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Heating Performance of Geothermal Heat Pump System Applied in Cold Climate Region(Mongolia) (한랭지(몽골) 지열 히트펌프 시스템의 난방 성능 분석)

  • Sohn, Byonghu;Choi, Jae Ho;Min, Kyung Chon
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.31-38
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    • 2015
  • Geothermal heat pump (GHP) systems have become an efficient alternative to conventional cooling and heating methods due to their higher energy using efficiency. These systems use the ground as a heat source in heating mode operation and a heat sink in cooling mode operation. The aim of this study is to evaluate the heating performance of the GHP system for a residential building ($420m^2$) in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. In order to demonstrate the feasibility of a sustainable performance of this system, we installed the water-to-water geothermal heat pump with ten vertical ground heat exchangers and measured operation parameters from October 19, 2013 to March 26, 2014. The results showed that the entering source temperature of brine from the ground heat exchangers was in a range of the design target temperature of $-10^{\circ}C$ for heating. For total values of the representative results, the ground heat exchangers extracted heat of 53.51 MWh from the ground. In addition, the GHP system supplied heat of 83.55 MWh to the building and consumed power of 30.27 MWh. Consequently, the average heating seasonal performance factor ($SPF_h$) of the overall system was evaluated to be 2.76 during the measurement period of the heating season.

Behavior of Formaldehyde Concentration by Temperature and Humidity of Indoor and Outdoor in Underground Shopping Center and Subway(II) (지하상가 실내외 및 지하철의 온도와 습도에 따른 Formaldehyde 거동(II))

  • 권우택
    • Journal of environmental and Sanitary engineering
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.67-75
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    • 1994
  • Formaldehyde has been in widespread industrial use since World War II . Numerous sources of formaldehyde are present in the indoor environment. Additionally, the current trend toward tighter, more energy efficient buildings with lower ventilation rates has led to increase concentrations of this and other pollutants generated indoors. In this paper, the field survey was carried out once a month from January to MarctL 1994 to measure indoor and outdoor formaldehyde concentration in several underground locations in Seoul. The results could be summarized as follows : 1. At Yang- jae underground shopping center, the mean formaldehyde concentration was 77.8ppb for indoor and 68.4ppb for outdoor. At Ban- po underground shopping center, it was 175.8ppb for indoor and 127.3ppb for outdoor. At Jam- shil underground shop ping center, it was 135.2ppd for indoor and 34.6ppb for outdoor. Indoor the No.2 sub way line, it was 105.6ppb. The formaldehyde concentration using Berge equation was as follows : At Yang- jae underground shopping center, the mean formaldehyde concentration was 85.99ppb for indoor and 72.75ppb for outdoor At Ban- po underground shopping center, it was 254. 17ppb for indoor and 138.14ppb for outdoor. At Jam- shil underground shopping center, it was 249.13ppb for indoor and 36.87ppb for outdoor. Indoor the No.2 subway line, it was 131.73ppb. 3, The result of correlation analysis indicated that the relationship between temperature and formaldehyde concentration is very high( $\gamma $= 0.831 ∼ 0.974). 4. Also, the relationship between humidity and formaldehyde concentration is variant ($\gamma $ = 0.246 ∼0.999). 5. The mean formaldehyde concentration indoor and outdoor Ban- po underground shop ping center and indoor Jam- shil underground shopping center and indoor the No.2 sub way line exceed the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, Air- conditioning Engineers( ASHRAE) stflndard of 100ppb(120 $\mu $g/m$^{3}$).

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Efficient plant regeneration from immature embryo cultures of Jatropha curcas, a biodiesel plant

  • Varshney, Alok;Johnson, T. Sudhakar
    • Plant Biotechnology Reports
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.139-148
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    • 2010
  • Jatropha curcas L. (Physic nut) is a commercially important non-edible oil seed crop known for its use as an alternate source of biodiesel. In order to investigate the morphogenic potential of immature embryo, explants from four developmental stages were cultured on medium supplemented with combinations of auxins and cytokinins. It was found that the size of embryo is critical for the establishment of callus. Immature embryos (1.1-1.5 cm) obtained from the fruits 6 weeks after pollination showed a good response of morphogenic callus induction (85.7%) and subsequent plant regeneration (70%) with the maximum number of plantlets (4.7/explant) on Murashige and Skoog's (MS) medium supplemented with IBA (0.5 $mg\;l^{-1}$) and BA (1.0 $mg\;l^{-1}$). The above medium when supplemented with growth adjuvants such as 100 $mg\;l^{-1}$ casein hydrolysate + 200 $mg\;l^{-1}$ L-glutamine + 8.0 $mg\;l^{-1}$ $CuSO_4$ resulted in an even higher frequency of callus induction (100%). Plant regeneration (90%) with the maximum number of plantlets (10/explant) was achieved on MS medium supplemented with 500 $mg\;l^{-1}$ polyvinyl pyrrolidone + 30 $mg\;l^{-1}$ citric acid + 1 $mg\;l^{-1}$ BA + 0.5 $mg\;l^{-1}$ Kn + 0.25 $mg\;l^{-1}$ IBA. It was observed that plantlet regeneration could occur either through organogenesis of morphogenic callus or via multiplication of pre-existing meristem in immature embryos. The age of immature embryos and addition of a combination of growth adjuvants to the culture medium appear to be critical for obtaining high regeneration rates. Well-developed shoots rooted on half-halfstrength MS medium supplemented with 0.5 $mg\;l^{-1}$ IBA and 342 $mg\;l^{-1}$ trehalose. The rooted plants after acclimatization were successfully transferred to the field in different agro-climatic zones in India. This protocol has been successfully evaluated on five elite lines of J. curcas.

