• International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.271-278
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• 2010

Small-sized axial fans are used as air cooler for electric equipments. But there is a strong demand for higher power of fans according to the increase of quantity of heat from electric devices. Therefore, higher rotational speed design is conducted, although, it causes the deterioration of efficiency and the increase of noise. Then the adoption of contrarotating rotors for the small-sized axial fan is proposed for the improvement of performance. In the present paper, the performance curves of the contra-rotating small-sized axial fan with 100mm diameter are shown and the velocity distributions at a partial flow rate at the inlet and the outlet of each front and rear rotor are clarified with experimental results. Furthermore, the flow conditions between front and rear rotors of the contra-rotating small-sized axial fan are investigated by numerical analysis results and causes of the performance deterioration of the contra-rotating small-sized axial fan at the partial flow rate is discussed.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.21-28
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• 2009

본 연구의 목적은 온도 성층화와 농도 성층화의 효과가 HCCI 연소에서 압력상승률 저감과 배기가스에 어떤 영향을 미치는지 알아보는 것이다. 2단계 열발생이 생기는 디메틸에테르(Di-Methyl Ether, DME) 연료를 사용하였다. 수치계산은 멀티 존 모델과 상세 화학 반응 스킴을 이용하였다. 수치계산 결과, 온도 성층화와 농도 성층화는 연소기간을 길게 하여 압력상승률을 저감시키는 것을 확인하였다. 그러나 농도 성층화의 폭이 너무 커지면 오히려 일산화탄소와 질소산화물이 증가하였으며, 연소 효율은 감소하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권6호
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• pp.2412-2420
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• 2024

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mandates safeguards to ensure non-proliferation of nuclear materials. Among inspection techniques used to detect partial defects within spent nuclear fuel (SNF), gamma emission tomography (GET) has been reported to be reliable for detection of partial defects on a pin-by-pin level. Conventional GET, however, is limited by low detection efficiency due to the high density of nuclear fuel rods and self-absorption. This paper proposes a new type of GET named Spent Fuel Internal Tomography (SFIT), which can acquire sinograms at the guide tube. The proposed device consists of the housing, shielding, C-shaped collimator, reflector, and gadolinium aluminum gallium garnet (GAGG) scintillator. For accurate attenuation correction, the source-distinguishable range of the SFIT device was determined using MC simulation to the region away from the proposed device to the second layer. For enhanced inspection accuracy, a proposed specific source-discrimination algorithm was applied. With this, the SFIT device successfully distinguished all source locations. The comparison of images of the existing and proposed inspection methods showed that the proposed method, having successfully distinguished all sources, afforded a 150 % inspection accuracy improvement.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권7호
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• pp.415-422
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• 2018

Lycorma delicatula는 꽃매미로 알려져 있으며, 베트남, 인도, 남중국과 같은 동남아시아의 토착 해충이다. 꽃매미는 한국에 유입되어 최근 몇 년간 급속히 퍼져 특히 과일 나무에 피해를 입히고 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 Lycorma delicatula의 사례를 이용하여 미발생 병해충 영향 분석을 위한 연구방법과 추정 결과를 제시하는 것이다. 본 연구에서는 Lycorma delicatula 발생으로 인한 농가의 직접소득감소를 측정하기 위해 부분예산(partial budget) 방법을 사용하였고, 해충 발생으로 인한 사회후생 변화를 조사하기 위해 부분균형(partial equilibrium) 모형을 사용하였다. 또한 병해충 발생 적합도를 고려한 다양한 기후 시나리오 하에서 Lycorma delicatula 발생 위험이 농가소득에 미치는 영향을 추정하였다. 기후변화가 지속됨에 따라 국내 생태계는 점점 돌발 외래 병해충에 취약해질 것으로 예상되며, 이에 따른 경제적 피해는 더욱 증가할 것으로 전망된다. 나아가 이 연구는 향후 국가 해충 방제 및 검역 시스템의 효율성 평가의 기반이 될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.225-236
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• 2020

This paper examines empirically the net impact of residual state ownership on privatized firm efficiency in the transitional context of Vietnam. Vietnamese privatization has its own characteristics. Instead of mass and full privatization, Vietnam has chosen a partial and gradual path. Thus, it is important to assess the net impact of residual state ownership on privatized firms during the post-privatization period. This study employs stochastic frontier analysis to investigate the association between residual state ownership and the efficiency of privatized firms, using a sample of all privatized firms that are listed on the Vietnamese stock exchanges over the period from 2007 to 2017. Also, two-stage least squares regression is incorporated into the model to deal with potential endogeneity issues. Our study provides evidence that state ownership should not be considered as a pure source of agency problems. Indeed, the net impact of residual state ownership on privatized firm efficiency is non-monotonic, and the relationship between residual state ownership and privatized firm efficiency is under an inverted U-shape. A moderate level (less than 50%) of residual state ownership might be beneficial to privatized firm efficiency whereas too much state ownership is detrimental to the efficiency of privatized firms.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제38권10호
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• pp.1244-1250
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• 2014

