnetically disturbed environment. Field noise of the do SQUID was measured to be 200∼300 fT/Hz$^{1}$2/in the white noise region and about 2 pT/Hz$^{1}$2/ at 1 Hz when measured with dc bias method.hod.d.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.1226-1235
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• 2016

For wearable health monitoring systems, a fundamental problem is the limited space for storing energy, which can be translated into a short operational life. In this paper, a highly efficient active voltage doubling rectifier with a wide input range for micro-piezoelectric energy harvesting systems is proposed. To obtain a higher output voltage, the Dickson charge pump topology is chosen in this design. By replacing the passive diodes with unbalanced-biased comparator-controlled active counterparts, the proposed rectifier minimizes the voltage losses along the conduction path and solves the reverse leakage problem caused by conventional comparator-controlled active diodes. To improve the rectifier input voltage sensitivity and decrease the minimum operational input voltage, two low power common-gate comparators are introduced in the proposed design. To keep the comparator from oscillating, a positive feedback loop formed by the capacitor C is added to it. Based on the SMIC 0.18-μm standard CMOS process, the proposed rectifier is simulated and implemented. The area of the whole chip is 0.91×0.97 mm², while the rectifier core occupies only 13% of this area. The measured results show that the proposed rectifier can operate properly with input amplitudes ranging from 0.2 to 1.0V and with frequencies ranging from 20 to 3000 Hz. The proposed rectifier can achieve a 92.5% power conversion efficiency (PCE) with input amplitudes equal to 0.6 V at 200 Hz. The voltage conversion efficiency (VCE) is around 93% for input amplitudes greater than 0.3 V and load resistances larger than 20kΩ.