• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권4호
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• pp.1236-1249
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• 2021

Although there are still controversial opinions and uncertainty on application of SiC_f/SiC composite cladding as next-generation cladding material for its great oxidation resistance in high temperature steam environment and other outstanding advantages, it cannot deny that SiC_f/SiC cladding is a potential accident tolerant fuel (ATF) cladding with high research priority and still in the engineering design stage for now. However, considering its disadvantages, such as low irradiated thermal conductivity, ductility that barely not exist, further evaluations of its in-pile behaviors are still necessary. Based on the self-developed code we recently updated, relevant thermohydraulic and mechanical models in FROBA-ATF were applied to simulate the cladding behaviors under normal and accident conditions in this paper. Even through steady-state performance analysis revealed that this kind of cladding material could greatly reduce the oxidation thickness, the thermal performance of UO₂-SiC was poor due to its low inpile thermal conductivity and creep rate. Besides, the risk of failure exists when reactor power decreased. With geometry optimization and dopant addition in pellets, the steady-state performance of UO₂-SiC was enhanced and the failure risk was reduced. The thermal and mechanical performance of the improved UO₂-SiC was further evaluated under Loss of coolant accident (LOCA) and Reactivity Initiated Accident (RIA) conditions. Transient results showed that the optimized ATF had better thermal performance, lower cladding hoop stress, and could provide more coping time under accident conditions.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.33-45
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• 2019

Compound disaster is the type that increases the impact affected by two or more hazard events, and attention to compound disaster and multi-hazards risk is growing due to potential damages which are difficult to predict. The objective of this study is to analyze the possible impacts of post-fire landslide scenario quantitatively by using TRIGRS (Transient Rainfall Infiltration and Grid-Based Regional Slope-Stability Analysis), a physics-based landslide model. In the case of wildfire, soil organic material and density are altered, and saturated hydraulic conductivity decrease because of soil exposed to high temperature. We have included the change of soil saturated hydraulic conductivity into the TRIGRS model through literature review. For a case study, we selected the area of $8km^2$ in Pyeongchang County. The landslide modeling process was calibrated before simulate the post-wildfire impact based on landslide inventory data to reduce uncertainty. As a result, the mean of the total factor of safety values in the case of landslide was 2.641 when rainfall duration is 1 hour with rainfall intensity of 100mm per day, while the mean value for the case of post-wildfire landslide was lower to 2.579, showing potential landslide occurrence areas appear more quickly in the compound disaster scenario. This study can be used to prevent potential losses caused by the compound disaster such as post-wildfire debris flow or landslides.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.1074-1080
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• 2020

본 논문은 공정, 전압 및 온도에 둔감하며, 출력전압 상태에 따라 3가지 동작모드가 가능한 디지털 제어 벅 변환기를 제안한다. 기존 디지털 제어 방식의 벅 변환기는 A/D 변환기, 카운터 및 딜레이 라인 회로를 사용하여서 정확한 출력 전압을 제어하였다. 정확한 출력 전압 제어를 위해서는 카운터 및 딜레이 라인 비트 수를 증가시켜서 회로 복잡성 증가 문제점을 지니고 있다. 이러한 회로의 복잡성 문제를 해결하기 위해서 제안된 회로에서는 8비트 및 16 비트 양 방향 쉬프트 레지스터를 사용하고 최대 128비트 해상도까지 듀티비 제어가 가능한 벅 변환기를 제안한다. 제안하는 벅 변환기는 CMOS 180 나노 공정 1-poly 6-metal을 사용하여 설계 및 제작하였으며, 2.7V~3.6V의 입력 전압과 0.9~1.8V의 출력 전압을 생성하고, 리플전압은 30mV, 전력 효율은 최대 92.3%, 과도기 응답속도는 4us이다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.17-31
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• 2021

