• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제56권6호
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• pp.401-411
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• 2023

This study investigates the synthesis, characterization, and application of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles for corrosion resistance and stress corrosion cracking (SCC) mitigation in high-temperature and high-pressure environments. The ZnO nanoparticles are synthesized using plasma discharge in water, resulting in rod-shaped particles with a hexagonal crystal structure. The ZnO nanoparticles are applied to Alloy 600 tubes in simulated nuclear power plant atmospheres to evaluate their effectiveness. X-ray diffraction and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis reveals the formation of thermodynamically stable ZnCr₂O₄and ZnFe₂O₄ spinel phases with a depth of approximately 35 nm on the surface after 240 hours of treatment. Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) mitigation experiments reveal that ZnO treatment enhances thermal and mechanical stability. The ZnO-treated specimens exhibit increased maximum temperature tolerance up to 310 ℃ and higher-pressure resistance up to 60 bar compared to non-treated ZnO samples. Measurements of crack length indicate reduced crack propagation in ZnO-treated specimens. The formation of thermodynamically stable Zn spinel structures on the surface of Alloy 600 and the subsequent improvements in surface properties contribute to the enhanced durability and performance of the material in challenging high-temperature and high-pressure environments. These findings have significant implications for the development of corrosion-resistant materials and the mitigation of stress corrosion cracking in various industries.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.385-392
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• 2014

면진장치는 지진력을 감소시키기 위하여 사용되어왔다. 원자력발전소에 면진장치가 적용된다면, 운영기간동안 구조물과 기기들은 동일한 내구성 및 성능이 확보되어야 한다. 본 연구에서는 면진된 원전의 지진에 대한 안전성을 확보하기 위하여 면진구조물의 장기거동을 해석적으로 분석하였다. 경년열화에 의한 면진장치 특성을 분석하였고, 다른 온도환경에서 면진장치의 경년열화에 의한 구조물의 지진응답을 분석하였다. 해석결과에 의하면 면진장치의 경년열화에 의하여 면진구조물의 고유진동수는 증가하였다. 그러나 면진 구조물의 최대가속도와 최대변위는 온도에 따라 크게 변하지 않았다. 면진장치의 열화에 의하여 구조물의 손상은 발생하지 않았지만 목표진동수 영역에서 스펙트럼가속도는 온도에 따라 증가하였다. 따라서 면진구조물에서 면진장치는 온도에 따른 지진응답의 증가를 고려하여 설치 및 제작해야 할 것으로 판단된다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권8호
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• pp.2600-2609
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• 2021

Low cycle fatigue behaviors of SA508-3 low-alloy steel were investigated in room-temperature air, high-temperature air and in light water reactor (LWR) water environments. The fatigue mean curve and design curve for the low-alloy steel are developed based on the fatigue data in room-temperature and high-temperature air. The environmental fatigue model for low-alloy steel is developed by the environmental fatigue correction factor (F_en) methodology based on the fatigue data in LWR water environments with the consideration of effects of strain rate, temperature, and dissolved oxygen concentration on the fatigue life.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.196-204
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• 2012

Corrosion failure of petrochemical facilities is one of the difficulties in maintenance, since operating conditions of crude oil production, storage, and refinement are very aggressive. UNS N08810, which has been used for crude oil transportation pipes and storage tanks in petrochemical industries, shows good resistance to general corrosion and localized corrosion in several environments. Among its environments, UNS N08810 showed better corrosion resistance in fuel gas containing sulfuric acid and phosphoric acid and sulfur. However, ductility and toughness at high temperature over about $500^{\circ}C$ were greatly reduced due to microstructural change. In general, welding process is the representative method to join the parts in industrial components. Because the alloy by welding can be sensitized and corroded, the manufacturing process should be controlled. In this work, UNS N08810 was used and heat treatment conditions including solution and stabilization treatments were controlled. Oxalic acid etch test by ASTM A262 Practice A was done to evaluate the qualitative sensitization in room temperature. Huey test by ASTM A262 Practice C was done to evaluate the intergranular corrosion rate in boiling 65% $HNO_3$ solution. Also, the microstructure by thermal history was analyzed. Experimental alloy showed high intergranular corrosion rate and its corrosion mechanism was elucidated.

