• 한국지열·수열에너지학회논문집
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.7-18
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• 2022

Secondary batteries used in electric vehicles have a potential risk of ignition and explosion. Various safety measures are being taken to prevent these risks. A numerical study was performed using a computational fluid dynamics code on the cases where pressure relief vents that can reduce the blast overpressures of batteries were installed in the through-compression test room, short-circuit drop test room, combustion test room, and immersion test room in facilities rleated to battery used in electric vehicles. This study was conducted using the weight of TNT equivalent to the energy release from the battery, where the the thermal runaway energy was set to 324,000 kJ for the capacity of the lithium-ion battery was 90 kWh and the state of charge (SOC) of the battery of 100%. The explosion energy of TNT (△H_TNT) generally has a range of 4,437 to 4,765 kJ/kg, and a value of 4,500 kJ/kg was thus used in this study. The dimensionless explosion efficiency coefficient was defined as 15% assuming the most unfavorable condition, and the TNT equivalent mass was calculated to be 11 kg. The internal explosion generated in a test room shows the very complex propagation behavior of blast waves. The shock wave generated after the explosion creates reflected shock waves on all inner surfaces. If the internally reflected shock waves are not effectively released to the outside, the overpressures inside are increased or maintained due to the continuous reflection and superposition from the inside for a long time. Blast simulations for internal explosion targeting four test rooms with pressure relief vents installed were herein conducted. It was found that that the maximum blast overpressure of 34.69 bar occurred on the rear wall of the immersion test room, and the smallest blast overpressure was calculated to be 3.58 bar on the side wall of the short-circuit drop test room.

• PNF and Movement
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.257-266
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• 2024

Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the influence of psychological and other risk factors on the recurrence of nonspecific neck pain. To achieve this, a nationwide cohort provided by the National Health Insurance Service in South Korea, with a three-year follow-up, was used. Methods: The study included patients who did not experience neck pain for the first year but were diagnosed with nonspecific neck pain (ICD-10 code: M54.2) in the second year. The progress of their neck pain recurrence was followed up for the next two years. Medical records, including age, gender, health insurance premium quintile, regional health vulnerability index score, initial onset duration, total hospitalization duration, and secondary diagnosis at onset, were extracted for analysis. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to analyze the recurrence rate and risk factors for nonspecific neck pain recurrence. Results: Among a total of 591,215 patients, 29.2% experienced recurrence within two years. Patients with psychological disorders had a higher recurrence rate (30.6-33.8%) than those without psychological disorders (29.2%). Specifically, mood disorders (OR = 1.16) and stress-related disorders (OR = 1.06) were identified as risk factors for the recurrence of nonspecific neck pain. Older age (OR = 1.16-1.43), being female (OR = 1.17), being employed (OR = 1.23), and using medial aids (OR = 1.41) were also identified as risk factors. Conclusion: This study provides evidence for a high recurrence rate of nonspecific neck pain and highlights the need to consider psychological factors as well as personal factors in comprehensive interventions to prevent recurrent nonspecific neck pain.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.452-458
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• 2010

