• International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.210-214
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• 2003

This paper presents a residence time distribution (RTD) measurement method using a radioisotope tracer and the estimation method of RTD model parameters to analyze a submerged bio-reactor. The mathematical RTD models have been investigated to represent the flow behavior and the existence of stagnant regions in the reactor. Knowing the parameters of the RTD model is important for understanding the mixing characteristics of a reactor The radioisotope tracer experiment was carried out by injecting a radioisotope tracer as a pulse into the inlet of the reactor and recording the change of its concentration at the outlet of the reactor to obtain the experimental RTD response. The parameter estimation was performed by the Levenberg-Marquardt optimization algorithm. The proposed scheme allowed the parameter estimation of RTD model suggested by Adler-Hovorka with very low deviations. The estimation procedure is shown to lead to accurate estimation of the RTD parameters and to a good agreement between experimental and simulated response.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.65-70
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• 2007

This study presents the findings of the experiments that were conducted on single- and multi-stage solvent extractors using the stimulus-response method, with the am of identifying flow characteristics of the material inside the mixer-settler-type extractor. The results of this study show that the response characteristics of a single-stage mixer is the same as that of a completely stirred tank reactor (CSTR), and that the lag time of a mixer-settler-type extractor increases with the number of its extraction stages. The experimental data for the single- and multiple-stage extractors were analyzed using K-RTD, a response analysis program, to obtain a retention time distribution (RTD) model of one-stage and four-stage extractors. The correlation coefficient between the calculated values and the experimental data was 0.963 for the one-stage extractor and 0.995 for the four-stage extractor, showing quite a good correlation.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.439-448
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• 2016

RTDs and thermocouple sensors are broadly used to measure its temperature in industry and research. The contents of this standard calibration procedure(SCP) describe procedures related to the calculation of Electrical Temperature Calibrator and show different ways to indicate the calibration results like the uncertainty in measurement. As of current, SCP of electrical temperature calibrator has not been established yet and we have some inconveniences and difficulties in the standard calibration work. To solve these problems, we have studied the calibration technique for RTD and thermocouple of temperature calibrator. In this paper, we present the mathematic model of its data and variations of measurement with the results of calibration data.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.1-6
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• 2006

Using In-113m emitting gamma ray of 0.392MeV at radioisotope tracer the RTD (residence time distribution) of water in the flocculator of wastewater treatment facility was measured. The result was analyzed mathematically using K-RTD program constructed on the basis of CFSTR (constant flow stirred tank reactor) model. The mean residence time and the tank number are the main parameters which describe the flow behavior of the system. Those parameters were obtained in the fitting profess of the simulated curves to the experimental results. It was suggested to construct a modified numerical model to describe the bypass flow which was observed in the experiment.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1986.10a
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• pp.200-204
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• 1986

Particle size distribution in a Continuous Mixed Suspension Mixed Crystal Removal (CMSMPR) crystallizer has been analyzed using the Population Balance (PB) model. This method presents difficulties when the growth rate of crystal depends on the crystal size. Recent studies indicate that in many cases the growth rate is dependent on size when the crystal sizes are small. In this study, a Residence Time Distribution(RTD) model was proposed to take the size dependence into account together with an appropriate numerical scheme. When compared with the approximate results based on PB model, RTD model results showed improvements also a nucleation effect which is normally unimportant for steady state analysis. Start-up data for NaCl-Water-Ethanol system was compared with computed values.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.157-160
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 광섬유 센서 기반 스마트 모니터링 시스템이 지중 열전도도 측정에도 효율적으로 적용될 수 있는지를 분석하였다. 이를 위해 광섬유 온도센서를 이용하여 지반의 열전도도를 측정할 수 있는 열응답 시험기가 개발되었다. 개발된 열응답 시험기는 기존의 RTD(Resistance Temperature Detector) 온도 센서 외에 광섬유 센서의 한 종류인 FBG(Fiber Bragg Grating) 센서도 실시간적으로 측정할 수 있는 시스템으로 구성되어 있다. 개발된 장비의 적용성 검증을 위하여 주문진 표준사를 이용하여 모형토조 내에 일정한 간극비에 맞추어 시료가 조성되었으며 지중열교환기는 U자형 파이프가 사용되었다. 20시간동안 열응답 시험을 통하여 광섬유 센서와 RTD 센서를 동시에 이용하여 온도값을 측정하여 표준사의 열전도도 값을 산출하였다. 그 결과 모형실험을 통한 열전도도 값은 탐침법을 통해 얻어진 열전도도 값과 선형 열원 모델(line source model) 해석해와 거의 유사하게 나타났으며 광섬유 센서와 RTD 센서와의 온도차는 0.1~0.3$^{\circ}$로써 유사한 값을 나타내었다. 따라서 본 연구에서 개발된 광섬유 기반 열응답 시험기는 지반의 열전도도를 측정하는데 효과적으로 사용될 수 있음을 알 수 있었으며 향후 지열시스템 가동에 따른 지중열 교환기의 손상도 평가 및 경보시스템 개발을 위해 지중열교환기의 거동을 실시간으로 모니터링 하는데 있어서도 효과적으로 사용될 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.83-97
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• 2021

