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A Study on the Electrolytic Reduction Mechanism of Uranium Oxide in a LiCl-Li$_2$O Molten Salt (LiCl-Li$_2$O 용융염계에서 우라늄 산화물의 전기화학적 금속전환 반응 메카니즘에 관한 연구)

  • 오승철;허진목;서중석;박성원
    • Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.25-39
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    • 2003
  • This study proposed a new electrolytic reduction technology that is based on the integration of simultaneous uranium oxide metallization and Li$_2$O electrowinning. In this electrolytic reduction reaction, electrolytically reduced Li deposits on cathode and simultaneously reacts with uranium oxides to produce uranium metal showing more than 99% conversion. For the verification of process feasibility, the experiments to obtain basic data on the metallization of uranium oxide, investigation of reaction mechanism, the characteristics of closed recycle of Li$_2$O and mass transfer were carried out. This evolutionary electrolytic reduction technology would give benefits over the conventional Li-reduction process improving economic viability such as: avoidance of handling of chemically active Li-LiCl molten salt increase of metallization yield, and simplification of process.

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Sprinkler System with Universal Solenoid Valve (범용 전자개방밸브를 적용한 스프링클러설비)

  • Kong, Ha-Sung
    • The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.351-357
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    • 2019
  • This research is automatic Wet Pipe Sprinkler System, dry pipe Sprinkler System, preaction Sprinkler system, vacuum Sprinkler system, deluge Sprinkler system, etc., key components of each Sprinkler system, verve valve, valve, etc. This is to simplify the various processes of the manufacturing process into a single process to create an environment in which a single machine can simultaneously produce a standardized product, thereby improving the price competitiveness of the product, reducing the cost of maintaining the product, and making it more adaptable to the new sprinkler system that is developed in the future. Automatic Wet Pipe Sprinkler System, desipe Sprinkler System, preaction sprinkler system, vacuum Sprinkler system, deluge Sprinkler system, both types of existing Sprinkler system, only replace the primary and secondary tubing valves.It has the advantage of being easy to apply to the lower system. Legal and institutional research is needed for the commercialization of the Sprinkler system applying the solenoid valve as a future project.

Effects of Commonality Strategy in Product Line Design on Social Welfare (제품군 디자인에서 공통속성의 활용이 사회적 효용에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Kil-Sun
    • Journal of the Korean Operations Research and Management Science Society
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    • v.33 no.3
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    • pp.77-92
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    • 2008
  • Commonality strategy is a popular design practice in designing a product line as it enables the firm cost saving and simplification in design, manufacturing, and distribution processes. However the issue of commonality has been mostly analyzed from a profit maximizing firm's perspective and, to our knowledge, there is no literature that deals with the issue from a different perspective. in this paper, we consider the issue of commonality strategy from a social welfare maximization perspective, and argue that commonality strategy used in designing of public goods can bring certain benefits not just for a firm but also for consumers, i.e., for society as a whole. While we assume certain cost saving in production process due to economies of scale under commonality strategy, we conceptualize two different effects of commonality strategy, utility effect due to cost saving and weighted-averaging effect, and show how these two effects interplay to determine the design of common attribute and desirability of commonality strategy. We also discuss how the implementation of commonality strategy differs under different objectives of a product line designer : social welfare and firm's profit maximization.

Sensitivity and accuracy for rheological simulation of cement-based materials

  • Kim, Jae Hong;Jang, Hye Rim;Yim, Hong Jae
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.903-919
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    • 2015
  • The flow of freshly mixed cement-based material shows thixotropy, which implies some difficulties on robust measurement of its rheological properties: The flow curve of thixotropic materials depends on the used protocol. For examples, higher viscosity is obtained when the rate of shear strain is more quickly increased. Even though precise measurement and modelling of the concrete rheology needs to consider the thixotropic effect, engineers in the concrete field prefer considering as a non-thixotropic Herschel-Bulkley fluid, even more simply Bingham fluid. That is due to robustness of the measurement and application in casting process. In the aspect of simplification, this papers attempts to mimic the thixoropic flow by the non-thixotropic Herschel-Bulkley model. Disregarding the thixotropy of cement based materials allows us to adopt the rheological concept in the field. An optimized protocol to measure the Bingham parameters was finally found based on the accuracy and reproducibility test of cement paste samples, which minimizes the error of simulation stemming from the assumption of non-thixotropy.

