• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.129-135
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• 2022

Purpose: A full-energy-peak (FEP) efficiency correction is required through a Monte Carlo simulation for accurate radioactivity measurement, considering the geometrical characteristics of the detector and the sample. However, a relative deviation (RD) occurs between the measurement and calculation efficiencies when modeling using the data provided by the manufacturers due to the randomly generated dead layer. This study aims to optimize the structure of the detector by determining the dead layer thickness based on Monte Carlo simulation. Methods: The high-purity germanium (HPGe) detector used in this study was a coaxial p-type GC2518 model, and a certified reference material (CRM) was used to measure the FEP efficiency. Using the MC N-Particle Transport Code (MCNP) code, the FEP efficiency was calculated by increasing the thickness of the outer and inner dead layer in proportion to the thickness of the electrode. Results: As the thickness of the outer and inner dead layer increased by 0.1 mm and 0.1 ㎛, the efficiency difference decreased by 2.43% on average up to 1.0 mm and 1.0 ㎛ and increased by 1.86% thereafter. Therefore, the structure of the detector was optimized by determining 1.0 mm and 1.0 ㎛ as thickness of the dead layer. Conclusions: The effect of the dead layer on the FEP efficiency was evaluated, and an excellent agreement between the measured and calculated efficiencies was confirmed with RDs of less than 4%. It suggests that the optimized HPGe detector can be used to measure the accurate radioactivity using in dismantling and disposing medical linear accelerators.

• 방사선산업학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.43-52
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• 2024

Currently, there are no interim storage facilities and permanent disposal facilities in Korea, so all spent nuclear fuels are temporarily stored. However, the temporary storage facility is approaching saturation, and as a measure to this, the 2nd Basic Plan for the Management of High-Level Radioactive Waste presented an operation plan for dry interim storage facilities and dry temporary storage facilities on the NPP on-site. The dry storage can be operated in various ways, and to select the optimal dry storage method, the reduction of exposure for workers must be considered. Accordingly, it is necessary to develop a worker exposure scenario according to the dry storage method and evaluate and compare the radiological impact for each method. The purpose of this study is to develop an exposure scenario for workers transporting spent nuclear fuel by dry storage method. To this end, first, the operation procedure of the foreign commercial spent nuclear fuel dry storage system was analyzed based on the Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR). 1) the concrete overpack-based system, 2) the metal overpack-based system, and 3) the vertical storage module-based system were selected for analysis. Factors were assumed that could affect the type of work (working distance, working hours, number of workers, etc.) during transportation work. Finally, the work type of the processes involved in transporting spent nuclear fuel by dry storage method was set, and an exposure scenario was developed accordingly. The concrete overpack method, the metal overpack method, and the vertical storage module method were classified into a total of 31, 9, and 23 processes, respectively. The work distance, work time, and number of workers for each process were set. The product of working hours and number of workers (Man-hour) was set high in the order of concrete overpack method, vertical storage module method, and metal overpack method, and short-range work (10 cm) was most often applied to the concrete overpack method. The results of this study are expected to be used as basic data for performing radiological comparisons of transport workers by dry storage method of spent nuclear fuel.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.149-155
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• 2002

최근 들어 방사선 수송이론, 컴퓨터 하드웨어 성능, 및 병렬 연산 기법의 발전에 힘입어, 몬테카를로 기반의 선량계산 기법을 임상에 적용할 수 있게 되었다. 임상적용을 위해 개발된 몬테카를로 기반 선량계산 코드간의 계산 소요 시간과 정확도를 비교할 목적으로 제13차 ICCR (International Conference on the use of Computers in Radiation Therapy, Heidelberg, Germany, 2000) 학술대회에서 벤치마킹 절차서가 제안되었다. 최근, 본원에서도 임상적용을 목표로 28개의 인텔 펜티움 프로세서로 구성된 Linux cluster 시스템을 구축하고, 여기에 몬테카를로 선량계산을 위한 BEAMnrc 코드를 설치하였다. 본 연구의 목적은 위에서 제안된 벤치마킹 절차를 수행하여 본원에서 구축한 몬테카를로 선량계산 시스템의 정량적 성능 평가를 시도하고자 하는 것이었다. 벤치마킹 절차는 크게 다음의 세 과정으로 구성되어 있다. a) 30.5 cm $\times$ 39.5 cm $\times$ 30 cm 의 팬톰(5 ㎣ voxels) 에 대한 통계적 불확정도 2%이내 결과를 얻기 위한 광자선 선량계산 속도. b) 위 팬톰에 대한 전자선의 선량계산 속도. c) 비균질 평판 매질로 구성된 팬톰내 광자선 및 전자선의 선량계산 결과를 EGSr/PRESTA 계산 결과와 비교 제시. 18 MV 광자선에 대해 선량계산 속도 평가 결과 5.5분이 소용되었다. 전자선의 경우, 실제 계산 시간은 광자선에 비해 약 10배 정도 빨랐으나, 병렬 연산을 처리하기 위해 소용되는 추가 시간 때문에 전체 계산에 소요되는 시간은 광자선과 비슷하였다. 본 원에서 사용한 몬테카를로 코드는 EGSnrc로써 EGS4의 개선 버전으로 이들 간의 정확도 비교는 큰 의미가 없을 것으로 판단된다. 하지만 두 계산 결과가 기대했던 바와 같이 매우 잘 일치하였다. 결론적으로, 본원에서 구축한 몬테카를로 치료계획시스템은 임상적용에 무리가 없을 것으로 판단하였다. 추후 본 시스템을 본원에서 사용하는 상용 치료계획시스템과 인터페이스를 개발하여, 통합환경을 구축함으로써, 몬테카를로 기반의 치료계획시스템의 임상적용과 관련된 연구들을 수행해 나갈 계획이다.