The submerged U-shape breakwater interaction with the solitary wave is simulated by the Boussinesq equations using the finite-difference scheme. The wave reflection, transmission, and dissipation (RTD) coefficients are used to investigate the U-shape breakwater's performance for different crest width, Lc1, and indent breakwater height, du. The results show that the submerged breakwater performance for a set of U-shape breakwater with the same cross-section area is related to the length of submerged breakwater crest, Lc1, and the distance between the crests, Lc2 (or the height of du). The breakwater has the maximum performance when the crest length is larger, and at the same time, the distance between them increases. Changing the Lc1 and du of the U-shape breakwaters result in a significant change in the RTD coefficients. Comparison of the U-shape breakwater, having the best performance, with the averaged RTD values shows that the transmission coefficients, Kt, has a better performance of up to 4% in comparison to other breakwaters. Also, the reflection coefficients KR and the diffusion coefficients, Kd shows a better performance of about 30% and 55% on average, respectively. However, the model governing equations are non-dissipative. The non-energy conserving of the transmission and reflection coefficients due to wave and breakwater interaction results in dissipation type contribution. The U-shape breakwater with the best performance is compared with the rectangular breakwater with the same cross-section area to investigate the economic advantages of the U-shape breakwater. The transmission coefficients, Kt, of the U-shape breakwater shows a better performance of 5% higher than the rectangular one. The reflection coefficient, KR, is 60% lower for U-shape in comparison to rectangular one; however, the diffusion coefficients, Kd, of U-shape breakwater is 35% higher than the rectangular breakwater. Therefore, we could say that the U-shape breakwater has a better performance than the rectangular one.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• summer
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• pp.388-390
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• 2004

디지털 보호계전기의 성능 검증에 있어서 RTDS(Real Time Digital Simulator)와 같은 디지털 시뮬레이터를 사용하는 경우가 점점 증가하고 있다. 특히 보호계전기의 동특성(Dynamic Performance) 시험에 있어서는, 디지털 시뮬레이터를 이용한 성능 검증이 거의 필수적이다. 본 논문에서는 디지털 보호계전기 중 거리계전기의 Reach Test에 있어서 성능 검증에 사용할 계통 모델 선정 방안을 PSCAD/RTDS에서의 구현 관점에서 기술하고 있다. 양단 전원을 가지는 4모선 2회선 송전선로를 Bergeron 모델을 이용하여 모델링하고, 모델의 유효성을 귀납적인 방법을 사용해서 검증하는 방안을 제시하고 있다.

• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.989-999
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• 2001

In this paper we show that certain notions of negative dependence are preserved under a bivariate homogenous poisson shock model in which two devices shocks form two independent poisson processes.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics D
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• v.34D no.3
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• pp.93-104
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• 1997

Steady-state I-V characteristics of a resonant tunneling diode (RTD) is calculated by numerical analysis using quantum liouville equation based on wigner function which is derived from density operator. Modifications to the conventional discrete model are made to calculate more accurate quantum correlations. It is pointed out that we must include inelastic processes and the resistivity of the contacting layers to get a much more credible potential which can be theoretically obtained from the simple screening theory. The effects of spatially-varying effective mass is also checked briefly.