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The Development and Performance Analysis of Compact Type Solar Thermal/Ground Coupled Heat Pump Hybrid System for Heating, Cooling and Hot water (콤팩트형 태양열/지열히트펌프 하이브리드 냉난방 및 급탕 시스템 개발 및 성능분석)

  • Baek, Nam-Choon;Jeong, Seon-Yeong;Yoon, Eung-Sang;Lee, Kyoung-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.32 no.5
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    • pp.59-67
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    • 2012
  • In this study,the compact type solar thermal and ground coupled heat pump hybrid system for space heating/cooling and hot water supply has been developed. This hybrid system was installed in Zero Energy Solar House(ZeSH) in KIER for the demonstration. The thermal performance and operational characteristics of this hybrid system were analysed especially. The results are as follows. (1) This hybrid system was designed in order to address the existing disadvantages of solar thermal/ground coupled heat pump system. For this design, all parts except solar collector and ground coupled heat pump were integrated into a single product in a factory. The compact type unit includes two buffer tanks, an expansion tank, pumps, valves, a controller, etc. This system has an advantage of easy installation with simple plumbing work even in narrow space. (2) The thermal charging and discharging time of the buffer tanks and its characteristics by ground coupled heat pump, and heat pump COP according to geo-source temperature and buffer storage temperature have been studied. This system was found to meet well to the heat load without any other auxiliary heating equipment. (3) The operating hours of the ground coupled heat pump as a backup device of solar thermal can be reduced significantly by using solar heat. It was also found that the minimum heating water supply setting temperature and maximum cooling water supply setting temperature make an influence on the heat pump COP. The lower heating water and the higher cooling water temperature, the higher COP. In this respect, the hybrid system's performance can be improved in ZeSH than conventional house.

Seismic responses of transmission tower-line system under coupled horizontal and tilt ground motion

  • Wei, Wenhui;Hu, Ying;Wang, Hao;Pi, YongLin
    • Earthquakes and Structures
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    • v.17 no.6
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    • pp.635-647
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    • 2019
  • Tests and theoretical studies for seismic responses of a transmission tower-line system under coupled horizontal and tilt (CHT) ground motion were conducted. The method of obtaining the tilt component from seismic motion was based on comparisons from the Fourier spectrum of uncorrected seismic waves. The collected data were then applied in testing and theoretical analysis. Taking an actual transmission tower-line system as the prototype, shaking table tests of the scale model of a single transmission tower and towers-line systems under horizontal, tilt, and CHT ground motions were carried out. Dynamic equations under CHT ground motion were also derived. The additional P-∆ effect caused by tilt motion was considered as an equivalent horizontal lateral force, and it was added into the equations as the excitation. Test results were compared with the theoretical analysis and indicated some useful conclusions. First, the shaking table test results are consistent with the theoretical analysis from improved dynamic equations and proved its correctness. Second, the tilt component of ground motion has great influence on the seismic response of the transmission tower-line system, and the additional P-∆effect caused by the foundation tilt, not only increases the seismic response of the transmission tower-line system, but also leads to a remarkable asymmetric displacement effect. Third, for the tower-line system, transmission lines under ground motion weaken the horizontal displacement and acceleration responses of transmission towers. This weakening effect of transmission lines to the main structure, however, will be decreased with consideration of tilt component.

Effects of Rice Bran Fiber on Changes in the Quality Characteristics of Raw Ground Pork during Chilled Storage

  • Kim, Hyun-Wook;Choi, Yun-Sang;Choi, Ji-Hun;Han, Doo-Jeong;Kim, Hack-Youn;Hwang, Ko-Eun;Song, Dong-Heon;Kim, Cheon-Jei
    • Food Science of Animal Resources
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    • v.31 no.3
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    • pp.339-348
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    • 2011
  • Ground pork containing 0, 1, 2, or 3% rice bran fiber was prepared. pH increased as the amount of rice bran fiber added increased (p<0.05) but decreased during storage. The lightness and redness values of the raw ground pork decreased with the addition of rice bran fiber, and ground pork containing 3% rice bran fiber had the highest yellowness value during early storage (p<0.05). Moreover, adding rice bran fiber was not associated with color stability during storage. Samples containing 2 or 3% rice bran fiber had improved cooking loss, hardness, gumminess, and chewiness. Furthermore, rice bran fiber enhanced tenderness, juiciness, and overall acceptability on a sensory evaluation. These physico-chemical properties were maintained to the final storage period. The best results were obtained with ground pork containing 2 or 3% rice bran fiber. Rice bran fiber combined with useful antioxidants may be a more effective approach to increase the stability of ground pork during cold storage.

