• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권10호
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• pp.4390-4396
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• 2024

The response of an anti-Compton phoswich detector to gamma rays was investigated using Monte-Carlo method, and the pulses from different crystal cases, including gamma deposition only in the LaBr3(Ce) or CsI(Tl) crystal and coincidence in both crystals, were analyzed. A novel pulse discrimination method for gamma deposition events based on wavelet transform analysis, called SSD (Scale Shape Discrimination), was developed in this study. Compared to the traditional PSD (Pulse Shape Discrimination) method, SSD has the advantage of transforming one-dimensional pulses in the time-domain into two-dimensional time-frequency spectra, providing the more useful features for pulse discrimination. The performances of the Compton suppression and Full-energy peak loss using PSD and SSD methods was studied. The results show that the Compton suppression factor I_PSD = 5.12 and I_SSD = 5.32, and FEP loss factor PL_PSD = 0.0554 and PL_SSD = 0.0587. Meanwhile, the influences of the cutoff values for pulse discrimination on the results of I and PL with different method were analyzed.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.395-402
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• 2001

An induction thermal plasma system have been newly designed for advanced operation with a pulse modulated mode to control the plasma power in time domain and to create non-equilibrium effects such as fast quenching of the plasma to produce new functional materials in high rate. The system consists of MOSFET power supply with a maximum power of 50 kW with a frequency of 460 kHz, an induction plasma torch with a 10-turns coil of 80 mm diameter and 150 mm length and a vacuum chamber. The pulse modulated plasma was successfully generated at a plasma power of 30 kW and a high pressure of 100 kPa, with taking the on and off time as 10 ms, respectively. Measurements were carried out on the time-dependent spectral lines emitted from Ar species. The dynamic behavior of plasma temperature in a pulse cycle was estimated by the Boltzmann plot and the excitation temperature of Ar atom was found to be changed periodically from around 0.5 to 1.7 eV during the cycle. Two application regions of the induction thermal plasma newly generated were introduced to material processing with high rate synthesis based on non equilibrium effects, and to the finding of new arc quenching gases coming necessary for power circuit breaker, which is friendly with earth circumstance alternative to SF6 gas.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2005년도 추계종합학술대회
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• pp.489-492
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• 2005

Even though the blood pressure is one of the most widely used index for the healthcare monitoring of hypertensive and normotensive persons, there is no non-intrusive measurement method which is commercialized until now. Pulse Arrival Time (PAT) is known that it has close relation with the systolic blood pressure (SBP) and arterial stiffness. In this study, SBP estimation methods by non-intrusive measurement of PAT are suggested. For the unconstrained measurement of PAT, the first method used the electrically non contact electrocardiogram (ENC-ECG) technique and the reflective type of Photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor on the computer mouse. In the second method, ENC-ECG and the air pressure sensor in the seat cushion on a chair were measured. The third method used ECG electrodes and PPG sensors on the toilet seat cover. The validation and regression analysis of the relationship of PAT and SBP are summarized. These methods have considerable errors to be used for all people. But these can be applied for each subject after the parameter customization within acceptable error. So, it is feasible for suggested methods to be used for monitoring of SBP in daily life in non-intrusive way when there is personal identification system of each subject.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제21권8호
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• pp.770-775
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• 2008

Autonomic nervous system of the anesthetized patients can be influenced by the many kinds of stimulations such as intubation, surgical incision and so on. The changes of the heart rates and blood pressures are surrogates of responses of the autonomic system to the external stimulations. Recently, the power spectral analysis of the heart rate variability (HRV) made it easy to know the fractions and changes of sympathetic and parasympathetic autonomic systems. In this study, the changes of pulse transit time, one of the response of vessels to stimulations, was investigated in relation to the HRV. Ten patients were examined and average age is 22.5 $\pm$ 11.04, average weight is 63 $\pm$ 14.4 kg. The patients were anesthetized only by sevoflurane inhalation. Pulse transit time is determined by calculating the difference of the time between the R peak of ECG and the characteristic point of the plethysmography. Power spectral density (PSD) of the HRV was achieved in the frequency of 0.04-0.15 (LF) and 0.15-0.4 (HF). Compared to preanesthetic period the values of LF and LF/HF ratio of HRV were decreased (p<0.05). HF and PTT was increased in anesthetic state with sevoflurane. Otherwise, after intubation, the HF was decreased and LF, LF/HF ratio and PTT were increased. PSD of the HRV is well-known for the index of the autonomic nervous activity. Not only HRV but PTT analysis also is a useful index reflecting the autonomic responses to various stimulations. And this analysis is useful in bed side monitoring because the calculating method is simple and it takes shorter processing time compared to the HRV analysis.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기기기및에너지변환시스템부문B
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• 제50권12호
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• pp.624-630
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• 2001

