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Modelling of evaporation from free water surface

  • Song, Wei-Kang;Chen, Yibo
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.237-245
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    • 2020
  • The process of evaporation from free water surface was simulated in a large scale environmental chamber under various controlled atmospheric conditions and also was modelled by a new mass transfer model. Six evaporation tests were conducted with increasing wind speed and air temperature in the environmental chamber, and hence the effect of atmosphere parameters on the evaporation process and the corresponding response of water were investigated. Furthermore, based on the experiment results, seven general types of mass transfer models were evaluated firstly, and then a new model consisted of wind speed function and air relative humidity function was proposed and validated. The results show that the free water evaporation is mainly affected by the atmospheric parameters and the evaporation rate increases with the increasing air temperature and wind speed. Both the air and soil temperatures are affected by the energy transformation during water evaporation. The new model can satisfactorily describe the evaporation process from free water surface under different atmospheric conditions.

Development of Predictive Model for Pollutants Emission from Power Plants (발전소의 대기오염물질 배출 예측 모델 개발)

  • 김민석;김경희;이인범
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.4 no.4
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    • pp.543-550
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    • 1998
  • From the power plant in a steel plant, environment pollutants such as $SO_x$, $NO_x$, CO and $CO_2$ are emitted by combustion reactions of the fuels which are by-product gases, oil and liquefied natural gas(LNG). To reduce the amounts of the pollutants, it is important to build a predictive model for the emission of the pollutants. In this paper, model that predict the amounts of generated pollutants for the used fuel is developed by using Gibbs free energy minimization method[1] with the temperature correction technique. For some data set, the calculation results from this model are compared with the real emission amounts of $SO_x$, $NO_x$, and the result of the calculation by both ASPEN PLUS which is a commercial simulation software. This model shows good results and can be applied to other power plants.

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Lithium Diffusivity of Tin-based Film Model Electrodes for Lithium-ion Batteries

  • Hong, Sukhyun;Jo, Hyuntak;Song, Seung-Wan
    • Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.116-120
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    • 2015
  • Lithium diffusivity of fluorine-free and -doped tin-nickel (Sn-Ni) film model electrodes with improved interfacial (solid electrolyte interphase (SEI)) stability has been determined, utilizing variable rate cyclic voltammetry (CV). The method for interfacial stabilization comprises fluorine-doping on the electrode together with the use of electrolyte including fluorinated ethylene carbonate (FEC) solvent and trimethyl phosphite additive. It is found that lithium diffusivity of Sn is largely dependent on the fluorine-doping on the Sn-Ni electrode and interfacial stability. Lithium diffusivity of fluorine-doped electrode is one order higher than that of fluorine-free electrode, which is ascribed to the enhanced electrical conductivity and interfacial stabilization effect.

Estimation of Activation Energy for the Free Radical Polymerization by Using Isoconversional Analysis (등전환 분석(Isoconversional Analysis)를 이용한 자유라디칼 중합의 활성화 에너지 계산)

  • Chung, I.
    • Elastomers and Composites
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    • v.39 no.4
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    • pp.281-285
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    • 2004
  • In this paper, the simple way to evaluate the value of the activation energy for the overall rate of free radical polymerization by using DSC thermograms was studied using free radical polymerization or butylacrylate as a model. Activation ehergies were determined at heating rates of 1, 2, 5, and $10^{\circ}C/min$ by applying the multiple scanning-rate methods of Kissinger, Osawa, and half-width methods as well as the single rate method of Barrett. The value of the overall activation energy measured was closely matched with the values calculated from individual data. This work also demonstrated that the use of the isoconversional method was a simple and effective way to estimate the activation energy for the overall free radical polymerization.

Conformational Analysis of Sulfonylureas : Acetohexamide and Tolazamide (Sulfonylurea 유도체들의 구조분석 : Acetohexamide와 Tolazamide)

  • 정우태;강기롱;이성희
    • YAKHAK HOEJI
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    • v.39 no.3
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    • pp.329-336
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    • 1995
  • Conformational free energy calculations using an empirical potential function and a hydration shell model(program CONBIO) were carried out on hypoglycemic agent acetohexamide and tolazamide in the unhydrated and hydrated states. The initial geometry of sulfonylureas was obtained from X-ray crystallographieal data and homologous molecular fragments. In both states, the feasible conformations were obtained from the calculations of conformational energy, conformational entropy, and hydration free energy by varying all the torsion angles of the molecules. From the calculation results, it is known that the conformations] entropy is the major contribution to stabflize the low-free-energy conformations of two sulfonylureas in both states. But, in hydrated state, the hydration does not directly affect each conformations. The intramolecular hydrogen bonding of sulfonylurea hydrogen and 7-membered nitrogen appeared to the conformations of tolazamide in both states. It is thought that the hydrogen bonding decrease steric hindrance on the receptor binding direction. The substitution of alicyclic or N-heterocyclic ring than that of carbons chain of urea moiety may be properly interaction between sulfonylureas and the putative pancreatic receptor.

