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Development of accuracy enhancement system for boron meters using multisensitive detector for reactor safety

  • Sung, Si Hyeong;Kim, Hee Reyoung
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.52 no.3
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    • pp.538-543
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    • 2020
  • Boric acid is used as a coolant for pressurized-water reactors, and the degree of burnup is controlled by the concentration of boric acid. Therefore, accurate measurement of the concentration of boric acid is an important factor in reactor safety. An improved system was proposed for the accurate determination of boron concentration. A new boron-concentration measurement technique, called multisensitive detection, was developed to improve the measurement accuracy of boron meters. In previous studies, laboratory-scale experiments were performed based on different sensitivity detectors, confirming a 65% better accuracy than conventional single-detector boron meters. Based on these experimental results, an experimental system simulating the coolant-circulation environment in the reactor was constructed; accuracy analysis of the boron meter with a multisensitivity detector was performed at the actual coolant pressure and temperature. In this study, the boron concentration conversion equation was derived from the calibration test, and the accuracy of the boron concentration conversion equation was examined through a repeatability test. Through the experiment, it was confirmed that the accuracy was up to 87.5% higher than the conventional single-detector boron meter.

Assessment for Ingredients and Amount of Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Field Exposure for Indoor Environment in an Institution for the Aged of Downtown (도심지역 노인복지시설 실내 환경에 대한 RF 전자파 노출량의 정성.정량 평가에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Jung-Hun;Kim, Nam;Hong, Seung-Cheol;Kim, Yoon-Shin;Choi, Sung-Ho
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.32 no.4 s.91
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    • pp.268-274
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    • 2006
  • In this study in order to evaluate the growth of RF propagation exposure rate generated according to the enhancement of its use, it is proposed for the ground to be able to examine and to contemplate the correlation between the human health and RF propagation exposure rate by measuring and analyzing the RF exposure source and exposure rate in an indoor environment. As a result of research, it is analyzed that the main exposure source of critically making effect in indoor environment is the frequency hand if radio broadcasting, mobile communication, wireless LAN, digital broadcasting, home appliance, etc., including the TV broadcasting. Among these, it is shown that the TV broadcasting and mobile communication band are the highest. And it is the concluded that RF exposure rate of the environmental sensitive equipment, like an institution for the aged, has lower possibility to exceed the human RF protection criteria by this evaluation.

Study on Priorities of Regional Climate Change Policy (기후변화정책 우선순위 연구)

  • Hwang, Eunjoo;Choi, Yun Hyeok;Kim, Jong Dae
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.589-601
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    • 2016
  • This study aims to analyze the priority of regional climate change policy utilizing AHP (analytic hierarchy process) at the area of Metropolitan City of Incheon. It derives four factors at first hierarchical level, at which level the analysis of pair-wise comparison indicates that industrial sector, energy sector, climate change response, and green culture policy are considered important in that order. It also ends up with sixteen factors at second level. The result of comparison analysis between all factors reveals that investment promotion in green technology R&D is considered the most significant factor of all, followed by establishment of green enterprise support system, electricity-efficiency enhancement support project and build-up of green culture policy governance. The result implies that diverse promotional policies have to incorporate business, institutional, and cultural aspects for sustainable climate change policy of regions. The contribution of this study is that it highlights the need to include regional characteristics in deciding priority among policy options for them to be effective.

Electron Emission Properties of Selectively Grown Carbon Nanotubes for Electron Emitter in Microwave Power Amplifier

  • Han, Jae-Hee;Lee, Tae-Young;Kim, Do-Yoon;Yoo, Ji-Beom;Park, Chong-Yun;Choi, Jin-Ju;Jung, Tae-Won;Han, In-Taek;Kim, Jong-Min
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.07a
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    • pp.1021-1023
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    • 2003
  • We studied field-emission characteristics of CNTs under various pre-treatment with $NH_{3}$ plasma on the substrate. The turn-on electric field is the lowest value and field enhancement factor (${\beta}$) is he highest value in CNTs pre-treated by $NH_3$ plasma (80 W and 5 min). The field-emission property of CNTs grown on the Ta substrate is slightly better than on the W substrate.

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Carbon nanotube / silane hybride film for highly efficient field emitter

  • Jeong, Hae-Deuk;Kim, Ho-Young;Jeong, Hee-Jin;Han, Joong-Tark;Lee, Geon-Woong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2010.06a
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    • pp.181-181
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    • 2010
  • Few-walled carbon nanotubes (FWNTs)-based field emitters with long term stability are fabricated by using a spray method. Tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) sol as a binder was mixed with dispersed solution of FWNTs to enhance the adhesion of FWNTs on the cathode substrate. Due to the strong intermolecular interaction of TEOS to the functional groups attached on CNTs and substrate, CNTs are tightly adhered to the cathode electrode when heat treatment is performed at $150^{\circ}C$ for 1 hour, resulting in a stable electron emission of CNT emitters for long time. Excellent field emission characteristics were exhibited, with a large field enhancement factor and low turn-on voltage, comparable to those of CNT emitters fabricated by a screen printing of CNT paste. Therefore, FWNTs / TEOS hybrid films could be utilized as an alternative for the efficient and reliable field emitters.