The trend of the regulations on environmental issues are getting tight. Responding to this trend new technologies such as moving electrodes, wide pitch and pulsed power supply are also introduced in the electrostatic precipitator(EP) systems. The introduction of wide pitch and moving electrodes enhances the system performance of the EPs by improving air-flow and by improving the ash reentrainment on rapping. The power supplies for the EPs developed up to date include thyristor-based dc or intermittent type, SMPS(switching mode power supply) type and the pulsed-power supply type. The use of the pulsed ones is known to improve dust-collecting efficiency of high resistivity ash and reduces back corona occurrence in the collecting plate. There are two kinds of pulsed-power supplies; one with pulsed transformers and the other with direct dc switching devices. The latter uses rotary spark gap switches or semiconductor switches. Both have the merits and demerits: the spark gap switches are simple and robust but has short life time, hence, high maintenance cost, whereas the semiconductor switches have long life time but are costly. In this study, A high voltage power supply with superimposing voltage pulse on dc source was developed for EPs. This study describes circuit topology, operating principle of the scheme, and analysis of experimental results on Dong-Hae Power Plant. The pulsed power supply consists of a variable dc power supply with ratings of 60kV, 800mA and pulse generator which is made of high voltage thyristor-diode switch strings, an LC resonant tank and a blocking inductor. The pulse generator generates variable pulse-voltage up to 70kV using a high frequency resonant inverter with a variable dc source. Two prototypes were built and tested on 250MW DongHae power plant to verify the possibility of the commercial use and the normal operation in the transient states.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.553-563
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 UWB 대역에서 최적 임펄스 신호 전송을 위한 테이퍼 슬롯 안테나(Tapered Slot Antenna: TSA) 설계에 대해 연구하였다. UWB 대역에서 동작하는 TSA는 end-fire 특성을 갖는 광대역 안테나로, 펄스 전송을 위한 IR-UWB(Impulse Radio Ultra-Wide Band) 시스템에 적합하다. 지향성 특성을 갖는 테이퍼 슬롯 안테나는 UWB 대역에서 손실이 적고, 임펄스 전송시 최소 에러를 가져야 한다. 전송되는 펄스 왜곡을 최소로 하기 위해 테이퍼 슬롯 안테나 급전부를 구성하는 광대역 임피던스 변환기와 microstrip/slotline 천이부 설계에 대해 연구하였으며, 설계된 테이퍼 슬롯 안테나에 대한 펄스 충실도는 전자기파에 대한 시간 영역 분석이 가능한 CST를 이용한 FDTD(Finite-Difference Time-Domain) 시뮬레이션과 펄스 상관식 유도를 통해 계산하였으며, 제작된 안테나에 대해 두 안테나를 0.5 미터 이격시킨 두 안테나 사이에서 약 93.89 % 정도의 양호한 결과를 얻을 수 있었다. 또한 chirp Z-변환 알고리즘을 유도를 통해, 나노초 이하의 펄스 신호에 대해 zoom-in 기능을 부여함으로써 펄스 신호에 대한 왜곡, 지연 및 분산 특성 등의 분석이 가능하다.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.151-156
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• 2023