Post-earthquake fire is a common disaster which causes serious safety issues to infrastructures. This study aims to investigate the residual loading capacities of circular concrete-filled steel tube (CFST) columns under post-earthquake fire experimentally and numerically. The experimental programme contains two loading steps - pre-damage cyclic loading at room temperature and transient state tests with constant compression loads. Three finite element models are developed and validated against the test results. Upon validation, a total of 48 numerical results were generated in the parametric study to investigate the effects of thickness and strengths of steel tube, axial compression ratio and damage degree on the fire resistance of circular CFST columns. Based on the analysis on experimental and numerical results, the loading mechanism of circular CFST columns is discussed. A design method is proposed for the prediction of fire resistance time under different seismic pre-damage and compression loads. The predictions by the new method is compared with the newly generated experimental and numerical results and is found to be accurate and consistent with the mean value close to the unity and a coefficient of variation around 1%.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.33-43
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• 2021

A60 class bulkhead penetration piece is a fire resistance system installed on a bulkhead compartment to protect lives and to prevent flame diffusion in a fire accident on a ship and offshore plant. This study focuses on the approximate optimization of the fire resistance design of the A60 class bulkhead penetration piece using a multi-island genetic algorithm. Transient heat transfer analysis was performed to evaluate the fire resistance design of the A60 class bulkhead penetration piece. For approximate optimization, the bulkhead penetration piece length, diameter, material type, and insulation density were considered discrete design variables; moreover, temperature, cost, and productivity were considered constraint functions. The approximate optimum design problem based on the meta-model was formulated by determining the discrete design variables by minimizing the weight of the A60 class bulkhead penetration piece subject to the constraint functions. The meta-models used for the approximate optimization were the Kriging model, response surface method, and radial basis function-based neural network. The results from the approximate optimization were compared to the actual results of the analysis to determine approximate accuracy. We conclude that the radial basis function-based neural network among the meta-models used in the approximate optimization generates the most accurate optimum design results for the fire resistance design of the A60 class bulkhead penetration piece.

• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.18-27
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• 2021

This study aims to develop an improved evaluation technology for assessing CANDU-6 safety. For this purpose, the multiple steam generator tube rupture (mSGTR) followed by an unmitigated station blackout (SBO) in a CANDU-6 plant was selected as a hypothetical event scenario and the analysis model to evaluate the plant responses was envisioned into the MARS-KS input model. The model includes logic models for controlling the pressure and inventory of the primary heat transport system (PHTS) decreasing due to the u-tubes' rupture, as well as the main features of PHTS with a simplified model for the horizontal fuel channels, the secondary heat transport system including the shell side of steam generators, feedwater and main steam line, and moderator system. A steady state condition was successfully achieved to confirm the stable convergence of the key parameters. Until the turbine trip, the fuel channels were adequately cooled by forced circulation of coolant and supply of main feedwater. However, due to the continuous reduction of PHTS pressure and inventory, the reactor and turbine were shut down and the thermal-hydraulic behaviors between intact and broken loops got asymmetric. Furthermore, as the conditions of low-flow coolant and high void fraction in the broken loop persisted, leading to degradation of decay heat removal, it was evaluated that the peak cladding temperature (PCT) exceeded the limit criteria for ensuring nuclear fuel integrity. This study is expected to provide the technical bases to the accident management strategy for transient conditions with multiple events.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2024

Fresh ginseng is prone to spoilage due to its high moisture content. For long-term storage, most fresh ginsengs are dried to white ginseng (WG) or steamed for hours at high temperature/pressure and dried to form Korean Red ginseng (KRG). They are further processed for ginseng products when subjected to hot water extraction/concentration under pressure. These WG or KRG preparation processes affect ginsenoside compositions and also other ginseng components, probably during treatments like steaming and drying, to form diverse bioactive phospholipids. It is known that ginseng contains high amounts of gintonin lysophosphatidic acids (LPAs). LPAs are simple lipid-derived growth factors in animals and humans and act as exogenous ligands of six GTP-binding-protein coupled LPA receptor subtypes. LPAs play diverse roles ranging from brain development to hair growth in animals and humans. LPA-mediated signaling pathways involve various GTP-binding proteins to regulate downstream pathways like [Ca²⁺]_i transient induction. Recent studies have shown that gintonin exhibits anti-Alzheimer's disease and antiarthritis effects in vitro and in vivo mediated by gintonin LPAs, the active ingredients of gintonin, a ginseng-derived neurotrophin. However, little is known about how gintonin LPAs are formed in high amounts in ginseng compared to other herbs. This review introduces atypical or non-enzymatic pathways under the conversion of ginseng phospholipids into gintonin LPAs during steaming and extraction/concentration processes, which exert beneficial effects against degenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease and arthritis in animals and humans via LPA receptors.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.409-416
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• 2010

