• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.40-45
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• 2008

There exist many types of pipe and component fatigue through vibrations, thermal fatigues or shifting. In some cases of thermal stratification/thermal fatigue, pipes & components are receiving thermal stress by means of material expansion and shrinkage by continuous thermal repetitive variation. Small cracks initially occur on the inside surface by thermal stress. These cracks grow in depth the pipe wall and finally come to a rupture. Pipe parts of susceptibility to thermal stratification and thermal fatigue are now being examined by conventional UT(ultrasonic test) as volumetric examination. It is difficult to fully satisfy the code & standards requirements because 3" weldolet weldments of RCS 16" pipe to 3" branch connection lines have complex structural shape. To solve the problems of conventional UT examination, we made a realistic mock-up and UT calibration block. We performed a simulation of phased array UT utilizing CIVA as NDE(Non-Destructive Examination) simulation software. Also we designed phased array UT transducer and wedge, optimal frequency by using simulation data. We performed phased array UT experiment through mock-up including artificial flaws(notch). The phased array UT technique is finally developed to improve the reliability of ultrasonic test at RCS 16" pipe to 3" branch connection weld.

• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.93-100
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• 2016

Since the sodium-cooled fast reactor is operated in a hostile environment due to the use of liquid sodium as its coolant, advanced techniques for in-service inspection are required to periodically verify the integrity of the reactor. This paper presents the development of in-service inspection techniques for Proto-type Generation IV Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor. First, the 10 m long plate-type ultrasonic waveguide sensor has been developed for in-service inspection of reactor internals, and its feasibility was verified through several under-water and under-sodium experiments. Second, the combined inspection system for in-service inspection of ferromagnetic steam generator tubes has been developed. The remote field eddy current testing and magnetic flux leakage testing can be conducted simultaneously by using the developed inspection system, and the detectability was demonstrated through several damage detection experiments. Finally, the electro-magnetic acoustic transducer which can withstand high temperature and be installable in the remote operated vehicle has been developed for in-service inspection of the reactor vessel, and its detectability was investigated through damage detection experiments.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.273-280
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• 2016

비파괴검사 분야에 대한 시뮬레이션은 다양한 결함에 대한 신호의 예측과 검사 절차 개발에 사용되어진다. 특히 비파괴검사 전용 시뮬레이션 툴인 CIVA는 정확도가 높고 빠른 계산이 가능하며, 비파괴평가 기술과 동일한 형태의 화면 표시와 시각적으로 개선된 3차원 그래픽 유저 인터페이스를 제공한다. CIVA 소프트웨어 개발자가 내부적으로 타당성 검증을 시행하겠지만, 사용 이전에 소프트웨어의 정확도를 평가하는 독립적인 유효성 검증 연구가 필요하다. 이러한 목적으로 이번 연구에서는 CIVA를 이용하여 원자로 상부 헤드 관통관 검사에 사용되는 보정시험편에 대하여 TOFD 신호를 시뮬레이션하고, 실제 검사 신호와 비교하여 시뮬레이션 신호의 정확도와 적용 범위에 대하여 검증하였다. 종합적으로, A-scan 신호, B-scan 이미지, 깊이 측정 측면에서 CIVA 시뮬레이션 결과와 실험 결과 간에 전반적으로 일치를 보였다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.451-457
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 합금강의 미세조직 특성인 결정립과 석출물이 초음파 비선형성에 미치는 영향을 실험적으로 연구하였다. 원자로 압력용기 재료인 SA508 Gr.3 저합금강을 오스테나이징과 템퍼링 조건을 변화시켜 모상의 오스테나이트 결정립 크기와 석출물 크기를 제어하였다. 결정립과 석출물 모두 크기가 조대해 짐에 따라 초음파 비선형 파라미터는 낮아지는 경향을 보이므로 초음파 비선형성이 결정립과 석출물과 밀접한 상관성이 있음을 알 수 있었다. 모상의 오스테나이트 결정립이 성장하더라도 패킷과 래스 하부업계의 영향으로 초음파 비선형 파라미터는 큰 변화를 보이지 않았다. 석출물의 영향으로 석출물의 크기 외에 정합변형을 일으키는 $Mo_2C$의 감소로 인해 초음파 비선형 파라미터가 큰 감소를 나타내었다. 본 연구결과 초음파 비선형성을 측정하므로써 결정립과 석출물의 미세조직 특성을 평가하는 것이 가능하다.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.127-135
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• 2001

Alkyl polyglucosides were synthesized by solvent-free glycosidation using ultrasonic emulsification. We examined glycosidation conditions of fatty alcohol with glucose hydrate and anhydrous glucose in the presence of p-toluenesulfonic acid. Glucose was emulsified in a molar excess of fatty alcohol for 20 minutes with a ultra-sonicator at room temperature and converted in a stirred reactor to more than 95% polyglucoside within $2.5{\sim}3.5$ hr under $20{\sim}30$ mmHg at $110^{\circ}C$ with a three-fold molar ratio of fatty alcohol to glucose in the presence of 1mol% p-toluenesulfonic acid. It was possible to obtain a polyglucoside mixture of HLB 13 consisting of 65% monoglucoside and 35% oligoglucoside with less than 1% of fatty alcohol.

