• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
• /
• 제52권11호
• /
• pp.2601-2606
• /
• 2020

In this study, we expanded the performance of the existing EXVol code and performed empirical experiments and calculations. A high-resolution gamma spectroscopy system was constructed, and a standard point source and a standard volume source were measured with an HPGe detector with 43.1% relative efficiency. EXVol was verified by quantitative comparison of the detection efficiencies determined by measurements and calculations. To introduce the concept of the detector scanning that occurs in the actual measurement into the EXVol code, a collimator was placed between the source and detector. The detection efficiency was determined in the asymmetric arrangement of the source and detector with a collimator. A collimator made of lead with a diameter of 15 mm and a thickness of 50 mm was installed between the source and the detector to determine the detection efficiency at a specific location. The calculation result was contour plotted so that the distribution of detection efficiency could be visually confirmed. The relative deviation between the measurements and calculations for the coaxial and asymmetric structures was 10%, and that for the collimation structure was 20%. The results of this study can be applied to research using γ-ray measurements.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 한국전기전자재료학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회 논문집 센서 박막재료 반도체 세라믹
• /
• pp.75-78
• /
• 2003

In recent years, there has been keen interest in developing flat panel detectors for all modalities of radiology, including gerneral radiology, fluoroscopy, electronic portal imaging, and mammography. In this paper, we report the new hybrid x-ray detector consisted of ZnS(Ag) photoemission layer and a-Se photoconductor layer to resolve problem of conventional x-ray detector such as the direct detector and the indirect detector. To design the structure of ZnS(Ag)/a-Se detector, the penetrated energy spectrum and absorption fraction was estimated using MCNP 4C code. Also, we carried out the experiment to demonstrate the result of MCNP 4C code. Experimental results showed that the absorption fraction of $500{\mu}m$-ZnS(Ag) film was above 87%, 75% at 60 and 80 kVp. As a results, we can determined the thickness of suitable phosphor and the thickness of photoconductor.

• 설비공학논문집
• /
• 제20권1호
• /
• pp.11-16
• /
• 2008

Infrared (IR) detectors are widely used for such applications as thermoelastic stress analysis, medical diagnostics and temperature measurement. Infrared detectors commonly need to be refrigerated below 80 K, and thus a cooling system should be equipped together with the detector system. The cooling load, which should be removed by the cooling system to maintain the nominal operating temperature of the detector, critically depends on the insulation efficiency of the cryochamber housing the detector. Thermal load of a cryochamber is attributed to the conduction heat transfer through a cold finger, the gases conduction and radiation heat transfer. The thermal loads of an infrared detector cryochamber with a radiation shield are investigated experimentally in present study. Since the effect of radiation heat transfer on thermal loads is significant, radiation shields is installed in the cold finger part to protect heat input through radiation.

• 한국통신학회논문지
• /
• 제42권3호
• /
• pp.639-648
• /
• 2017

위협의 핵심정보 추출을 위해 활용되는 전자전 지원시스템은 경로손실 등의 환경 상 제약으로 인해 수신신호의 전력이 낮은 미약신호 환경 하에서 운용될 수 있다. 이러한 상황에서 위협신호를 신속하고 정확하게 검출하기 위해서는 기존의 단일 샘플 에너지 검출 기법이 아닌 수신 신호의 전체 에너지를 최대한 활용함으로써 검출 성능을 향상시키는 기법이 요구된다. 하지만 신호원에 대한 사전정보가 존재하지 않는 전자전 환경에서 신호의 전체 에너지를 활용하기 위해서는 모든 신호원의 길이를 고려할 수 있도록 크기가 다양한 다수의 윈도우를 가지는 검출기를 설계해야 하므로 연산량이 과도하게 증가하는 문제점이 존재한다. 이러한 문제를 현실적으로 해결하기 위해 적은 수의 대표 윈도우를 사용하여 윈도우의 수를 줄이는 방법이 활용되지만 결과적으로 하나의 윈도우가 일정 구간의 미상신호를 고려해야 하므로 수신되는 신호의 길이와 검출기의 윈도우 크기의 불일치로 인해 검출 성능이 저하되는 문제점이 여전히 존재한다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 수신신호의 길이와 검출기의 윈도우 길이가 일치하지 않을 경우의 성능 저하를 분석하고, 성능향상이 가능한 상황인 수신신호의 길이가 검출기의 윈도우 길이보다 작은 경우에는 검출성능을 향상시킬 수 있고, 이외의 상황에는 기존의 에너지 검출기의 성능과 유사한 가중에너지 검출기를 제안하고 그 성능을 분석한다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
• /
• 제55권10호
• /
• pp.3913-3923
• /
• 2023

