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DESIGN AND APPLICATION OF A SINGLE-BEAM GAMMA DENSITOMETER FOR VOID FRACTION MEASUREMENT IN A SMALL DIAMETER STAINLESS STEEL PIPE IN A CRITICAL FLOW CONDITION

  • Park, Hyun-Sik;Chung, Chang-Hwan
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.39 no.4
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    • pp.349-358
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    • 2007
  • A single-beam gamma densitometer is utilized to measure the average void fraction in a small diameter stainless steel pipe under critical flow conditions. A typical design of a single-beam gamma densitometer is composed of a sealed gammaray source, a collimator, a scintillation detector, and a data acquisition system that includes an amplifier and a single channel analyzer. It is operated in the count mode and can be calibrated with a test pipe and various types of phantoms made of polyethylene. A good average void fraction is obtained for a small diameter pipe with various flow regimes of the core, annular, stratified, and bubbly flows. Several factors influencing the performance of the gamma densitometer are examined, including the distance between the source and the detector, the measuring time, and the ambient temperature. The void fraction is measured during an adiabatic downward two-phase critical flow in a vertical pipe. The test pipe has an inner diameter of 10.9 mm and a thickness of 3.2 mm. The average void fraction was reasonably measured for a two-phase critical flow in the presence of nitrogen gas.

Comparison of Bone Mineral Density with Pencil Beam and Fan Beam DXA Machine

  • Park, Jeong-Hoon;Lee, Jae-Mun;Youn, Je-Woong;Suh, Tae-Suk;Lee, Heung-Kyu
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Medical Physics Conference
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    • 2002.09a
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    • pp.425-426
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    • 2002
  • The bone densitometer is to investigate the bone mineral content and density for the osteoporosis assessment by using dual energy X-ray photons. For the clinical verification of the ISOL's OSTEO plus, the clinical study was performed with healthy and non-menopausal 30 female volunteers. The fan-beam DXA machine (Lunar, Expert) was chosen as a reference. After correlation analysis of their bone mineral densities, a strong correlation was obtained. From the results, it is claimed that the new forearm bone densitometer is clinically useful in osteoporosis diagnosis.

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Detection of N,N-Dimethylaniline in Ampicillin Trihydrate by Thin Layer Chromatography and Densitometry (박층크로마토그라피 및 농도 측정법에 의한 Ampicillin Trihydrate 중의 N,N-Dimethylaniline의 검색)

  • 이왕규;김박광;심창구
    • YAKHAK HOEJI
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.238-241
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    • 1978
  • A simple and convenient method of detecting N, N-dimethy laniline (D.M.A.) residues in ampicillin trihydrate (A.T.) was established. D.M.A. was extracted by chloroform from the chloroform presaturated N/10-ammonia water solution of A.T. and chromatographed on silica gel G thin layer. Blue spot appeared in 15minutes after spray of 2, 6-dichloroquinonechlorimide solution was compared with the blue spot of reference concomitantly processed. The developing solvent was prepared by mixing equal volume of cyclohexane and chloroform. To quantitate the amount of D.M.A. in A.T., T.L.C. was performed with the Eastmann Chromatogram sheet, then color density was measured by Cosmo Superclick densitometer. The developing solvent at this time was cyclohexane-chlorofonn (3+7) mixture. The peak areas obtained with the amount of D.M.A ranging from 0.05 to 2.0 .mu.g were linear to color density. Better sensitive results would be available with the densitometer equipped with monochromator.

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Application of an Energy Sensitive CZT Detector to a DXA Type of Bone Densitometer

  • Yoon, Je-Woong;Lee, Hyung-Koo;Lee, Heung-Kyu
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Medical Physics Conference
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    • 2002.09a
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    • pp.422-424
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    • 2002
  • The accuracy of DXA(Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry) highly depends on the detection and separation capability of dual energy X-ray X-ray photons. In addition both of scan time and patient exposure are affected by detection efficiency. A CZT detector with a good energy resolution and high detection efficiency was evaluated for the application of bone densitometry. Its performance was compared to a photomultiplier tube with a NaI(T1) scintillator in terms of energy resolution, detection efficiency and the accuracy of bone mineral density measurement. The comparison study was performed with CZT detector and PM tube using DXA equipments(OSTEO Plus, OSTEO Prima, ISOL Technology). The energy spectrum was acquired using MCA(Multi-Channel Analyzer). The used X-ray energy ranged from 20keV to 86keV. The MCA result of the CZT detector showed a slightly sharper energy spectrum than that of NaI(T1). Detection efficiency of the CZT detector at 59.5keV was 1.4 times better. Remarkably the final results of bone mineral density measurements demonstrate only less than 1% difference. The CZT detector appears to have many benefits for the application of bone densitometry. Its excellent energy resolution can enhance the counting accuracy of dual energy X-ray spectrum. Furthermore its compactness in physical dimension and no cooling requirement will be additional benefits for a more compact and accurate bone densitometer.

