• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권9호
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• pp.3126-3132
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• 2023

To meet the increasing heating needs of the China Fusion Experimental Tokamak Reactor (CFETR), the output power in each Lower Hybrid Current Drive (LHCD) transmission line should be increased from 250 kW to 500 kW. Therefore, a new high-power water load must be developed for the 4.6 GHz 500 kW LHCD system. This paper aims to report the most recent research progress of the water load: aluminum nitride (AlN) ceramic is used as the media material to isolate the water and vacuum, and the radio frequency (RF) simulation results show that the return loss of the water load is less than -25dB at 4.6 GHz over a wide temperature range. Under 500 kW continuous wave (CW) operation, the maximum temperatures of the ceramic and water are separately 67 ℃ and 62 ℃, resulting in thermal deformation of the ceramic of approximately 0.003 mm. Moreover, the AlN water load was tested on the 4.6 GHz 250 kW high-power test bench and found to work well with low reflected power.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권3호
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• pp.981-988
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• 2023

A seismic event caused an accident at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, which further resulted in simultaneous accidents at several units. Consequently, this incident has aroused great interest in the safety of nuclear power plants worldwide. A reasonable safety evaluation of such an external event should appropriately consider the correlation between SSCs (structures, systems, and components) and the probability of failure. However, a probabilistic safety assessment in current nuclear industries is performed conservatively, assuming that the failure correlation between SSCs is independent or completely dependent. This is an extreme assumption; a reasonable risk can be calculated, or risk-based decision-making can be conducted only when the appropriate failure correlation between SSCs is considered. Thus, this study analyzed the effect of the failure correlation of SSCs on the safety of the system to realize rational safety assessment and decision-making. Consequently, the impact on the system differs according to the size of the failure probability of the SSCs and the AND and OR conditions.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권11호
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• pp.4191-4203
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• 2023

Robotics applications are greatly needed in hazardous locations, e.g., fusion and fission reactors, where robots must perform delicate and complex tasks under ionizing radiation conditions. The drawback is that some robotic parts, such as active electronics, are susceptible to radiation. It can lead to unexpected failures and early termination of the robotic operation. This paper analyses the ionizing radiation effect from 0.09 to 1.5 Gy/s in robotic components (microcontrollers, servo motors and temperature sensors). The first experiment compares the performance of various microcontroller types and their actuators and sensors, where different mitigation strategies are applied, such as using Radiation-Hardened (Rad-Hard) microcontrollers or shielding. The second and third experiments analyze the performance of a 3-Degrees of Freedom (DoF) robotic arm, evaluating its components' responses and trajectory. This study enhances our understanding and expands our knowledge regarding radiation's impact on robotic arms and components, which is useful for defining the best strategies for extending the robots' operational lifespan, especially when performing maintenance or inspection tasks in radiation environments.

• 한국지리정보학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.144-158
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 자연재해에 따른 수변구조물 재해 Risk 발생 시 효율적 대응을 위한 피해 평가 인벤토리 구축에 대한 개념적 설계를 제시하였다. 인벤토리 개념 설계를 수행하기 위해선 재해에 따른 수변 구조물 Risk 발생 시 피해 시설물에 대한 구분 및 분류가 이루어져야한다. 하지만 재난관리가 수행되어야 하는 시설물 건축물의 정보가 정부 여러 기관에서 각기 다른 형태의 정보로 관리되어짐으로써 재난관리 업무의 효율적 운영에 대한 문제가 제기되어 왔다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 미국의 HAZUS-MH를 기반으로 피해 시설물 및 자산 분류 방식을 분석하고 국내 시설물 분류, 건축법규 및 자산 가치 산정 정보를 활용하여 수변구조물 Risk 대응 재해 피해 평가 인벤토리 개념 모형을 제시하였다. 본 연구에서 제시한 인벤토리 개념 모형은 재해 대응 제내지 피해 평가를 위한 기반 자료로써 활용할 수 있으며, 현행 자연재난조사 및 복구계획수립 지침에 의해 산정되는 자연재해에 대한 사유재산 피해 평가의 단점을 보완함으로써 정밀한 피해액 평가의 효율성을 높일 수 있다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제44권10호
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• pp.770-779
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• 2021

Transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana expressing an anti-rabies monoclonal antibody (mAb), SO57, was obtained using Agrobacterium-mediated floral dip transformation. The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) retention signal Lys-Asp-Glu-Leu (KDEL) was tagged to the C-terminus of the anti-rabies mAb heavy chain to localize the mAb to the ER and enhance its accumulation. When the inaccurately folded proteins accumulated in the ER exceed its storage capacity, it results in stress that can affect plant development and growth. We generated T₁ transformants and obtained homozygous T₃ seeds from transgenic Arabidopsis to investigate the effect of KDEL on plant growth. The germination rate did not significantly differ between plants expressing mAb SO57 without KDEL (SO plant) and mAb SO57 with KDEL (SOK plant). The primary roots of SOK agar media grown plants were slightly shorter than those of SO plants. Transcriptomic analysis showed that expression of all 11 ER stress-related genes were not significantly changed in SOK plants relative to SO plants. SOK plants showed approximately three-fold higher mAb expression levels than those of SO plants. Consequently, the purified mAb amount per unit of SOK plant biomass was approximately three times higher than that of SO plants. A neutralization assay revealed that both plants exhibited efficient rapid fluorescent focus inhibition test values against the rabies virus relative to commercially available human rabies immunoglobulins. KDEL did not upregulate ER stress-related genes; therefore, the enhanced production of the mAb did not affect plant growth. Thus, KDEL fusion is recommended for enhancing mAb production in plant systems.

