• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.156-163
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• 2017

To verify the usefulness of a steam sterilizer equipped with an electronic Bowie-Dick test system, this study was carried out using two methods, utilizing both a steam sterilizer and an electronic Bowie-Dick tester. The first method is to confirm the error detection of the chemical Bowie-Dick test pack and the electronic Bowie-Dick tester in a malfunctioning sterilizer environment. For this purpose, the Bowie-Dick test program for the steam sterilizer was used to test three types of test packs commonly used in hospitals and the electronic Bowie-Dick tester by changing the set values of temperature, time, and vacuum frequency. The second is an experiment to check the sterilizer's normal operation with the electronic Bowie-Dick tester and the usefulness of grasping the cause of the malfunction. The results showed that the sterilization temperature was the same as that of the test pack at a temperature $1{\sim}6^{\circ}C$ lower than the reference temperature of $134^{\circ}C$. In the test with the sterilization exposure time as a variable, there was a normal discoloration at a time difference of 30~90 s. In the experiment using the number of vacuum cycles, the test was correct by performing the normal discoloration only at the normal condition of 3 times. The test results of 30 hospitals were 100 failure tests by a total of 291 Bowie-Dick tests. Of these, the failure factors related to an internal temperature that the chemical test packs could not detect were the greatest, and the four factors related to temperature, including the internal temperature, were found to be 71.18% of total malfunctions. In addition, the Bowie-Dick tester was provided within 30 min after the start of the Bowie-Dick test to confirm the performance of the sterilizer and the detailed cause. A steam sterilizer equipped with an electronic Bowie-Dick test system is used to manage individual sterilizers. In the current steam sterilizer with many temperature-related errors, it is possible to check the malfunction of the temperature difference that the test pack cannot detect, and the cause of error for the sterilizer is immediately detected after the test. The steam sterilizer equipped with the electronic Bowie-Dick test system assists with infection control with accurate sterilizer performance assurance.

• 정보교육학회논문지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.187-195
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• 2022

최근 메타버스(Metaverse)에 대한 관심과 함께 메타버스 플랫폼을 다양한 형태로 활용하려는 시도가 이루어지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 메타버스가 가지고 있는 교육적 활용 가능성에 주목하고, 비대면 교육 상황에서 학습자에게 효과적인 학습 경험을 제공하기 위한 메타버스 환경의 융합(STEAM) 프로그램을 개발 및 적용하였다. 개발한 프로그램은 학생들에게 친숙한 마인크래프트와 제페토를 메타버스 학습 플랫폼으로 활용하였고, 모듈 형태의 5가지 주제를 총 16차시로 구성하여 교육 현장에서 차시 대체형 수업이 이루어질 수 있도록 하였다. 이를 통해 학습자의 STEAM 태도의 변화 및 학습 만족도를 측정했으며, 개발한 융합 프로그램을 통해 학습자의 흥미, 배려, 소통, 유용성, 자아개념, 자아효능감, 진로선택 영역이 유의미하게 상승한 것으로 나타났다. 또한 만족도, 흥미, 수업 전반과 관련된 학습자 만족도 검사 전 영역에서도 긍정적인 결과가 확인되었다. 향후 메타버스의 특성을 고려하여 시공간의 제약을 탈피하여 새롭게 소통하고, 높은 자유도와 몰입도를 바탕으로 하는 학습자 중심의 다양한 교육적 접근이 이루어져야 할 것이다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권11호
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• pp.4348-4358
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• 2022