• 한국해안·해양공학회논문집
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.350-362
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• 2017

오일러형 해빈류 모형은 계산된 질량흐름에 파랑질량흐름이 포함되어 있지 않기 때문에 수치모의된 계산결과를 정점 관측결과와 직접 비교할 수 있다. 또한 포물선형 연직분포를 가진 연안류를 재현할 수 있음으로 인해 라그랑지형 해빈류 모형보다 장점이 있다. 그러나 오일러형 해빈류 모형에서 파랑에 의한 응력인 파랑응력이 해빈류 모형에 따라 형태가 달라, 서로 다른 계산 결과가 나타나게 된다. Newberger and Allen(2007)의 파랑응력은 연직방향으로 수심의 함수가 아닌 상수인 반면에 Chun(2012)의 파랑응력은 수심의 함수로 표현된다. 이러한 차이는 해빈류 계산 결과에 직접적인 영향을 미치고 있어 본 논문에서는 이들 파랑응력의 차이를 해석적으로 비교하였다. 각 파랑응력에 대한 해빈류 모형을 Hamilton et al.(2001)의 LSTF(Large-scale Sediment Transport Facility) 수리모형 실험에 적용하여 차이를 비교함으로써 파랑응력항의 차이에 따른 해빈류 계산 결과의 특성을 검토하였다.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2006년도 Proceedings of ISRS 2006 PORSEC Volume II
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• pp.752-755
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• 2006

Evaportranspiration is an important factor in hydrology cycle. Traditionally, it is measured by using basin or empirical formula with meteorology data, while it does not represent the evaportranspiration over a regional area. With the advent of improved remote sensing technology, it becomes a surface parameter of research interest in the field of remote sensing. Airborne and satellite imagery are utilized in this study. The high resolution airborne images include visible, near infrared, and thermal infrared bands and the satellite images are acquired by MODIS. Surface heat fluxes such as latent heat flux and sensible heat flux are estimate by using airborne and satellite images with surface meteorological measurements. We develop a new method to estimate the evaportranspiration over the rice paddy. The surface heat fluxes are initialized with a surface energy balance concept and iterated for convergent solution with atmospheric correct functions associated with aerodynamic resistance of heat transport. Furthermore, we redistribute the total net energy into sensible heat and latent heat fluxes. The result reveals that radiation and evaporation controlled extremes can be properly decided with both airborne and satellite images. The correlation coefficient of latent heat flux and sensible heat flux with corresponding in situ observations are 0.66 and 0.76, respectively. The relative root mean squared errors (RMSEs) for latent heat flux and sensible heat flux are 97.81 $(W/m^2)$ and 124.33 $(W/m^2)$, respectively. It is also shown that the newly developed retrieval scheme performs well when it is tested by using MODIS date.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2015년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.622-624
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• 2015

암 세포 주변의 저산소증은 방사선, 항암치료제, 절제술 등을 이용한 항암치료법에 중요한 역할을 하는데, 특히 암세포 주변의 모세혈관 내에서의 산소의 이동 분석은 암의 발달 및 전이, 주변 혈관의 생성과 변이에 직간접적 영향을 미친다. 따라서 현재 암 병변 주변의 모세혈관 내 헤모글로빈 산소포화도를 측정하고 혈관의 생성 및 변이상태를 측정하는 연구가 활발하게 진행되고 있지만, 대부분의 계측장비는 침습적인 방법으로 진행되며, 해상도 또한 기대이하의 공간 및 시간영역을 제공하는 한계가 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 비침습적 헤모글로빈 산소포화도 이미지와 다양한 이미지프로세싱 기법을 이용하여 실시간 혈관변화의 분석을 통해 암 혈관 생성 및 변이의 특성을 제공할 수 있는 초분광 이미징 시스템 활용 방법을 제시하고자 한다.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제35권12호
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• pp.1257-1264
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• 2011

