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REAL-TIME CORROSION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CATHODIC PROTECTION OF BURIED PIPES FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

  • Kim, Ki Tae;Kim, Hae Woong;Kim, Young Sik;Chang, Hyun Young;Lim, Bu Taek;Park, Heung Bae
    • Corrosion Science and Technology
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.12-18
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    • 2015
  • Since the operation period of nuclear power plants has increased, the degradation of buried pipes gradually increases and recently it seems to be one of the emerging issues. Maintenance on buried pipes needs high quality of management system because outer surface of buried pipe contacts the various soils but inner surface reacts with various electrolytes of fluid. In the USA, USNRC and EPRI have tried to manage the degradation of buried pipes. However, there is little knowledge about the inspection procedure, test and manage program in the domestic nuclear power plants. This paper focuses on the development and build-up of real-time monitoring and control system of buried pipes. Pipes to be tested are tape-coated carbon steel pipe for primary component cooling water system, asphalt-coated cast iron pipe for fire protection system, and pre-stressed concrete cylinder pipe for sea water cooling system. A control system for cathodic protection was installed on each test pipe which has been monitored and controlled. For the calculation of protection range and optimization, computer simulation was performed using COMSOL Multiphysics (Altsoft co.).

A hierarchical overlay structure for video transmission in P2P cloud storage systems (P2P 클라우드 스토리지에서 비디오 전송을 위한 계층적 오버레이 구조)

  • Lee, Kyung-Jin;Kim, Eunsam
    • Journal of Digital Contents Society
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.133-139
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    • 2017
  • To address the problems caused by such high installation and maintenance cost in the conventional server-based cloud systems, researches on P2P cloud storages have been conducted recently. In this paper, we propose a hierachical overlay structure that can improve the playback quality in P2P cloud storage systems for video transmission. In this structure, after we make groups by clustering the participating peers based on their similarities, we construct subgroups by geographically dividing the peers belonging to a specific group considering the physical proximities among them. Therefore, when a request for video playback is issued, we can minimize the transmission delay by selecting the source peers depending on their locality. By simulations, we show that our proposed hierarchical overlay structure considering the peers' locality outperforms the structure where source peers are selected randomly.

Effect of Gamma Irradiation on the Improvement of Beef Tenderness (감마선 조사가 쇠고기의 연도개선에 미치는 효과)

  • Yook, Hong-Sun;Lee, Ju-Woon;Lee, Kyong-Haeng;Kim, Duk-Jin;Shin, Heuyn-Kil;Byun, Myung-Woo
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.1005-1010
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    • 1999
  • To study the shortening of rigor mortis and changes in the morphological properties of gamma-irradiated pre-rigor bovine muscle (M). Sternomandibularis during post mortem, this experiment was performed with a test of shear force and the observation of the ultrastucture of raw muscle. The time elapsed until maximum shear force values was shortened by gamma irradiation, depending upon the dose. The release of rigor mortis started earlier than control (non-irradiated muscle). A shortening of the length of the Z-line and the maintenance of the sarcomere length by gamma irradiation was observed. The breakdown of the perimysium of muscle bundles was observed more in irradiated samples than in the control. In conclusion, it is considered that gamma irradiation on pre-rigor beef shortens aging-period, improves tenderness and enhances the beef quality.

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A Study on Interior Flooring Materials for Safe Elderly Nursing Home Environment (안전한 노인요양시설 환경을 위한 실내 바닥마감재에 관한 연구)

  • Chung, Miryum
    • Journal of the Korean housing association
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.19-26
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    • 2014
  • The number of elderly who wants to access to Nursing Homes (NH) will increase due to the rapid aging society and domestic changes. Those who move into NH expect 24/7 care service in safe environment. Providing space free from danger, especially from fall, for the frail elderly is essential. The purpose of this study is to categorize performance needs of flooring materials in the aspect of safety, and analyze materials so that adequate ones for each space in NH can be suggested. Performance needs are as follows; slip resistance (dry/wet), fire resistance, resilience, water resistance, soil retardant, anti-bacterial, gloss, sound absorbtion. maintenance, durability, ease replacement, color and pattern variety, visual and tactual texture, tactile warmth, IAQ, sustainable material (before use), impact to nature (after use). They are categorized under function, economy, sensibility and sustainability. It was found that there are better materials than common ones that has been used repeatedly in NHs, such as vinyl sheets and VCT. In overall, Cork flooring and nylon carpet met all four categories, followed by wool carpet, rubber and linoleum. For bedroom, wood flooring, Cork, rubber, wool carpet, nylon carpets were suggested. In bathroom with shower, rubber, vinyl sheet and porcelain tiles were safe materials. As living/dining room and corridor floors, wool carpet, nylon carpet, cork flooring would be excellent as they are resilient and durable. The result of this paper can be used by both NH managers and material companies, resulting better quality of life of the elderly by providing safe environment.