A Study on the Behavior of Piled Abutment Subjected to Lateral Soil Movement of Soft Ground Improved by Deep Cement Mixing Method (DCM 공법으로 개량된 연약지반의 측방유동을 받는 교대 말뚝기초의 거동 분석에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Yeonho;Kang, Gyeongho
    • The Journal of Engineering Geology
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.131-145
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    • 2020
  • The construction on these flimsy ground, activation of unsymmetrical surcharges, can often cause of the embankment road lateral flow or the destruction of the activities. In this study, the stability of the abutment pile foundation installed on soft ground and its behavior has been evaluated. The behavior of the abutment pile foundation under lateral flow was studied by verifying the behavior and reinforcement effects of the abutment pile foundation of previous studies about horizontal loads acting on the pile due to the lateral flow of the ground by performing finite element analysis. As a result of the consolidation analyses, the undrained cohesion or the strength of the soft ground, was increased by about 1.1 to 1.8 times by the increase in the strength of the soft ground according to the degree of consolidation. It is deemed reasonable to use 3.8 cm of the allowable displacement both economically and constructively, but considering the importance of the structure and the uncertainty of the ground, measurement shall be carried out during construction and thorough safety management of the lateral flow should be done.

Analytical Estimation of the Performance of Marine Concrete with Mineral Admixture (광물질 혼화재를 혼합한 해양 콘크리트의 해석적 성능 평가)

  • Lee, Bang-Yeon;Kwon, Seung-Jun;Kang, Su-Tae
    • Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute
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    • v.3 no.4
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    • pp.301-306
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    • 2015
  • For the purpose of developing high performance marine concrete with improved crack resistance and durability, this analytical study aimed to estimate strength, hydration heat characteristics, and chloride attack resistance of concrete with mineral admixture. Ground granulated furnace slag and fly ash were considered for mineral admixture. The replacement of ground granulated furnace slag and fly ash considered in the analysis was in the range of 0~70% and 0~40 %, respectively. The analysis results indicated that both ground granulated furnace slag and fly ash decreased compressive strength, and the effect of adding ground granulated furnace slag on mitigation of hydration heat was limited whereas fly ash had an noticeable influence on it. It was also found that the replacement with ground granulated furnace slag enhanced the chloride attack resistance but fly ash deteriorated the resistance. From the analytical studies, It could be expected that a ternary blended cement composition with proper amount of ground granulated furnace slag and fly ash might be effective to control crack resistance as well as chloride attack resistance of marine concrete.

Average spectral acceleration: Ground motion duration evaluation

  • Osei, Jack Banahene;Adom-Asamoah, Mark
    • Earthquakes and Structures
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    • v.14 no.6
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    • pp.577-587
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    • 2018
  • The quantitative assessment of the seismic collapse risk of a structure requires the usage of an optimal intensity measure (IM) which can adequately characterise the severity of the ground motion. Research suggests that the average spectral acceleration ($Sa_{avg}$) may be an efficient and sufficient alternate IM as compared to the more traditional first mode spectral acceleration, $Sa(T_1)$, particularly during seismic collapse risk estimation. This study primarily presents a comparative evaluation of the sufficiency of the average spectral acceleration with respect to ground motion duration, and secondarily assesses the impact of ground motion duration on collapse risk estimation. By assembling a suite of 100 historical ground motions, incremental dynamic analysis of 60 different inelastic single-degree-of-freedom (SDF) oscillators with varying periods and ductility capacities were analysed, and collapse risk estimates obtained. Linear regression models are used to comparatively quantify the sufficiency of $Sa_{avg}$ and $Sa(T_1)$ using four significant duration metrics. Results suggests that an improved sufficiency may exist for $Sa_{avg}$ when the period of the SDF system increases, particularly beyond 0.5, as compare to $Sa(T_1)$. In reference to the ground motion duration measures, results indicated that the sufficiency of $Sa_{avg}$ is more sensitive to significant duration definitions that consider almost the full wave train of an accelerogram ($SD_{a5-95}$ and $SD_{v5-95}$). In order to obtain a reduced variability of the collapse risk estimate, the 5-95% significant duration metric defined using the Arias integral ($SD_{a5-95}$) should be used for seismic collapse risk estimation in conjunction with $Sa_{avg}$.