• 분석과학
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.87-98
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• 2021

In this study, we developed the nanoparticle multi-generator by 3D printer fusion deposition modeling (FDM) method that can reliably generate and deliver nanoparticles at a constant concentration for inhalation risk assessment. A white ABS filament was used as the test material, and SMPS was used for concentration analysis such as particle size and particle distribution. In the case of particle size, the particle size was divided by 100 nm or less and 100 to 1,000 nm, and the number of particles concentration, mass concentration, median diameter of particles, geometric average particle diameter, etc were measured. The occurrence conditions were the extruder temperature, the extruding speed of the nozzle, and the air flow rate, and experiments were conducted according to the change of conditions including the manufacturer's standard conditions. In addition, the utility of inhalation risk assessment was reviewed through a stability maintenance experiment for 6 h. As a result of the experiment, the size of the nanoparticles increased as the discharger temperature increased, as the discharge speed of the nozzle increased, and as the air flow rate decreased. Also, a constant pattern was shown according to the conditions. Even when particles were generated for a long time (6 h), the concentration was kept constant without significant deviation. The distribution of the particles was approximately 80 % for particles of 60 nm to 260 nm, 1.7 % for 1 ㎛ or larger, 0.908 mg/㎥ for the mass concentration, 111 nm for MMAD and 2.10 for GSD. Most of the ABS particles were circular with a size of less than 10 nm, and these circular particles were aggregated to form a cluster of grape with a size of several tens to several hundred nm.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.26-31
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• 2016

The Townsend to glow discharge mode transition was investigated in the dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) helium plasma source which was powered by 20 kHz / $4.5 kV_{rms}$ high voltage at atmospheric pressure. The spatial profile of the electric field strength at each modes was measured by using the intensity ratio method of two helium emission lines (667.8 nm ($3^1D{\rightarrow}2^1P$) and 728.1 nm ($3^1S{\rightarrow}2^1P$)) and the Stark effect. ICCD images were analyzed with consideration for the electric field property. The Townsend discharge (TD) mode at the initial stage of breakdown has the light emission region located in the vicinity of the anode. The electric field of the light emitting region is close to the applied field in the system. Immediately, the light emitting region moves to the cathode and the discharge transits to the glow discharge (GD) mode. This mode transition can be understood with the ionization wave propagation. The electric field of the emitting region of GD near cathode is higher than that of TD near anode because of the cathode fall formation. This observation may apply to designing a DBD process system and to analysis of the process treatment results.

• 공학교육연구
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.39-50
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• 2018

In the 4th industrial revolution, the maker movement is spreading around the world with the fusion of advanced technology with product manufacturing. Already in developed countries such as the US and Japan, the emphasis is on maker education that integrates education into traditional makers' movement. Through this, we are fostering young talents who will lead the fourth industrial revolution era. Domestic maker education is mainly performed in the maker space, and is limited to the IT field using Arduino and App-Inventor. Therefore, it has the limitation of fostering IT-oriented makers. Therefore, it is affecting the proliferation of the maker's movement because of the difficulty of participation of the general public. The purpose of this study was to understand the characteristics of maker 's movement and to suggest the direction of Korean maker education. In order to accomplish the purpose of research, we analyzed the case of convergent maker education at D Creation Economic Innovation Center, which combines IT and culture technology. We conducted a case study on maker education(VR production project, electronic publishing, beads craft, leather craft, IoT) which was held from July 8 to August 30, 2017 five times. We conducted interviews with five preliminary makers who participated in all the courses of the education, and five instructors who acted as professional makers with pre- developed questionnaires. The results of the study were derived by applying the Thematic Analysis method after opening the contents of the interview. Based on the results of the study, we could suggest characteristics of Korean makers and future direction of maker education.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2016년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.307-309
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• 2016

본고에서는 WiFi, ZigBee, 블루투스 등 무선 통신 기술을 이용해서 로봇, 헬스케어, 스마트그리드, 자율자동차 분야 등에서 무선에 의한 센싱 및 전력 전송을 제어하는 시스템에 대해서 기술하였다. 최근에 사물인터넷 (Interne of Things) 및 사물통신(Machine to Machine)을 이용한 다양한 응용이 많은 분야에서 제기되고 있으며 이를 위해서는 제어, 컴퓨팅, 네트워킹 기술이 융합된 기술을 요구한다. 기존의 제어 중심이었던 임베디드 시스템에 유무선 통신망을 이용한 컴퓨팅 기술이 융합된 가상물리 시스템(Cyber Physical System)이 미국 및 유럽에서 향후 국가 주도 기술로 채택되어 연 산 학이 협력하여 추진 중이다. 본고에서는 이러한 기술 개념에 일치하는 무선을 이용한 센싱에 의해 무선으로 전력을 전송하는 시스템을 제어하는 기술을 구현하고 기술하였다.

• 공업화학
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.343-351
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• 2022

리튬이온 전지(lithium-ion batteries, LIBs)는 높은 에너지 밀도, 느린 자가방전율, 고율 충전 능력 및 긴 배터리 수명 등의 좋은 성능으로 촉망받는 에너지 저장 장치로 꼽힌다. 그러나 고에너지 밀도의 전기자동차 및 대형 디바이스 산업에서 이러한 LIBs의 적용은 큰 안전 문제를 일으키고 있다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위하여 열적 안정성 및 내재적 안전성이 높은 재료를 개발하는 것이 LIBs의 안정성 및 전기화학적 성능을 향상시키는 궁극적인 해결방법이다. 본 총설에서는 상용 분리막의 안정성 문제 극복을 위한 분리막의 표면 개질 기술을 소개하였으며 이를 이용하여 개질된 리튬이온 전지용 분리막을 활용한 연구 동향을 요약, 정리하였다. 또한 이를 기반으로 표면 개질에 따른 분리막에 대한 향후 전망을 논의하였다.