• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.155-161
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• 2015

Efficient energy consumption is a one of the key issues in wireless sensor networks. Clustering-based routing algorithms have been popular solutions for such an issue. Re-clustering is necessary for avoiding early energy drain of cluster head nodes in such routing strategies. The re-clustering process itself, however, is another source of energy consumption. It is suggested in this work to adaptively set the frequency of re-clustering by comparing the energy levels of cluster heads and a threshold value. The algorithm keeps the clusters if all the cluster heads' energy levels are greater than the threshold value. We confirm through simulations that the suggested algorithm shows better energy efficiency than the existing solutions.

• KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.211-221
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• 2016

The increase of world's population and economic development are the keys drivers behind growing demand for energy. Especially the demand for electricity would eventually result in an increase of coal usage. Therefore ultra supercritical circulating fluidized bed boiler has been developed as solutions of economic eco-friendly technologies for coal and of increasing supplies of low grade fuels. Ultra supercritical circulating fluidized bed boiler has an once through type of steam cycle different from drum type in subcritical circulating fluidized bed boiler. Also, the duplication of a proven commercial module with 100-300 MWe subcritical circulating fluidized bed might be the key for design of 500~800 MWe ultra supercritical circulating fluidized bed boiler. After 2017, ultra supercritical circulating fluidized bed boiler might become standard model over subcritical circulating fluidized bed boiler. Therefore, this paper will help you to understand ultra super critical circulating fluidized bed (USC-CFB) through describing the background, status and prospect of the CFB technology.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.877-880
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• 2007

이 논문에서는 에너지 제한이 엄격한 환경에서 동작하는 무선 센서 네트워크를 위한 기회적 전송 전략을 제안한다. 본 연구는 무선 센서 네트워크의 호스트 지연에 민감한 어플리케이션을 고려하였다. 우리가 제안한 전송 전략은 시변 채널에서 지연의 제약을 받으면 채널상태가 좋을 때 전송을 시도하는 이진-결정 기반 전송 방식이다. 마코브 결정 프로세스가 전송 결정을 위한 최적 임계치를 찾는데 사용되었다. 우리의 이진-결정 기반 전송 방식은 에너지 소모의 원인인 전송실패를 가능하면 피하기 위해 채널의 질이 최적 임계 치를 넘을 때만 전송을 시작한다. 우리가 제안한 방식의 성능을 검증하기 위해 무선 페이딩 채널에서 광범위한 시뮬레이션을 수행하였다. 시뮬레이션 결과는 이진-결정 기반 전송 방식이 다른 방식보다. 35% 놓은 에너지 효율을 가지고 이로인해 네트워크 수명이 연장된다는 것을 보여준다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.33 no.10A
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• pp.949-955
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• 2008

In this paper, we propose the improved energy detector using adaptive thresholds in cognitive radio system, in order to compensate the weak points of the existing energy detector in the distorted communication environment. In addition, by investigating the several parameters we analyze its performance. The numerical results show the proposed method may get the performance gain, when the mobile speed is slow (3 km/h) as well as the false alarm probability is low ($P_f=10^{-1}$).

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.139-145
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• 2014

In this paper, a feature parameter is obtained by applying the Teager energy to the WPD(Wavelet Packet Decomposition) coefficients. The threshold value is obtained based on means and standard deviations of nonspeech frames. Experimental results by using TIMIT speech and NOISEX-92 noise databases show that the proposed algorithm is superior to the typical VAD algorithm. The ROC(Receiver Operating Characteristics) curves are used to compare performance of VAD's for SNR values of ranging from 10 to -10 dB.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.33 no.12B
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• pp.1083-1096
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• 2008

This paper proposes an energy-aware path management scheme, so-called the TBP(Threshold based Back-Pressure) algorithm, which is designed for lifetime extension of the energy-constrained wireless sensor networks. With the goal of fair energy consumptions, we extensively utilize the available paths between the source and the sink nodes. The traffic distribution feature of the TBP algorithm operates in two scales; the local and the whole routing area. The threshold and the back-pressure signal are introduced for implementing those operations. It is noticeable that the TBP algorithm maintains the scalability by defining both the threshold and the back-pressure signal to have their meanings locally confined to one hop only. Throughout several experiments, we observe that the TBP algorithm enhances the network-wide energy distribution. which implies the extension of the network lifetime. Additionally, both the delay and the throughput outcomes show remarkable improvements. This shows that the energy-aware path control scheme holds the effects of the congestion control.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.37 no.12
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• pp.1167-1173
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• 2013

