• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.56 no.3
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• pp.785-792
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• 2024

This article provides an overview of the design methodology used to develop a conceptual set of reactivity control mechanism of a micro reactor based on the U-Battery. The U-Battery is based on remote deployment and therefore it is favourable to provide a long fuel lifecycle. This is achieved by implementing a high fissile loading content, which proves challenging when considering reactivity control methods. This article follows the design methodology used to overcome these issues, with an emphasis on a new concept of a moveable moderator which utilises the size of the U-Battery as a small reduction in moderation provides a significant reduction in reactivity. The latest work on this project sees the moveable moderator investigated during a depressurised loss of forced coolant accident, where a reduction of moderator volume increases the maximum fuel temperature experienced. The overall conclusion is that the maximum fuel temperature is not significantly increased (4 K) due to the central reflector region relatively lower volumetric heat capacity compared to that of whole core. However, a small temperature increase is observed immediately after the transient due to the central reflector removal because it reaches energy equilibrium with the fuel region faster.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers B
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• v.51 no.6
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• pp.273-284
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• 2002

In this paper, computer simulations of the physical Phenomena occurring in the arc region before and after current zero were carried out to evaluate the dielectric recovery characteristics of two types of double-flow nozzles. A commercial CFD Program "PHOENICS" is used for the simulation and the user-coded subroutines to consider the arcing phenomena were added to this program by the authors. The computed results were verified by the comparison with the test results presented by the research group of BBC. In order to investigate the state of the arc region after current zero, the simulation was carried out with four steps. They are cold gas flow analysis, steady state arc simulation, transient arc simulation before current zero, transient hot gas flow simulation after current zero. The semi-experimental arc radiation model is adapted to consider the radiation energy transport and Prandtl′s mixing length model is employed as the turbulence model. The electric field and the magnetic field were calculated with the same grid structure used for the simulation of the flow field. The streamer criterion was introduced to evaluate the dielectric recovery characteristics after current zero. Compared with the results obtained by assuming the current zero state in the former studies, it has been found that the results obtained by considering the state before current zerowere more accurate.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.160-166
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• 2000

The present study examined influence of various ischemic duration on extent of focal ischemic brain injury induced by middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) in rats. The MCAO was produced by insertion of a 17 mm silicone-coated 4-0 nylon surgical thread to the origin of MCA through the internal carotid artery for 30, 60, 90, 120 min (transient) or 24 hr (permanent) in male Sprague-Dawley rats under isoflurane anesthesia. Reperfusion in transient MCAO models was achieved by pulling the thread out of the internal carotid artery. Only rats showing neurological deficits characterized by left hemiparesis and/or circling to the left, were included in cerebral ischemic groups. The rats were sacrificed 24 hr after MCAO and seven serial coronal slices of the brain were stained with 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride. Infarct size was measured using a computerized image analyzer. Ischemic damage was common in the frontoparietal cortex (somatosensory area) and the lateral segment of the striatum while damage to the medial segment of the striatum depended on the duration of the occlusion. In the 30-min MCAO grouts, however, infarcted region was primarily confined to the striatum and it was difficult to clearly delineate the region since there was mixed population of live and dead cells in the nucleus. Infarct volume was generally increased depending on the duration of MCAO, showing the most severe damage in the permanent MCAO group. However, there was no significant difference in infarct size between the 90-min and 120-min MCAO groups. % Edema also tended to increase depending on the duration of MCAO. The results suggest that the various focal ischemic rat models established in the present study can be used to evaluate in vivo neuroprotective activities of candidate compounds or to elucidate pathophysiological mechanisms of ischemic neuronal cell death.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.81-87
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• 1990

In this paper, a new design method in which transient response behavior of a servo~system can be improved, is proposed using a bilinear transformation method which assigns the poles of the closed-loop system in a specified region. The servo-system is a dynamic system which follows the given reference input automatically. In the above meaning, the design of a servo-system is similar to a regulator design problem for the extended system which is resulted from the given system and the reference input by the well known internal moel principle. In the design problem of servo control system, it is supposed that the proposed design method has more practical meaning in comparison to the other design methods, in the views of assigning the characteristic roots of the closed loop system in a specified region satisfying a design specification for the given transient response rather than in the exact positions of the poles. The applicability of the design method proposed in this paper was proved by the simulation results for the angle control problem of an electrical servo mechanism.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2000.02a
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• pp.171-171
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• 2000

