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심층신경망을 이용한 레이더 영상 학습 기반 초단시간 강우예측 (Very short-term rainfall prediction based on radar image learning using deep neural network)

  • 윤성심;박희성;신홍준
    • 한국수자원학회논문집
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    • 제53권12호
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    • pp.1159-1172
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    • 2020
  • 본 연구에서는 강우예측을 위해 U-Net과 SegNet에 기반한 합성곱 신경망 네트워크 구조에 장기간의 국내 기상레이더 자료를 활용하여 심층학습기반의 강우예측을 수행하였다. 또한, 기존 외삽기반의 강우예측 기법인 이류모델의 결과와 비교 평가하였다. 심층신경망의 학습 및 검정을 위해 2010부터 2016년 동안의 기상청 관악산과 광덕산 레이더의 원자료를 수집, 1 km 공간해상도를 갖는 480 × 480의 픽셀의 회색조 영상으로 변환하여 HDF5 형태의 데이터를 구축하였다. 구축된 데이터로 30분 전부터 현재까지 10분 간격의 연속된 레이더 영상 4개를 이용하여 10분 후의 강수량을 예측하도록 심층신경망 모델을 학습하였으며, 학습된 심층신경망 모델로 60분의 선행예측을 수행하기 위해 예측값을 반복 사용하는 재귀적 방식을 적용하였다. 심층신경망 예측모델의 성능 평가를 위해 2017년에 발생한 24개의 호우사례에 대해 선행 60분까지 강우예측을 수행하였다. 임계강우강도 0.1, 1, 5 mm/hr에서 평균절대오차와 임계성공지수를 산정하여 예측성능을 평가한 결과, 강우강도 임계 값 0.1, 1 mm/hr의 경우 MAE는 60분 선행예측까지, CSI는 선행예측 50분까지 참조 예측모델인 이류모델이 보다 우수한 성능을 보였다. 특히, 5 mm/hr 이하의 약한 강우에 대해서는 심층신경망 예측모델이 이류모델보다 대체적으로 좋은 성능을 보였지만, 5 mm/hr의 임계 값에 대한 평가결과 심층신경망 예측모델은 고강도의 뚜렷한 강수 특징을 예측하는 데 한계가 있었다. 심층신경망 예측모델은 예측시간이 길어질수록 공간 평활화되는 경향이 뚜렷해지며, 이로 인해 강우 예측의 정확도가 저하되었다. 이류모델은 뚜렷한 강수 특성을 보존하기 때문에 강한 강도 (>5 mm/hr)에 대해 심층신경망 예측모델을 능가하지만, 강우 위치가 잘못 이동하는 경향이 있다. 본 연구결과는 이후 심층신경망을 이용한 레이더 강우 예측기술의 개발과 개선에 도움이 될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다. 또한, 본 연구에서 구축한 대용량 기상레이더 자료는 향후 후속연구에 활용될 수 있도록 개방형 저장소를 통해 제공될 예정이다.

된장의 지용성ㆍ수용성추출물에 대한 갈색 특성 및 항산화 효과 (Brown Color Characteristics and Antioxidizing Activity of Doenjang Extracts)