The thermal-hydraulics phenomena in a containment during an accident will necessarily include radiative heat transfer (i) within the gas mixture due to the high radiative absorption and emission of steam and (ii) between the gas mixture and the surrounding structures. The analysis of some previous PANDA experiments (PSI, Switzerland) demonstrated the importance of the proper modelling of radiation for the benefit of numerical simulations. These results together with dedicated scoping calculations conducted for the present experiments indicated that the radiative heat transfer is considerable, even for a very low amount of steam (≈2%). The H2P2 series conducted in the large-scale PANDA facility at the Paul-Scherrer-Institut (PSI) in the framework of the OECD/NEA HYMERES-2 project is intended to enhance the understanding of thermal radiation phenomena and to provide a benchmark for corresponding numerical simulations. Thus, the test matrix was tailored around the two opposite extremes: either gas compositions with small steam content such that radiative heat transfer phenomena can be neglected. Or gas mixtures containing larger amounts of steam, so that radiative heat transfer is expected to play a dominant role. The H2P2 series consists of 5 experiments designed to isolate the radiation phenomena from convective and diffusive effects as much as possible. One vessel with a diameter of 4 m and a height of 8 m was preconditioned with different mixtures of air / steam at room and elevated temperatures. This was followed by the build-up of a stable helium stratification at constant pressure in the upper part of the vessel. After that, helium was injected from the top into the vessel which leads to an increase of the vessel pressure and a corresponding elevation-dependent and transient rise of the gas temperature. It is shown that even the addition of small amounts of steam in the initial gas atmosphere considerably impacts the radiative heat transport throughout all phases of the experiments and markedly influences i) the monitored gas peak temperature, ii) the temperature history during the compression and iii) the following relaxation phase after the compression was stopped. These PANDA experiments are the first of its kind conducted in a large scale thermal-hydraulic facility.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.605-617
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• 2023

본 연구에서는 공학적 설계 과정을 강조한 STEAM 프로그램을 개발·적용하여 초등학생들의 창의적 공학문제해결 성향 및 자기주도적 학습 능력에 미치는 영향을 조사하고 성별에 따른 차이를 비교·분석하였다. 경인지역 초등학교 4학년 학생 141명을 대상으로, 개발된 프로그램을 5차시에 걸쳐 진행하고 창의적 공학문제해결 성향과 자기주도적 학습 능력에 대한 사전·사후 검사를 실시하였으며 프로그램에 대한 만족도 및 인식 검사도 진행하였다. 연구 결과, 공학적 설계 과정을 강조한 STEAM 프로그램은 초등학생들의 창의적 공학문제해결 성향 및 자기주도적 학습 능력 향상에 효과적이었으며, 특히 여학생에게 효과적인 것으로 나타났다. 성별에 따른 변화의 차이 분석 결과, 창의적 공학문제해결 성향의 하위요인인 '소통 및 협업능력'을 제외한 모든 요인에서 여학생들의 유의미한 향상이 나타났다. 남학생의 경우, '공학설계', '소통 및 협업능력' 요인에 대해 유의미한 효과가 있었다. 프로그램에 대한 학생 만족도와 인식을 분석하고 이에 대한 교육적 함의를 논의하였다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제61권3호
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• pp.479-486
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• 2023

본 연구에서는 메탄 습식 개질 반응용 Ni/Al₂O₃ 촉매에 첨가된 Ce_xZr_1-xO₂(CZ)가 촉매 반응 효율에 미치는 효과를 조사하였다. 반응 실험 결과, CZ 조촉매가 첨가된 Ni/Al₂O₃ 촉매는 동일 온도, 동일 steam to carbon ratio에서 Ni/Al₂O₃ 촉매보다 높은 메탄 전환율과 수소 수율을 보였다. 특성 분석 결과, 두 촉매 모두 유사한 기공 구조와 비슷한 Ni 분산도를 가지고 있어 이는 반응 효율에 영향을 미치는 요소가 아님을 확인하였다. 하지만, 라만 분광 분석결과에서 CZ 조촉매 첨가 Ni/Al₂O₃ 촉매는 Ni/Al₂O₃ 촉매와 달리 CZ상에서 oxygen vacancy가 존재하고, 이는 상대적으로 낮은 반응 온도에서 물 활성화를 촉진시키는 것으로 확인되었다. CZ 조촉매 상의 oxygen vacancy에 의한 물 활성화는 저온 영역에서 CZ 조촉매 첨가 Ni/Al₂O₃ 촉매의 습식 개질 반응 성능을 증대시켰다.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.380-388
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• 2002