차세대 반도체 제조에서 Design rule 이 점점 더 shrink 됨에 따라 shallow junction 분석의 중요성이 강조되고 있다. 이러한 shallow junction에 대한 분석방법중의 하나인 SIMS 분석에 있어서 depth resolution을 향상시키는 것이 중요하며, 일차이온의 에너지를 낮추어 줌으로써 이러한 효과를 달성할 수 있다. 그러나 최근의 연구에 따르면 O2+를 이용한 low energy SIMS 분석 시에 non-zero incidence angle로 분석할 경우 surface roughness가 발생한다는 사실이 보고되었으며, surface roughness를 줄이고 분석 초기의 transient region을 줄이기 위한 방법으로 oxygen flooding을 사용하는 경우 특정 각도에서 surface roughness가 여전히 존재할 뿐 아니라 분석 초기영역에서의 sputter rate이 변화하는 문제가 있음이 보고된바 있다. 본 연구에서는 2keV O2+ 일차이온을 이용하여 oxygen flooding 하에서 기존 조건인 60도 incidence로 분석하는 방법의 문제점을 파악하고 incidence angle을 45도로 바꾸어 분석하는 방법을 검토하였다. 그 결과 기존의 분석조건에서는 분석도중 표면부근에서 sputter rate이 변화하고 surface roughness가 증가하는 것을 확인하였고, 그로 인하여 oxygen flooding을 하지 않은 경우와 많은 차이가 발생하는 것을 발견하였다. Incidence angle을 45도로 바꾼 결과 이러한 문제가 해결되는 것을 확인하였으며, 특히 GaAs $\delta$layer 분석을 통하여 이 분석조건이 기존의 분석조건에 비하여 획기적으로 향상되는 것을 확인 할 수 있었다. 또한 여러 가지 shallow junction 분석을 통하여 이 분석방법이 상당히 신뢰성이 있음을 알 수 있었다. 그러나 여전히 oxygen flooding을 하지 않은 경우에 비하여 다소간의 차이가 있는 것이 발견되었는데, 이는 주로 표면에 잔존하는 산화막에 의한 효과와 oxygen flooding에서 보다 더 depth resolution이 좋음으로 인하여 발생하는 것으로 추정되었으며 그 밖에 다른 가능성도 제기되었다. 따라서 이 방법은 표면 산화막이 거의 없는 시료에 대하여 적용한다면 oxygen flooding을 하지 않은 경웨 비하여 transient region이 거의 없고 junction depth를 보다 신뢰성 있게 측정할 수 잇는 장점이 있는 것으로 판단되었다. As, P의 저 에너지이온 주입시료에 대해 이 분석방법을 적용할 경우 C+s 분석법에 비하여 depth resolution을 비교적 쉽게 향상시킬 수 있었고, oxygen follding을 쓰지 않은 경우에 비해서는 검출한도를 약 100배 정도 향상시킬 수 있었다. 그러나 2.5keV Cs+ 분석법에 비하면 아직 depth resolution이 불충분하여 실제로 shallow As 분석에 적용하기에는 다소 문제점이 있었다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers B
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• v.51 no.9
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• pp.522-529
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• 2002

In this paper, computer simulations of the physical Phenomena occurring in the arc region before and after current zero were carried out to evaluate the thermal recovery characteristics of a Laval nozzle. A commercial CFD program "PHOENICS" is used for the simulation and the user-coded subroutines to consider the arcing phenomena were added to this program by the authors. The computed results were verified by the comparison with the test results presented by the research group of GE Co.(General Electric Company). In order to investigate the state of the arc region after current zero, the simulation was carried out with three steps. They are steady state arc simulation, transient arc simulation before current zero, and transient hot-gas flow simulation after current zero. The semi-experimental arc radiation model is adapted to consider the radiation energy transport and Prandtl's mixing length model is employed as the turbulence model. The electric field and the magnetic field were calculated with the same grid structure used for the simulation of the flow field. The post-arc current was calculated to evaluate the thermal recovery characteristics after current zero. Compared with the results obtained by GE Co., it has been found that the critical RRRV(ratio of rise of recovery voltage) will be determined previously by this study.his study.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.53-64
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• 2024

The Yeongnam southeastern region, with Ulsan as its focal point, is planning large-scale floating offshore wind power projects. Additionally, due to the establishment of new nuclear power plants and the extension of existing ones, there is a demand for the expansion of the power grid. The government has announced plans to establish a new power grid for this region as part of the 10th power supply plan. However, there are anticipated challenges in the actual construction phase, primarily because of the presence of national parks and cultural heritage protection zones near Gyeongju. As a result, this study presents an alternative approach that minimizes the creation of new power lines by utilizing existing ones. Using the Power System Simulator for Engineers (PSS/E), an analysis of transient stability was conducted and demonstrated its feasibility.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.36 no.9C
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• pp.546-554
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• 2011

Near targets in the infrared (IR) images have the steady feature for inner region and the transient feature for the boundary region. Based on these features, this paper proposes a new method to extract the fine target shape of near targets in the IR images. First, we detect the boundary region of the candidate targets using the local variance weighted information entropy (WIE) of the original images. And then, a coarse target region can be estimated based on the labeling of the boundary region. For the coarse target region, we use the opening filter with an adaptive structure element to extract the fine target shape. The decision of the adaptive structure element size is optimized for the width information of target boundary by calculating the average WIE in the enlarged windows. The experimental results show that a proposed method has better extraction performance than the previous threshold algorithms.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.55 no.2
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• pp.460-474
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• 2023

A simple but accurate mathematical model is crucial for dynamic simulations and controller design of helical coil once-through steam generator (OTSG). This paper presents a three-region movable boundary dynamic model of the helical coil OTSG. Based on the secondary side fluid conditions, the OTSG is divided into subcooled region (two control volumes), two-phase region (two control volumes) and superheated region (three control volumes) with movable boiling boundaries between each region. The nonlinear dynamic model is derived based on mass, energy and momentum conservation equations. And the linear model is obtained by using the transfer function and state space transformation, which is a 37-order model of five input and three output. Validations are made under full-power steady-state condition and four transient conditions. Results show good agreements among the nonlinear model, linear model and the RELAP5 model, with acceptable errors. This model can be applied to dynamic simulations and controller design of helical coil OTSG with constant primary-side flow rate.

• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.78-86
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• 1992

The creep behaviors of 1%Cr-Mo-V and 12%Cr steam turbine rotor steels under static or cyclic load were examined at 600 and $700^{\circ}C$. The relationship between these two kinds of phenomena was studied and the experimental results were summarized as follows: 1) It is confirmed that the cyclic creep strain dependent on time is more available for creep, behavior analysis according to frequency change than that dependent on number of cycles, and the static creep, the special case of cyclic creep with stress ratio of 1 can be also more effectively analyzed by time-dependence. 2) The steady cyclic creep rate vs. the steady static creep rate, increases according to the increase of stress ratio, and this phenomena may occur on occasion of the decrease of the internal stress. 3) The initial strain affects on all the creep properties of the transient region, the steady state region and the rupture time in cyclic creep as well as static creep, and the quantitative relationships among them exist.