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Analysis of Electromotive Force Characteristics for Electromagnetic Energy Harvester using Ferrofluid

  • Kim, Young Sun
    • Journal of Magnetics
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.252-257
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    • 2015
  • This paper investigates the concept and implementation of an energy harvesting device using a ferrofluid sloshing movement to generate an electromotive force (EMF). Ferrofluids are often applied to energy harvesting devices because they have both magnetic properties and fluidity, and they behave similarly to a soft ferromagnetic substance. In addition, a ferrofluid can change its shape freely and generate an EMF from small vibrations. The existing energy harvesting techniques, for example those using piezoelectric and thermoelectric devices, generate minimal electric power, as low as a few micro-watts. Through flow analysis of ferrofluids and examination of the magnetic circuit characteristics of the resultant electromagnetic system, an energy harvester model based on an electromagnetic field generated by a ferrofluid is developed and proposed. The feasibility of the proposed scheme is demonstrated and its EMF characteristics are discussed based on experimental data.

Determination of the Neutron Effective Multiplication Factor for a PWR Spent Fuel Assembly

  • Heesung Shin;Ro, Seung-Gy;Kim, Gil-Soo;Hwang, Yong-Hwa;Kim, Ho-Dong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.590-595
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    • 2003
  • An Exponential experiment system which is composed of a neutron detector, a signal analysis system and a neutron source, Cf-252 has been installed in order to experimentally determine the neutron effective multiplication factor for a PWR spent fuel assembly. The axial background neutron flux is measured in a preliminary performance test. From the results, the spacer grid position is determined to be consistent with the design specifications within a 2.3% relative error. The induced fission neutron for four of the assemblies is also measured by scanning the neutron source, Cf-252 or the neutron detector. The exponential decay constants have been evaluated by the application of the Poisson regression to the net induced fission neutron counts. The measured keffs determined on the basis of the exponential decay constants of Cl5 appeared to be 0.541, 0.540, 0.597 and 0.556, respectively, which are comparable with 0.55195$\pm$0.00232 of the MCNP calculation.

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Factors Affecting Oxygen Uptake by Yeast Issatchenkia orientalis as Microbial Feed Additive for Ruminants

  • Lee, J.H.;Lim, Y.B.;Park, K.M.;Lee, S.W.;Baig, S.Y.;Shin, H.T.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.16 no.7
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    • pp.1011-1014
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    • 2003
  • The objective of this work was to evaluate a thermotolerant yeast Issatchenkia orientalis DY252 as a microbial feed additive for ruminants. In the present study, the influence of volatile fatty acids (VFA) and temperature on oxygen uptake rate by I. orientalis DY 252 was investigated. It was evident that the oxygen uptake rate was decreased gradually as the VFA concentrations increased in a range of 30 to 120 mM. Although the oxygen uptake rate was not greatly affected by temperature in the range 37 to $43^{\circ}C$, a maximum value of $0.45mg\;O_2/g$ cell/ min was obtained at $39^{\circ}C$. With regard to the oxygen uptake rate by yeast, viability was found to be less important than the metabolic activity of yeast.

Measurement of $\beta_{eff}$ in the Fast Critical Assembly BFS and Validation of a $\beta_{eff}$ Computation Code, BETA-K

  • Kim, Taek-Kyum;Kim, Young-Il;Kim, Young-Jin
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.401-407
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    • 1999
  • We have performed two experiments in the fast critical assembly BFS to measure the effective delayed neutron fraction $\beta$$_{eff}$ values and compared the results to validate the $\beta$$_{eff}$ computation code, BETA-K. Measurements of $\beta$$_{eff}$ were carried out in a metallic plutonium core and a metallic uranium core with Cf$^{252}$ source pseudo-reactivity method. Fission integrals and correction factors, which were used to obtain the experimental $\beta$$_{eff}$ values, were calculated by using the LMR core design computation code system of KAERI. BETA-K has been developed consistently with the hexagonal Nodal Expansion Method (NEM) and it used delayed neutron data of ENDF/B-VI. By comparing the computed $\beta$$_{eff}$ values with the measured ones, we found that the results from BETA-K agreed with the experimental values within the experimental error bound.ror bound.

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Characteristics of the Wheatgrass Extraction using Frictionless Extractor

  • Chryst, Maynanda Brigita;Kwon, Soon-Goo;Choi, Won-Sik;Kim, Won-Kyung;Kwon, Soon-Hong
    • International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.252-259
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    • 2020
  • Wheatgrass is a type of young grass that contains a lot of vitamins, minerals, and protein even compared to grain products produced from its mature cereal plants. In the context of product development and increasing product sales value, a study on the use of wheatgrass extract as an ingredient of fermented beverage was conducted. In this study wheatgrass used was self-grown using a tray in the Laboratory. The variation of wheatgrass extracts used was obtained from the twin-gear type extractor, slow-squeeze type extractor, and chopped wheatgrass. In the extraction process, the performances of the process: density, extract yield, processing capacity, and the rate of production, were analyzed. For another analysis, the physicochemical properties both of wheatgrass extracts and fermented beverages were also analyzed. The physicochemical properties analyzed included TSS, pH, acidity, and others content. The results of extraction performance analysis and physicochemical characteristics of wheatgrass extract planted at 10-20℃ based on this research gave the best results using the twin-gear extractor. The twin-gear type of extractor used in this study. All of these results were also in accordance with the statistical analysis conducted in this study.