• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.549-554
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• 2023

In this paper, three kinds of studies have been completed to obtain highly purified carbon dioxide having more than 7N purity as an electronic grade quality. PRO/II with PROVISION release January 2023 from AVEVA company was used, and Peng-Robinson equation of the state model with Twu's alpha function was selected for the modeling of the cryogenic distillation process. When using LN2 cold heat, we can obtain highest recovery of carbon dioxide as a bottom product for a cryogenic distillation column.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권11호
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• pp.4102-4110
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• 2022

Aiming at high-power and long-pulse operation up to 1000 s, some improvements have been made for both 2.45 GHz and 4.6 GHz lower hybrid (LH) systems during the recent 5 years. At first, the guard limiters of the LH antennas with graphite tiles were upgraded to tungsten, the most promising material for plasma facing components in nuclear fusion devices. These new guard limiters can operate at a peak power density of 12.9 MW/m². Strong hot spots were usually observed on the old graphite limiters when 4.6 GHz system operated with power >2.0 MW [B. N. Wan et al., Nucl. Fusion 57 (2017) 102019], leading to a reduction of the maximum power capability. With the new limiters, 4.6 GHz LH system, the main current drive (CD) and electron heating tool for EAST, can be operated with power >2.5 MW routinely. Long-pulse operation up to 100 s with 4.6 GHz LH power of 2.4 MW was achieved in 2021 and the maximal temperature on the guard limiters measured by an infrared (IR) camera was about 540 ℃, much below the permissible value of tungsten material (~1200 ℃). A discharge with a duration of 1056 s was achieved and the 4.6 GHz LH energy injected into the plasma was up to 1.05 GJ. Secondly, the fully-active-multijunction (FAM) launcher of 2.45 GHz system was upgraded to a passive-active-multijunction (PAM), for which the density of optimum coupling was relatively low (below the cut-off value). Good coupling with reflection coefficient ~3% has been achieved with plasma-antenna distance up to 11 cm for the new PAM. Finally, in order to eliminate the effect of ion cyclotron range of frequencies (ICRF) wave on 4.6 GHz LH wave coupling, the location of the ICRF launcher was changed to a port that is located 157.5° toroidally from the 4.6 GHz LH system and is not magnetically connected.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.163-170
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• 2011

Analysis of load on major parts of the tractor power drive line is critical for efficient and optimum design of a tractor. The purpose of this study was to evaluate severeness of the tractor PTO driving axle during rotary tillage operation. First, S-N (stress vs. number of cycle) curve of a PTO driving gear was obtained through the fatigue life test using a PTO dynamometer. Second, PTO severeness was evaluated during rotary tillage operation. Torque measurement system was constructed with strain-gauge sensors to measure torque of a PTO axle, an I/O interface to acquire the sensor signals, and an embedded system to calculate severeness. The severeness of PTO was analyzed using measured torque data during rotary tillage. In the PTO gear life fatigue test, breakage time and bending stress of the gear were measured by tooth widths and torque change during the fatigue life test. The S-N curve showed a good linear relationship between bending stress and number of cycle (life) with a coefficient of determination of 0.97. For PTO severenss evaluation, rotary tillage operations were conducted at two PTO rotational speeds (level-1, level-2) under different paddy and upland field sites with different soil conditions. Results of averaged relative severeness for PTO level-1 and PTO level-2 were 1.96 and 3.34, respectively, at paddy field sites, and they were 1.36 and 2.51, respectively, at upland field sites. The results showed that the PTO driving axle experienced more severe load during rotary tillage at paddy fields than at upland sites, and relative severeness was greater at the higher PTO rotational speed under all of the soil conditions.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 펄스압축 된 X-대역 마이크로파 신호를 60와트의 출력전력과 30%이상의 전력부가효율(PAE)으로 증폭시키는 반도체증폭기(SSPA)를 구현에 대하여 논의하였다. 구현된 60W의 SSPA는 케스케이드 결합 증폭기로 설계하였고 케스케이드(cascade) 결합 증폭기는 내부정합된 GaAs FET를 3단으로 구동증폭기를 설계하였으며 주 전력증폭단은 내부정합된 GaN HEMT(High Electron Mobility Transistor)로 설계하였다. 구현된 SSPA는 주파수 범위 $9.41{\pm}0.03GHz$, 펄스 주기 1ms, 펄스폭 100us, 듀티사이클 10% 조건에서 전체 이득 37dB 이상, 48dBm(60W)의 출력전력의 성능을 나타내었어 구현된 SSPA는 펄스압축기술을 이용한 디지털 선박용 레이다에 적용할 수 있다.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2018

