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Pre-filtering and Location Estimation of a Loose Part

  • Kim, Jung-Soo;Kim, Tae-Wan;Joon Lyou
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2000.10a
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    • pp.522-522
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    • 2000
  • In this paper, two pre-filtering techniques are presented for accurately estimating the impact location of a loose part. The reason why a pre-filterng technique Is necessary in a Loose Part Monitoring System is that the effects of background noise on the signal to noise ratio (SNR) can be reduced considerably resulting in improved estimation accuracy. The first method is to take d moving average operation in the time domain. The second one is to adopt band-pass filters designed in the frequency domain such as a Butterworth filter, Chebyshev filter I & II and an Elliptic Filter. To show the effectiveness, the impact test data (signals) from the YGN3 power plant are first preprocessed and then used to estimate the loose pan impact position. Resultantly. we observed that SNR is much improved and the average estimation error is below 7.5%.

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Root-Cause Investigation of Abnormal Sound from a Heat Exchanger of Condensate Water System in a Nuclear Power Plant (원전 복수계통 열교환기의 이음발생 원인규명)

  • Lee, Jun-Shin;Kim, Tae-Ryong;Lee, Wook-Ryun;Sohn, Seok-Man;Yoon, Seok-Bon;Kim, Man-Hee
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2006.05a
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    • pp.1306-1311
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    • 2006
  • The root cause of abnormal sound from a heat exchanger of condensate water system in a nuclear power plant is investigated by using the impact signal-processing methodology based on the Hertz theory. The predicted results for the location of impact force and the loose part size meet good agreement with the identified materials during the overhaul period in the plant. Nuclear power plants have experienced several loose parts and the frequency of the loose part will be increased along the aging of the plants. So, this analysis methodology for the impact signal will be widely utilized for the primary and secondary side of the nuclear power plant.

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Improvements of Post-Project Environmental Management for the System of the Sea Area Utilization Consultation (해역이용협의제도의 사후환경관리 개선방안)

  • Kim, Gui-Young;Lee, Dae-In;Eom, Ki-Hyuk;Jeon, Kyeong-Am;Kang, Sung-Kyung
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.121-129
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    • 2013
  • This study investigated the status and problems of the post-project environmental management for development projects and suggested improvements of the system to achieve effectiveness for the system of the sea area utilization consultation. The post-project environmental management has had several problems such as the neglect of implementations and checks for the consultation items, the lack of actions and notifications of results, the absence of awareness and expertise of the post-project environmental management. In addition, although it is very important to verify results of actual change and modelling of marine environment before and after the projects, the marine environmental monitoring and assessment have been perfunctorily carried out. Thus, for the improvements of the post-project environmental management to the system of the sea area utilization consultation, it is extremely necessary for related stakeholders to raise awareness of the post management and implement it faithfully, and establish the post management system for conflict resolution and enforce sanctions and accountability against executory items. Furthermore, it should establish systematic monitoring system of marine environmental impact survey.

The Analysis of Coastal Erosion and Erosion Impact Assessment in the East Coast (동해안 침식 원인분석 및 침식 영향도 평가)

  • Park, Seon Jung;Seo, Heui Jung;Park, Seung Min;Park, Seol Hwa;Ahn, Ike Jang;Seo, Gyeong Sik
    • Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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    • v.33 no.6
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    • pp.246-256
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    • 2021
  • Various development projects occurring on the coast cause an imbalance of surface sediments, causing coastal disasters or irreversible coastal erosion. Coastal erosion caused by the influence of various port structures built through coastal development can be directly identified by evaluating changes in the sediment budget, longshore sediment, and cross-shore sediment. In other words, it will be possible to evaluate the causality between coastal development and coastal erosion by classifying regions due to single cause and regions due to multiple causes according to the changes in the sediment classified into the three types mentioned above. In this study, the cause of long-term and continuous erosion was analyzed based on the analysis results of the coastal development history and the Coastal Erosion Monitoring targeting the coast of Gangwon-do and Gyeongsangbuk-do on the east coast. In addition, in order to evaluate the degree of erosion caused by the construction of artificial coastal structures, the concept of erosion impact assessment was established, three methods were proposed for the impact assessment. The erosion impact of Hajeo port was assessed using the results of satellite image analysis presented in the Coastal Erosion Monitoring Report, it was assessed that the development of Hajeo port had an impact of 93.4% on erosion, and that of the coastal road construction had an impact of 6.6%.