본 연구는 유과의 품질과 저장성 향상을 위한 포장기술개선을 목적으로 이차포장의 효과를 확인하기 위하여 실시되었다. 유과의 포장은 단일필름인 OPP(P1)를 사용하여 일차포장을 하였고, 다층접합필름인 OPP/LLDPE(P2), PET/NY/CPP(P3), PET/AL/NY/CPP(P4)를 각각 사용하여 각각 이차포장을 하였다. 포장된 유과는 $25^{\circ}C$에서 12주 동안 저장하면서 품질 변화와 저장수명을 조사하였다. 모든 포장군들 중 산가는 P1에서 1.26 mg KOH/g으로 가장 높은 값을 기록했지만, 저장말기까지 법적 기준치인 2.0 mg KOH/g보다는 낮게 나타났다. 산가는 저장기간 중 계속 증가하였는데 포장재의 투과도가 낮은 이차포장군일수록 증가추세가 완만하였다. 과산화물가는 P3에서 32.91 meq/kg으로 가장 높은 값을 기록하였다. 색의 변화에서는 전반적으로 Hunter 'L'값이 감소하고 Hunter 'a'와 'b'값은 증가하는 경향을 보였으며 저장기간 중 P1에서의 색차가 가장 두드러졌다. 유과의 물성은 각 항목에서 P1은 경도, 검성, 탄력성과 응집성, P2은 부서짐성 품질의 변화가 가장 컸던 것으로 나타났다. 또한 수분차단성이 가장 높은 P4에서 모든 물성의 변화가 가장 낮게 나타났다. 관능검사 시 P1 등을 제외한 이차포장군에서 10주까지도 외형의 변화가 두드러지지 않았음이 관찰되었다. 유과의 조직감을 결정하는 수분함량은 5%이하로 감소되면 관능검사 시 조직감이 나쁘게 나타난 것으로 관찰되었다. 결론적으로 OPP필름으로 일차포장하는 것보다 산소와 수증기차단성이 높은 필름으로 이차포장할 경우 조사된 모든 품질지표가 개선되고 저장성이 향상되었으며 차단성이 높은 처리구일수록 그 효과가 높았다. 유과의 이차포장에 따라 포장비용이 증가되겠지만 제품의 품질유지기간 연장 및 반품율 저하, 그리고 소비자 만족도 제고에 따른 상품성 및 브랜드가치 향상 등 긍정적 효과를 감안하여 목적하는 저장유통기간에 부합되는 최적의 이차포장방법을 적용하는 것이 바람직할 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.141-156
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• 2009

근접촉쌍성 XZ CMi의 BV 측광관측을 수행하여 새로운 광도곡선과 총 7개의 극심시각을 획득하였다. 관측한 극심시각과 지금까지 발표된 극심시각을 수집하여 XZ CMi의 궤도 공전주기를 분석한 결과, 이 쌍성계의 공전주기가 지난 70년간 영년 주기감소와 더불어 규칙적으로 변화함을 확인하였다. 규칙적인 변화를 제3천체에 의한 광시간 효과로 가정하여 0.0056일의 진폭, 약 29년의 주기, 그리고 0.71의 궤도이심율의 광시간 궤도를 결정하였다. 관측된 영년 주기감소($-5.26{\times}10^{-11}d/P$)를 자기제동 항성풍의 각운동량 손실에 의한 주기감소($-8.20{\times}10^{-11}d/P$)와 질량이 작은 반성에서 주성으로 질량 이동에 의한 주기 증가($2.94{\times}10^{-11}d/P$)가 동시에 일어나는 것으로 해석하였다. 이런 관점에서 AML에 의한 주기감소율은 질량 이동에 의한 공전주기 증가율보다 그 크기가 약 3배 정도 크며, 반성에서 년간 $3.21{\times}10^{-8}M_{\odot}$의 질량이 주성으로 이동된다. 관측된 BV 광도곡선을 최근의 Wilson & Devinney 쌍성코드로 주성의 온도를 달리하는 두가지 모형(8200K와 7000K)을 상정하여 분석하였다. 두가지 모형 해 모두 XZ CMi가 반성이 로쉬 로브를 채웠으나, 주성은 아직 로쉬 로브를 채우지 않은 근접촉 쌍성임과 약 15-17%의 제3광도가 이 계에 있음을 보여준다. 그러나, 제3광도를 내는 천체가 주기연구에서 제안한 제3천체와 동일 천체가 아닌 것은 확실하다. 두 모형의 $\sum(O-C)^2$의 차이는 너무 미미하여, 현 시점에서 어느 해가 더 관측치를 잘 맞추는 지를 가릴 수는 없었다. 그간 연구자간에 불일치하였던 질량비의 다양성 문제는 아직도 풀리지 않는 숙제로 남아있다. 이를 해결하기 위해서 분광시선속도곡선과 스펙트럼의 관측과 더불어 정밀 측광관측이 필요하다.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.109-117
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• 2020