수소연료전지 자동차 압력 용기에는 연료전지 스택으로 수소의 흐름을 제어하기 위해 전자 밸브가 부착되고 있다. 전자 밸브의 솔레노이드는 전기 신호에 의해 유로를 개폐하는 역할을 하며, 전원이 인가되는 시간이 경과함에 따라 온도가 상승하여 일정 온도에서 포화된다. 특히 온도의 상승은 솔레노이드의 흡인력을 감소시키므로 안정적인 수소 공급을 위해서 설계 시 포화 온도와 온도에 따른 흡인력 특성 파악이 요구된다. 본 연구에서는 솔레노이드 설계 변수에 따른 포화 온도 계산식을 제안하고 열 유동 해석을 통해 타당성을 확인하였다. 또한, 온도에 따른 흡인력 변화를 분석하기 위해 전자기장 해석을 수행하였으며 온도 특성 실험을 통해 포화 온도와 흡인력 해석 결과를 검증하였다. 포화온도는 계산식과 해석결과를 비교하였을 때 $5.3^{\circ}C$, 해석 결과와 실험 결과를 비교하였을 때 $5.9^{\circ}C$의 오차가 발생하였으며, 흡인력은 1.0 N, 최대 2.1 N의 오차가 발생하였다.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제64권7호
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• pp.355-363
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• 2021

Background: Nephrotic syndrome (NS) is a common renal disorder in children attributed to podocyte injury. However, children with the same diagnosis have markedly variable treatment responses, clinical courses, and outcomes, suggesting molecular heterogeneity. Purpose: This study aimed to explore the molecular responses of podocytes to nephrotic plasma to identify specific genes and signaling pathways differentiating various clinical NS groups as well as biological processes that drive injury in normal podocytes. Methods: Transcriptome profiles from immortalized human podocyte cell line exposed to the plasma of 8 subjects (steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome [SSNS], n=4; steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome [SRNS], n=2; and healthy adult individuals [control], n=2) were generated using microarray analysis. Results: Unsupervised hierarchical clustering of global gene expression data was broadly correlated with the clinical classification of NS. Differential gene expression (DGE) analysis of diseased groups (SSNS or SRNS) versus healthy controls identified 105 genes (58 up-regulated, 47 down-regulated) in SSNS and 139 genes (78 up-regulated, 61 down-regulated) in SRNS with 55 common to SSNS and SRNS, while the rest were unique (50 in SSNS, 84 genes in SRNS). Pathway analysis of the significant (P≤0.05, -1≤ log2 FC ≥1) differentially expressed genes identified the transforming growth factor-β and Janus kinase-signal transducer and activator of transcription pathways to be involved in both SSNS and SRNS. DGE analysis of SSNS versus SRNS identified 2,350 genes with values of P≤0.05, and a heatmap of corresponding expression values of these genes in each subject showed clear differences in SSNS and SRNS. Conclusion: Our study observations indicate that, although podocyte injury follows similar pathways in different clinical subgroups, the pathways are modulated differently as evidenced by the heatmap. Such transcriptome profiling with a larger cohort can stratify patients into intrinsic subtypes and provide insight into the molecular mechanisms of podocyte injury.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제58권6호
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• pp.391-399
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• 2021

In order to investigate force and cavitation characteristics for the flat & twisted rudders in the Large Cavitation Tunnel (LCT), the rudder dynamometer was designed and manufactured. The measuring capacities of lift, drag and moment are ±1000 N, ±2000 N, and ±150 N-m, respectively. The present dynamometer uses the actuator with a harmonic drive to control the rudder angle without backlash. As the target ship is a military ship with twin shaft, each dynamometer was installed above the port & starboard rudders. After the installation of the model ship with all appendages, the model test composed of rudder force measurement and cavitation observation was conducted for the existing flat rudder & the designed twisted rudder. While the flat rudder showed the big difference of lift & moment between port & starboard, the twisted rudder presented a similar trend. The cavitation of the twisted rudder showed better characteristics than that of the flat rudder. Another set of model tests were conducted to investigate rudder performance by the change of the design propeller. There was little difference in rudder performance for the design propellers with slight geometric change. Through the model test, the characteristics of the flat & twisted rudders were grasped. On the basis of the present study, it is thought that the rudder with better performance would be developed.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.126-142
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• 2016