  • 김현정;손경희;채선희;곽동경;임성경
    • 한국식품조리과학회지
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    • 제18권6호
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    • pp.644-654
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    • 2002
  • 본 연구는 간장을 걸러내지 않고 담은 된장과 메주를 45일 침지 후 간장을 걸러내고 담은 된장을 각각 오지항아리와 투명유리병에서 60, 120, 180일 숙성시키면서, 된장 지용성 및 수용성추출물의 갈색특성 및 항산화 효과를 알아보았다. 된장 지용성 추출물과 수용성 추출물을 각각 제조하여 420 nm에서 갈색도를 측정한 결과, 수용성 추출물이 지용성 추출물보다 갈색도가 높은 것으로 나타났으며 전체적으로 간장을 걸러내지 않고 유리병에 담근 된장이 가장 높은 값을 가졌다. 또한 수용성 추출물의 경우는 숙성기간에 따라 갈색도가 뚜렷이 증가하는 경향을 보였으나 지용성 추출물은 그렇지 못했다. UV-VIS scanning spectra를 측정한 결과, 지용성 추출물은 235nm 부근에서 최대 파장을 보이며 숙성기간에 따른 변화는 거의 없는 것으로 나타났다. 수용성 추출물은 235nm, 340~410nm 부근에서 높은 파장을 나타내었고 숙성기간에 따른 변화를 뚜렷이 보여주었다. Antioxidant activity 실험결과, 지용성 추출물은 숙성기간이 길어짐에 따라 약간 증가하였으나 수용성 추출물은 크게 증가하였다. 환원력과 전자공여능 실험결과 또한 수용성 추출물이 지용성 추출물보다 높은 값을 나타내었으며, 숙성기간이 길어질수록 유리병보다 항아리에 담근 된장이 높은 항산화 효과를 가진 것으로 나타났다. 본 실험결과 전체적으로 숙성 60일에는 간장을 우려낸 된장보다 우려내지 않고 담은 된장에서 아미노산, 환원당, 갈색도, 항산화 효과가 높은 것으로 나타났으나, 숙성기간이 길어질수록 담금용기에 따른 영향을 많이 받아 유리병에 담근 된장보다 항아리에 담근 된장이 아미노산함량과 항산화 효과가 높은 것으로 나타났다.he experiment result shows that our algorithm achieves much better performance.정을 보였으며 5%희석군의 경우 육색은 10일 경과 시점, 냄새는 7일 경과시점부터 초기 부패과정을 보였다. 이상의 결과에서 보는 바와 같이 생체수 파이-워터는 닭고기의 신선도 유지와 관련하여 지방산패를 억제하고 일반세균의 증식을 막아줌으로써 제품의 신선도를 연장시킬 수 있으며 희석농도의 차이에 따른 유의차가 있음을 알 수 있었다.rid형 복합레진이 micro-hybrid형 복합레진에 비해 C-factor의 영향을 더 많이 받는 것으로 나타났으며, 와동의 C-factor증가가 굴곡강도나 탄성계수와 같은 복합레진의 물리적 성질을 저하시킨다는 것을 의미하였다.중합수축. 중합도 및 미세경도 측정치는 one-way ANO-VA와 Duncan's multiple range test를, 변연누출 정도는 chi-square test를 이용, 통계처리하여 다음의 결과를 얻었다. . 중합수축의 정도는 VIP$^{TM}$(Bisco) 사용군에서 전체 조사광도가 높을수록 큰 경향을 보여 600mW/$\textrm{cm}^2$군에서 가장 크게 나타났고, 그 다음으로 Pulse-delay군, 400mW/$\textrm{cm}^2$군, 200 mW/$\textrm{cm}^2$군 순이었고, Optilux 501$^{TM}$(Demetron/Kerr) 사용군에서는 Continuous 방식이 Ramp 방식 보다 크게 나타났다. . 중합도와 미세경도 값은 공히, 전체 조사광도가 높을수록 높게 나타났으며 ,

벼의 자연통풍건조에 있어서 통풍량이 건조에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구 (A Study on Effects of Air-delivery Rate upon Drying Rough Rice with Unheated Air.)

  • 이상우;정창주
    • 한국농공학회지
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    • 제16권1호
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    • pp.3293-3301
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    • 1974
  • An experimental work was conducted by using a laboratory-made model dryer to investigate the effect of the rate of natural forced-air on the drying rate of rough rice which was deposited in the deep-bed. The dryer consisted of 8 cylinderical containers with grain holding screen at their bottoms, each of which having 30cm in diameter and 15cm in height. The containers were sacked vertically with keeping them air-tight by using paper tape during dryer operation. Two separate layers of containers were operated in the same time to have two replications. The moisture contents of grains within each bins after predetermined period of dryer operation were determined indirectly by measuring the weight of the individual containers. The air-rates were maintained at 6 levels, or 5, 8, 10, 15, 18 and 20 millimenters of static head of water. The roomair conditions during dryer operation were maintained in the range of 10-l5$^{\circ}C$ in temperature and 40-60% in relative humidity. The results of the study are summarized as follows: 1. Drying characteristics of the grains in the bottom layers were approximately the same regardless of airdelivery rates, giving the average drying rate as about 0.35 percent per hour after 40-hour drying period, during which moisture content (w. b.) reduced from 24 percent to about 10 percent. 2. After about 40-hour drying period, the mean drying rates increased from 0.163 percent per hour to 0.263 percent per hour as air-flow rates increased from 5mm to 87.16mm of static head of water. In the same time, the moisture differences of grains between lower and upper layers varied from 12.7 percent at the air rate of 5mm of water head to 7.5 percent at the air-flow rate of 20mn of water head. Thus, the greater the air-flow rate was, the more overall improvement in drying performance was. Additionally, from the result of ineffectiveness of drying grain positioned at 70cm depth or above by the air rate of 5mm of static head of water it may be suggested in practical application that the height of grain deposit would be maintained adequately within the limits of air-rates that may be actually delivered. 3. Drying after layer-turning operation was continued for about 30 hours to test the effectiveness of reducing moisture differences in the thick layers. As a result of this layer-turning operation, moisture distribution through layers approached to narrow ranges, giving the moisture range as about 7 percent at air-flow rate of 5mm head of water, about 3 percent at 10mm head about 2 percent at 15mm head, and less than 1 percent at 20mm head. In addition, from the desirable results that drying rate was rapid in the lower layers and dully in the upper layers, layer-turning operation may be very effective in natural air drying with deep-layer grain deposit, especially when the forced air was kept in low rate. 4. Even though the high rate of air delivery is very desirable for deep-layer natural-air drying of rough rice, it can be happened that the required air delivery rate could not be attained because of limitation of power source available on farms. To give a guide line for the practical application, the power required to perform the drying with the specified air rate was analyzed for different sizes of drying bin and is given in Table (5). If a farmer selects a motor of which size is 1 or {{{{1 { 1} over {2 } }}}} H.P. and air-delivery rate which ranges from 8~10mm of head, the diameter of grain bin may be suggested to choose about 2.4m, also power tiller or other moderate size of prime motor may be recommended when the diameter of grain bin is about 5.0m or more for about 120cm grain deposit.

