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Assessment of the core-catcher in the VVER-1000 reactor containment under various severe accidents

  • Farhad Salari;Ataollah Rabiee;Farshad Faghihi
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.55 no.1
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    • pp.144-155
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    • 2023
  • The core catcher is used as a passive safety system in new generation nuclear power plants to create a space in the containment for the placing and cooling of the molten corium under various severe accidents. This research investigates the role of the core catcher in the VVER-1000 reactor containment system in mitigating the effects of core meltdown under various severe accidents within the context of the Ex-vessel Melt Retention (EVMR) strategy. Hence, a comparison study of three severe accidents is conducted, including Station Black-Out (SBO), SBO combined with the Large Break Loss of Coolant Accident (LB-LOCA), and SBO combined with the Small Break Loss of Coolant Accident (SB-LOCA). Numerical comparative simulations are performed for the aforementioned scenario with and without the EX-vessel core-catcher. The results showed that considering the EX-Vessel core catcher reduces the amount of hydrogen by about 18.2 percent in the case of SBO + LB-LOCA, and hydrogen production decreases by 12.4 percent in the case of SBO + SB-LOCA. Furthermore, in the presence of an EX-Vessel core-catcher, the production of gases such as CO and CO2 for the SBO accident is negligible. It was revealed that the greatest decrease in pressure and temperature of the containment is related to the SBO accident.

A Method of Squeegee pressure Optimization for Mass Production Thick Film Heaters Using SPC and Neural Network

  • Luckchonlatee, Chayut;Chaisawat, Ake
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 2002.07a
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    • pp.22-25
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    • 2002
  • The Mass production of ceramic heater has encountered with the estimation for the proper parameters of the printing conditions. This paper presents a method to estimate the squeegee pressure. It uses resistance distribution from the trial run with approximate squeegee pressure which comes from statistical process control (SPC). Then, the resistance distribution and its total resistance are input to the backpropagation neural networks that can recognize resistance's distribution patterns. The value of output network derived from the input value can identify to the appropriate squeegee pressure. The experimental results are demonstrated In ensure the efficiency and the reliability of this method with the accuracy 96.75 percent. Indeed, embedded on this method will aid us to reduce the loss from the normal mass production.

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Effect of Increased Water Intake on the Alleviation of Heat Stress in Chicken (수분 섭취의 증가가 닭의 고온 스트레스 완화에 미치는 효과)

  • 이봉덕
    • Korean Journal of Poultry Science
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.93-99
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    • 1994
  • Chickens subjected to heat stress decrease their heat production by consuming less feed. The lowered feed intake naturally brings about decreased production performance of chicken. The only exception to this is the increased survivability. Birds drink less when they eat less. In hot enviror-mental temperature, chicken need more water for increased heat loss through evaporation an increased urine excretion. Thus, the increased water intake may alleviate the heat stress of chicken. Various electrolytes supplementation to feed or drinking water can alleviate the heat stress of chicken by their effect of increasing water intake. Lasalocid, an ionophorous coccidiostat, was found to have the effect of increasing water consumption of chicken, thereby improving the lowered production performance of heat-stressed chicken. Finally, dietary fiber could be another possible element which can exert beneficial effects on heat-stressed chicken.

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Synthesis and Biological Activities of 8-Arylflavones

  • Dao, Tran-Thanh;Kim, Soo-Bae;Sin, Kwan-Seong;Kim, Sang-Hee;Kim, Hyun-Pyo;Park, Hae-Il
    • Archives of Pharmacal Research
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.278-282
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    • 2004
  • A number of 8-arylflavones have been synthesized as congeners of wogonin and evaluated for their inhibitory activities of $PGE_2$ production. 8-Arylflavones were obtained from commercially available chrysin via two different synthetic pathways. Most 8-arylflavones exhibited much reduced inhibitory activities against COX-2 catalyzed $PGE_2$ production compared to that of wogonin. Functional group replacement at the 8-position of wogonin from methoxy to aryl group caused loss of inhibitory activity. Our present results imply that the functional group at the 8-position of flavones seems to play very important roles for bioactivity.