This paper presents a wide-frequency-range, low-power transceiver with an automatic impedance-matching calibration for TV-white-space (TVWS) application. The wide-range automatic impedance matching calibration (AIMC) is proposed for the Drive Amplifier (DA) and LNA. The optimal $S_{22}$ and $S_{11}$ matching capacitances are selected in the DA and LNA, respectively. Also, the Single Pole Double Throw (SPDT) switch is integrated to share the antenna and matching network between the transmitter and receiver, thereby minimizing the systemic cost. An N-path filter is proposed to reject the large interferers in the TVWS frequency band. The current-driven mixer with a 25% duty LO generator is designed to achieve the high-gain and low-noise figures; also, the frequency synthesizer is designed to generate the wide-range LO signals, and it is used to implement the FSK modulation with a programmable loop bandwidth for multi-rate communication. The TVWS transceiver is implemented in $0.13{\mu}m$, 1-poly, 6-metal CMOS technology. The die area of the transceiver is $4mm{\times}3mm$. The power consumption levels of the transmitter and receiver are 64.35 mW and 39.8 mW, respectively, when the output-power level of the transmitter is +10 dBm at a supply voltage of 3.3 V. The phase noise of the PLL output at Band 2 is -128.3 dBc/Hz with a 1 MHz offset.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.51-57
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• 2010

대형 TFT LCD 판넬의 감마보정전압을 구동하기 위한 레일-투-레일 고전압 CMOS 완충 증폭기를 제안하였다. 이 회로는 단일 전압하에서 동작하고 18V 전압원에서 0.5mA 의 전류소비특성을 나타내며 8비트/10비트 고해상도 TFT LCD 판넬의 감마보정 전압 구동을 위하여 설계하였다. 이 회로는 높은 slew rate, 0.5mA의 정적 전류특성을 나타내며 1k$\Omega$의 저항성/용량성 부하구동 능력을 가지고 있다. 또한 넓은 출력 공급범위를 지니며, 5mA의 출력 정전류를 내보낼 경우 50mV미만의 옵셋전압 특성을 가진다. 또한, 용량성 부하 구동시 입력기준 옵셋전압이 2.5mV 미만인 좋은 특성을 나타낸다. 본 논문에서는 넓은 스윙입력범위와 출력 동작 범위을 얻기 위해 전류미러형 n-채널 차동증폭기, p-채널 차동증폭기, AB-급 푸쉬-풀 출력단, 히스테리시스 비교기를 사용한 입력레벨 검출기 등을 사용하였다. 제안된 회로는 고전압 디스플레이 구동 IC에 사용하기 위해 0.18um 18V 고전압 CMOS 공정기술에 의해 제작되었다. 제안된 회로는 8~18V의 공급 전압 범위에서 동작한다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제17권11호
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• pp.2479-2485
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 순차 바이어스를 이용한 반도체 레이더용 SSPA를 설계 하였다. 전력증폭기의 상승/하강 바이어스 지연에 의해 발생되는 신호의 왜곡을 제거하기 위하여 가변확장 펄스 생성기를 적용하였다. 최적화된 임피던스 매칭회로는 GaN-전력 소자의 높은 효율을 갖기 위하여 로드-풀 방식을 통한 마이크로파 특성 측정으로 설계되었다. 설계된 SSPA는 X밴드 반도체 레이더에 적용하기 위하여 전치 증폭기, 구동 증폭기 그리고 주 증폭기의 3개의 단으로 구성되었다. 그 결과로 200W 출력 펄스 최대 53.67dBm을 가지고 평균 52.85dBm의 SSPA를 만들 수 있었다. 본 논문에 제시된 반도체 펄스 압축 레이더 트랜시버 모듈의 최적화 설계는 추가적인 디지털 레이더에 대한 연구를 통해 소형화와 동작향상이 가능하다.