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Detection and Analysis of Discharge Pulses by Failure Mechanisms of the Separator inside Lithium-Ion Batteries (리튬이온 배터리의 분리막 손상 요인별 방전펄스의 검출과 분석)

  • Lim, Seung-Hyun;Lee, Gyeong-Yeol;Kim, Nam-Hoon;Kim, Dong-Eon;Kil, Gyung-Suk
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.34 no.5
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    • pp.327-332
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    • 2021
  • Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have become a main energy storage device in various applications, such as portable appliances, renewable energy facilities, and electric vehicles. However, the poor thermal stability of LIBs may cause explosion or fire. The thermal runaway is the result of a failure of the separator inside LIB. Damages like tearing, piercing, and collapsing of the separator were simulated in a mechanical, an electrical, and a thermal way, and small discharge pulses of a few mV were detected at the time of separator damages. From the experimental results, this paper provided a method that can identify the separator failure before thermal runaway in the aspect of a potential explosion and fire prevention measures.

Repurposing a Spent Nuclear Fuel Cask for Disposal of Solid Intermediate Level Radioactive Waste From Decommissioning of a Nuclear Power Plant in Korea

  • Mah, Wonjune;Kim, Chang-Lak
    • Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.365-369
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    • 2022
  • Operating and decommissioning nuclear power plants generates radioactive waste. This radioactive waste can be categorized into several different levels, for example, low, intermediate, and high, according to the regulations. Currently, low and intermediate-level waste are stored in conventional 200-liter drums to be disposed. However, in Korea, the disposal of intermediate-level radioactive waste is virtually impossible as there are no available facilities. Furthermore, large-sized intermediate-level radioactive waste, such as reactor internals from decommissioning, need to be segmented into smaller sizes so they can be adequately stored in the conventional drums. This segmentation process requires additional costs and also produces secondary waste. Therefore, this paper suggests repurposing the no-longer-used spent nuclear fuel casks. The casks are larger in size than the conventional drums, thus requiring less segmentation of waste. Furthermore, the safety requirements of the spent nuclear fuel casks are severer than those of the drums. Hence, repurposed spent nuclear fuel casks could better address potential risks such as dropping, submerging, or a fire. In addition, the spent nuclear fuel casks need to be disposed in compliance with the regulations for low level radioactive waste. This cost may be avoided by repurposing the casks.

A Study on the Solar Water Heating System in the Military Facilities (병영시설의 태양열급탕시스템에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Doo-Chun;Seo, Jin-Seok
    • The Magazine of the Society of Air-Conditioning and Refrigerating Engineers of Korea
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.6-18
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    • 1982
  • The performance of two typical types of solar hot water heating system was tested in Seoul. Types of systems studied are single-tank internal external heat exchanger system and single-tank internal heat exchanger system. Comparing to experimental results, a transient system simulation program was made to analyze the performance of the selected system. The climate data, Standard Weather Year for Seoul, required for the simulation was provided. Computer simulations were used to estimate the effect of significant parameters upon system performance. The followings are obtained. 1. In the domestic solar water Heating system, the value $20-40kg/m^2\;h$ for flow rate through the collector is much better than the recommended value $72kg/m^2\;h$ in the solar heating system. 2. The effectiveness of collector heat exchanger and storage tank size are found to have only a small effect upon system performance. 3. The hot water draw pattern has a significant effect on system performance. A higher system efficiency achieved when draw-off occurred around noon than when it occurred around early morning. Using the above results, the reference solar hot water system which provides $300\ell$ of hot water per day, was selected as a guide for designer. And simplified graphical method was developed based on the modified f-chart method to determine required collector area. When the system design parameters of the proposed system differs from the reference system, required collector area can be calculated from area adjustment factors.

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cMac : A Context-aware Mobile Apps-on-a-Cloud Architecture Empowering smart devices by leveraging Platform as a Service (PaaS) (클라우드 아키텍처 기반 상황인지 모바일 애플리케이션)

  • Amin, Muhammad Bilal;Lee, Sung-Young;Lee, Young-Koo
    • Annual Conference of KIPS
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    • 2011.04a
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    • pp.40-42
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    • 2011
  • Smart hand-held devices like iPhone, iPad, Andriod and other mobile-OS machines are becoming a well known part of our daily lives. Utilization of these devices has gone beyond the expectations of their inventors. Evolution of Apple's iOS from a mobile phone Operating System to a wholesome platform for Portable Gaming is an adequate proof. Using these smart devices people are downloading applications from numerous online App Stores. Utilizing remote storage facilities and confining themselves to computing power far below than an entry level laptop, netbooks have emerged. Google's idea of Chrome OS coupled with Google's AppEngine is an eye-opener for researchers and developers. Keeping all these industry-proven innovations in mind we are proposing a Context-Driven Cloud-Oriented Application Architecture for smart devices. This architecture enables our smart devices to behave smarter by utilizing very less of local resources.

