• 한국정보과학회논문지:시스템및이론
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• 제33권9호
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• pp.677-683
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• 2006

Ad-hoc 무선 네트워크 환경에서 에너지 보유량이 상대적으로 적은 단말은 생존기간이 짧아진다. 단말의 활동이 정지하면 해당 단말을 경유하는 최적의 라우팅 경로도 함께 사라지기 때문에 새로운 대체 경로를 생성해야 한다. 이러한 대체 경로의 생성은 더 많은 단말의 에너지 소모를 촉진하여 활동을 정지하는 단말의 수를 증가시키고, 네트워크의 성능을 저하시킨다. 따라서 에너지 보유량이 적은 단말은 라우팅 경로 생성에 참여시키지 말아야 한다. 본 논문에서는 정지하는 단말의 수를 억제할 수 있도록 단말들의 에너지 보유량을 고려한 새로운 라우팅 프로토콜을 제안한다. 이 라우팅 프로토콜에서는 가능한 경로 각각에서 최소 에너지를 보유한 단말의 에너지 보유량($E_{m}$)에 근거하여 경로를 설정한다. 즉, 흡수가 동일하면 최소 에너지 보유량($E_{m}$)이 최대인 경로를 선택함으로써 에너지 보유량이 적은 단말의 생존기간을 연장한다. 시뮬레이션을 통하여 제안한 프로토콜이 단말의 생존기간을 연장하고, 그것이 대체 경로 생성을 줄임으로써 네트워크의 성능 저하를 방지하는데 효과적임을 보인다.

• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.12-18
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• 2011

The renewed global interest in nuclear power has arisen from the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to provide sufficient electricity for a growing global population. Many countries with nuclear power plants (NPPs) are still implementing license extensions of 10~20 years, and even consideration is being given to the concept of life-beyond-60, a further period of license extension from 60 to 80 years. To solve the materials aging problem is integral to its success. A foundation for effective aging management of nuclear power plants is that aging is properly taken into account at each stage of a plant's lifetime, i.e. in design, manufacture, construction and operation including long term operation and decommissioning. To evaluate the plant aging phenomena, a lot of background information such as materials and environment of the parts of the reactor and plant systems is needed by the experts. Information on degradation mechanisms is also used. In this paper, a regulation on the integrated materials aging management for nuclear facilities is proposed. The proposed regulation identifies key elements of effective aging management for nuclear power plants and provides the requirements on aging management for nuclear facilities throughout all stages of the lifetime of the plant.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.356-360
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• 2016

Recently, the lifetime extension of nuclear power plants has been considered. Thus, it is necessary to consider facility safety management and economic management. However, when the bolts in nuclear power plants are replaced and the turbines of nuclear power plant are disassembled, numerous problems are found in relation to stuck bolts in clamping parts. In order to solve these problems, a hybrid vacuum chamber was first designed and manufactured. It can perform arc ion plating and sputtering, which were used to deposit Ti/TiN on an A913 B7 bolt. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analyses were conducted to determine the composition and characteristics of the bolt, and tests were conducted to determine how long the bolt could endure under various conditions in a nuclear power plant. The SEM and XRD results clearly showed a continual and even coating layer. When this TiN-coated bolt is used in a nuclear power plant, the lifetime can be extended compared to a conventional bolt, but it is necessary to determine what additional properties are required.

• 대한전자공학회논문지TC
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• 제44권9호
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• pp.25-37
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• 2007

애드혹 네트워크에서 수명을 연장하기 위한 방법 중 하나인 경로 재설정 기법은 일정 노드로 라우팅 기능 부담의 편중을 막기 위해 일정량의 에너지 사용 후, 새로운 경로를 다시 찾는다. 경로 재설정 기법은 라우팅 기능 분담에 의한 네트워크 수명 연장 측면에서 뛰어난 성능을 보인다. 그러나 경로 재설정은 플러딩을 바탕으로 하는 경로 탐색 과정이 포함되기 때문에 그 시그널링 오버헤드는 상당하며, 경로 재설정 기법의 에너지 효율성을 감소시킬 위험이 있다. 즉, 잦은 경로 재설정이 발생할 경우 시그널링 오버헤드로 인해 그 성능 향상이 반감될 수 있다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 경로 선택 알고리즘(Algorithm for Route Reacquisition with Overhead Weakener, ARROW)은 패킷 전송 비용과 함께 시그널링 오버헤드의 정도를 나타내는 경로 재설정 비용을 계산하여 경로 선택 과정에 활용한다. ARROW는 경로의 재설정 과정에서 발생하는 시그널링 오버헤드를 줄이는 새로운 알고리즘으로, 패킷 전송 비용만으로 경로 선택이 어려울 경우 경로 재설정 비용을 경로 선택 과정에서 고려하여 재설정 과정 발생 횟수를 줄임으로써 네트워크의 에너지를 효율적으로 사용할 수 있다. 재설정 비용이 고려된 ARROW와 고려되지 않은 알고리즘의 성능을 비교, 분석하기 위해 2차원 마코프 체인을 이용하여 애드혹 네트워크를 모델링 한다. 모델을 이용하여 분석한 결과 제안된 알고리즘은 시그널링 오버헤드와 네트워크 수명 측면에서 타 알고리즘 보다 뛰어남을 확인하였다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.2658-2679
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• 2018

This paper proposes a novel Random Scheduling Algorithm based on Subregion Coverage (RSASC), to solve the SET K-cover problem (an NP-complete problem). SET K-cover problem distributes the set of sensors into the maximum number of mutually exclusive subsets (MESSs) in such a way that each of them can be scheduled for lifetime extension of WSN. Sensor coverage divides the target region into different subregions. RSASC first sorts the subregions in the ascending order concerning their sensor coverage. Then, it forms the subregion groups according to their similar sensor coverage. Lastly, RSASC ensures the K-coverage of each subregion from every group by randomly scheduling the sensors. We consider the target-coverage and area-coverage applications of WSN to analyze the usefulness of our proposed RSASC algorithm. The distinct quality of RSASC is that it utilizes less number of deployed sensors (33% less) to form the optimum number of MESSs with the higher computational speed (saves more than 93% of the time) as compared to the existing three algorithms.

