• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제45권7호
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• pp.951-960
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• 2013

Energy group structure has a significant effect on the results of multigroup transport calculations. It is known that $UO_2-PuO_2$ (MOX) is a recently developed fuel which consumes recycled plutonium. For such fuel which contains various resonant nuclides, the selection of energy group structure is more crucial comparing to the $UO_2$ fuels. In this paper, in order to improve the accuracy of the integral results in MOX thermal lattices calculated by WIMSD-5B code, a swarm intelligence method is employed to optimize the energy group structure of WIMS library. In this process, the NJOY code system is used to generate the 69 group cross sections of WIMS code for the specified energy structure. In addition, the multiplication factor and spectral indices are compared against the results of continuous energy MCNP-4C code for evaluating the energy group structure. Calculations performed in four different types of $H_2O$ moderated $UO_2-PuO_2$ (MOX) lattices show that the optimized energy structure obtains more accurate results in comparison with the WIMS original structure.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.24-34
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• 2003

For gaseous fuel combustion with inherent $CO_2$ capture and low NOx emission, chemical-looping combustion may yield great advantages for the savings of energy to $CO_2$ separation and suppressing the effect on environment, In chemical-looping combustor, fuel is oxidized by metal oxide medium in a reduction reactor. Reduced particles are transported to oxidation reactor and oxidized by air and recycled to reduction reactor. The fuel and the air are never mixed, and the gases from reduction reactor, $CO_2$ and $H_2O$, leave the system as separate stream. The $H_2O$ can be easily separated by condensation and pure $CO_2$ is obtained without any loss of energy for separation. In this study, five oxygen carrier particles such as NiO/bentonite, NiO/YSZ, $(NiO+Fe_2O_3)VYSZ$, $NiO/NiAl_2O_4$, and $Co_{\chi}O_y/CoAl_2O_4$ were examined &om the viewpoints of reaction kinetics, oxygen transfer capacity, and carbon deposition characteristics. Among five oxygen particles, NiO/YSZ particle is superior in reaction rate, oxygen carrier capacity, and carbon deposition to other particles. However, at high temperature ($>900^{\circ}C$), NiO/bentonite particle also shows enough reactivity and oxygen carrier capacity to be applied in a practical system.

• 한국연소학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.46-51
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• 2011

Exhaust gas of an industrial furnace used at such as metallurgy or ceramic manufacturing usually contains thermal energy with high temperature which can be recycled by heat exchanger. However, when the temperature of the exhaust gas is high such as more than $1,000^{\circ}C$, ordinary metallic heat exchanger cannot fully recover the heat due to the limitation of operating temperature depending on the material property. In the present study, a compact ceramic heat exchanger of cross flow type is introduced and evaluated by heat exchange rate and operating temperature. The ceramic heat exchanger can endure the gas temperature more than $1,300^{\circ}C$, and its volumetric heat exchanging rate exceeds 1 MW/$m^3$. The experimental data is also compared with the previous numerical result which shows reasonable agreement. Meanwhile, the gas leakage rate is measured to be about 3~4%, and heat loss to environmental air is about 23~26% of the fuel energy.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.56-62
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• 2011

In this study, a method for the press forming of rectangular aluminium tube has been proposed. Rectangular aluminium tube has high stiff as the cold steel which can be lighter over 30% weight. It is increased every year by being recycled over 80%. Press die consists of punch, wing-die and holder for aluminium tube bending. When punch is applied with aluminium tube, holder is operated as same punch and wing-die is rotated through hinge. Stress-strain relations and springback are considered by bending angle of aluminium tube. In this study, the behaviors on tubes of square aluminium and rectangular aluminium with different thickness and area are established by the analysis of $DEFORM^{TM}$-3D program. Reducing fuel consumption is expected by using the aluminium tube deformation and it becomes the lightweight through recycling.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.122-130
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• 2005

Gasification of carbonaceous wastes such as shredded tire, waste lubricating oil, plastics, and powdered coal initiates a single-stage reforming reactor(reformer) Without catalyst and a syngas burner. Syngas is combusted with $O_2$ gas in the syngas burner to produce $H_2O\;{and}\;CO_2$ gas with exothermic heat. Reaction products are introduced into the reforming reactor, reaction heat from syngas burner elevates the temperature of reactor above $1,200^{\circ}C$, and hydrogen gas fraction reaches 65% of the product gas output. Reactants and heat necessary for the reaction are provided through the syngas burner only. Neither $O_2$ gas nor steam is injected into the reforming reactor. Multiple syngas burners may be connected to the reforming reactor in order to increase the syngas output, and the product syngas is recycled into syngas burner.