• 멤브레인
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.330-337
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• 2005

[ $250^{\circ}C$의 고온에서 수증기 선택 투과 특성을 가지는 silica 막을 메탄을 탈수에 의한 dimethyl ether (DME) 합성 반응에 분리막 반응기로 적용하였다. Silica 전구체로서 tetraethoxysilane (TEOS)을 이용하여 초음파 분무 열분해 및 기상화학 증착법(CVD)법 등에 의해 다공성 스테인레스 스틸(SUS)에 silica 막을 합성하였다. CVD법에 의해 합성한 silica막의 수증기 투과도 및 메탄올에 대한 분리계수 상관관계 trade-off 선이 열분해 silica 막보다 높이 존재하였다. 수증기 투과도가 $1.2\times10^{-7}\;mol\;{\cdot}\;m^{-2}\;{\cdot}\;S^{-1}\;{\cdot}\;Pa^{-1}$ 이상이고, 메탄올에 대한 분리계수가 10 이상의 성능을 가지는 분리막 반응기에 대해서 기존 반응기 대비 $20\%$ 이상 메탄을 전환율이 향상되었다. 고온 수증기 선택성 silica 막이 메탄을 탈수 반응에 의해 생성되는 수증기를 제거함으로서 촉매 활성 저하를 억제하여 반응 전환율을 개선시키는 막 반응기로서의 효과를 확인할 수 있었다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.897-905
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• 2012

Based on the activated sludge model, a simple aerobic digestion model which represents the aerobic sludge digestion by sequencing batch reactor(SBR) equipped with ultrasonicator was composed and performed in this study. The results are as follows. Aerobic digestion efficiency can be increased by adopting ultrasonic pretreatment. For the 5 days of SRT, 24 % of particulate component is predicted to be removed by ultrasonic pretreatment and aerobic digestion. This is 7 %p higher than that of conventional aerobic digestion. A Hybrid SBR aerobic digestion combined with ultrasonication shows higher digestion efficiency than aerobic digestion and ultrasonic pretreatment system. In case of this hybrid system, the digestion efficiency was predicted up to 49 % when the ultrasonication was performed every 2 hours, repeatedly. However, excessive treatment like every hours of ultrasonication in an aerobic digestion process results in adverse effect on TCOD removal because biomass disintegrated completely and the solubilized COD can not be used for the biomass synthesis again.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.19-25
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• 2007

This study was focused on the optimization of low-pressure ultrasonic spraying process for synthesis of pure ${\gamma}-Fe_2O_3$ nanoparticles. As process variables, pressure in the reactor, precursor concentration, and reaction temperature were changed in order to control the chemical and microstructural properties of iron oxide nanoparticles including crystal phase, mean particle size and particle size distribution. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) studies revealed that pure ${\gamma}-Fe_2O_3$ nanoparticles with narrow particle size distribution of 5-15 nm were successfully synthesized from iron pentacarbonyl ($Fe(CO)_{5}$) in hexane under 30 mbar with precursor concentrations of 0.1M and 0.2M, at temperatures over $800^{\circ}C$. Also magnetic properties, coercivity ($H_c$) and saturation magnetization ($M_s$) were reported in terms of the microstructure of particles based on the results from vibration sampling magnetometer (VSM).

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제41권11호
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• pp.793-796
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• 2004

Process Parameters were studied in synthesis of LiCoO$_2$ Powder by ultrasonic spray Pyrolysis. Concentration of the mixed solution influenced the size, shape, and yield of the synthesized powder. The yield was affected primarily by the height of the solution, and then by the flow rate of a carrier gas. The temperature of the reactor governed the crystallinity and morphology of the powder. LiCoO$_2$ powders were synthesized as a layered high temperature phase above 800$^{\circ}C$. The synthesized powders were sphere and secondary Particles consisted of primary particles of 55-70 nm. The secondary Particles became bigger from 0.28 to 1.43 $\mu\textrm{m}$ as the concentration of the solution was increased from 0.05 to 2.0 M. The 2.0 M solution provided the highest production rate.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.172-177
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• 2022

In general, detection robots using ultrasonic sensors are equipped with sensors to protrude outward or to contact objects. However, in the case of a screw-propelled robot that detects the inside of a reactor tendon duct, if the ultrasonic sensor protrudes to the outside, resistance due to grease is generated, and thus the propulsion efficiency is reduced. In order to increase the propulsion efficiency, the screw must be sharp, and the sharper the screw, the more difficult it is to apply a high-performance ultrasonic sensor, and the detection efficiency decreases. This paper proposes a screw shape-changing mechanism that can improve both propulsion efficiency and detection efficiency. This mechanism includes an overlapped helical ring (OHR) structure and a magnetic clutch system (MCS), and thus the shape of a screw may be changed to a compact size. As a result, the Screw-propelled robot with this mechanism can reduce the overall length by about 150 mm and change the shape of the screw faster and more accurately than a robot with a linear actuator.