본 연구는 불법적으로 수산물에 사용될 수 있는 염료 18 종에 대한 안전관리 강화를 위해 정량 및 정성 분석이 가능한 LC-MS/MS 를 적용하여 검증하기 위해 수행되었다. 확립된 시험법은 CODEX CAC/GL-71 가이드라인에 따라 직선성, 정밀성, 정량한계 및 회수율 등을 통해 유효성을 확인하였다. 대상시료에 1% 아세트산을 함유한 아세토니트릴로 추출 후 C₁₈ 과 PSA 로 정제하였다. 본 실험에서 정량한계는 0.002 mg/kg 수준으로 정량한계를 포함한 농도에 따라 검량선을 작성하였고 모두 0.98 이상의 직선성을 확인하였다. 또한 정확성은 63%-112% 이고, 정밀도는 15% 이하로 재현성이 우수하였다. 국내 유통 중인 수산물 124 건을 수거하여 개발된 분석법의 적용성 검증과 안전성을 확인하고자 잔류실태조사를 실시 하였고 그 결과 7 건이 미량으로 검출 되었고 부적합은 없었다. 확립된 시험법은 수산물 안전관리에 활용할 수 있을 것으로 사료되는 바이다.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.71-79
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• 1993

중성자 측정장비 교정을 위한 표준중성자장을 제작하기 위하여 순수멕스월분포(kt=1.42MeV)로부터 $^{252}Cf$ 자발핵분열 중성자선원의 밀봉이 교정인자에 미치는 영향을 고찰하였다. SR-Cf-100과 SR-Cf-1273 밀봉모형을 실제 제작조건으로 하여 MCNP 코드를 사용하여 몬테카를로 모의를 수행하여, 비등방성교정인자와 선속밀도-대-선량당량 환산인자를 산정하였고, 다른 연구결과와 비교하였다. 결과로서, $FI({\theta}=90^{\circ})$는 1.061(통계오차 : ${\pm}0.2%$), $H/{\Phi}$는 $333.9(pSv\;cm^2)$ (통계오차 : ${\pm}0.5%$)인 것으로 산정되었다. 이 환산인자$(H/{\Phi})$의 값은 ISO 8529의 권고보다 1.8%가 작은 것인데, 이것은 한국원자력연구소의 비감속 $^{252}Cf$중성자선원의 스펙트럼이 ISO의 것보다 약간 더 연화하다는 물리적 의미를 갖는다.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.359-365
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• 2021

A heavy particle accelerator is a device that accelerates particles using high energy and is used in various fields such as medical and industrial fields as well as research. However, secondary neutrons and particle fragments are generated by the high-energy particle beam, and among them, the neutrons do not have an electric charge and directly interact with the nucleus to cause radiation of the material. Quantitative evaluation of the radioactive material produced in this way is necessary, but there are many difficulties in actual measurement during or after operation. Therefore, this study compared and evaluated the generated radioactive material in the concrete shield for protons and carbon ions of specific energy by using the simulation code FLUKA. For the evaluation of each energy of proton beam and carbon ion, the reliability of the source term was secured within 2% of the relative error with the data of the NASA Space Radiation Laboratory(NSRL), which is an internationally standardized data. In the evaluation, carbon ions exhibited higher neutron flux than protons. Afterwards, in the evaluation of radioactive materials under actual operating conditions for disposal, a large amount of short-lived beta-decay nuclides occurred immediately after the operation was terminated, and in the case of protons with a high beam speed, more radioactive products were generated than carbon ions. At this time, radionuclides of ⁴⁴Sc, ³H and ²²Na were observed at a high rate. In addition, as the cooling time elapsed, the ratio of long-lived nuclides increased. For nonparticulate radionuclides, ³H, ²²Na, and for particulate radionuclides, ⁴⁴Ti, ⁵⁵Fe, ⁶⁰Co, ¹⁵²Eu, and ¹⁵⁴Eu nuclides showed a high ratio. In this study, it is judged that it is possible to use the particle accelerator as basic data for facility maintenance, repair and dismantling through the prediction of radioactive materials in concrete according to the cooling time after operation and termination of operation.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권3호
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• pp.803-811
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• 2024