Optimal Unit Commitment of Hydropower System Using Combined Mixed Integer Programming (통합혼합정수계획법 모형을 이용한 수력발전소의 최적 발전기 운영계획 수립)

  • Lee, Jae-Eung
    • Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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    • v.32 no.5
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    • pp.525-535
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    • 1999
  • An optimal unit commitment model for efficient management of water and energy resources in a basin using combined mixed integer programming is developed. The combined mixed integer programming model is able to solve the inconsistency problem that may occur from mixed integer programming models. The technique which enables the use of conditional constraints and either-or constraints in the linear programming is also suggested. As a result of applying the combined mixed integer programming model to Lower Colorado River Basin in United States. the basin efficiency is decreased by 1.53% from the results of the mixed integer programming, while it is increased by 0.67% from the results of the historical operation. It is found that the decreased allowable error between power supplies and demands in the combined mixed integer programming causes the decreased basin efficiency.

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Development of Electron-Beam Lithography Process Simulation Tool of the T-shaped Gate Formation for the Manufacturing and Development of the Millimeter-wave HEMT Devices (밀리미터파용 HEMT 소자 개발 및 제작을 위한 T-게이트 형성 전자빔 리소그래피 공정 모의 실험기 개발)

  • 손명식;김성찬;신동훈;이진구;황호정
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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    • v.41 no.5
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    • pp.23-36
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    • 2004
  • A computationally efficient and accurate Monte Carlo (MC) simulator of electron beam lithography process has been developed for sub-0.l${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ T-shaped gate formation in the HEMT devices for millimeter-wave frequencies. For the exposure process by electron to we newly and efficiently modeled the inner-shell electron scattering and its discrete energy loss with an incident electron for multi-layer resists and heterogeneous multi-layer targets in the MC simulation. In order to form the T-gate shape in resist layers, we usually use the different developer for each resist layer to obtain good reproducibility in the fabrication of HEMT devices. To model accurately the real fabrication process of electron beam lithography, we have applied the different developers in trilayer resist system By using this model we have simulated and analyzed 0.l${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ T-gate fabrication process in the HEMT devices, and showed our simulation results with the SEM observations of the T-shaped gate process.

An Energy Efficient Data-Centric Probing Priority Determination Method for Mobile Sinks in Wireless Sensor Networks (무선 센서 네트워크에서 에너지 효율을 고려한 모바일 싱크의 데이터 중심 탐색 우선순위결정 기법)

  • Seong, Dong-Ook;Lee, Ji-Hee;Yeo, Myung-Ho;Yoo, Jae-Soo
    • Journal of KIISE:Computing Practices and Letters
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    • v.16 no.5
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    • pp.561-565
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    • 2010
  • Many methods have been researched to prolong sensor network lifetime using mobile technologies. In the mobile sink research, there are the track based methods and the anchor points based methods as representative operation methods for mobile sinks. However, the existing methods decrease Quality of Service (QoS) and lead the routing hotspot in the vicinity of the mobile sink. The reason is that they use static mobile paths that are not concerned about the network environments such as the query position and the data priority. In this paper, we propose the novel mobile sink operation method that solves the problems of the existing methods. In our method, the probing priority of the mobile sink is determined with the data priorities for increasing the QoS and the mobile features are used for reducing the routing hotspot. The experimental results show that the proposed method reduces query response time and improves network lifetime over the existing methods.

A Study on the Characteristics of Coupling Loss factor Associated with Fluid Loading (접수 구조물의 연성손실계수 변화에 관한 연구)

  • 류정수
    • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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    • v.19 no.6
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    • pp.17-22
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    • 2000
  • Statistical Energy Analysis(SEA) is an efficient tool to predict the broadband noise and vibration for the huge and complex structures such as aircraft and ships. To estimate the noise and vibration by using SEA accurately, the characteristics of SEA parameters associated with fluid loading have to be investigated. In this report, the fluid loaded coupling loss factors were calculated for an 'L' and 'T' type line connections and compared to the ones without fluid loading. Then, the vibration levels for steel box model with 'L' and 'T' type line connection were computed using the fluid loaded and no fluid loaded coupling loss factors, respectively. As a result, the calculated vibration levels of the model using the fluid loaded coupling loss factors were lower than those without fluid loading. As a conclusion, it is necessary to use the fluid loaded coupling loss factors for increasing the prediction accuracy on the noise and vibration of immersed structures.

