• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.2020-2037
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• 2017

In order to improve the energy efficiency of n-Epidemic routing protocol in opportunistic networks, in which a stable end-to-end forwarding path usually does not exist, a novel adjustment strategy for parameter n is proposed using learning atuomata principle. First, nodes dynamically update the average energy level of current environment while moving around. Second, nodes with lower energy level relative to their neighbors take larger n avoiding energy consumption during message replications and vice versa. Third, nodes will only replicate messages to their neighbors when the number of neighbors reaches or exceeds the threshold n. Thus the number of message transmissions is reduced and energy is conserved accordingly. The simulation results show that, n-Epidemic routing protocol with the proposed adjustment method can efficiently reduce and balance energy consumption. Furthermore, the key metric of delivery ratio is improved compared with the original n-Epidemic routing protocol. Obviously the proposed scheme prolongs the network life time because of the equilibrium of energy consumption among nodes.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.281-294
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• 2011

물리적 모델링 기반 음 합성 알고리즘은 음 합성 시 많은 연산량을 요구하며 이는 실시간 음 합성을 저해한다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 본 논문에서는 물리적 모델링 기반 현악기 사운드 엔진을 멀티코어 프로세서에 구현하고, 사운드 엔진을 위한 최적의 멀티코어 프로세서 구조를 제안한다. 대상 현악기의 단위음을 합성하기 위해 각 프로세싱 엘리먼트 (processing element, PE)당 합성하는 샘플 (sample-per-processing element, SPE) 수를 변화시키는 실험을 통해 시스템의 성능 (system performance), 시스템 면적 효율 (area efficiency), 에너지 효율 (energy efficiency)을 각각 측정하고, 측정된 결과를 바탕으로 최적의 멀티코어 프로세서 구조를 선택하였다. 모의실험 결과, 어쿠스틱 기타는 SPE가 5,513과 2,756일 때 가장 높은 시스템 면적 효율과 에너지 효율을 보였으며, 클래식 기타는 SPE가 22,050과 5,513일 때 시스템 면적 효율과 에너지 효율이 가장 높았다. 또한 이를 이용하여 44.1 kHz의 샘플링율을 갖도록 대상 악기의 단위음을 합성한 결과 원음과 스펙트럼에서 매우 유사함을 확인할 수 있었고, 울산대학교 대학원생 및 교수 10명을 대상으로 실시한 MUSHRA 주관 청취 테스트에서도 좋은 결과를 얻었다.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.407-415
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• 2016

무선 통신의 최근 동향을 살펴보면 에너지 효율적 전송의 중요성이 강조되고 있다. 본 논문은 multiple-input multiple-output orthogonal frequency division multiplexing(MIMO-OFDM) 무선 시스템에서 에너지 효율성을 최대화하기 위해 기계학습 기술을 사용하는 적응형 전송을 고려한다. MIMO-OFDM 시스템의 채널 상태를 효과적으로 나타내기 위한 two- dimensional capacity(2D-CAP) feature space와 classification 기술을 통해 에너지 효율적인 적응형 전송을 수행하는 machine-learning-based bit and power adaptation(ML-BPA) 알고리즘을 제안한다. 모의 실험 결과를 통해 2D-CAP이 본 논문이 고려하는 무선 채널 상태를 정확하게 나타내며, 이를 통해 적응형 전송의 성능을 향상시킴을 확인하였다. 또한, ordered postprocessing signal-to-noise ratio(ordSNR)를 포함한 다른 feature space들과 직접적인 비교를 통해 2D-CAP이 전송 성능이나 복잡도 측면에서 뚜렷한 이득을 가짐을 확인하였다.

• 방사선산업학회지
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.313-317
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• 2010

The struvite crystallization was applied to remove $NH_4{^+}$ in livestock wastewater. The ammonium ions can be very toxic to the aquatic creatures. In this experiments, the livestock wastewater from Gongju livestock wastewater treatment plant was used. The behaviors of various parameters such as pH, mole ratio of $Mg^{2+}$ : $NH_4{^+}$ : $PO{_4}^{3-}$ and reaction temperature for struvite crystallization of livestock wastewater and the effect of gamma ray irradiation were evaluated. As results, for the pH variation, the $NH_4{^+}$ removal efficiency showed the highest, 88%, at pH 9~9.25. The removal efficiency of $NH_4{^+}$, $Mg^{2+}$ and $PO{_4}^{3-}$ was showed highest when same molar ratio of $Mg^{2+}$ and $PO{_4}^{3-}$ were applied. The $NH_4{^+}$ removal efficiency showed 82% at $7^{\circ}C$, and 90% at $30^{\circ}C$ with temperature. When the wastewater was irradiated with 20 kGy of gamma ray, $NH_4{^+}$ was removed as much as 83%.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제33권10B호
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• pp.845-854
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• 2008