A Study on the Establishment of Odor Management System in Gangwon-do Traditional Market

  • Min-Jae JUNG;Kwang-Yeol YOON;Sang-Rul KIM;Su-Hye KIM
    • Journal of Wellbeing Management and Applied Psychology
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.27-31
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    • 2023
  • Purpose: Establishment of a real-time monitoring system for odor control in traditional markets in Gangwon-do and a system for linking prevention facilities. Research design, data and methodology: Build server and system logic based on data through real-time monitoring device (sensor-based). A temporary data generation program for deep learning is developed to develop a model for odor data. Results: A REST API was developed for using the model prediction service, and a test was performed to find an algorithm with high prediction probability and parameter values optimized for learning. In the deep learning algorithm for AI modeling development, Pandas was used for data analysis and processing, and TensorFlow V2 (keras) was used as the deep learning library. The activation function was swish, the performance of the model was optimized for Adam, the performance was measured with MSE, the model method was Functional API, and the model storage format was Sequential API (LSTM)/HDF5. Conclusions: The developed system has the potential to effectively monitor and manage odors in traditional markets. By utilizing real-time data, the system can provide timely alerts and facilitate preventive measures to control and mitigate odors. The AI modeling component enhances the system's predictive capabilities, allowing for proactive odor management.

Importance Assessment of Multiple Microgrids Network Based on Modified PageRank Algorithm

  • Yeonwoo LEE
    • Korean Journal of Artificial Intelligence
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 2023
  • This paper presents a comprehensive scheme for assessing the importance of multiple microgrids (MGs) network that includes distributed energy resources (DERs), renewable energy systems (RESs), and energy storage system (ESS) facilities. Due to the uncertainty of severe weather, large-scale cascading failures are inevitable in energy networks. making the assessment of the structural vulnerability of the energy network an attractive research theme. This attention has led to the identification of the importance of measuring energy nodes. In multiple MG networks, the energy nodes are regarded as one MG. This paper presents a modified PageRank algorithm to assess the importance of MGs that include multiple DERs and ESS. With the importance rank order list of the multiple MG networks, the core MG (or node) of power production and consumption can be identified. Identifying such an MG is useful in preventing cascading failures by distributing the concentration on the core node, while increasing the effective link connection of the energy flow and energy trade. This scheme can be applied to identify the most profitable MG in the energy trade market so that the deployment operation of the MG connection can be decided to increase the effectiveness of energy usages. By identifying the important MG nodes in the network, it can help improve the resilience and robustness of the power grid system against large-scale cascading failures and other unexpected events. The proposed algorithm can point out which MG node is important in the MGs power grid network and thus, it could prevent the cascading failure by distributing the important MG node's role to other MG nodes.

Analysis on the Falling Risk of Building Electric Shutter and Reduction Measures (건축물 전동셔터 추락 리스크 분석 및 저감 방안)

  • Jung, Young-Min;Bang, Hong-Soon;Kim, Ok-Kyue
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2021.05a
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    • pp.295-296
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    • 2021
  • With the recent diversification and complication of buildings, the functions of building are also developing. As much as the development of buildings, the machine or equipment used for them is also developing. Thus, all sorts of domestic/foreign industrial facilities and fire stations in the whole nation are using the electric shutter that could meet the insulation just like the exterior wall of general buildings, for bringing-in/storage and crime prevention/fire prevention. Currently, various types of electric shutters are used. Such wrong operation and poor management are causing many panel-falling accidents. This study researched the reduction of electric shutter panel-falling risk by reviewing the domestic/foreign laws and standards, and researching the new safety equipment. First, the causes for falling and accident types were drawn by analyzing the cases of electric shutter accidents. After that, a checklist as the measures for reducing the falling of electric shutter in building was suggested by analyzing the items for the inspection of electric shutter.