Top-executives Compensation: The Role of Corporate Ownership Structure in Japan

  • Mazumder, Mohammed Mehadi Masud
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.4 no.3
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    • pp.35-43
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    • 2017
  • This paper explores the impact of corporate control, measured by ownership structure, on top-executives' compensation in Japan. According to agency theory, the pay-performance link is expected to be affected by the firm's ownership structure. Using a sample of 4,411 firm-year observations (401 firms for the 11-years period from 2001 to 2011) for Japanese non-financial firms publicly traded on the first section and second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), this study demonstrates that institutional ownership (both financial and corporate) is negatively related to the level of executives' compensation. Such finding is in line with efficient monitoring hypothesis which claims that the presence of institutional shareholders provides direct monitoring over managers, limits managerial self-dealing and curves the increase in top-executives pay. On the other hand, the results also show that managerial ownership is positively related to their compensation which supports managerial power theory hypothesis, i.e. management-controlled firms are more likely to extract more compensation from the business than other firms. Overall, this study confirms that corporate control has significant impact on cash compensation paid to Japanese top-executives after controlling the conventional pay-performance relationship.

Sensibility Study for PBL Scheme of WRF-CMAQ (PBL Scheme에 대한 WRF-CMAQ 민감도 분석)

  • Moon, Nan-Kyoung;Kim, Soon-Tae;Seo, Ji-Hyun
    • Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.27 no.6
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    • pp.791-804
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    • 2011
  • Numerical simulations were carried out to investigate the impact of PBL (Planetary boundary layer) scheme implemented in WRF on the result of meteorological fields and CMAQ modeling. 25-day period, representing high ozone concentration, was selected for the simulations. The three WRF domains covered East Asia region, Korean Peninsula and Seoul metropolitan area. The sensitivity of WRF-CMAQ modeling to the various PBL schemes was assessed and quantified by comparing model output and against observation from the meteorological and the air quality monitoring network within the domain. The meteorological variables evaluated included temperature, wind speed and direction over surface sites and upper air sounding sites. The CMAQ variables included gaseous species $O_3$ and $NO_x$ over monitoring stations. Although difference of PBL schemes implemented in WRF, they did not appreciably affect the WRF and CMAQ performance. There are partially differences between non-local and local mixing scheme, but are not distinct differences for the results of weather and air quality. It is suggested that impact of parameterization of vertical eddy diffusivity scheme in CMAQ also need to be researched in the future study.

Air Quality Evaluation with Passive Samplers for Large Cities (Passive Sampler를 이용한 대도시의 대기질 평가)

  • Jeon, Eui-Chan;Kim, Shin-Do;Choi, Kum-Chan
    • Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.83-88
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    • 1998
  • Filter badge type sampler has not been widely used to evaluate air quality over large cities in Korea while it can be successfully used for multi-point sampling and analysis. We evaluated the passive sampler as a new tool to monitor air quality over large cities. We latticed Metropolitan Seoul into $2{\times}2Km$ to give 136 points. $NO_2$ concentrations were measured at all the points in the Spring and Summer of 1997. According to the passive sampler data, natural green zones generally recorded lower $NO_2$ concentrations than major streets and traffic congestion areas. Passive samplers with abundant 136 points gave more detailed picture of $NO_2$ distribution while auto-monitoring network did not clearly provide the characteristics of local land use. Also, passive samplers gave 15% higher values than auto-monitoring network. The correlation between the two values appears very high judging from the regression slope of 0.92 and correlation coefficient of 0.91. This study clearly demonstrates the effectiveness of the passive sampler as a tool to monitor air quality over large cities.