Corrosion Protection Method of Reinforcing Steel in Concrete by Using Corrosion Inhibitors

  • Bae Su-Ho;Chung Young-Soo;Kim Dae-Ho
    • KCI Concrete Journal
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.145-150
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    • 2002
  • Reinforced concrete is inherently a durable composite material. When properly designed for the environment to be exposed and carefully constructed, reinforced concrete is capable of giving maintenance-free performance. However, unintentionally using improper materials such as non-washed sea sand having much salt together with poor controlled quality, or the concrete are placed in highly severe environment such as marine atmosphere, the corrosion of reinforcing steel in concrete becomes one of the most significant concerns of concrete. The purpose of this experimental research is to evaluate the performance of corrosion inhibitors for normal strength and high strength concrete, and to propose desirable measures for controlling corrosion of reinforcing steel in concrete. Test specimens in normal strength and high strength concrete were made with and without corrosion inhibitors. The accelerated corrosion test for reinforcing steel in concrete was adopted in accordance with JCI-SC3, which required the periodic 20 cycles for 140 days. One cycle includes 3 days for the wetting condition of $65^{\circ}C$ and $90\%$ RH, and 4 days for the drying condition of $15^{\circ}C\;and\;60\%$ RH. It was observed from the test that corrosion inhibitors in normal strength concrete and high strength concrete showed excellent corrosion resistance for reinforcing steel in concrete, but the silica fume in high strength concrete was found to have a negligible corrosion resistance if not used with corrosion inhibitors, since the chloride corrosion threshold limit in concrete containing silica fume without corrosion inhibitor was found to be considerably smaller than that of the case with corrosion inhibitor.

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A study on Deployment of the Optimized WBS and Effective Small and Medium Enterprise Informatization System using Standardized PSDM (표준화된 PSDM을 사용한 최적의 WBS 및 효과적인 중소기업 정보화 시스템 구축에 관한 연구)

  • Yoon, KyungBae;Kwon, HeeChoul
    • The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.14 no.6
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    • pp.199-205
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    • 2014
  • We would like to study and develop the optimized WBS(Work Breakdown Structure) considering project's range, schedule, cost and human resources management with defining phased work in main task and preceding and escorting relationships for effective small and medium enterprises' informatization through standardized PSDM(Production System Development Methodology). For more systemic and effective system built-up, it introduces production information with WBS study which is appropriate for the small and medium enterprises with setting up management items for enhancing system's reliability, quality, productivity, smooth communication among the participated enterprises such as the small and medium enterprises, IT enterprises, and supervision enterprises, and operational support including maintenance of the built system. This study is purpose of helping a lot of the small and medium enterprises and IT enterprises to build up the systems more effective and reliable within planned schedule using the standardized methodology.

Security Scheme for Prevent malicious Nodes in WiMAX Environment (노드간 에너지 소비를 효율적으로 분산시킨 PRML 메커니즘)

  • Jeong, Yoon-Su;Kim, Yong-Tae;Park, Nam-Kyu;Park, Gil-Cheol
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.774-784
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    • 2009
  • A wireless sensor network consisting of a large number of nodes with limited battery power should minimize energy consumption at each node to prolong the network lifetime. To improve the sensitivity of wireless sensor networks, an efficient scheduling algorithm and energy management technology for minimizing the energy consumption at each node is desired. ill this paper, we propose energy-aware routing mechanism for maximum lifetime and to optimize the solution quality for sensor network maintenance and to relay node from its adjacent cluster heads according to the node"s residual energy and its distance to the base station. Proposed protocol may minimize the energy consumption at each node, thus prolong the lifetime of the system regardless of where the sink is located outside or inside the cluster. Simulation results of proposed scheme show that our mechanism balances the energy consumption well among all sensor nodes and achieves an obvious improvement on the network lifetime. To verify propriety using NS-2, proposed scheme constructs sensor networks adapt to current model and evaluate consumption of total energy, energy consumption of cluster head, average energy dissipation over varying network areas with HEED and LEACH-C.

