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REVIEW OF SUPERCRITICAL CO2 POWER CYCLE TECHNOLOGY AND CURRENT STATUS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

  • AHN, YOONHAN;BAE, SEONG JUN;KIM, MINSEOK;CHO, SEONG KUK;BAIK, SEUNGJOON;LEE, JEONG IK;CHA, JAE EUN
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.47 no.6
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    • pp.647-661
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    • 2015
  • The supercritical $CO_2$ (S-$CO_2$) Brayton cycle has recently been gaining a lot of attention for application to next generation nuclear reactors. The advantages of the S-$CO_2$ cycle are high efficiency in the mild turbine inlet temperature region and a small physical footprint with a simple layout, compact turbomachinery, and heat exchangers. Several heat sources including nuclear, fossil fuel, waste heat, and renewable heat sources such as solar thermal or fuel cells are potential application areas of the S-$CO_2$ cycle. In this paper, the current development progress of the S-$CO_2$ cycle is introduced. Moreover, a quick comparison of various S-$CO_2$ layouts is presented in terms of cycle performance.

Fabrication and Ion Irradiation Characteristics of SiC-Based Ceramics for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems (차세대 원자력 시스템용 탄화규소계 세라믹스의 제조와 이온조사 특성 평가)

  • Kim, Weon-Ju;Kang, Seok-Min;Park, Kyeong-Hwan;Kohyama Akira;Ryu, Woo-Seog;Park, Ji-Yeon
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.42 no.8 s.279
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    • pp.575-581
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    • 2005
  • SiC-based ceramics are considered as candidate materials for the advanced nuclear energy systems such as the generation IV reactors and the fusion reactors due to their excellent high-temperature strength and irradiation resistance. The advanced nuclear energy systems and their main components adopting ceramic composites were briefly reviewed. A novel fabrication method of $SiC_f/SiC$ composites by introducing SiC whiskers was also described. In addition, the charged-particle irradiation ($Si^{2+}$ and $H^{+}$ ion) into CVD SiC was carried out to simulate the severe environments of the advanced nuclear reactors. SiC whiskers grown in the fiber preform increased the matrix infiltration rate by more than $60\%$ compared to the conventional CVI process. The highly crystalline and pure SiC showed little degradation in hardness and elastic modulus up to a damage level of 10 dpa at $1000^{\circ}C$.

A study on advanced EMU's maintenance program on test operation in Dabul line (차세대 전동차 대불선 시운전 시 유지보수방안 연구)

  • Kim, Young-Kyu;Park, Se-Young;Song, Jeong-Hun;An, Cheon-Heon;Lee, Han-Min
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2010.06a
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    • pp.2215-2222
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    • 2010
  • Advanced EMU have been enhanced in terms of safe transport and maintainability. It is a new urban railway technology that enables an operation institution to cut repair and maintenance costs and customers to use convenient service at lower costs based on IT technology. If a development vehicle of Advanced EMU is completed, it will be used to test the entire advanced EMU system through sufficient performance check and reliability check prior to operation in commercial line. It will also verify efficiency, safety, punctuality and energy efficiency of transport. Accordingly, it is necessary to figure how to repair and maintain vehicles to enhance safety of Advanced EMU system in cooperation with operation during the period of comprehensive evaluation on the operation of a development vehicle in a test line. In this paper, we investigated the maintenance program of Advanced EMU on test operation in Dabul line. The test condition and operation environment of Advanced EMU in Daebul line was analyzed.

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Intelligent Software System for the Advanced Control Room of a Nuclear Power Plant

  • Chang, Soon-Heung;Park, Seong-Soo;Park, Jin-Kyun;Gyunyoung Heo;Kim, Han-Gon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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    • 1997.10a
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    • pp.443-448
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    • 1997
  • The intelligent software system for nuclear power plants (NPPs) has been conceptually designed in this study. Its design goals are to operate NPPs in n improved manner and to support operators' cognitive tasks. It consists of six major modules such as "Information Processing," "Alarm Processing," "Procedure Tracking," "Performance Diagnosis," and "Event Diagnosis" modules for operators and "Malfunction Diagnosis" module for maintenance personnel. Most of the modules have been developed for several years and the others are under development. After the completion of development, they will be combined into one system that would be main parts of advanced control rooms in NPPs. that would be main parts of advanced control rooms in NPPs.