Effects of ground size on characteristics of ENG ZOR antennas (접지면 크기가 ENG ZOR 안테나 특성에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Seung-Wook;Park, Jae-Hyun;Lee, Jeong-Hae
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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    • v.45 no.8
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    • pp.8-14
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    • 2008
  • In this paper, the effects of ground size on the characteristics such as input resistance, fractional bandwidth, and radiation efficiency of epsilon negative (ENG) zeroth order resonance (ZOR) antennas were investigated theoratically. Two types of ENG ZOR antennas were studied: mushroom ENG ZOR antenna with via and via-free defected ground structure (DGS) ENG ZOR antenna. It was confirmed that the ground size had more effects on the characteristics of a Via-free ZOR antenna than those of mushroom ZOR antenna with via. The via-free antenna could radiate properly with the required size of ground plane since the size of ground plane should exceed some critical value for DGS to suitably operate. As a height of substrate of mushroom ZOR antenna with via increased, the fractional bandwidth and radiation efficiency were improved. On the other hand, as a height of via-free ZOR antenna increased, the fractional bandwidth and radiation efficiency were degraded. Finally, a via-free ZOR antenna had an advantage of compactness even though its fractional bandwidth is narrow and its radiation efficiency is poor, compared with thoses of mushroom ZOR antenna with via.

Digital Photogrammetry Camera Boresight Calibration Using Ground Control Points (지상기준점을 이용한 디지털카메라 Boresight Calibration)

  • Lee, Yong Wook
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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    • v.32 no.4_1
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    • pp.293-298
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    • 2014
  • Recently, the direct georeferencing has been becoming a common method in the aerial photogrammetry. As this direct georeferencing method using converged sensor of the digital photogrammetry camera and GPS(Global Positioning System)/INS(Inertial navaigation System), more rapid and accurate aerial photogrammetry has improved following advanced performance in photogrammetry. Since the accuracy of EO parameters from the direct georeferencing is determined by GPS/INS accuracy, it is significant to calculate the exact attitude information using values of INS rotations. For following calculations, the misalignment, such as INS rotation and the gap of GPS/INS, has to be decided. Because the number of ground control points are used for tirangulation and boresight calibration, those results should be different according to array and location of ground control points. In the study, those location and array of ground control points were tested to be used boresight calibration. As a result, there is no significant change of misalignment and exterior orienation parameters in the case when ground control points were at all course. On the contrarily, the difference has been shown in the case of no ground control point at course.

A Study on Behavior Characteristics of Soft Ground by DCM Arrangement Type (DCM 배치 형상에 따른 연약지반 거동 특성에 관한 연구)

  • You, Seung-Kyong;Lee, Jong-Young;Hong, Gigwon
    • Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.125-131
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    • 2021
  • This study described the relationship of settlement-lateral displacement and settlement-heaving according to the DCM type using the model test results, in order to evaluate the behavioral characteristics of the soft ground improved with DCM. As a result, it was found that the total settlement of the model ground was relatively small in the soft ground, to which the DCM was applied, and the settlement was less in the order of the grid type, wall type, and pile type under the same load conditions. This trend was also the same for the lateral displacement and heaving. In addition, the relationship between settlement and lateral displacement of soft ground was analyzed to be similar to that of previous study (Leroueil et al., 1990). Therefore, the DCM of grid type was evaluated to be superior to other types for lateral flow and heaving in the improvement effect of soft ground.

Consolidation Analysis of Soils Improved by Partly Penetrated SCP with Degree of Consolidation and Replacement Ratio (압밀도 및 치환율 변화에 따른 미관통 SCP 지반의 압밀해석)

  • Lee, Kang-Il;Lee, Jae-Wook;Im, Eun-Sang;Ju, Kyung-Won
    • Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.11-20
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    • 2012
  • Partially penetrated SCP method is to install sand compaction piles in a soft clay layer not penetrating to the bed layer. In this study, consolidation behaviors of soft grounds improved by both partially and fully penetrated SCP methods are presented. When the replacement ratio is low, the settlement characteristic of the ground improved by fully penetrated SCP method seems to be consistent regardless the degree of consolidation. On the other hands, the ground improved by partially penetrated SCP method appears to decrease depending on the degree of consolidation. In addition, the settlement of upper clay layer is more increasing as the penetration ratio ($H_d/H$) is decreasing. No effect of stress concentration at the lower part of the partially penetrated SCP method is developed. The ratio of stress sharing appears to be almost consistent regardless the degree of consolidation.