순산소 연소와 배가스 재순환(FGR : Flue Gas Recirculation) 기술은 $CO_2$ 저감 목적으로 많은 연구자들의 관심을 받아왔다. 본 연구는 다공 동축 버너를 이용하여 산소 공급비(OFR : Oxygen Feeding Ratio)에 따른 순산소 연소 특성과 동일 조건에서 FGR 시스템을 모사하기 위하여 공급 위치에 따른 $CO_2$ 첨가 효과의 특성을 비교하는 데에 초점을 맞추었다. 순산소 연소는 당량비 0.93 에 해당하는 연료 유량 15lpm 일 때 OFR 전 영역에서 안정적이었고, 화염 구조와 길이는 OFR 에 따라 변동하였다. 순산소 연소에 $CO_2$ 를 첨가할 때, 안정, 천이, 준평형, 불안정 그리고 날림 등의 다양한 안정화 모드가 관찰되었으며, 연소로 내의 전반적인 온도분포가 감소하였고, 특히 case 4 에서 1800 K 이하로 떨어져 최대 감소 효과를 보였다. 노즐 끝단으로부터 높이에 따른 $CO_2$ 농도는 첨가된 $CO_2$ 의 체적 비율에 따라 변동하였다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제80권1호
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• pp.45-51
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• 2017

Background: Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is a minimally invasive diagnostic method for mediastinal and hilar lymphadenopathy. This study aimed to investigate the incidence of fever following EBUS-TBNA. Methods: A total of 684 patients who underwent EBUS-TBNA from May 2010 to July 2012 at Seoul National University Hospital were retrospectively reviewed. The patients were evaluated for fever by a physician every 6-8 hours during the first 24 hours following EBUS-TBNA. Fever was defined as an increase in axillary body temperature over $37.8^{\circ}C$. Results: Fever after EBUS-TBNA developed in 110 of 552 patients (20%). The median onset time and duration of fever was 7 hours (range, 0.5-32 hours) after EBUS-TBNA and 7 hours (range, 1-52 hours), respectively, and the median peak body temperature was $38.3^{\circ}C$ (range, $137.8-39.9^{\circ}C$). In most patients, fever subsided within 24 hours; however, six cases (1.1%) developed fever lasting longer than 24 hours. Infectious complications developed in three cases (0.54%) (pneumonia, 2; mediastinal abscess, 1), and all three patients had diabetes mellitus. The number or location of sampled lymph nodes and necrosis of lymph node were not associated with fever after EBUS-TBNA. Multiple logistic regression analysis did not reveal any risk factors for developing fever after EBUS-TBNA. Conclusion: Fever is relatively common after EBUS-TBNA, but is transient in most patients. However, clinicians should be aware of the possibility of infectious complications among patients with diabetes mellitus.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.53-62
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• 1987

본 논문에서는 1 KW CW CO$_{2}$레이저 발생자장치를 사용하여 표면경화 처리 를 행할때 공정과 관련된 변수들이 용접부 및 표면경화층에 미치는 영향들을 이론과 실험을 통해서 규명하고, 이 결과들을 실제공정에 사용할 수 있는 기초자료로서 제시 하고자 한다. 이를 위해서 해석에 사용될 수 있는 유한요소법(Finite Element Meth- od)에 근거한 2차원 열유동 해석용 프로그램 및 데이타 처리 프로그램을 개발하고, 중 탄소강에 레이저 표면처리를 수행하여 실험 및 이론해석의 결과를 비교 검토하였다. 비교 검토하여 그 설정기준을 고찰하였다.