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A Study on the Method for Measuring the live Calorific Value of LNG in storage tank using LNG Densitometer (LNG 밀도계를 이용한 저장 탱크 내 LNG 발열량 실시간 측정방법에 관한 연구)

  • Ha, Young-Cheol;Lee, Seong-Min
    • Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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    • v.49 no.1
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    • pp.35-40
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    • 2011
  • The low caloric LNG, which didn't meet the gas interchangeability of Korea, has been imported from 2005 winter season. Amount of this LNG imports has been increased from year to year. In the near future, very low caloric LNG (calorific value ${\leq}$ 9,500 kcal/$Nm^3$) such as CBM, Shale LNG will be imported large amounts. For this reason, we need a method for monitoring live calorific values(CV) of LNG in each storage tank to supply gasified LNG with interchangeable CV at LNG receiving terminal. This study was conducted to develope the method for measuring the live CVs of LNG in each storage tank using LNG densitometer. For this purpose, the accurate correlation between CV and density of LNG was derived and the uncertainty of this method was evaluated and also the measuring system for CVs was constructed at LNG receiving terminal. To verify this method, the results of measurement using this method were compared with the field data of LNG analysis and the results showed that the deviations were 0.17~0.47%.

Ultrasonic Bone Densitometer by Measuring the Speed of Sound (SOS를 이용한 초음파 골밀도 측정 장치)

  • Jung, Min-Sang;Hahn, Eun-Joo;Kim, Yeong-Sik
    • Progress in Medical Physics
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.172-178
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    • 2007
  • An ultrasonic bone densitometer has been developed by measuring speed of sound signal transmitted and received on the skin, not through the horizontal axis but through the vertical one in tissue. The SOS(speed of sound) method measuring the time difference between the ultrasound signals reflected from the both sides of surface of bone could produce more precise result compared with the BUA(broadband ultrasound attenuation) method measuring the frequency difference. Middle finger is selected to be the best measurement position in order to increase the accuracy, after due consideration that the thickness of flesh at the down part of thumb shows too much variation although the ratio of the receiving signal is higher than the other fingers. The measured value by using SOS method shows almost the same result as compared with the conventional DEXA method.

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Spectroscopy of Visible Light Emitted from Plasma Occurred by Pulse Discharge (펄스형 방전플라스마에서 발생하는 가시광선의 분광특성 연구)

  • Choi, Woon Sang
    • Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.27-31
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    • 1998
  • We investigated visible light radiated from Plasma focus device by time-resolved analyzed method and time-integrated analyzed method. Plasma focus consisted of two coaxial electrodes is a device that translated from electric energy of maximum 40 kV/20 kJ in capacitor banks into visible light by electric discharge. Spectral analysis is using Monochromator(f =0.5m). Time-resolved spectrum is analyzed with a oscilloscope the light pulse of constant wavelength and time-integrated spectrum does with densitometer the film which developed a constant range of wavelength. The optimum condition of visible emission was that the discharging voltage was 17kV and the gas pressure 0.5 torr Ar.

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Density Measurement of Liquid Mixture and Estimation of Excess Molar Volume by A Cubic Equation of State (액체혼합물의 밀도 측정과 3차 상태방정식에 의한 과잉 몰부피의 예측)

  • Kim, Jung-Min;Bae, Hyo-Kwang
    • Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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    • v.43 no.5
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    • pp.637-640
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    • 2005
  • The density of polar-nonpolar liquid mixtures composed of methyl tert-butyl ether(MTBE) and 2,2,4-trimethylpentane, and methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) and 2,2,4-trimethylpentane, and the density of polar-polar liquid mixture of MTBE and MEK were measured by densitometer at 278.15 K, 288.15 K and 298.15 K, respectively. The excess molar volume of the binary systems calculated from the measured density was shown good agreement with the calculated one by the cubic Peng-Robinson- Stryjek-Vera (PRSV) equation of state together with Huron-Vidal mixing rule and it confirmed that the cubic PRSV equation of state could be used in the molar volume calculation of polar mixture.