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The Assessment of Stabilization of Open-dumping Landfill Leachate - A Case Study of Noeun Landfill - (비위생매립지 침출수의 안정화 평가 - 노은매립지 사례연구 -)

  • Hong, Sang-Pyo
    • Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.115-124
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    • 2004
  • To utilize a closed municipal solid waste landfill site in environmentally secure conditions, it is necessary to verify the stabilization level of landfill leachate. To assess leachate stabilization of an open-dumping municipal solid waste landfill (Noeun Landfill) which is located at the upper drainage basin of Namhan River which flows into Lake Paldang utilized for Seoul Metropolitan water supplies, the surrounding characteristics of the landfill site was surveyed. After then, leachate, groundwater and soil samples from this landfill were chemically analyzed, and the analysis results were evaluated by "The Criteria of Landfill Waste Stabilization(CLWS)", "Discharge Criteria of Landfill Leachate", "The Criteria of Domestic Use in Groundwater Quality", and "Soil Contamination Criteria" promulgated by Korean Ministry of Environment. The closed open-dumping landfill was equipped with the final soil cover, 3 groundwater monitoring wells and poor landfill gas extraction devices for the post-closure management of the landfill. BOD/CODcr ratios in leachate were less than or slightly higher than 1/10. This results seemed to imply that the leachate stabilization level of this landfill based on the CLWS was almost completed. Qualities of groundwater sampled from monitoring wells located at outside of landfill were adequate for "The Criteria of Domestic Use in Groundwater Quality". Finally, concentrations of soil contaminants that were likely to be influenced by this landfill site were adequate to "Soil Contamination Criteria".

Determination of EMC and Washoff Characteristics of Stormwater Runoff from Broad-Leaved Forest Areas (산림 활엽수 지역의 강우유출수 유출특성 및 EMC 산정)

  • Kang, Chang Guk;Lee, Soyoung;Gorme, Joan Barniso;Lee, Jea Un;Kim, Lee-Hyung
    • Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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    • v.18 no.6
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    • pp.393-399
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    • 2009
  • The water of rivers and lakes are affecting by point and nonpoint source pollutions. The point source pollution can be controlled by establishing the treatment plants. However, nonpoint source pollution by various human activities is not easy to be controlled because it is difficult to determine the exits of the water flow and have many exit points. Due to contribution of nonpoint source pollution, the achievement ratio of water quality in rivers and lakes is not high. TMDL is the outstanding water quality control policy because all of the pollutant loadings from the watershed area are counting on the input loads. Our aqua-ecosystem has self-purification process by biological, physical and ecological processes. The self-purification process can remove the pollutant load from background concentrations. Usually forest area is main source of background concentrations. In Korea, about 70% of the national boundary area consists of mountains. This study is conducting as part of long-term monitoring to determine the Event Mean Concentration during a storm. The monitoring was performed on a broad-leaved tree area.

Vibration Evaluation and Accuracy Improvement for a Digital Pile Rebounding and Penetration Monitoring System (DPRMS) (디지털 항타관리기(DPRMS)의 진동영향 평가 및 측정 정밀도 향상 방안에 관한 연구)

  • Hong, Jung-Taek;Lee, Kye-Young;Lee, Sang-Hun;Han, Song-Soo;Chung, Jin-Tai
    • Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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    • v.16 no.5 s.110
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    • pp.514-520
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    • 2006
  • In this study, the performance of a digital pile rebounding and penetration monitoring system (DPRMS) is evaluated and the measurement precision of the DPRMS is improved. The DPRMS is a high speed line-scanning camera system to measure the rebound and penetration of a pile in a construction work. A main problem in the DPRMS is a measurement error, which is caused by a shock or vibration due to a hammer impact. The measurement error is investigated by analyzing vibration signals of the DPRMS during the impact. Moreover, the frequency response functions of the DPRMS are also analyzed. As a result, it is found that the tripod height has an influence on the DPRMS performance and a shorter tripod is better. One more founding in this study is that the DPRMS should be placed with a appropriate distance from a pile for improving the measurement precision.