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On the Optimal Allocation of Labour Gangs in the Port (항만하역 노동력의 효율적인 배분에 관하여)

  • Lee, Cheol-Yeong;Woo, Byung-Goo
    • Journal of Korean Port Research
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.21-47
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    • 1987
  • Nowaday all the countries of the world have studied the various problems caused in operating their own ports efficiently. Ship delay in the port is attributal to the inefficient operation in the navigation aids, the cargo handling, the storage and transfer facilities, and to the inefficient allocation of gangs or to a bad service for ships. Among these elements the allocation of gangs is the predominating factor in minimizing ship's turn round time. At present, in the case of Pusan Port. the labour union and stevedoring companies allocate gangs in every hatches of ships by a rule of thumb, just placing emphasis on minimizing ship's turn round time, without applying the principle of allocation during the cargo handling. Owing to this the efficiency of the cargo handling could not be expected to be maximized and this unsystematic operation result in supplying human resources of much unnecessary surplus gangs. Therefore in this paper the optimal size and allocation of gangs for minimizing the ship's turn round time is studied and formularized. For the determination of the priority for allocation the evaluation function, namely $F=PHi^{n}{\times}(W+H)$, can be obtained; where, PHI : Principal Hatch Index W : Total Cargo Weight represented in Gang-Shifts H : Total Number of Ship's hatches and also for the optimal size of gangs the average number of gang allocated per shift (Ng), namely Ng=W/PHI, is used. The proposed algorithm is applied to Pusan Port and its validity is verified.

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High-valence Mo doping for promoted water splitting of Ni layered double hydroxide microcrystals

  • Kyoungwon Cho;Seungwon Jeong;Je Hong Park;Si Beom Yu;Byeong Jun Kim;Jeong Ho Ryu
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.78-82
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    • 2023
  • The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is the primary challenge in renewable energy storage technologies, specifically electrochemical water splitting for hydrogen generation. We report effects of Mo doping into Ni layered double hydroxide (Ni-LDH) microcrystal on electrocatalytic activities. In this study, Mo doped Ni-LDH were grown on three-dimensional porous nicekl foam (NF) by a facile solvothermal method. Homogeneous LDH structure on the NF was clearly observed. However, the surface microstructure of the nickel foam began to be irregular and collapsed when Mo precursor is doped. Electrocatalytic OER properties were analyzed by Linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) and Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The amount of Mo doping used in the electrocatalytic reaction was found to play a crucial role in improving catalytic activity. The optimum Mo amount introduced into the Ni LDH was discussed with respect to their OER performance.

Development of optimal operating standards for deep stormwater storage-drain facilities for urban flood defense. (도시유역 홍수방어를 위한 대심도 빗물저류배수시설 최적운영기준 산정기법 개발)

  • Yoon, Jun-Seo;Moon, Hyeon-Tae;Moon, Young-Il
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2022.05a
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    • pp.284-284
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    • 2022
  • 최근 세계적으로 급변하는 기후는 연 강수량이 여름에 집중되는 한국 강우 특성에 큰 영향을 미치고 있다. 특히 도시화된 대도시의 배수 시설 능력 부족은 돌발 강우, 국지성 집중 호우로 인한 침수 피해를 야기한다. 미국, 유럽, 일본 등의 선진국의 경우 대심도 저류배수터널을 설치하여 운영하고 있으며, 이에 대한 시설운영기준 및 매뉴얼 개발 등에 관한 연구가 활발히 이루어져 왔다. 그러나 국내에는 이와 같은 시설물에 대한 운영사례가 없고, 시설물 내 복잡한 수리 현상에 대한 수리모형 실험도 부족한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구는 서울시 강서·양천 일대에 설치된 대심도 터널인 신월 빗물저류배수시설을 대상으로 선정하였으며, 안정적인 운영계획 수립을 위한 최적운영기준을 개발하고자 한다. 본 연구는 도시유역 강우유출모의에 적합한 XP-SWMM 모형을 활용하여 강우조건에 따라 달라지는 수직구별 유입유량, 도달시간 등의 유출특성을 반영하고 수문개방시간을 고려한 시설물 운영기준을 산정하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 도시유역 홍수예방을 위한 빗물저류배수시설의 안정적인 운영계획 수립 및 시설물 운영 매뉴얼 개발에 기여할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

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