Todays, medium energy resolution detectors are preferably used in radioisotope identification devices(RID) in nuclear and radioactive material categorization. However, there is still a need to develop or enhance « automated identifiers » for the useful RID algorithms. To decide whether any material is SNM or NORM, a key parameter is the better energy resolution of the detector. Although masking, shielding and gain shift/stabilization and other affecting parameters on site are also important for successful operations, the suitability of the RID algorithm is also a critical point to enhance the identification reliability while extracting the features from the spectral analysis. In this study, a RID algorithm based on Bayesian statistical method has been modified for medium energy resolution detectors and applied to the uranium gamma-ray spectra taken by a LaBr3:Ce detector. The present Bayesian RID algorithm covers up to 2000 keV energy range. It uses the peak centroids, the peak areas from the measured gamma-ray spectra. The extraction features are derived from the peak-based Bayesian classifiers to estimate a posterior probability for each isotope in the ANSI library. The program operations were tested under a MATLAB platform. The present peak based Bayesian RID algorithm was validated by using single isotopes(²⁴¹Am, ⁵⁷Co, ¹³⁷Cs, ⁵⁴Mn, ⁶⁰Co), and then applied to five standard nuclear materials(0.32-4.51% at.²³⁵U), as well as natural U- and Th-ores. The ID performance of the RID algorithm was quantified in terms of F-score for each isotope. The posterior probability is calculated to be 54.5-74.4% for ²³⁸U and 4.7-10.5% for ²³⁵U in EC-NRM171 uranium materials. For the case of the more complex gamma-ray spectra from CRMs, the total scoring (ST) method was preferred for its ID performance evaluation. It was shown that the present peak based Bayesian RID algorithm can be applied to identify ²³⁵U and ²³⁸U isotopes in LEU or natural U-Th samples if a medium energy resolution detector is was in the measurements.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
• /
• 제21권3호
• /
• pp.167-173
• /
• 1996

알파선 검출 효율 측정을 위한 고체비적검출기의 교정 방법을 제시하였으며, 제시된 교정 방법을 이용하여 CN-85와 LEXAN의 검출 효율을 측정하였다. $0{\sim}5.5MeV$ 에너지 영역의 알파선에 대한 검출 효율을 측정한 결과 CN-85와 LEXAN이 각각 97%, 57%였다. CN-85가 LEXAN에 비해 검출 효율이 높게 나타난 이유는 알파선에 대한 CN-85의 sensitivity가 LEXAN에 비해 좋을 뿐만 아니라 에너지 의존성이 CN-85가 LEXAN에 비해 낮기 때문인 것으로 분석되었으며, CN-85는 알파선의 유도 에너지가 약 3 MeV, LEXAN은 약 1.8 MeV에서 검출 효율이 최대로 나타났다.

• 한국음향학회지
• /
• 제21권2호
• /
• pp.173-181
• /
• 2002

일반적으로 음성활동 구간 검출기 (Voice Activity Detector)의 가장 큰 문제점은 어떠한 배경 잡음에 대해서도 음성 신호를 검출할 수 있어야 한다는 것이다. 이런 문제를 해결하기 위해서 G.723.1에서는 스펙트럼 특성과 입력 신호의 주기성을 이용하고 있지만 신호대 잡음비가 낮은 신호에 대해 정확한 판정을 한다는 것은 상당히 어렵다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 에너지, LSP (Line Spectrum Pair) 분산을 이용하는 새로운 방법을 제안한다. 제안한 알고리즘에 대한 처리시간 및 음질 평가를 측정한 결과 묵음구간이 정확하게 판정되므로 G.723.1에 비해 감소하였으며 주관적인 음질평가의 경우 기존의 G.723.1에 비해 차이가 거의 없었다. 마지막으로 전송률 측정을 위해 신호대 잡음비 5 dB에서 10 dB 사이의 음성 신호의 경우 최적의 전송률 감소 효과를 얻을 수 있었으며 처리시간의 비교 결과 평균 8% 정도의 처리시간 감소 효과를 얻을 수 있었다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
• /
• 제52권4호
• /
• pp.863-868
• /
• 2020

Co Self-Powered Neutron Detector (SPND) is confronted with the problem of material consumption, which causes the response current can neither reflect the change of neutron flux in time nor be proportional to the neutron flux. In this paper, a deconvolution-based method is established to solve this problem. First of all, a step signal of neutron flux is taken as an example to analyze its performance. When the material consumption of Co SPND is 10%, after compensation, the response current can be in correspondence of neutron flux. Finally, the effects of this model in different Signal-to-Noise Ratio are analyzed, which fully confirms the truth of its excellent performance for compensating Co SPND's signal.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 대한전기학회 2001년도 춘계학술대회 논문집 전기기기 및 에너지변환시스템부문
• /
• pp.209-212
• /
• 2001

A flame detector responds either to radiant energy visible to the human eye or outside the range of human vision. Such a detector is sensitive to glowing embers, coals, or flames which radiate energy of sufficient intensity and spectral quality to actuate the alarm. An infra-red detectors can respond to the total IR component of the flame alone or in combination with flame flicker in the frequency range of 5 to 30 Hz. A major problem in the use of infrared detectors receiving total IR radiation is the possible interference of solar radiation in the infrared region. When detectors are located in places shielded from the sun, such as vaults, filtering or shielding the unit from the sun's rays is unnecessary. In this study, we proposed method for redue a false alarm with using filtering & sensor technology for distinguish of causes of raise a false alarm and pure flame.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 한국전기전자재료학회 2002년도 추계학술대회 논문집 Vol.15
• /
• pp.71-74
• /
• 2002

Currently small and accurate dosimeters are on the rise. In this study, the feasibility and energy dependency of the electret dosimeter that made of PET (polyethylene terephtalate) were observed by irradiating 4, 6, 15 MV photon beams from the clinical linear accelerator to develop a dosimeter for the clinical field. $10{\times}10cm$ field size of the photon beams were irradiated to the electret dosimeter where the 2.5 cm depth in the polystylene phantom from 100 cm SSD, while 300 DCV was applied to the electret dosimeter. The result showed that the absorbed dose was proportional to the charge linearly, and the volume of a dosimeter could be reduced and the signals were high enough. According to this study, it was found that the polymer electret detector could be produced as a large quantity with a small cost and showed the feasibility of a realtime measurement.