Preservice Elementary Teachers' Perceptions on Models Used in Science and Science Education (과학과 과학 교육에서 사용되는 모델에 관한 예비 초등 교사들의 인식)

  • Oh, Phil-Seok
    • Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.450-466
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    • 2009
  • The purpose of this study was to explore preservice elementary teachers' perceptions on models used in science and science education. Participants were sixty-one undergraduate students who were enrolled in a science education course offered at a university of education located in a mid-sized city, Korea. Data were obtained from the participants at the beginning of the course when they provided their answers to a questionnaire about models. The analysis revealed that a large number of the preservice teachers perceived models as representative of physical realities. By contrast, a relatively small number of them viewed models as representations of ideas or things like theories or hypotheses. Lots of the participants were apt to define a model from the perspective of its functions and considered the purposes of models communication, teaching, and understanding as well as visualization, simplification, and clarification. Most of the preservice teachers believed that there could be multiple models for a single target, and all of them answered that models could be changed in science. It was therefore concluded that the preservice teachers perceived properly the multiplicity and variability of models. Nevertheless, they could not elaborate how a model is used and evaluated in the process of scientific inquiry, and just a few of them mentioned the detailed nature of models. The preservice teachers possessed teacher-centered views of using models in the science classroom, and a small number of them remarked that they were going to use models for students to develop their own models and perform scientific inquiry.

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Sensing Performance of Efficient Cyclostationary Detector with Multiple Antennas in Multipath Fading and Lognormal Shadowing Environments

  • Zhu, Ying;Liu, Jia;Feng, Zhiyong;Zhang, Ping
    • Journal of Communications and Networks
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.162-171
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    • 2014
  • Spectrum sensing is a key technical challenge for cognitive radio (CR). It is well known that multicycle cyclostationarity (MC) detection is a powerful method for spectrum sensing. However, a conventional MC detector is difficult to implement because of its high computational complexity. This paper considers reducing computational complexity by simplifying the test statistic of a conventional MC detector. On the basis of this simplification process, an improved MC detector is proposed. Compared with the conventional detector, the proposed detector has low-computational complexity and high-accuracy sensing performance. Subsequently, the sensing performance is further investigated for the cases of Rayleigh, Nakagami-m, Rician, and Rayleigh fading and lognormal shadowing channels. Furthermore, square-law combining (SLC) is introduced to improve the detection capability in fading and shadowing environments. The corresponding closed-form expressions of average detection probability are derived for each case by the moment generation function (MGF) and contour integral approaches. Finally, illustrative and analytical results show the efficiency and reliability of the proposed detector and the improvement in sensing performance by SLC in multipath fading and lognormal shadowing environments.

Preliminary Study for the Reliability Assurance on Results and Procedure of the Out-pile Mechanical Characterization Test for a Fuel Assembly; Lateral Vibration Test(I) (핵연료 집합체 노외성능시험의 절차와 결과에 대한 신뢰성확보를 위한 예비고찰; 횡방향 진동특성시험(I))

  • Lee, Kang-Hee;Yoon, Kyung-Ho;Kim, Hyung-Kyu
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2007.05a
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    • pp.1854-1858
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    • 2007
  • The reliability assurance with respect to the test procedure and results of the out-pile mechanical performance test for the nuclear fuel assembly is an essential task to assure the test quality and to get a permission for fuel loading into the commercial reactor core. For the case of vibration test, which is carried out to obtain basic dynamic characteristics of the fuel assembly, proper management and appropriate calibration of instruments and devices used in the test, various efforts to minimize the possible error during the test and signal acquisition process are needed. Additionally, the deep understanding both of the theoretical assumption and simplification cation for the signal processing/modal analysis and of the functions of the devices used in the test were highly required. Finally, to verify the test result to represent the accurate natural characteristics of the structure, the proper correlation analysis between the theoretical and experimental method has to be carried out. In this study, the overall procedure and result of lateral vibration test for the fuel assembly's mechanical characterization were briefly introduced. A series of measures to assure and improve the reliability of the vibration test were discussed.