• 식물병연구
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.155-163
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• 2021

Dried red peppers are frequently contaminated with mycotoxins during storage. To determine the effect of storage environments on fungal occurrence and subsequent mycotoxin accumulation in dried red peppers, we monitored red pepper powder and whole fruit samples for fungal occurrence under various temperatures and relative humidity (RH) conditions during 340 days. Fungal occurrences fluctuated in both pepper forms throughout the storage but they were higher in pepper powder than whole one, higher under low temperatures (-20℃, 0℃, or 4℃) than others (10℃, 25℃, or 30℃), and higher under RH 93% than RH 51% and 69% in both peppers. The samples exhibiting high fungal occurrences were associated mainly with dominant species such as Aspergillussydowii, Penicillium solitum, P. roqueforti, P. polonicum, or P. chrysogenum. Mycotoxigenic species, including A. flavus, A. ochraceus, A. westerdijkiae, A. tubingensis, and P. citrinum, were also detected throughout the samples. Although mycotoxins were not detected in the samples, mycotoxigenic potential of A. flavus, A. ochraceus, and A. westerdijkiae isolates were confirmed. These results show that low temperatures (-20℃, 0℃, or 4℃) and/or high surrounding RH (>93%) are not safe environments for storage of dried red peppers as fungal growth can occur under these conditions.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.160-168
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• 2014

Continuous body temperature monitoring is useful and essential in diverse medical procedures such as infection onset detection, therapeutic hypothermia, circadian rhythm monitoring, sleep disorder assessment, and gynecological research. However, the existing thermometers are too invasive or intrusive to be applied to long-term body temperature monitoring. In our previous study, we invented the bi-medium deep body thermometer which can noninvasively and continuously monitor deep tissue temperature. And the ratio of thermal resistances expressed as K-value should be obtained to estimate body temperature with the thermometer and it can be different under various measurement environments. Although the device was proven to be useful through preliminary simulation test and small group of human study, the experimental environment was restrictive in our previous approach. In this study, a finite element simulation was executed to obtain the K-value and evaluate the accuracy of bi-medium thermometer under various measurement environments. In addition, K-value estimation equation was developed by analyzing the influence of 5 measurement environmental factors (medium length, medium height, tissue depth, blood perfusion rate, and ambient temperature) on K-value. The results revealed that the estimation accuracy of bi-medium deep body thermometer based on computer simulation was very high (RMSE < $0.003^{\circ}C$) in various measurement environments. Also, bi-medium deep body thermometer based on K-value estimation equation showed relatively accurate results (RMSE < $0.3^{\circ}C$) except for one case. Although the K-value estimation technology should be improved for more accurate body temperature estimation, the results of finite element simulation showed that bi-medium deep body thermometer could accurately measure various tissue temperatures under diverse environments.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.113-119
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• 2016

Corrosion science faces new challenges in various nuclear environments. Three main areas may be identified where increases of knowledge and understanding have been done and are still needed to face the technical needs: (i) the extension of the service time of nuclear power plants from 40 years, as initially planned, to 60 years and probably more as expected now, (ii) the prediction of long term behaviour of metallic materials in nuclear waste disposal where the corrosion processes have to be predicted over large periods of time, some thousands years and more, (iii) the choice of materials for use at very high temperatures as expected in Generation IV power plants in environments like gas (helium), supercritical water, liquid metals or salts. Service time extension, deep geological waste repositories and high temperature reactors sustain researches and developments to model corrosion phenomena at various scales, from atoms to components.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.123-127
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• 2001