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Biosurfactant as a microbial pesticide

  • Lee, Baek-Seok;Choi, Sung-Won;Choi, Ki-Hyun;Lee, Jae-Ho;Kim, Eun-Ki
    • 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국생물공학회 2003년도 생물공학의 동향(XII)
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    • pp.40-44
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    • 2003
  • Soil-borne infectious disease including Pythium aphanidermatum and Rhizoctonia solani causes severe damage to plants, such as cucumber. This soil-borne infectious disease was not controlled effectively by chemical pesticide. Since these diseases spread through the soil, chemical agents are usually ineffective. Instead, biological control, including antagonistic microbe can be used as a preferred control method. An efficient method was developed to select an antagonistic strain to be used as a biological control agent strain. In this new method, surface tension reduction potential of an isolate was included in the ‘decision factor’ in addition to the other factors, such as growth rate, and pathogen inhibition rate. Considering these 3 decision factors by a statistical method, an isolate from soil was selected and was identified as Bacillus sp. GB16. In the pot test, this strain showed the best performance among the isolated strains. The lowest disease incidence rate and fastest seed growth was observed when Bacillus sp. GB16 was used. Therefore this strain was considered as plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR). The action of surface tension reducing component was deduced as the enhancement of wetting, spreading, and residing of antagonistic strain in the rhizosphere. This result showed that new selection method was significantly effective in selecting the best antagonistic strain for biological control of soil-borne infectious plant pathogen. The antifungal substances against P. aphanidermatum and R. solani were partially purified from the culture filtrates of Bacillus sp. GB16. In this study, lipopeptide possessing antifungal activity was isolated from Bacillus sp. GB16 cultures by various purification procedures and was identified as a surfactin-like lipopeptide based on the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), high performance liquid chromatography mass spectroscopy (HPLC-MS), and quadrupole time-of-flight (Q-TOF) ESI-MS/MS data. The lipopeptide, named GB16-BS, completely inhibited the growth of Pythium aphanidermatum, Rhizoctonia solani, Penicillium sp., and Botrytis cineria at concentrations of 10 and 50 mg/L, respectively. A novel method to prevent the foaming and to provide oxygen was developed. During the production of surface active agent, such as lipopeptide (surfactin), large amount of foam was produced by aeration. This resulted in the carryover of cells to the outside of the fermentor, which leads to the significant loss of cells. Instead of using cell-toxic antifoaming agents, low amount of hydrogen peroxide was added. Catalase produced by cells converted hydrogen peroxide into oxygen and water. Also addition of corn oil as an oxygen vector as well as antifoaming agent was attempted. In addition, Ca-stearate, a metal soap, was added to enhance the antifoam activity of com oil. These methods could prevent the foaming significantly and maintained high dissolved oxygen in spite of lower aeration and agitation. Using these methods, high cell density, could be achieved with increased lipopeptide productivity. In conclusion to produce an effective biological control agent for soil-borne infectious disease, following strategies were attempted i) effective screening of antagonist by including surface tension as an important decision factor ii) identification of antifungal compound produced from the isolated strain iii) novel oxygenation by $H_2O_2-catalase$ with vegetable oil for antifungal lipopeptide production.