This paper describes the optimum design for low-pressure steam turbine rotor of 1,000 MW nuclear power plant by using a combined genetic algorithm, which uses both a genetic algorithm and a local concentrate search algorithm (e.g. simplex method). This algorithm is not only faster than the standard genetic algorithm but also supplies a more accurate solution. In addition, this algorithm can find the global and local optimum solutions. The objective is to minimize the resonance response (Q factor) and total weight of the shaft, and to separate the critical speeds as far from the operating speed as possible. These factors play very important roles in designing a rotor-bearing system under the dynamic behavior constraint. In the present work, the shaft diameter, the bearing length, and clearance are used as the design variables. The results show that the proposed algorithm can improve the Q factor and reduce the weight of the shaft and the 1st critical speed.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.119-126
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• 2002

The methanol partial oxidation using commercial $CuO/ZnO/Al_2O_3$ catalysts in a plug flow reactor was studied in the temperature range of $200{\sim}250^{\circ}C$ at atmospheric pressure, It was achieved the high activities by Cu-based catalysts and the selectivity of $CO_2$/$H_2$ was 100% when $O_2$ was fully convened. The reactivity changes and their hysteresis with increasing/decreasing temperatures were observed due to the chemical state differences between the oxidation and the reduction on the Cu surface, It was suggested as the two-step reaction: the complete oxidation and the following steam reforming for methanol, which was indicated by the distributions of final products vs. the residence time. In addition, the complete oxidation step was shown to be extremely fast and the total reaction rate can be controlled by the steam reforming reaction.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.267-283
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• 2015

The main objective of this study is to investigate experimentally the two-phase flow characteristics in terms of the direct contact condensation of a steam-water stratified flow in a horizontal rectangular channel. Experiments were performed for both air-water and steam-water flows with a cocurrent flow configuration. This work presents the local temperature and velocity distributions in a water layer as well as the interfacial characteristics of both condensing and noncondensing fluid flows. The gas superficial velocity varied from 1.2 m/s to 2.0 m/s for air and from 1.2 m/s to 2.8 m/s for steam under a fixed inlet water superficial velocity of 0.025 m/s. Some advanced measurement methods have been applied to measure the local characteristics of the water layer thickness, temperature, and velocity fields in a horizontal stratified flow. The instantaneous velocity and temperature fields inside the water layer were measured using laser-induced fluorescence and particle image velocimetry, respectively. In addition, the water layer thickness was measured through an ultrasonic method.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.621-631
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• 2017

Many developing countries considering the introduction of nuclear power find that large-scale reactor plants in the range of 1,000 MWe to 1,600 MWe are not grid appropriate for their current circumstance. By contrast, small modular reactors are generally too small to make significant contributions toward rapidly growing electricity demand and to date have not been demonstrated. This paper proposes a radically simplified re-design for the nuclear steam cycle for a medium-sized reactor plant in the range of 600 MWe. Historically, balance of plant designs for units of this size have emphasized reliability and efficiency. It will be demonstrated here that advances over the past 50 years in component design, materials, and fabrication techniques allow both of these goals to be met with a less complex design. A disciplined approach to reduce component count will result in substantial benefits in the life cycle cost of the units. Specifically, fabrication, transportation, construction, operations, and maintenance costs and expenses can all see significant reductions. In addition, the design described here can also be expected to significantly reduce both construction duration and operational requirements for maintenance and inspections.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.69-76
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• 2021

In this work, we have performed a corrosion failure analysis of a leaking tube connected to an upper header of a condensate pre-heater in a heat recovery steam generator. It was revealed that the leakage position in the tube was the location where the materials were easily vulnerable due to tensile residual stresses induced by the material manufacturing process and welding process. In addition to an imbalance in the module induced by temperature difference during operation of the pre-heater, the weight of the modules and thermal fatigue provoked a type of stress of tensile-tensile fatigue on the tube. Thus, the leakage position of the pre-heater was exposed to the tensile stress on the inner surface of the tube facing the gas, which rendered the unstable oxide layer susceptible to corrosion and the formation of pits on the water side. The cracks propagated along with the degraded microstructure in a transgranular cracking mode under fatigue loading and finally resulted in water leakage.