• 청정기술
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.256-269
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• 2017

국내외 자원순환규제 대응 및 온실가스 저감을 위해 자동차산업에서는 부품의 소재 종류의 수를 줄여 재활용률 목표치를 달성하고, 폐기단계 또는 제조단계에서 발생하는 불량 및 스크랩을 순환자원으로 재활용하는 노력을 하고 있다. 또한 기존 제품의 성능은 유지하면서 온실가스 저감 목표치를 달성하기 위해 부품 경량화를 추진하고 있다. 기존제품의 폐기단계에서 100% 소각을 하던 제품을 개선제품에서는 제조전단계와 제조단계에서 발생하는 스크랩, 불량을 수거하여 90%의 재활용이 가능하도록 개선했다. 또한 기존제품 대비 56% 경량화를 통해 연비 개선효과를 나타냈다. 본 연구에서는 자동차 언더커버를 대상으로 유니소재화 제품 개발 적용가능성에 대한 사전평가를 실시하고, 개발된 시제품의 전과정평가를 통해 기존제품과 개발된 시제품의 환경영향값을 비교, 분석하고자 한다.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.3-15
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• 2024

전 세계적으로 환경에 관한 관심이 높아짐에 따라 시멘트 제조 시설은 순환자원을 사용하여 원료 및 연료 대체율을 향상시켜 폐기물처리와 같은 환경문제에 기여하고 있다. 대기오염물질 중 하나인 황산화물(SOx)은 석회석을 원료로 사용하는 시멘트 제조 특성상 배출관리가 잘 이루어지고 있지만, 순환자원 사용 증대에 따른 추후 설비 공정 및 환경 변화가 어떻게 변화될지는 미지수이다. 이에 따라 시멘트 제조 시설도 탈황 관련 기술 및 연구가 필요할 것으로 판단된다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 시멘트 제조 시설에서의 탈황기술 적용 가능성 조사 및 시멘트 제조 공정에서 발생되는 부산물을 활용한 탈황기술 적용 방안을 모색하였다.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.73-78
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• 2009

사용후핵연료 파이로프로세싱의 전해환원 공정에서 발생하는 LiCl 염폐기물내 Cs과 Sr의 방사능 붕괴열을 계산하였다. 계산시 대부분의 LiCl염폐기물을 재생하여 재활용하고 나머지를 고화체로 만든다고 가정하였다. 계산결과 Cs 및 Sr의 붕괴로 생성되는 자핵종인 Ba와 Y에 의한 열발생량이 모핵종에 비해 최대 4.6배 더 많았다. LiCl염폐기물내 Cs 및 Sr에 의한 열발생은 초기 한달 정도에 최대이므로 일정 기간 초기 LiCl염폐기물의 온도 급상승을 제어할 냉각설비의 운영이 바람직할 것으로 보인다.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.46-53
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• 2021

바이오매스는 자연에서 얻어진 화학적 에너지로 활용할 수 있으며 곡물, 식물, 동물과 미생물 등의 모든 유기체를 말한다. 별도의 처리과정을 거치지 않아도 재생 및 재활용이 가능하여 친환경적이며 주변에서 쉽게 얻을 수 있다는 이점이 있다. 한편, 바이오매스는 열분해 또는 발효 과정을 거쳐 바이오에너지 연료로 활용할 수 있다. 따라서 화석 연료의 고갈과 환경 영향 등의 문제 해결을 위한 대체 에너지 중 하나로 평가되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 바이오매스의 반탄화 처리가 가능한 523~573K의 온도 및 불활성 분위기 조건에서 다양한 바이오매스(톱밥, 볏짚, 쌀겨, 커피박, 폐목재) 내 탄소 함량을 높이는 공정을 진행하였다. 그리고, 반탄화한 바이오매스를 탄소 농도, 연소 거동 등을 조사하여 철강 산업 등에 활용할 수 있는 고체 연료로서의 가능성을 검토하였다.

• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 3th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.669-675
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• 2009

As the use of new and renewable energy is one of the ways by which the exhaustion of fossil fuels and the other existing environmental problems can be addressed, a policy of spreading information regarding it and of conducting R&D related to it is currently being implemented in advanced countries. In the construction field, the concept of "green building" was born, and the application of this concept has increased, with the end in view of achieving energy savings, resource savings, and recycling, and of conserving the natural environment. In this context, the government of Korea amended the "Law on the Development, Use, and Promotion of New and Recycled Energy" in 2004, which contains 11 provisions related to new and renewable energy and their sources, including solar and geothermal energy as well as sunlight, water, rainfall, and organisms. Since solar-energy should be used instead of fossil fuels by converting sunlight directly into electricity, many researches on this subject are in progress. There are few researches, however, employing the economic approach to the subject. Thus, in this study, an economic assessment of the solar-energy system was conducted using both life cycle cost (LCC) analysis and sensitivity analysis. The results of the LCC analysis show that the solar-energy system will become economically better than the fossil fuel system after 16 years, although the initial construction cost of the solar-energy system is higher than that of the fossil fuel system. The results of this study are expected to be used in selecting an eco-friendly and economical solar-energy system when the construction of a green building is planned.