파장당 200 Gb/s급 신호를 전송하는 고속 근거리 광통신 시스템을 비용 효율적으로 구축하기 위한 방안으로서 캐리어 억제 펄스 기반의 2채널 광학적 시분할 다중화 시스템을 제안한다. 캐리어 억제 펄스는 널 바이어스가 인가된 마하 젠더 변조기로 생성되며, 이는 시분할 다중화 신호를 색분산에 강인하게 만든다. 송신부에서는 캐리어 억제 펄스를 둘로 분기하고, 각각을 100 Gb/s의 4레벨 진폭 변조 신호로 변조한 후, 광학적 시분할 다중화를 통해 200 Gb/s의 신호를 생성한다. 다중화된 광 신호는 광섬유로 전송된 후, 반도체 광 증폭기로 증폭되며, 한 개의 광 검출기로 검출된다. 증폭기에 의해 발생한 잡음은 광학 필터로 제거된다. 시분할 다중화 과정에서 발생하는 누화는 다중 입력-다중 출력 이퀄라이저로 보상한다. 본 연구에서는 200 Gb/s의 고속 신호를 40 ps/nm의 색분산을 갖는 광섬유로 전송하여도 3.8×10^-3 이하의 비트 오율을 확보할 수 있음을 시뮬레이션으로 확인하였다.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.138-144
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• 2010

망간 산화물이 전착된 전기분해용 전극의 전기화학적 특성을 조사하기 위해 펄스 전위차 방법을 이용하여 티타늄 망 표면에 망간 산화물을 전착하였다. 전착된 망간 산화물을 확인하기 위해 EDX 분석과 SEM 분석을 실시하였다. 또한 제조된 전극의 EIS 측정을 실시하여 전기화학적 특성을 관찰하였다. 티타늄 망에 펄스 1cycle의 인가 시간이 증가함에 따라 티타늄 망 표면에 형성되는 망간 입자 크기는 증가 하였으며, 10 ms의 펄스 인가 시간에서 응집이 발생하여 약 100 nm 크기의 망간 산화물 불균일 상이 형성되는 것을 SEM으로 관찰하였다. 다양한 조건으로 제조한 전극들은 EIS 측정을 통해 과전위 부근에서 나타나는 전자이동저항($R_{ct}$, Charge transfer resistance)을 평가하였고, Tafel plot을 이용하여 제조된 전극이 갖는 과전위를 계산하여 전기분해용 전극으로서의 가능성을 모색하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권4호
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• pp.1165-1203
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• 2024

In the paper we validate theoretical models of the pulse against experimental data from the Jozef Stefan Institute TRIGA Mark II research reactor. Data from all pulse experiments since 1991 have been collected, analysed and are publicly available. This paper summarizes the validation study, which is focused on the comparison between experimental values, theoretical predictions (Fuchs-Hansen and Nordheim-Fuchs models) and calculation using computational program Improved Pulse Model. The results show that the theoretical models predicts higher maximum power but lower total released energy, full width at half maximum and the time when the maximum power is reached is shorter, compared to Improved Pulse Model. We evaluate the uncertainties in pulse physical parameters (maximum power, total released energy and full width at half maximum) due to uncertainties in reactor physical parameters (inserted reactivity, delayed neutron fraction, prompt neutron lifetime and effective temperature reactivity coefficient of fuel). It is found that taking into account overestimated correlation of reactor physical parameters does not significantly affect the estimated uncertainties of pulse physical parameters. The relative uncertainties of pulse physical parameters decrease with increasing inserted reactivity. If all reactor physical parameters feature an uncorrelated uncertainty of 10 % the estimated total uncertainty in peak pulse power at 3 $ inserted reactivity is 59 %, where significant contributions come from uncertainties in prompt neutron lifetime and effective temperature reactivity coefficient of fuel. In addition we analyse contribution of two physical mechanisms (Doppler broadening of resonances and neutron spectrum shift) that contribute to the temperature reactivity coefficient of fuel. The Doppler effect contributes around 30 %-15 % while the rest is due to the thermal spectrum hardening for a temperature range between 300 K and 800 K.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.1117-1122
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• 2005

본 논문은 광섬유 루프 결합기를 이용한 고반복률의 펄스 발생에 대해 연구하였다. 최근 OTDM에서, 고 반복률 광 펄스의 개발이 필요하다. 이것은 광섬유나 집적화된 도파관 지연 선로 회로들 일반적인 접근법과 차이가 있다. 고 반복율 광펄스 다중 현상은 광펄스들의 분리 폭이 사용된 결합기의 전달대역폭보다 더 클 때 발생한다. 분석으로, 출력 반복율은 서로 다른 등가 전송 대역폭인 광섬유 결합기를 이용하여 조절될 수 있다 분리간격은 직렬의 광루프 미러 결합기 수를 조절함으로서 얻을 수 있다.