희박예혼합 가스터빈 연소기에 대한 3 차원 RANS 해석을 수행하였으며 PCFM(Partially Premixed Coherent Flame Model) 화염면적밀도 생성항 상수의 보정을 통하여 희박연소조건을 모사하였다. PCFM 에서 계산된 화염면적밀도에 의해 층류 예혼합 화염의 전파를 예측하고 불균일하게 분포한 기연 가스의 물성을 평형 가정에 따라 예측하였다. 복사와 대류 열전달을 모사하기 위해 냉각 조건으로서 실험과의 비교를 통해 결정된 열유속을 적용하였다. 이러한 3 차원 해석 결과를 바탕으로 파일럿 노즐과 메인 노즐에 분배되는 연료량 비에 대한 민감도 조사를 수행하였으며 CRN(Chemical Reactor Network)을 구성하여 NOx 배출량을 예측하고 측정값과 비교 분석하였다.

• 한국연소학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.38-45
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• 2016

Flame characteristics and NO emission behavior in $CH_4$/air-air premixed counterflow flames with applying FIR and FGR with $CO_2$ and $H_2O$ were investigated numerically by varying the ratios of FIR and FGR as well as global strain rate. Chemical effects of added $CO_2$ and $H_2O$ via FIR and FGR were analyzed through comparing flame characteristics and NO behaviors from real species($CO_2$ and $H_2O$) with those from their artificial species($XCO_2$ and $XH_2O$) which have the same thermochemical, radiative, and transport properties to those for the real species. The results showed that flame temperature and NO emission with FIR varied much more sensitively than that with FGR. Those varied little irrespective of adding $CO_2$, $H_2O$, and their artificial species to the fuel stream via FIR. However, Those were varied complicatedly by chemical effects of added $CO_2$ and $H_2O$ via FGR. Detailed analyses for them were made and discussed.

• 한국염색가공학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2009

A lot of research has been made over the recent decade to develop testing packages with antimicrobial properties to improve food safety. In this study, a new method, experimental device and technology for environmental corresponding packages of polypropylene (PP) film has been developed to provide effective temperature buffering during the transport/long-term storage of grains or foodstuffs from the supplier to the market. This quantitatively optimized mixing system enabled to produce PP films with the 700$\sim$1,400d (width;1.5$\sim$3mm, thickness;0.01$\sim$0.5mm). In the whole mixing systems, the finely-granulated inorganic illite and PP virgin chip for master batch (M/B) chip was calculated by digital measurement methods, and then the M/B chip for PP film was adapted through a air jet and PP grinding method. The prepared PP film was characterized with tensile strength and elongation, far infrared radiation (FIR) emissivity, antimicrobial activity and deodorization properties. The results revealed that the two differently grain-sized illite could be show homogeneously dispersed on PP chip surface, and as the increasing of illite content, the FIR emissivity and the anion emission rate of film was increasingly improved. In both of 325 and 1,500 mesh-sized illite contained PP chip, of course the antimicrobial activity was good. But the ultimate deodorization rate for ammonia gas of PP film were found to be approximately the same.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제51권8호
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• pp.1983-1990
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• 2019

Spray deposited Molybdenum trioxide (MoO₃) thin film of thickness nearly 379 nm were irradiated with 200 MeV Ag¹⁵⁺ ion beam at different fluences (Ø) of 5 ×10¹¹, 1 × 10¹², 5 × 10¹² and 1 × 10¹³ ions/㎠. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern of the pristine film confirms orthorhombic structure and the crystallinity decreased after irradiation with the fluence of 5 × 10¹¹ ions/㎠ due to irradiation induced defects and became amorphous at higher fluence. In pristine film, Raman modes at 665, 820, 996 cm^-1 belong to Mo-O stretching, 286 cm^-1 belong to Mo-O bending mode and those below 200 cm^-1 are associated with lattice modes. Raman peak intensities decreased upon irradiation and vanished completely for the ion fluence of 5 ×10¹² ions/㎠. The percentage of optical transmittance of pristine film was nearly 40%, while for irradiated films it decreased significantly. Red shift was observed for both the direct and indirect band gaps. The pristine film surface had densely packed rod like structures with relatively less porosity. Surface roughness decreased significantly after irradiation. The electrical transport properties were also studied for both the pristine and irradiated films by Hall effect. The results are discussed.