A Study on the Standard Joint Material and Reference Plane for the Standard of Construction in the Apartment (공동주택 시공표준화를 위한 조립기준면 및 표준마무리재에 관한 연구)

  • Lim, Seok-Ho;Park, Keun-Soo;Lee, Ga-Kyung
    • Proceeding of Spring/Autumn Annual Conference of KHA
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    • 2009.04a
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    • pp.230-235
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    • 2009
  • In our country, the application of the design method of face to face dimension in wall-slab apartment has passed 10 years. So MC design method has fixed in the design step to some degree. In Design and Work Execution of House the exclusive area of the apartment was calculated by face to face dimension. And the term of face to face dimension was known broadly to clients, construction company, etc. But design method of face to face dimension is not to simply extend the room size so far as wall depth in design process but to ensure the actual space should be considered with efficient use and assembly of building components. That is to say, Design method of face to face dimension is not to be defined by design step but to be related with construction and maintenance. However in construction process the point of face to face design method was not understood even now. So the purpose of this study was to extract the effect and question of face to face design method in construction process by survey of actual condition of structure and construction quality, and compare this result with existing construction method. The following project of this study is to survey of actual condition of interior components such as gypsum board, windows & doors etc. Therefore this study is to induce architectural long-life through architectural standardization construction and component's exchange, and, by the subject of the study on Apartment to have design guideline and basis for joining part between Gypsumboard and windows.

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A Study on the Effect of Design Reliability and Periodic Inspection Cycle on Storage Reliability : Focusing on One-shot Logistic Equipment System (설계신뢰도 및 정기검사주기가 저장신뢰도에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구 : 일회성 군수장비 시스템을 대상으로)

  • Chu, Yeon-Won
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.9 no.7
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    • pp.223-230
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    • 2018
  • In the case of a one-shot logistic equipment system that has been stored for a long time, reliability changes with the passage of time. Therefore, when the time comes to use, the storage reliability of the product is an important quality characteristic, and the existing studies have focused on the research for calculating the optimal period inspection cycle to improve the storage reliability. In this study, we analyzed the influence of the two factors on the storage reliability at the convergence point by analyzing the design reliability as well as the periodic inspection cycle. To do this, we applied the existing Martinez storage reliability model to the missile, a representative product of a one-shot system, and analyzed the quantitative effects of the design reliability and the periodic inspection cycle. From the results of the analysis, it was confirmed that the maintenance of the periodic inspection cycle is more important for the improvement of the storage reliability than the design reliability in the design reliability category of the current product.

Establishment of Efficient Organization for Coordination Center on Clinical Research in Traditional Korean Medicine (한의학임상협연연구의 필요성과 효율적인 조직체계의 구축)

  • Ko Seong-Gyu;Jun Chan-Yong;Park Jong-Hyeong;Han Chang-Ho;Jung Woo-Sang;Moon Sang-Kwan;Cho Ki-Ho;Kim Young-Suk;Bae Hyung-Sup
    • The Journal of Korean Medicine
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    • v.27 no.1 s.65
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    • pp.196-203
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    • 2006
  • Objectives : The aim of this study is to investigate how does the methods of treatment and diagnosis of Traditional Korean Medicine(TKM) get the evidence of efficacy and safety and what type of efficient body and appropriate facility of the coordination center for clinical trial in TKM. Methods : We have got the information of clinical trial center or clinical collaboration center by site invitation, search of paper and reports and internet exploration for the domestic or foreign site. Results : Coordination center for clinical trial usually involves every steps of clinical trials, such as development of Case Report From (CRF), design of study, calculation of sample size, randomization, maintenance of blinding, monitoring and audit of the resource document, data and CRF, data entry, quality control of data, analysis and report. Conclusions : The body needs several aresa of experts, which are epidemiologists, biostatisticians, research nurses for coordination, data manager and programmer, and administrator. This body would be enhance and help he clinical researches including clinical trials in TKM.

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