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A Comparison of CME Arrival Time Estimations by the WSA/ENLIL Cone Model and an Empirical Model

  • Jang, Soo-Jeong;Moon, Yong-Jae;Lee, Kyoung-Sun;Na, Hyeon-Ock
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.92.1-92.1
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    • 2012
  • In this work we have examined the performance of the WSA/ENLIL cone model provided by Community Coordinated Modeling Center (CCMC). The WSA/ENLIL model simulates the propagation of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from the Sun into the heliosphere. We estimate the shock arrival times at the Earth using 29 halo CMEs from 2001 to 2002. These halo CMEs have cone model parameters from Michalek et al. (2007) as well as their associated interplanetary (IP) shocks. We make a comparison between CME arrival times by the WSA/ENLIL cone model and IP shock observations. For the WSA/ENLIL cone model, the root mean square(RMS) error is about 13 hours and the mean absolute error(MAE) is approximately 10.4 hours. We compared these estimates with those of the empirical model by Kim et al.(2007). For the empirical model, the RMS and MAE errors are about 10.2 hours and 8.7 hours, respectively. We are investigating several possibilities on relatively large errors of the WSA/ENLIL cone model, which may be caused by cone model velocities, CME density enhancement factor, or CME-CME interaction.

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The Consequences of Customer Trust and the Determinants of Purchasing Intention in Internet Shopping Mall (인터넷 쇼핑몰에서 고객신뢰 형성 후 구매의도 결정요인에 관한 연구)

  • Jang, Hyeong-Yu;Jeong, Ki-Han;Jeong, Dae-Yul
    • Asia pacific journal of information systems
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.23-49
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    • 2005
  • Recently, owing to the rapid growth of the Internet and information technology, the growth of the Internet shopping mall has been truly phenomenal. In the Internet shopping mall, as the customers can't touch a product directly, trust is important factor in purchasing intention. Many researchers proposed direct relationship between the customer trust and the purchasing intention. We supposed that there would be some factors that could be the consequences of trust in on-line purchasing decision, and the factors could be also the determinants of purchasing intention and decision for the Internet shopping mall customers. We found out that there were indirect relationship between them through the customer's attitude, involvement, and royalty to the site rather then directly related. Particularly, the correlation between the site attitude and the purchasing intention was high, but the direct effect was not significant. The site attitude was indirectly related to the purchasing intention through the customer involvement and loyalty. This means that the customer relationship involvement and loyalty enhancement strategies are more important for the success of Internet shopping mall.

A Study on the Waste Volume Calculation for Efficient Volume Monitoring in a Landfill Facility (매립장의 효율적인 체적 모니터링을 위한 체적 계산 방법에 대한 연구)

  • Lee, Young Dae;Cho, Sung Youn
    • The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.12 no.5
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    • pp.153-159
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    • 2012
  • For the enhancement of civilization of a city, the standard landfill facility is needed for the efficient, and computerized management. In this paper, we proposed the waste volume calculation method using the point cloud of the surface of three dimensional object based on stereo camera measurement. This computes the quantity of waste volume for continuos monitoring. It helps not only to predict the evaluation factor of the usable age of a landfill. facility. Furthermore, it can be used for the basis of general algorithm of three dimensional object.

Phenomenological Nonlinear Gain Saturation Effect on the Noise Characteristics of a Multi-electrode DBR Laser with Continuous Frequency Tuning (연속 파장 가변시 현상론적인 비선형 이득포화효과가 다전극 DBR 레이저의 잡음특성에 미치는 영향)

  • 이석목;최원준;한일기;김회종;우덕하;김선호;이정일;감광남;박홍이
    • Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.135-141
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    • 1995
  • Phenomenological nonlinear gain saturation effect on the noise characteristics of a multi-electrode DBR laser, when the lasing wavelength changes continuously, is presented theoretically. Using the optical transmission line theory, noise characteristics reliant on output power are analyzed by taking into account both the spontaneous enhancement factor K due to the distribution of the spontaneous emission along the active cavity and the nonlinear gain saturation effect. Spontaneous emission rate was increased due to an increase in injected current into the passive section, which in turn lead to increase in relative intensity noise (RIN) and frequency noise. Phenomenological nonlinear gain saturation was found to have significant effect on RIN and frequency noise characteristics. However. Iinewidth was found to decrease due to a phenomenological nonlinear gain saturation effect. ffect.

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Analysis of Slope Stability by Using Remote Sensing and GIS Around Chungju Area (원격탐사와 지구정보시스템을 이용한 충주지역의 사면안정분석)

  • Shin, Hyunjun;Lee, Younghoon;Min, Kyungduck;Won, Joongsun;Kim, Younjong
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.29 no.5
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    • pp.615-622
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    • 1996
  • Slope stability analysis was conducted using remote sensing and Geoscientific Information System (GIS) as a part of natural hazard assessment around Chungju area. Landsat TM band 5 and 7 which contain more information about geological structure and geography are chosen and processed to analyse regional geological structure. Through image processing technique such as PCA, HFF, edge detection and enhancement, regional lineament can be mapped and identified. The lineament density map is constructed based on summed length of lineaments per unit area and the study area can be divided into 7 structural domains. Various factors of slope stability analysis such as geology, slope aspect, degree of slope, landcover, water shed as well as characterized structural domain are constructed as a database of GIS. Rating and weighting of each factor for slope stability analysis is decided by considering environmental geological characteristics of study area. Spatial analysis of regional slope stability is examined through overlaying technique of the GIS. The result of areal distribution of slope stability shows that the most unstable area is all over Jaeogae-ni, Hyangsan-ni and Mt. Daedun.

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