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Evaluation Model and Experimental Validation of Tritium in Agricultural Plant (농작물의 삼중수소 오염평가 모델 개발 및 실험검증)

  • Kang Hee Suk;Keum Dong-kwon;Lee Hansoo;In Jun;Choi Yong Ho;Lee Chang Woo
    • Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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    • v.3 no.4
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    • pp.319-328
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    • 2005
  • This paper describes a compartment dynamic model for evaluating the contamination level of kritium in agricultural plants exposed by accidentally released tritium. The present model uses a time-dependent growth equation of plant so that it can predict the effect of growth stage of plant during the exposure time. The model including atmosphere, soil and plant compartments is described by a set of nonlinear ordinary differential equations, and is able to predict time-dependent concentrations of tritium in the compartments. To validate the model, a series of exposure experiments of HTO vapor on Chinese cabbage and radish was carried out at the different growth stage of each plant. At the end of exposure, the tissue free water(TFWT) and the organically bound tritium(OBT) were measured. The measured concentrations were agreed well with model predictions.

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Interference-free Clustering Protocol for Large-Scale and Dense Wireless Sensor Networks

  • Chen, Zhihong;Lin, Hai;Wang, Lusheng;Zhao, Bo
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.1238-1259
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    • 2019
  • Saving energy is a big challenge for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), which becomes even more critical in large-scale WSNs. Most energy waste is communication related, such as collision, overhearing and idle listening, so the schedule-based access which can avoid these wastes is preferred for WSNs. On the other hand, clustering technique is considered as the most promising solution for topology management in WSNs. Hence, providing interference-free clustering is vital for WSNs, especially for large-scale WSNs. However, schedule management in cluster-based networks is never a trivial work, since it requires inter-cluster cooperation. In this paper, we propose a clustering method, called Interference-Free Clustering Protocol (IFCP), to partition a WSN into interference-free clusters, making timeslot management much easier to achieve. Moreover, we model the clustering problem as a multi-objective optimization issue and use non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm II to solve it. Our proposal is finally compared with two adaptive clustering methods, HEED-CSMA and HEED-BMA, demonstrating that it achieves the good performance in terms of delay, packet delivery ratio, and energy consumption.

A Study on Low Velocity Impact Characteristics of DP 780 High Strength Steel Sheet with Thickness of 1.7 mm on the Free Boundary Condition Using Three-Dimensional Finite Element Analysis (3 차원 유한요소해석을 이용한 자유경계조건에서의 두께 1.7 mm DP780 고강도 강판의 저 속 충격 특성 분석)

  • Ahn, Dong-Gyu;Nam, Gyung-Heum;Seong, Dae-Yong;Yang, Dong-Yol;Lim, Ji-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.27 no.11
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    • pp.46-56
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    • 2010
  • The present research works investigated into the low velocity impact characteristics of DP 780 high strength steel sheet with 1.7 mm in thickness subjected to free boundary condition using three-dimensional finite element analysis. Finite element analysis was carried out via ABAQUS explicit code. Hyper-elastic model and the damping factor were introduced to improve an accuracy of the FE analysis. An appropriate FE model was obtained via the comparison of the results of the FE analyses and those of the impact tests. The influence of the impact energy and nose diameter of the impact head on the force-deflection curves, impact time, absorption characteristics of the impact energy, deformation behaviours, and stress-strain distributions was quantitatively examined using the results of FE analysis. The results of the FE analysis showed that the absorption rate of impact energy lies in the range of the 70.7-77.5 %. In addition, it was noted that the absorption rate of impact energy decreases when the impact energy increases and the nose diameter of the impact head decreases. The local deformation of the impacted region was rapidly increased when the impact energy was larger than 76.2 J and the nose diameter was 20 mm. A critical impact energy, which occur the instability of the DP780, was estimated using the relationship between the plastic strain and the impact energy. Finally, characteristics of the plastic energy dissipation and the strain energy density were discussed.

A Study on Thermodynamics for Compositional Separation in Co-Cr magnetic Alloy Films (Co-Cr 자성합금 박막의 조성적 상분리 현상의 열역학적 고찰)

  • Song, O-Seong;Jeon, Jeon-An
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.341-344
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    • 1999
  • We reported compositional separation(CS) into Co-enriched and Cri-enriched components inside the grains of Co-Cr based thin films prepared by rf sputtering. CS strongly depends on the sputtering conditions of substrate temperature and target composition. Tuning the microstructure of the Co-Cr films is important in order to employ the CS for high-density magnetic recording. We investigated the origin of CS from thermodynamic viewpoint. We employ a spinodal decomposition-like model to describe the origin of the CS in Co-Cr films. We consider the total free energy of the Co-Cr films as the sum of several free energies of; 1) thermodynamic mixing entropy of a binary solid solution, 2) magnetic ordering interaction(MOI) energy below the Curie temperature, and 3) excess interaction energy(XS) caused by the sputtering process as a function of temperature and composition. Those energies distorted the total free energy like the spinodal decomposition and caused the compositionally separated fine microstructure inside the grains. If the second derivative of the total free energy with respect to Cr composition becomes negative at a given substrate temperature, we may observe a metastable compositional separation inside the Co-Cr alloy films. We expect to exploit the microstructure of CS for ultra-high density magnetic recording.

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