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A Study of Stage setting(image) device based on Animation : Ani-Stage (애니메이션을 이용한 영상무대장치에 대한 연구 : 애니 스테이지(Ani-Stage))

  • Min, Kyung-Mi
    • Cartoon and Animation Studies
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    • s.11
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    • pp.105-120
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    • 2007
  • This treatise has defined afresh the stage setting(image) device with use of animation which is known as virtual studio, cyber studio and all that sort of things as a word 'Ani-Stage' and has also adjusted it's generative background. It will be suggest that the established stage setting device with some confined techniques need to be grafted other various animation techniques together in order to make room for 'Ani-Stage-oriented' and will be offer a device able to make free use of composition angles, simplification of composite process free from limited factors. The purpose of this treatise is that raise up the recognition on ani-stage of the specialistic competent person who playing a role in the sphere of animation and that give a new definition about the stage setting device based on animation.

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Health Risk Assessment of Lead Exposure through Multi-pathways in Korea (납의 다경로 노출에 의한 건강위해성평가 : 우리 나라 일부 지역 성인들을 대상으로)

  • Chung, Yong;Hwang, Man-Sik;Yang, Ji-Yeon;Jo, Seong-Joon
    • Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.203-216
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    • 1999
  • This paper describes a set of multi-pathway models for estimating health risk to lead. The models link concentrations of an environmental contaminant (lead) in air, water and food to human exposure through inhalation, ingestion, and dietary routes. Exposure is used as the foundation for predicting risk of health detriment within the population. The process of estimating exposure using often limited data and extrapolating to a large diverse population requires many assumption, inferences, and simplification. This paper is divided into four section. The first section provides lead contaminant levels on obtaining environmental concentration of air, tap water, and foods. The second section provides a discussion of exposure parameters and uncertainty associated predicting human health risk of contaminants. The third and fourth section illustrate lifetime average daily exposure (LADE) and excess cancer risk (ECR) based on exposure parameters. The relationship between concentration of lead in an environmental medium and human exposure is determined with pathway exposure factors (PEFs). The calculation of LADE and ECR is carried out using Monte-Carlo simulation with probability density function of exposure parameters. Examination of the result reveals that, for lead exposure, ingestion (food) is the dominant route of exposure rather than inhalation (air), and ingestion (tap eater).

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An Experimental Study on Hydration Heat Control in The Mass Concrete Using Oscillating Capillary Tube Heat Pipe (진동세관형 히트파이프(OCHP)를 이용한 매스콘크리트의 수화열 제어에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Beak, Dong-Il;Kim, Myung-Sik;Lee, Moon-Sik;Kim, Kang-Min;Yum, Chi-Sun
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 2006.05b
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    • pp.409-412
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    • 2006
  • In process of reinforced concrete(RC) box structure, the heat of hydration may cause serious thermal cracking problems. In order to eliminate hydration heat of mass concrete, this paper reports results of hydration heat control in mass concrete using the OCHP(Oscillating Capillary tube Heat Pipe). Recently OCHP is drawn special attention from these points of low cost as well as short construction schedule for the manufacturing of heat exchanger, flexibility, simplification and high performance. There were three RC box molds$(1.2{\times}1.2{\times}1.2m)$ which shows a difference as compared with each other. One was not equipped with OCHP. While others were equipped with OCHP and these were cooled with air natural convection and spraying water respectively. The OCHP was composed of copper pipe with 12 turns(O.D : 4mm, I.D : 2.8mm). The working fluid was R-22 and its charging ratio was 30(Vol. %). In order to analyze the distribution of temperature and index figure of thermal crack in sequential placement of mass concrete, we used HYCON of computer program. As a result of the experiment, the peak temperature decreased about $15.6\sim23.4^{\circ}C$ than the general specimen and the probability of thermal crack generated in mass concrete decreased up to 0%.

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