센서 네트워크에서의 센서 노드는 특성상 제한된 에너지를 가지고 있어 다양한 네트워크 환경을 갖는 유비쿼터스 컴퓨팅 환경에서 그 활용 범위가 제한되는 문제를 가지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 센서 네트워크의 효율적 에너지 관리를 위한 클러스터링 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 제안한 알고리즘은 기존의 LEACH-C 알고리즘이 고려하지 않은 또 다른 에너지 소비 요소인 센싱 파워를 제어함으로써 에너지 효율을 개선하며, 다양한 네트워크 환경에 적용 가능한 특징을 갖는다. 제안한 알고리즘은 IEEE 802.15.4 기반의 ZigBee 기술과 더불어 다양한 네트워크 환경을 갖는 유비쿼터스 컴퓨팅 환경에 적용하여 기존 알고리즘 보다 에너지 효율적 측면에서 우수한 성능을 보여주는데, 작게는 센서 노드의 생존 시간과 크게는 센서 네트워크의 생존 시간 향상을 가져오는 것을 알 수 있으며, 빠르게 변화하는 네트워크 환경에 센서 네트워크 기술의 활용 범위를 보다 확대 할 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제61권3호
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• pp.89-99
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• 2019

The project to utilize kenaf as thermal power plant fuel has a positive effect on the unused energy utilization, greenhouse gas reduction, and farm income. However, it is analyzed that it is difficult to secure economical efficiency because the fuel cost of kenaf is higher than that of power by thermal power plant and Renewable Energy Certification (REC). The project of power generation using kenaf is meet the government's major policies, while government support is essential for securing economical efficiency. As a result of the sensitivity analysis on the ratio of the government subsidies, to secure economical efficiency, the power generation prices using kenaf through the direct financial support of the government indicate that 47% and 76% of kenaf fuel cost are supported by government in case of the Saemangeum reclamation and Gangneung-si, respectively. In the case of the government indirect policy support, if kenaf is included as a renewable energy source of Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard and REC is granted, the economic efficiency of Saemangeum reclamation and Gangneung-si is obtained when REC secured at 1.05 or more and 2.43 or more, respectively. The results of this study are meaningful in that the direct and indirect effects of the government on the development of the herbaceous energy crop, kenaf, were evaluated economically. These results are to suggest the need for demonstration study, but economics analyze and evaluate are necessary based on operational data through the demonstration phase in the future.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2010년도 춘계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.105.1-105.1
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• 2010

Korea Electric Power Research Institute (KEPRI) has developed a compact coal-gasification system to accumulate our experiment skills. The combustion furnace for residual oil was modified as a small size coal gasifier. Recently, coal feeding system was also upgraded to control coal feed rate more accurately. Our research group has conducted several experiments to find out the effect of $O_2$/coal ratio on the cold gas efficiency. Furthermore, the effect of $N_2$/coal ratio on the transport characteristics was also studied. According to the calculation of heat and mass balance, the cold gas efficiency was estimated to the maximum at $O_2$/coal ratio of around 0.73. But small size gasifier such as ours required higher value of $O_2$/coal ratio than that of the theoretical estimation. On the optimal $N_2$/coal ratio, we noticed that the coal feed rate was intimately related with the transporting gas pressure and the pipe diameter.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2005년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.353-356
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• 2005

We developed a dynamic model of PEM fuel cell system which can analyze its transient response to dynamic load current. System components such as compressor, air cooler, humidifier, and stack were modeled based on their dynamic equations and performance maps by using Matlab Simulink platform. Through this simulation model, dynamic characteristics of fuel cell system including oxygen excess rat io, stack voltage, and system efficiency were shown. In addition to that, we briefly analyzed the humidity effect on cathode pressure and system efficiency, expecting that this model can be further used to optimize fuel cell system parameters just like operating pressure and temperature, humidity and oxygen excess ratio.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.1427-1433
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 합성가스의 에너지화를 위한 가스엔진 성능 평가를 수행하였다. 회전수 1800 rpm 조건에서 공기과잉률이 1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6 증가에 따른 엔진출력(kW_m)과 열효율(%)을 평가한 결과, 공기과잉률 λ 1.4에서 엔진출력 34 kW_m를 나타냈으며, 공기과잉률이 증가할수록 엔진 열효율은 전반적으로 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 엔진출력 34 kW_m 조건에서 공기과잉률이 1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 증가시 열효율이 34.2%, 36.9%, 37.2%, 37.4%, 38.1%로 증가하였고, 발전출력을 통한 종합효율은 발전출력 30 kWe 부하조건에서 38.7 kg/h의 연료를 소모하여 32.1%의 발전효율과 냉각수와 배기가스에서의 열회수를 통해 57.3 kW의 폐열을 회수하여 53.8%의 열을 회수하여 총 85.8%의 종합효율을 보이는 것으로 나타났다.

• International Journal of Vascular Biomedical Engineering
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.36-41
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• 2003

Both flow visualizations and computational fluid dynamics were performed to determine hemodynamics in a total cavopulmonary connection (TCPC) model for surgically correcting congenital heart defects. From magnetic resonance images, an anatomically correct glass model was fabricated to visualize steady flow. The total flow rates were 4, 6 and 8L/min and flow rates from SVC and IVC were 40:60. The flow split ratio between LPA and RPA was varied by 70:30, 60:40 and 50:50. A pressure-based finite-volume software was used to solve steady flow dynamics in TCPC models. Results showed that superior vena cava(SVC) and inferior vena cava(IVC) flow merged directly to the intra-atrial conduit, creating two large vortices. Significant swirl motions were observed in the intra-atrial conduit and pulmonary arteries. Flow collision or swirling flow resulted in energy loss in TCPC models. In addition, a large intra-atrial channel or a sharp bend in TCPC geometries could influence on energy losses. Energy conservation was efficient when flow rates in pulmonary branches were balanced. In order to increase energy efficiency in Fontan operations, it is necessary to remove a flow collision in the intra-atrial channel and a sharp bend in the pulmonary bifurcation.