Nuclear accidents such as Fukushima Daiichi have highlighted the potential of passive safety systems to replace or complement active safety systems as part of the overall prevention and/or mitigation strategies. In addition, passive systems are key features of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), for which they are becoming almost unavoidable and are part of the basic design of many reactors available in today's nuclear market. Nevertheless, their potential to significantly increase the safety of nuclear power plants still needs to be strengthened, in particular the ability of computer codes to determine their performance and reliability in industrial applications and support the safety demonstration. The PASTELS project (September 2020-February 2024), funded by the European Commission "Euratom H2020" programme, is devoted to the study of passive systems relying on natural circulation. The project focuses on two types, namely the SAfety COndenser (SACO) for the evacuation of the core residual power and the Containment Wall Condenser (CWC) for the reduction of heat and pressure in the containment vessel in case of accident. A specific design for each of these systems is being investigated in the project. Firstly, a straight vertical pool type of SACO has been implemented on the Framatome's PKL loop at Erlangen. It represents a tube bundle type heat exchanger that transfers heat from the secondary circuit to the water pool in which it is immersed by condensing the vapour generated in the steam generator. Secondly, the project relies on the CWC installed on the PASI test loop at LUT University in Finland. This facility reproduces the thermal-hydraulic behaviour of a Passive Containment Cooling System (PCCS) mainly composed of a CWC, a heat exchanger in the containment vessel connected to a water tank at atmospheric pressure outside the vessel which represents the ultimate heat sink. Several activities are carried out within the framework of the project. Different tests are conducted on these integral test facilities to produce new and relevant experimental data allowing to better characterize the physical behaviours and the performances of these systems for various thermo-hydraulic conditions. These test programmes are simulated by different codes acting at different scales, mainly system and CFD codes. New "system/CFD" coupling approaches are also considered to evaluate their potential to benefit both from the accuracy of CFD in regions where local 3D effects are dominant and system codes whose computational speed, robustness and general level of physical validation are particularly appreciated in industrial studies. In parallel, the project includes the study of single and two-phase natural circulation loops through a bibliographical study and the simulations of the PERSEO and HERO-2 experimental facilities. After a synthetic presentation of the project and its objectives, this article provides the reader with findings related to the physical analysis of the test results obtained on the PKL and PASI installations as well an overall evaluation of the capability of the different numerical tools to simulate passive systems.

• 한국환경과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경과학회 1998년도 가을 학술발표회 프로그램
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• pp.2-4
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• 1998