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cDNA cloning and expression pattern of Cinnamate-4-Hydroxylase in the Korean black raspberry

  • Baek, Myung-Hwa;Chung, Byung-Yeoup;Kim, Jin-Hong;Kim, Jae-Sung;Lee, Seung-Sik;An, Byung-Chull;Lee, In-Jung;Kim, Tae-Hoon
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.41 no.7
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    • pp.529-536
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    • 2008
  • Cinnamate-4-hydroxylase (C4H) is a key enzyme in the phenylpropanoid pathway, which is responsible for synthesizing a variety of secondary metabolites that participate in development and adaptation. In this study, we isolated a full-length cDNA of the C4H gene from the Korean black raspberry (Rubus sp.) and found that this gene existed as a single gene. By comparing the deduced amino acid sequence of Rubus sp. C4H with other sequences reported previously we determined that this sequence was highly conserved among widely divergent plant species. In addition, quantitative real time PCR studies indicated that the C4H gene had a differential expression pattern during fruit development, where gene expression was first detected in green fruit and was then remarkably reduced in yellow fruit, followed by an increase in red and black fruit. To investigate the two peaks in expression observed during fruit development and ripening, we measured the flavonoid content. The content of the major flavanol of Korean black raspberry fruits was determined to be highest at the beginning of fruit development, followed by a gradually decrease according to the developmental stages. In contrast, the content of anthocyanins during the progress of ripening was dramatically increased. Our results suggest that the C4H gene in Korean black raspberry plays a role during color development at the late stages of fruit ripening, whereas the expression of C4H gene during the early stages may be related to the accumulation of flavanols.

Design and Manufacture of Traveling-wave Electro-optic Modulator for X-band LFM Signal Generation (X-대역 LFM 신호생성을 위한 진행파형 전광변조기의 설계 및 제작)

  • Yi, Minwoo;Yoo, Sungjun;Bae, Youngseok;Jang, Sunghoon;Ryoo, Joonhyung;Shin, Jinwoo
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.24 no.6
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    • pp.610-618
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    • 2021
  • In this paper, a photonic-based microwave system technology is described, and a traveling-wave electro-optic modulator is designed and manufactured as a key component. The fabricated modulator is composed of a metal diffusion waveguide for optical transmission and a planar waveguide electrode on lithium niobate substrate for microwave transmission. The electro-optic response bandwidth of I and Q channels in a fabricated dual parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator were measured for 27.67 and 28.11 GHz, respectively. Photonic four times up-converted X-band frequency and linear frequency modulated signal were confirmed using the fabricated electro-optic modulator by S-band input signal. The confirmed broadband signal can be applied to a microwave system for surveillance and high-resolution ISAR imaging.

Preparation and Characteristics of Soda Lime for Carbon Dioxide Absorption (이산화탄소 흡수를 위한 소다라임 제조 및 특성)

  • Young-Jin Kim;Seok-Je Kwon;Jun-Hyung Seo;Yang-Soo Kim;Kye-Hong Cho;Jin-Sang Cho
    • Resources Recycling
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.52-58
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    • 2023
  • In this study, soda lime was prepared from slaked lime to expand the scope of limestone use. To evaluate carbon dioxide absorption, an extruder-type and disc-type pelletizers were used to make the soda lime using bentonite as an additive. Regardless of the pelletizing process, the peak of CaCO3 was confirmed in soda lime due to its reaction with carbon dioxide. Furthermore, it was confirmed that both calcite and aragonite were present together. The soda lime prepared using the disc-type pelletizer showed a larger specific surface area than that prepared using the extruder-type pelletizer did, and the specific surface area improved on adding bentonite. The carbon dioxide absorption rate increased under the sample condition with an enhanced specific surface area.