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해양환경관리법상 해역이용영향 검토기관의 발전방향 (Improvement of Review System on Sea Area Utilization-Impact by Marine Environmental Management Law)

  • 이대인;엄기혁;김귀영;장주형
    • 한국해양환경ㆍ에너지학회지
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    • 제11권1호
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    • pp.55-62
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    • 2008
  • 본 논문에서는 현재 시행되고 있는 우리나라의 해양관련 환경영향평가와 협의제도의 현황과 문제점을 파악하여 관련 제도의 개선방향을 연구하였다. 또한 해양환경관리법상 해역이용영향 검토기관(이하 검토기관이라 함)의 기능과 역할 및 수행실적을 조사하여 SWOT 분석을 실시하였고, 나아가서 운영상 개선사항과 발전방향을 제안하였다. 2007년 검토기관에서 수행한 실적은 총 358건으로, 해역이용협의서가 165건(46.1%)으로 가장 많았고, 환경영향평가서 104건(29.0%), 그리고 사전환경성검토서가 89건(24.9%)이었다. 해역이용협의의 내용별로는 공유수면점 사용, 공유 수면매립과 바다골재채취 관련이 각각 41%, 32%와 21%를 차지하였다. 그러나 이러한 제도시행으로 해역이용개발 행위가 해양환경에 미치는 악영향을 최소화하고 있지만, 사전예기능으로서의 한계와 여러 가지 내용적 그리고 제도상운영상 측면에서 보완하고 개선해야 할 문제점이 지적되었다. 검토기관의 전문성, 공정성과 효율성을 확보하는 것이 매우 중요하고, 이를 위해서는 고유 기능과 역할을 극대화시킬 수 있는 제도적 개선과 운영상 지원이 필요하며, 동시에 자체적으로 적극적인 발전전략을 수립함으로써 전문적인 검토기관으로서의 정체성 확보와 위상을 정립시켜야 할 것이다. 연안관리의 실효성을 확보하기 위해서는 효율적인 해역이용협의제도를 지향하고, 주무부처의 해양환경관리에 대한 구동력과 능동성을 강화 확립해 나가야 할 것이다.

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방사형 강우 유출의 초기세척 모의 및 소규모 불투수 배수구역에서의 초기우수 처리효과 상승을 위한 집수시설 배치 방안 (First flush modeling of the radial type surface runoff and a placement strategy for stormwater inlets to improve the effectiveness of the first flush treatment in a small impervious catchment)

  • 강주현;이동훈;김진휘
    • 한국습지학회지
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    • 제19권4호
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    • pp.375-382
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    • 2017
  • 본 연구에서는 방사형 흐름을 가지는 지표 유출수에 대한 오염물질의 초기세척현상 모의를 통하여 주차장과 같은 소규모 불투수 배수구역에서 발생하는 수렴형 강우유출수의 동적 유출특성에 대한 일반적 특성을 고찰하고, 이를 토대로 비점오염저감시설의 초기우수처리 효과를 극대화 시킬 수 있는 집수시설 배치 방안을 제시하고자 하였다. 이를 위하여 1차원 확산파 방정식(diffusion wave equation)과 오염물질 운송방정식을 이용하여 이상적인 방사형 불투수 배수구역에 대한 초기세척현상을 모의 하고, 이 결과를 이용하여 배수구역의 크기에 따른 오염물질의 초기세척강도를 산정 비교하였다. 초기세척 모의결과, 생화학적 산소요구량의 경우 평균경사도 0.02에서 배수구역의 길이 30-50m 범위일 때 초기세척강도가 가장 높았다. 이러한 결과는 주차장과 같은 소규모 불투수 구역에서는 강우유출수 집수시설의 위치와 갯수를 조정함으로써 배수구역의 길이 변경이 가능하며 이를 통하여 초기세척 강도와 첨두부하를 인위적으로 조절 가능함을 시사한다. 특히 초기우수수 처리에 중점을 둘 경우 집수시설의 위치와 갯수를 적절히 조절하여 초기세척 강도를 상승시킴으로써 동일한 용량의 비점오염저감시설로 보다 많은 오염물질 부하저감을 기대할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

V-BLAST OFDM 시스템을 위한 그룹화된 부채널 기반의 간단한 형태의 비트 할당 기법 (A Simple Bit Allocation Scheme Based on Grouped Sub-Channels for V-BLAST OFDM Systems)