In order to introduce bivoltine races in a tropical country like India, it is necessary to have stability in cocoon crop under high temperature environments. Unlike any temperate country like Japan, the rearing conditions/environment, climatic conditions, quality of mulberry leaf and incidence of diseases are unpredictable in India. Geneticists and breeders of all the sericultural countries have experienced the influence of environment during the process of breeding. in order to select efficiently the breeds with high temperature tolerance, it is verb important to analyse clearly the heritability nature of high temperature tolerance. In light of the above, the present study was undertaken to determine the effect of high temperature treatment of (A) $35{\pm}1^{\circ}C$ and 85${\pm}$5% RH for 24 hrs continuously, (B) $35{\pm}1^{\circ}C$ and 85${\pm}$5% RH for 48 hrs continuously and (C) the control (25${\pm}1^{\circ}$ and 65${\pm}$5% RH in the normal rearing condition from the $3^{rd}of5^{th}$ instar on the pure races such as Moria, Nl37 and Cl46 as well as their Fl hybrids. The overall performance indicate that the hybrids are mare tolerant than the pure races. it was also observed that the overall performance declined in those batches where 48 hrs treatment was given. The most interesting observation noticed in this study was that there was maternal effect regarding temperature tolerance as evident from the better performance of those hybrids where the female parent used was more tolerant as pure race.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.41-49
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• 2005

점토의 거동은 온도변화에 민감하기 때문에 고온이력을 받는 점토의 공학적 성질에 관한 연구가 최근 증가하고 있다. 이러한 증가 현상은 온도의 영향을 연구함으로서 점토의 거동을 지배하는 본질적인 메커니즘을 해명할 수 있고 최근 경제활동의 증가와 더불어 화학적인 지반개량, 토양 열 비축시스템 및 방사성 핵폐기물 지하처리 시스템 등 지반이 고온환경에 노출되는 기회가 증가하고 있기 때문이다. 이러한 측면에서 열 이력을 받는 점토 지반의 압밀 및 강도특성을 파악하는 것은 매우 중요하다 따라서 본 연구에서는 고온조건에 있는 점토의 역학적 거동을 삼축압축 시험을 통해 조사하였다. 구체적인 방법으로는 고온고압형 삼축압축시험기를 이용해서 압밀비배수 삼축압축시험을 $20^{\circ}C,\;50^{\circ}C,\;75^{\circ}C,\;80^{\circ}C$ 및 $100^{\circ}C$등으로 온도를 변화시켜 실온 및 고온조건에 있는 점토의 변형${\cdot}$전단강도 및 압축${\cdot}$압밀특성 등을 조사하였다.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.53-59
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• 1990

양액재배(養液栽培)는 토양(土壤)만큼 완충능력(緩衝能力)이 없기 때문에 양액(養液)에 대한 식물체(植物體)의 반응(反應)은 직접적(直接的)이고 민감(敏感)하다. 뿐만아니라 우리나라 계절(季節)은 여름에 고온(高溫)이 되고 겨울에 저온(低溫)이 되는 대륙성(大陸性) 기후(氣候)이기 때문에 양액재배(養液栽培)에서 근권환경(根圈環境)의 개선(改善)이 필요(必要)하다. 따라서 우리나라 기후 여건하에서 양액재배(養液栽培) 방법별(方法別) 근권환경(根圈環境)의 변화(變化)를 조사(調査)하여 다음과 같은 결과(結果)를 얻었다. 봄철 양액재배시(養液栽培時) 베드 온도하강(溫度下降)이 가장 빠른 재배방법(栽培方法)은 사경재배(砂耕栽培)였으며 온도하강(溫度下降)이 가장 완만(緩慢)한 재배방법(栽培方法)은 암면재배(岩綿栽培)였다. 고온기(高溫期)에 외부온도(外部溫度)의 영향이 적었던 양액재배 방법도 암면재배(岩綿栽培)였고 고온지속(高溫持續) 시간(時間)이 가장 긴 재배방법(栽培方法)은 NFT(Nutrient film technique)였다. 배양액(培養液)의 pH 및 EC 변화(變化)는 암면재배(岩綿栽培)와 분무경(噴霧耕)이 컸으며 다음으로 사경, NFT와 DFT(Deep flow technique)에서는 배출구 쪽으로 갈수록 점점 낮아지는 경향(傾向)을 보였으나 분무경(噴霧耕)은 위치별(位置別)로 차이(差異)가 없었다. 근활력(根活力)은 분무경(噴霧耕)에서 가장 높았고 그 다음으로 암면재배(岩綿栽培), NFT가 높았으며 DFT, 사경(砂耕), 훈탄재배(燻炭栽培)에서 낮았다.