This study aimed to calculate the CFFs (critical flow functions) of a sonic nozzle bank with a 12-nozzle package within 1 s. Toward this end, the Helmholtz free energy of natural gas was formulated by using the AGA8-dc equation of state in a form without integral terms, and thereafter, thermodynamic properties such as the enthalpy, entropy, speed of sound, and heat capacity, which are used in CFF calculation, were derived in analytical form. As a result, the calculation time of CFFs was improved from 6.7 s in a previous study to 0.6 s per 12-nozzle package and kept almost constant regardless of the number of components in natural gas. Furthermore, it was confirmed that the calculated CFF values were in agreement with the results of a CFF international comparison test carried out under ISO management in 1998-1999.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.27-34
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• 2013

This paper analyzes the behaviour of a prey to avoid the pursuit of a predator at predator-prey relationship to be appeared in the collective behavior of animals. One of the methods to avoid the pursuit of a predator is to rotate quickly when a predator arrives near to it. At that moment, a critical distance and a rotating angular are very important for the prey in order to survive from the pursuit, where the critical distance is the distance between the predator and the prey just before rotation. In order to analyze the critical distance and the rotating angular, this paper introduces the energy for a predator which it has at starting point of the chase and consumes during the chase. Through simulations, we can know that the rotating angle for a prey to survive from the pursuit is increased when the critical distance is shorter and when the ratio of predator's mass and prey's mass is also decreased. The results of simulations are the similar phenomenon in nature and therefore it means that the method to analyze in this paper is correct.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2005.05b
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• pp.1113-1117
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• 2005

보 상류의 유속 및 수심과 같은 흐름 조건은 보, 하천 형상, 그리고 하류 흐름 특성에 의해 좌우된다. 본 연구에서는 하류 조건에 따라 보 상류의 흐름 특성에 미치는 영향을 검토하였다. 이를 위해 구형단면의 수로에 하천설계지침(2002)에 따라 보를 제작하여 설치하였으며 보에서의 임계수심 및 이에 따른 유량의 변화를 파악하였으며 실험결과를 기존 문헌과 비교$\cdot$분석하였다. 또한 자유 월류로 빠른 유속을 지닌 흐름이 수로의 마찰저항과 하류 배수효과에 의해 에너지 소멸로 나타나는 도수현상을 관측하여 발생특성을 파악하였다. 도수의 발생조건은 Posey와 Hsing(1938)에 제시한 결과와 유사한 결과를 보였으며 하류영향에 따른 도수 발생 위치는 하류단 수위와 일정한 관계를 갖고 있으나 유량과는 선형적인 관계를 보이지 않는 것을 알 수 있었다. 또한 임계수심 설정에 대해 Knap(1960)이 제시한 산정식과 비교한 결과 유량이 작은 경우 거의 일치하는 결과를 보였으나 유량이 증가할수록 오차가 커졌다. 임계수심 전$\cdot$후의 유량계수를 살펴본 결과 하류 조건에 의해 임계수심을 넘으면 유량계수가 자유 월류 시보다 약 $2\%\~6.5\%의 감소를 나타냈으며 공급유량이 $0.05m^3/s$ 일 경우 유량계수의 차이가 가장 큰 것을 알 수 있다.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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• v.44 no.8
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• pp.17-22
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• 2007

In this paper, we propose a threshold estimation algorithm for a noncoherent IR-UWB receiver using 1-bit sampler. The proposed method reduces the hardware complexity by using the information of binary data resulted from 1-bit sampler instead of measuring the energy level of a received signal. Besides, mathematical modeling shows that the performances are similar to those of theoretically optimal threshold in terms of bit error rate. Computer simulations based on the IEEE 802.15.4a channel model also demonstrate the superiority of the proposed algorithm.