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Designing a Path Management Method in Large-scale Multiple Sensor Networks (대규모 다중 센서 네트워크에서 효과적인 경로 관리 기법)

  • Lim, Yu-Jin;Park, Jae-Sung;Ahn, Sang-Hyun
    • The KIPS Transactions:PartC
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    • v.15C no.3
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    • pp.205-212
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    • 2008
  • In the environment with multiple heterogeneous wireless sensor networks with a single point of sensed data collection or a gateway (GW), relay points (RPs) may be required for the energy efficient delivery of sensed data from static or mobile sinks to the GW. The optimal placement of RPs becomes an even more difficult problem if static sinks are dynamically added or the trajectory of mobile sinks can not be known in advance. In order to resolve this problem, we propose a mechanism to deploy RPs in a grid pattern and to use the tree-based relaying network for reducing the cost of the RP and for reducing the control overhead incurred by the route setup from sinks to the GW. For the performance evaluation of our proposed mechanism, we have carried out a numerical analysis on a single route setup from a sink to the GW and, for more general performance evaluations, ns-2 based simulations have been carried out. According to the performance evaluation results, our tree-based relaying network mechanism outperforms that based on AODV in terms of the data delivery time, the network service time and the control overhead.

A Study on Effective Energy Use of the Open Type Ground Heat Exchanger Using Underground Temperature Gradient (지중온도 경사를 이용한 효율적 지중에너지 이용 방안에 관한 연구)

  • Ryu, Hyungkyou;Chung, Minho;Lee, Byungseok;Rhew, Hyojun;Choi, Hyunjun;Choi, Hangseok
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.26 no.9
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    • pp.401-408
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    • 2014
  • This paper proposes an optimum operation method for open type ground heat exchangers. A series of TRTs and artificial heating/cooling operations were carried out while monitoring temperature in the hole of SCW. The ground temperature naturally increases with depth, but a switch between the cooling/heating mode results in a change in the distribution of ground temperature. The effect of the mode change was evaluated by performing LMTD and COMSOL multiphysics analysis for a reduced model with the depth of 150 m. As a result, in the cooling mode, the upstream operation is more efficient than the downstream operation and reduces EWT by $2.26^{\circ}C$. On the other hand, in the heating mode, the downstream operation is advantageous over the upstream operation and increases EWT by $3.19^{\circ}C$. The merit of the optimum operation will be enhanced for the typical dimension of SCW with a depth of 400~500 m. In the future, an open type ground heat exchanger system adopting the optimum operation with variation in the ground temperature will be used in practice.

A Study on the Accumulation Phenomena of Oxidized Starch in White Water in Closed Fine Papermaking Process (Part 1) -Effect of Papermaking system closure- (백상지 공정 폐쇄화에 따른 백수 내 산화전분의 축적 현상에 관한 연구 (제1보) -공정 폐쇄화의 영향-)

  • Ahn, Hyun-Kyun;Lee, Hak-Lae
    • Journal of Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry
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    • v.36 no.3
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    • pp.15-34
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    • 2004
  • Diverse benefits such as reduction of fresh water consumption and effluent discharge, efficient use of raw materials and energy savings can be obtained by papermaking system closure. Closure of papermaking processes, however, causes many problems including reduction of the efficiency of additives, decrease of retention and dewatering, felt plugging, poor Paper quality, generation of slime and odor, poor vacuum efficiency, etc, and it has been recognized that accumulation of Inorganic and organic substances in the process white water is the prime cause of these problems. Therefore, technological developments for preventing accumulation of these detrimental substances are urgently required for Implementing papermaking system closure. Understanding of the accumulation phenomena of the inorganic and organic substances in the papermaking process white water is prerequisite for papermaking system closure. In this study a process simulation method was used to analyze the accumulation phenomena of anionic starch In the process white water as the closure level of a fine paper making process is increased. A pilot paper machine was used as a model process. Starch adsorption and desorption models were developed based on the concept of starch adsorption ratio, which was not considered in previous studies. Steady state simulation studies were carried out based on this model using a commercial simulator. In steady state simulation, the variation of dissolved starch concentration in each process unit was monitored as a function of white water usage for wire shower. The result of the steady state simulation showed that dissolved starch concentration and its increase ratio in Process units increased as white water usage ratio for wire shower increased.