  • 박대진;양석철;김종원;유명식;이원철;신요안
    • 한국통신학회논문지
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    • 제31권7C호
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    • pp.680-690
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    • 2006
  • 본 논문에서는 V-BLAST(Vertical-Bell labs LAyered Space-Time) 검출기를 사용하는 MIMO-OFDM(Multi Input Multi Output-Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) 시스템에서, 그룹화된 부채널 기반의 간단한 형태의 비트 할당 기법인 SBA-GS(Simplified Bit Allocation based on Grouped Sub-channels)를 제안한다. 2차원 Water Pouring 원리에 기반하여 MIMO-OFDM 시스템 수신단에서 각 부채널별 비트수 및 전력을 결정하여 궤환하는 일반적인 ABPA(Adaptive Bit and Power Allocation)은 비트오율 측면에서 최적의 성능을 보이지만, 수신단에서 송신단으로의 많은 양의 궤환 정보를 필요로 하고 시스템이 복잡하다는 단점을 가진다. 이러한 단점을 보완하기 위해, 상태가 우수한 각 부채널에 동일한 수의 비트를 할당하여 송신단에서 수신단으로의 궤환 정보량과 시스템 복잡도를 감소시킨 SBA가 제안된 바 있다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 SBA-GS 는 부채널들을 그룹화한 뒤 각 그룹별 부채널들의 펑균 신호대잡음비를 구하여 동일한 변조 방식을 적용하는 SBA를 수행한다. 다양한 차세대 이동통신 채널 환경에서의 모의실험 결과, 지연 확산이 작은 다중 경로 채널의 경우에서는 궤환 정보량을 크게 감소하면서도 SBA와 유사한 결과를 얻을 수 있었 으며, 지연확산이 큰 채널 환경에서는 부채널 그룹화에 따른 BER 성능 열화가 상대적으로 증가하였지만 궤환 정보량 감소와의 절충 관계를 감안할 때 실제 시스템 구현시 고려될 수 있는 우수한 결과를 보임을 확인하였다.

TERRAPOWER, LLC TRAVELING WAVE REACTOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OVERVIEW

  • Hejzlar, Pavel;Petroski, Robert;Cheatham, Jesse;Touran, Nick;Cohen, Michael;Truong, Bao;Latta, Ryan;Werner, Mark;Burke, Tom;Tandy, Jay;Garrett, Mike;Johnson, Brian;Ellis, Tyler;Mcwhirter, Jon;Odedra, Ash;Schweiger, Pat;Adkisson, Doug;Gilleland, John
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제45권6호
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    • pp.731-744
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    • 2013
  • Energy security is a topic of high importance to many countries throughout the world. Countries with access to vast energy supplies enjoy all of the economic and political benefits that come with controlling a highly sought after commodity. Given the desire to diversify away from fossil fuels due to rising environmental and economic concerns, there are limited technology options available for baseload electricity generation. Further complicating this issue is the desire for energy sources to be sustainable and globally scalable in addition to being economic and environmentally benign. Nuclear energy in its current form meets many but not all of these attributes. In order to address these limitations, TerraPower, LLC has developed the Traveling Wave Reactor (TWR) which is a near-term deployable and truly sustainable energy solution that is globally scalable for the indefinite future. The fast neutron spectrum allows up to a ~30-fold gain in fuel utilization efficiency when compared to conventional light water reactors utilizing enriched fuel. When compared to other fast reactors, TWRs represent the lowest cost alternative to enjoy the energy security benefits of an advanced nuclear fuel cycle without the associated proliferation concerns of chemical reprocessing. On a country level, this represents a significant savings in the energy generation infrastructure for several reasons 1) no reprocessing plants need to be built, 2) a reduced number of enrichment plants need to be built, 3) reduced waste production results in a lower repository capacity requirement and reduced waste transportation costs and 4) less uranium ore needs to be mined or purchased since natural or depleted uranium can be used directly as fuel. With advanced technological development and added cost, TWRs are also capable of reusing both their own used fuel and used fuel from LWRs, thereby eliminating the need for enrichment in the longer term and reducing the overall societal waste burden. This paper describes the origins and current status of the TWR development program at TerraPower, LLC. Some of the areas covered include the key TWR design challenges and brief descriptions of TWR-Prototype (TWR-P) reactor. Selected information on the TWR-P core designs are also provided in the areas of neutronic, thermal hydraulic and fuel performance. The TWR-P plant design is also described in such areas as; system design descriptions, mechanical design, and safety performance.

