• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.241-249
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• 2001

A report by the National Research Council in the United States suggested that many lung cancer deaths each year are associated with breathing radon in indoor air. Most of the indoor radon comes directly from soil beneath the basement of foundation. Recently, radon released from groundwater is found to contribute to the total inhalation risk from indoor air. This study presents the assessment of a exposure to radon released from the groundwater into indoor air. At first, a 3-compartment model is describe the transfer and distribution if radon released from groundwater in a house through showering, washing clothes, and flushing toilets. The model is used to estimate a daily human exposure through inhalation of such radon for adults based on two sets of exposure scenarios, Finally, a sensitivity analysis is used to identify important parameters. The results obtained from the study would help to increase the understanding of risk assessment issues associated with the indoor radon released from groundwater.

• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.327-334
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• 2002

The work presents sensitivity and uncertainty analysis of 2-compartment model for the evaluation of indoor radon pollution in a house. Effort on the development of such model is directed towards the prediction of the generation and transfer of radon in indoor air released from groundwater. The model is used to estimate a quantitative daily human exposure through inhalation of such radon based on exposure scenarios. However, prediction from the model has uncertainty propagated from uncertainties in model parameters. In order to assess how model predictions are affected by the uncertainties of model inputs, the study performs a quantitative uncertainty analysis in conjunction with the developed model. An importance analysis is performed to rank input parameters with respect to their contribution to model prediction based on the uncertainty analysis. The results obtained from this study would be used to the evaluation of human risk by inhalation associated with the indoor pollution by radon released from groundwater.

• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.193-200
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• 2009

The ventilation system of apartments can be divided by supply and exhaust fan, supply fan and exhaust free and supply free and exhaust fan. Recently, the individual ventilation system and central ventilation system which is combined cooling system with duct system are applied to apartment ventilation system. The airflow pattern is affected by location of supply unit and exhaust unit in indoor. This study is to investigate the proper distance between supply unit and exhaust unit using CFD. As a result of this study, the proper distance between supply unit and exhaust unit could be suggested at the interval of 3 m in supply and exhaust fan system and 2.5 m in supply fan and exhaust free.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.153-156
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• 2003

Backhole, which is one of geometric parameters in swirl coaxial injectors, is found to affect the inner flow motion and the acoustic characteristics of the swirl injector. In order to analyze the effect of the backhole as a damping device such as acoustic cavities of the combustion chamber, it was regarded as a Helmholtz or Quarter-wave resonator. As a result, it is known that the swirl coaxial injector with the backhole may produce the resonant frequency coincided with the frequency of the combustion chamber.

• Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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• 2009.06a
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• pp.371-375
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• 2009

The distribution control of refrigerant flow is one of the basic technique to enhance system efficiency. However, if engineers forget to control the refrigerant flow speed in all operation range, refrigerant flow mal distribution becomes a noise source. The refrigerant flow noise should be checked and controlled at the lowest air flow mode which is the most silent mode and frequently used in night time.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2013.05a
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• pp.74-75
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• 2013

Pseudolite is a contraction of the term "pseudo-satellite," used to refer to something that is not a satellite which performs a function commonly in the domain of satellites. Pseudolite are most often small transceivers that are used to create a local, ground-based GPS alternative. This paper proposes a clock synchronization scheme for pseudolite.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2010.07a
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• pp.252-253
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• 2010

다양한 조명들이 있으며 각각의 조명에는 그 특성에 적합한 구동 회로가 필요하다. 구동 회로에서 조광 범위 조정은 최근 생활수준의 향상으로 인해 일반 가정 및 사무실에 각 구성원 간의 시력보호, 능률향상, 실내분위기 조성을 위하여 반드시 필요한 기능으로 부각되고 있다. 또한 에너지 절약을 위해 절전 기능을 강조함에 따라 필요한 곳에 필요한 밝기만 유지하여 주는 역할이 더욱 중요해 지고 있다. 최근에는 회로 구성이 쉽고 보호 기능 구현 및 제어가 간편한 MCU를 이용한 조명 제어가 도입되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 추세에 맞추어 기존의 형광등과 최근의 AC LED 구동용 제어 보드를 MCU를 이용하여 조광 범위 조정이 가능하게 각각 구현 하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.546-550
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• 2007

수중보는 하천, 하수관 또는 인공수로에 건기시 유지수량을 확보할 목적으로 설치되며 보통 10년 주기 내외의 평균 강우량에 맞추어 그 용량을 결정한다. 수처리를 위한 장치의 규모는 적정한 재현기간에 맞추어 설계하고, 재현기간을 초과하여 강우가 발생할 경우 강우 유입을 우회시켜 경제성을 확보할 수 있어야 한다. 따라서 완충회전수문은 초과하는 수량을 우회 또는 통과시킬 목적으로 개발되었으며 기존 연구에서 실내 및 현장 실험 모형을 제작하여 여러 차례 실험을 토대로 한계수심 및 충격량을 이론적으로 산정하고 현장 적용성을 검증한 바 있다. 본 연구에서는 수문의 개 폐시 원형실린더에 부착되어 있는 날개의 길이 및 개수 변이에 따른 항력의 영향으로 충격량을 측정하여 현장에 보다 적합한 완충회전수문의 최적설계방안을 제시하고자 한다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.3 no.6
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• pp.188-198
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• 1995

Turbulent flow characteristics of a lean-burn engine were qualitatively studied in order to obtain the optimum design parameters. 3-D lean-burn model engine was made up of an intake port, an intake valve and a cylinder. Computational grids were generated using PATRAN which was a FEM grid-generation software and numerical calculations were performed using STAR-CD. The predicted results showed that swirl and tumble structures were significantly changed by the valve lifts.

• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.55-64
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• 1993

A numerical investigation has been carried out for the two-dimensional flow and pressure characteristics in a clean room equipped with two kinds of filters and four access panels. The distributed pressure resistance concept was applied to describe the momentum loss in filters and access panels. As a result, the velocity profile in the clean room became rather smooth by the presence of access panels. Furthermore, the average pressure drop of each access panel reached the same value so that the ratio of the flow rate should be the same at any zone. The closing of an access panel with maintaining the other access panels being opened had influenced on the velocity distribution in lower two thirds of left half space of the clean room.