Fault diagnosis of walking beam roller bearing by FTA (FTA(Fault Tree Analysis)기법을 이용한 이송용 대부하 베어링 고장 진단)

  • Bae, Y.H.;Lee, H.K.;Lee, S.J.
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.11 no.5
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    • pp.110-123
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    • 1994
  • The development of automatic production systems have required inteligent diagnostic and monitoring function to repair system failure and reduce production loss by the failure. In order to perform accurate functions of intelligent system, inferencing about total system failure and fault analysis due to each mechanical component failures are required. Also the solution about repair and maintenance can be suggested from these analysis results. As an essential component of mechanical system, a bearing system is investigated to define the failure behavior. The bearing failure is caused by lubricant system failure, metallurgical defficiency, mechanical condition(vibration, overloading, misalignment) and environmental effect. This study described roller bearing fault train due to stress variation and metallurgical defficiency from lubricant failure by using FTA.

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Economic Decision of Specification Limits for a Ham Production Process - An Industrial Case Study -

  • Cha, Young-Joon;Hong, Yeon-Woong;Lee, Jae-Man
    • Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.943-949
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    • 2005
  • An economic design of specification limits for production process of ham is considered for a given process mean in a complete inspection plan. Each ham is inspected, and if it meets the specification, it is accepted. The ham less than the lower specification limit are changed another products or at a discounted price, and those greater than the upper specification limit are reworked. A profit model is developed which involves selling price, production cost, rework cost and the cost which is incurred by imperfect quality. Methods for finding the optimal specification limits are derived for the case of piecewise linear loss function with an industrial case study.

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Development of Automation System for High Density and Perpendicular Storage (고밀도 수직 보관 자동화 시스템 개발)

  • 이용중;윤진수;신신범;이양범;김성규(주)동명기전
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers Conference
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.231-234
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    • 2002
  • This thesis is to introduce development process and application for domestic production of Automation System for High Density and Perpendicular Storage used in the industrial field. Most of the traditional Automation Systems for High Density and Perpendicular Storage are imported and using in the industrial field. As a result of this condition, foreign competitive power is decreased cause increasing of production cost. In spite of economical burden to protect a loss with management in the case of the industrial field dealing with various products, imported Automation System for High Density and Perpendicular Storage is used. On this developed Automation System for High Density and Perpendicular Storage solved these problems. Developed system uses managing computer, it is easy to manipulate input and output of production and inventory management. Moreover, Developed system accomplished shortened driving time and mechanical safety.

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Application and Assessment of WAsP for Haengwon Wind Farm (행원 풍력발전단지의 WAsP 적용 및 평가)

  • Byun, Su-Hwan;Ko, Kyung-Nam;Huh, Jong-Chul
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2004
  • Using WAsP, which is PC-program for the vertical and horizontal extrapolation of wind data, annual energy production as well as wind energy density has been predicted for Haengwon wind farm in Jeju island. The predicted results were compared with real data derived from wind turbines in Haengwon wind farm. As the results, in order to produce more electric power, new wind turbines should be located along coastal line, which has comparatively high wind energy density. Also, the roughness length should be inputted to the Map Editor program for better agreement with real annual energy production.

A basic study of manufacturing technology of free-form concrete segments (비정형 콘크리트 생산기술 기초연구)

  • Kim, Geun-Ho;Lim, Chae-Yeon;Kim, Sun-Kuk
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2013.05a
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    • pp.12-13
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    • 2013
  • Free-form building is increasing because of request that an order to raise the value and request of the local residents and the government trying to own iconic and beautiful buildings. In addition, the installation and production of free-form concrete segment are now available because of development of construction technology, such as the development of materials and equipment. However, the production of free-form concrete segment requires a lot of time and manpower than shaping. In particular, resources of the mold for the production of free-from segment will be invested excessively because mold can not be recycled. Thus, the problems of increased costs, construction periods and loss of productivity occur. To solve these problems, this study proposes a technique of making the mold of for variable within a short time. Technique proposed in this study can be recycled die and will realize fast and accurate free-form concrete segment.

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Ergonomic Analysis of Manufacturing Process for PET Bottle by REBA Technique (REBA 기법을 이용한 PET병 제조공정의 인간공학적 분석)

  • Kim, Hwa-Sik;Gong, Byeong-Chae;Cheong, Seon-Hwan;Choi, Seong-Dae
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.203-208
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    • 2009
  • Lacks of harmony of a person and machine according to productivity elevation pursuit is happened by enterprise common problem in Global competition age and productivity loss is caused being connected to worker's burden work. Burden work in PET bottle production Process which are arrangement, Packing, interior inspection is analyzed by Ergonomic analysis technique. REBA estimation point(10~11 points) means the high step of hazard on worker's burden. It is immediately required the improvement on the process. This thesis show you the improving methods like package, examination justice.

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