골재 입도분포가 도로포장용 롤러전압 콘크리트에 미치는 영향 연구 (A Study on the Gradation Effect of the Property of Roller Compacted Concrete Pavement)

  • 송시훈;이승우
    • 한국도로학회논문집
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    • 제17권3호
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    • pp.49-58
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    • 2015
  • PURPOSES : The use of environmentally friendly construction methods has been recently encouraged to reduce fuel consumption and the effects of global warming. For this purpose, the roller compacted concrete pavement (RCCP) construction method has been developed. RCCP is more environmentally friendly and economically efficient than general concrete by reducing the amount of CO2 generated through the application of a smaller amount of cement. RCCP has a number of advantages such as an easy construction method, low cost, high structural hydration performance, and aggregate interlocking. However, mix design standards and construction guidelines of RCCP are required for domestic application. In addition, a study on aggregate selection, which has an effect on the characteristics of RCCP, is necessary owing to a limited number of researches. Thus, the aggregate effect on the performance of RCCP in securing the required strength and workability was evaluated in consideration of domestic construction. METHODS : Sand and coarse aggregates of both 19mm and 13mm in maximum size were used in this study. Four types of aggregate gradations (s/a = 30%, 58%, and 70% for the sand and coarse aggregate of 19mm in maximum size, and s/a = 50% for a combination of the three types of aggregates) were set up to investigate the effects of the PCA band on the RCC characteristics. The conditions of s/a = 30% and 70% were evaluated to check the gradation effect outside of the recommended band. The conditions of s/a = 58% and 50% were used because they are the optimum combination of the two and three types of aggregates, respectively. RCCP gradation band was suggested gradation with a proper construction method of RCCP by synthetically comparing and analyzing the correlation of optimum water content, maximum dry density, and strength of requirements through its consistency and compaction test. RESULTS : The lower and upper limit lines are insufficient to secure a relatively strong development and workability compared to an aggregate gradation in the RCCP gradation band region. On the other hand, the line in the RCCP gradation band and the 0.45 power curve in the RCCP gradation band region were satisfactory, ensuring the required strength and workability. CONCLUSIONS : The suitable aggregate gradation on RCCP process should meet the RCCP gradation band area; however, fine particles passing through a #60 sieve do not need to be within the recommended gradation band because the influence of this region on such fine particles is small.

플라즈마 EGR 조합시스템 터보 인터쿨러 ECU 커먼레일 디젤기관의 성능 및 $NO_x{\cdot}THC$ 배출물 특성에 관한 연구 (A Study on Characteristics of Performance and $NO_x{\cdot}THC$ Emissions in Turbo Intercooler ECU Common-rail Diesel Engines with a Combined Plasma EGR System)

  • 배명환;구영진;이봉섭
    • 한국자동차공학회논문집
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    • 제14권3호
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    • pp.10-21
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    • 2006
  • The aim in this study is to develop the combined EGR system with a non-thermal plasma reactor for reducing exhaust emissions and improving fuel economy in turbo intercooler ECU common-rail diesel engines. At the first step, in this paper, the characteristics of performance and $NO_x{\cdot}THC$ emissions under four kinds of engine loads are experimentally investigated by using a four-cycle, four-cylinder, direct injection type, water-cooled turbo intercooler ECU common-rail diesel engine with a combined plasma exhaust gas recirculation(EGR) system operating at three kinds of engine speeds. The EGR system is used to reduce $NO_x$ emissions, and the non-thermal plasma reactor and turbo intercooler system are used to reduce THC emissions. The plasma system is a flat-to-flat type reactor operated by a plasma power supply. The fuel is sprayed by pilot and main injections at the variable injection timing between BTDC $15^{\circ}$ and ATDC $1^{\circ}$ according to experimental conditions. It is found that the specific fuel consumption rate with EGR is increased, but the fuel economy is better than that of mechanical injection type diesel engine as compared with the same output. Results show that $NO_x$ emissions are decreased, but THC emissions are increased, as the EGR rate is elevated. $NO_x$ and THC emissions are also slightly decreased as the applied electrical voltage of the non-thermal plasma reactor is elevated. Thus one can conclude that the influence of EGR in $NO_x$ and THC emissions is larger than that of the non-thermal plasma reactor, but THC emissions are greatly influenced by the non-thermal plasma reactor as the EGR rate is elevated.