Proliferation of Nocardia amarae cells in activated sludge has often been associated with the generation of nuisance foams. Despite intense research activities in recent years to examine the causes and control of Nocardia foaming in activated sludge, the foaming continued to persist throughout the activated sludge treatment plants in United States. In addition to causing various operational problems to treatment processes, the presence of Nocardia may have secondary effects on the fate of heavy metals that are not well known. For example, for treatment plants facing more stringent metal removal requirements, potential metal removal by Nocardia cells in foaming activated sludge would be a welcome secondary effect. In contrast, with new viosolid disposal regulations in place (Code o( Federal Regulation No. 503), higher concentration of metals in biosolids from foaming activated sludge could create management problems. The goal of this research was to investigate the metal sorption property of Nocardia amarae cells grown in batch reactors and in chemostat reactors. Specific surface area and metal sorption characteristics of N. amarae cells harvested at various growth stages were compared. Three metals examined in this study were copper, cadmium and nickel. Nocardia amarae strain (SRWTP isolate) used in this study was obtained from the University of California at Berkeley. The pure culture was grown in 4L batch reactor containing mineral salt medium with sodium acetate as the sole carbon source. In order to quantify the sorption of heavy metal ions to N amarae cell surfaces, cells from the batch reactor were harvested, washed, and suspended in 30mL centrifuge tubes. Metal sorption studies were conducted at pH 7.0 and ionlc strength of 10-2M. The sorption Isotherm showed that the cells harvested from the stationary and endogenous growth phase exhibited significantly higher metal sorption capacity than the cells from the exponential phase. The sequence of preferential uptake of metals by N. amarae cells was Cu>Cd>Ni. The specific surFace area of Nocardia cells was determined by a dye adsorption method. N.amarae cells growing at ewponential phase had significantly less specific surface area than that of stationary phase, indicating that the lower metal sorption capacity of Nocardia cells growing at exponential phase may be due to the lower specific surface area. The growth conditions of Nocardia cells in continuous culture affect their cell surface properties, thereby governing the adsorption capacity of heavy metal. The comparison of dye sorption isotherms for Nocardia cells growing at various growth rates revealed that the cell surface area increased with increasing sludge age, indicating that the cell surface area is highly dependent on the steady-state growth rate. The highest specific surface area of 199m21g was obtained from N.amarae cell harvested at 0.33 day-1 of growth rate. This result suggests that growth condition not only alters the structure of Nocardia cell wall but also affects the surface area, thus yielding more binding sites of metal removal. After reaching the steady-state condition at dilution rate, metal adsorption isotherms were used to determine the equilibrium distributions of metals between aqueous and Nocardia cell surfaces. The metal sorption capacity of Nocardia biomass harvested from 0.33 day-1 of growth rate was significantly higher than that of cells harvested from 0.5- and 1-day-1 operation, indicatng that N.amarae cells with a lower growth rate have higher sorpion capacity. This result was in close agreement with the trend observed from the batch study. To evaluate the effect of Nocardia cells on the metal binding capacity of activated sludge, specific surface area and metal sorption capacity of the mixture of Nocardia pure cultures and activated sludge biomass were determined by a series of batch experiments. The higher levels of Nocardia cells in the Nocardia-activated sludge samples resulted in the higher specific surface area, explaining the higher metal sorption sites by the mixed luquor samples containing greater amounts on Nocardia cells. The effect of Nocardia cells on the metal sorption capacity of activated sludge was evaluated by spiking an activated sludge sample with various amounts of pre culture Nocardia cells. The results of the Langmuir isotherm model fitted to the metal sorption by various mixtures of Nocardia and activated sludge indicated that the mixture containing higher Nocardia levels had higher metal adsorption capacity than the mixture containing lower Nocardia levels. At Nocardia levels above 100mg/g VSS, the metal sorption capacity of activate sludge increased proportionally with the amount of Noeardia cells present in the mixed liquor, indicating that the presence of Nocardia may increase the viosorption capacity of activated sludge.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.21-29
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• 2009

유방암은 우리나라 여성에게 발생하는 암 중에서 발병률이 높은 암이다. 따라서 유방자가진단, 임상적 검사, 유방 X선촬영 등과 같은 유방암 초기 검출검사는 중요하다. 이들 중 유방 X선촬영은 무자각증상 시기에 유방암 초기 검출을 위해 40대 이상의 여성들에게 매년마다 시행하기를 권고하고 있다. 그러나 유방의 유선조직은 방사선 민감성 조직이다. 이에 유방 X선촬영장치의 평가 중 평균 유선선량 측정은 매우 중요한 부분이 된다. 평균 유선선량의 직접측정은 어렵기 때문에 incident air kerma 측정, 적절한 변환계수 등을 적용하여 계산하게 된다. 따라서 본 연구의 첫 번째 목적은 평균 유선선량의 측정 방법의 표준화이다. 두 번째는 몬테칼로 시뮬레이션을 이용하여 평균 유선선량과 유방 실질양상 및 두께와 의 상관관계를 분석하고자 했다. 본 연구 결과, IAEA 가이드라인(CoP)에 따라 평균 유선선량 측정방법을 제시하였다. 전반적으로 우리나라는 유방촬영 시 받는 평균 유선선량이 식품의약품안전청 및 한국의료영상품질관리원에서 제시하는 3mGy 이하로 측정되었다. 측정된 평균 유선선량과 시뮬레이션된 평균 유선선량은 각각 1.7과 1.6 mGy로 큰 차이를 보이지 않았다. 시뮬레이션된 평균 유선선량은 주로 유방의 유선조직의 비율에 따라 의존한다. 유방의 glandularity 증가에 따라 낮은 에너지의 광자의 흡수가 증가하여 평균 유선선량도 증가하였다. 또한 유방의 두께가 두꺼울수록 평균 유선선량은 증가하였다. 결과적으로, 본 연구는 유방촬영의 진단 참고준위 확립을 위한 기초자료로 활용될 것이다.