The temperature of the main engine cabin of commercial vessel is very high. The material SS-316L undergoes creep damage at temperatures exceeding $450^{\circ}C$. It is essential to maintain the highly stressed engine cabin below the creep regime. Hence, seawater is employed in this kind of maritime vehicles as cooling liquid. It obtains the thermal energy at the cooling pipe line after passing through main engine cooling system. To harness the energy in the seawater, a turbine can be installed to absorb the energy in the seawater before being released into the sea. In this study, a cooling pipe line is selected to apply the tubular type hydro turbine for transferring the energy. Numerical analysis for investigating the performance and the internal flow characteristics of the tubular turbine is conducted. The results show that the maximum efficiency of 85.8% is achieved although the efficiency drops rapidly at partial flow rate condition. The efficiency descends slowly at the condition of excess flow rate. There is a relatively wide operating range of flow rate of this turbine to keep high efficiency at the excess flow rate condition. For the internal flow of the turbine, there is uniform streamline on the suction and pressure sides of the blade at the design point. However, the secondary flow appears at the suction and pressure sidesat the excess flow rate.In addition, it appears only at pressure side at the partial flow rate condition.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.111-118
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• 2017

Performance factors such as the EER(Energy Efficiency Ratio) and the COP (Coefficient of Performance) are being replaced by seasonal energy efficiency factors, like the SEER (Seasonal EER) and the SCOP (Seasonal COP) to evaluate the performance of a heat pump by the time of the year. Seasonal performance factors, such as the CSPF (Cooling Seasonal Performance Factor) and the HSPF (Heating Seasonal Performance Factor) are used to describe the heat pump's performance during the cool and hot seasons. In this study, the optimization of all heat pump's operating parameters was experimentally conducted to enhance the SEER based on the EU standard (EN 14825). Moreover, the SEER was improved by the compressor frequency, as well as indoor and outdoor fan speeds. In addition, the performance characteristics of the heat pump were studied under partial load conditions. As a result, the SEER was enhanced by 17% when the compressor frequency was optimized. An additional 2% improvement was achievable with the optimization of indoor and outdoor fan speeds.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.43-50
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• 2000

In this paper, a new splicing method was applied to design the girder section of bridges with the span length of 25m, 30m, 35m, 40m and 45m. A U-type precast prestressed section was also determined for each bridge. Additionally, the sectional area, beam depth and Guyon's efficiency factor of the spliced U-type sections in each span were analyzed in comparison with the present I-type PSC bridges. As a result, in spite of an increase of 31%∼50% in the sectional areas compared with the I-type precast girders, the spliced U-type the beam depth of the spliced U-type girder was designed as 2,050 mm compared with the I-type precast girder of 2,600mm in a 40m span bridge. The sectional efficiency factors of the spliced U-type sections were analyzed as 0.76∼0.99. It shows that the spliced U-type sections ar of a superior structural efficiency in contrast to the average sectional efficiency factor of 0.66 value in the I-type girders.

• 경영과학
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.77-97
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• 2005

The traditional measures of a container port (or terminal) efficiency such as crane productivity, cargo throughput, etc. were generally presenting the partial efficiency since they evaluated only each individual factor and based on cross-sectional data. To overcome this problem, and in an effort to help port authorities develop a winning strategy in the increasingly competitive container transportation market, this Paper develops a meaningful set of benchmarks that will set the standard for best practices. In particular, this paper proposed a combined method to merge the DEA and simulation technique over time. To illustrate the usefulness of the proposed combined DEA/simulation model, this paper used the panel data of the four Gwangyang container terminals and seven Busan container terminals in Korea over the four-year period of 1999 through 2002.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.276-285
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• 2006

오염 하천수 수질개선 연구를 위해 pilot plant 규모의 호기성 생물여과 공정을 이용하여 실제원수를 적용한 경우 유입 공기량을 $0.1m^3air/m^2min$으로 고정하고 EBCT를 90, 60, 45, 30 min으로 운전 시 입자성 물질(SS, Turbidity, Chl.-a)의 경우 EBCT와 관계없이 80% 이상의 처리효율을 나타냈으며 암모니아성 질소의 경우 85% 이상의 처리효율을 보였다. BOD의 경우 하천수수질 환경기준 III-IV 급수로 유입되어 I 급수 미만으로 유출되 본 처리 공법 사용 시 생물학적 안정성을 충분히 확보할 수 있을 것으로 판단되었다. $COD_{Mn}$의 경우 약 60%의 제거효율을 보여 BOD 제거율에 비해 효율이 저하되는 것으로 나타났는데 이러한 원인을 규명한 결과 전체 COD 물질 중 30% 정도가 반응기 내부에 clogging된 조류에 의해서 발생되는 것으로 조사되었으며 이들 조류기원성 유기물들의 기질 비 소비율이 $0.0245mg{\cdot}COD_{Mn}/mg{\cdot}VSS{\cdot}day$로 생물학적 분해가 거의 되지 않는 것으로 나타나 이에 대한 대책으로 부분역세(partial backwashing)에 대한 필요성이 요구되었다. 이에 부분역세(상부 1 m 여재에 대한 1일 1회 역세)를 통해 BOD 5.5%, $COD_{Mn}$ 10% 정도의 제거율 상승을 얻을 수 있었고 이를 통해 생물학적으로 좀더 안정된 원수 확보가 가능해졌으며 역세 기간의 연장으로 역세수 절감 및 유량 확보 효과를 가져 올 것으로 판단된다.