• 정보처리학회논문지C
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• 제17C권5호
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• pp.427-432
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• 2010

계층적인 센서네트워크에서는 클러스터 헤더의 선출이 네트워크의 수명에 중요한 영향을 미치기 때문에 효율적인 클러스터 헤더 선출이 중요하다. 따라서 최근 연구에서는 전체 네트워크의 수명을 늘리기 위해 효율적인 클러스터 헤더 선출 기법에 대해 다양한 연구 활동이 진행되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 Sink와의 거리를 고려하여 클러스터를 Group으로 분할하고 노드 밀도에 의해서 클러스터 헤더를 선출하는 방식을 제안한다. 또한 제안하는 기법의 성능을 평가하여 Zigbee 환경에서 네트워크 수명이 향상됨을 보이고자 한다.

• Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.257-265
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• 2008

This paper deals with the joint decisions on pricing and ordering for a monopolistic retailer who sells perishable goods with a fixed lifetime or demand period. The newsvendor-typed problem is formulated as a two-period inventory system where the first period represents the inventory of fresh or new-arrival items and the second period represents the inventory of items that are older but still usable. Demand may be for either fresh items or for somewhat older items that exhibit physical decay or deterioration. The retailer is allowed to adjust the selling price of the deteriorated items in the second period, which stimulates demand and reduces excess season-end or stale inventory. This paper develops a stochastic dynamic programming model that solves the problem of preseason decisions on ordering-pricing and a within-season decision on markdown pricing. We also develop a fixed-price model as a benchmark against the dual-price dynamic model. To illustrate the effect of the dual-price policy on expected profit, we conduct a comparative study between the two models. Extension to a generalized multi-period model is also discussed.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.28-35
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• 2000

As huge energy transfer systems like a nuclear power plant, steam power plant and petrochemical plant are operated for a long time, mechanical properties are changed by degradation. The life time of the systems can be affected by the mechanical properties. So determination of the integrity of the metallic structure is required either to en4sure that failure will not occur during the service life of the components or to evaluate the lifetime extension of the structure. An automated ball indentation(ABI) method was developed as a non-destructive technique for evaluating the integrity of such metallic components. In this paper, we would like to present the aging evaluation technique by the ABI method. The five classes of the thermally aged CF8M specimens were prepared using an artificially accelerated aging method. After holding 100, 300, 900, 1800 and 3600 hours at 43$0^{\circ}C$, the specimens were cooled down using water to room temperature respectively. The tensile test, hardness test, charpy impact test, ABI test were performed. The results of the fracture test were compared with those of ABI test and the new evaluation technique of the integrity of metallic structures was developed.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.256-267
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• 2015

Grid-connected transformerless photovoltaic (PV) inverters (TPVIs) are increasingly dominating the market due to their higher efficiency, lower cost, lighter weight, and reduced size when compared to their transformer based counterparts. However, due to the lack of galvanic isolation in the low voltage grid interconnections of these inverters, the PV systems become vulnerable to leakage currents flowing through the grounded star point of the distribution transformer, the earth, and the distributed parasitic capacitance of the PV modules. These leakage currents are prohibitive, since they constitute an issue for safety, reliability, protection coordination, electromagnetic compatibility, and module lifetime. This paper investigates a wide range of multi-kW range power rating TPVI topologies and classifies them in terms of their leakage current attributes. This systematic classification places most topologies under a small number of classes with basic leakage current attributes. Thus, understanding and evaluating these topologies becomes an easy task. In addition, based on these observations, new topologies with reduced leakage current characteristics are proposed in this paper. Furthermore, the important efficiency and cost determining characteristics of converters are studied to allow design engineers to include cost and efficiency as deciding factors in selecting a converter topology for PV applications.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.177-182
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• 2015

The boiler tubes of X20CrMoV12.1 used in fossil-fired power plants were obtained and analyzed for the effect of water treatment on the steam corrosion-induced oxide scale in an effort to better understand the oxide formation mechanism, as well as pertinent method of maintenance and lifetime extension. The specimens were analyzed using various microscopy and microanalysis techniques, with focuses on the effect of water treatment on the characters of scale. X-ray diffraction analysis showed that the scales of specimens were composed of hematite ($Fe_2O_3$), magnetite ($Fe_3O_4$), and chromite ($FeCr_2O_4$). Electron backscatter diffraction analysis showed that the oxides were present in the following order on the matrix: outer $Fe_2O_3$, intermediate $Fe_3O_4$, and inner $FeCr_2O_4$. After all volatile treatment or oxygenated treatment, a dense protective $Fe_2O_3$ layer was formed on the $Fe_3O_4$ layer of the specimen, retarding further progression of corrosion.