On a global scale, the storage of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) within nuclear power plants (NPP) has become an important research topic due to limited space caused by approaching capacity saturation. SNF have e been collected over decades of NPP operation, coming up to capacity limitation. In case of Korea, every reactor except Saeul 1 and 2 has reached a SNF storage saturation rate of over 75%. One of the most studied methods for enhancing storage capacity efficiency involves increasing storage density using racks with neutron absorbers. Neutron absorbers like borated stainless steel (BSS) are utilized to manage the reactivity of densely stored SNF. However, major challenges of applying BSS are manufacturing hardness from heterogenous microstructure and mechanical property degradation from helium bubble formation. This study suggests that innovative fabrication methods of 3D printing can be good candidate for easier fabrication and better structural integrity of BSS. Directed energy deposition (DED), one of the 3D printing methods have become major candidate method for various alloys. It deposits alloy powder on base melt surface by high intensity laser, similar with welding process. Powder manufacturing is already demonstrated superior performance compared to casting in ASTM-A887, such as increased mechanical properties, owing to its well distributed chemistry of alloy. Moreover, as its original microstructural property, the formation of micro-pores through DED could lead to long-term performance improvements by capturing helium generated from the neutron absorption of boron. The potential for fabricating complex structure is also among the advantages of DED-produced neutron absorbers. Expected challenge on DED application on BSS is lack of printing condition data, because the 3D printing process have to be kept very careful variables of thermal intensity, powder flux and etc. These processes may get through much of trial & error for initial condition approaching. Nonetheless, as a recommendation of improved neutron absorber for efficient SNF pool storage, the concept of 3D printed BSS stands out as an intriguing avenue for research.

For the commercialization of hydrogen energy, a technology enabling safe storage and the transport of large amounts of hydrogen is needed. Porous materials are attracting attention as hydrogen storage material; however, their gravimetric hydrogen storage capacity (GHSC) at room temperature (RT) is insufficient for actual use. In an effort to overcome this limitation, we present a N-doped microporous carbon that contains large proportion of micropores with diameters below 1 nm and small amounts of N elements imparted by the nitrogen plasma treatment. The N-doped microporous carbon exhibits the highest total GHSC (1.59 wt%) at RT, and we compare the hydrogen storage capacities of our sample with those of metal alloys, showing their advantages and disadvantages as hydrogen storage materials.

The high level of lithium storage in synthetic porous carbons has necessitated the development of accurate models for estimating the specific capacity of carbon-based lithium-ion battery (LIB) anodes. To date, various models have been developed to estimate the storage capacity of lithium in carbonaceous materials. However, these models are complex and do not take into account the effect of porosity in their estimations. In this paper, a novel model is proposed to predict the specific capacity of porous carbon LIB anodes. For this purpose, a new factor is introduced, which is called normalized surface area. Considering this factor, the contribution of surface lithium storage can be added to the lithium stored in the bulk to have a better prediction. The novel model proposed in this study is able to estimate the lithium storage capacity of LIB anodes based on the porosity of porous carbons for the first time. Benefiting porosity value (specific surface area) makes the predictions quick, facile, and sensible for the scientists and experts designing LIBs using porous carbon anodes. The predicted capacities were compared with that of the literature reported by experimental works. The remarkable consistency of the measured and predicted capacities of the LIB anodes also confirms the validity of the approach and its reliability for further predictions.

In this work, highly porous carbons were prepared by chemical activation of carbonized biomass-derived aerogels. These aerogels were synthesized from watermelon flesh using a hydrothermal reaction. After carbonization, chemical activation was conducted using potassium hydroxide to enhance the specific surface area and microporosity. The micro-structural properties and morphologies were measured by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy, respectively. The specific surface area and microporosity were investigated by N2/77 K adsorption-desorption isotherms using the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller method and Barrett-Joyner-Halenda equation, respectively. Hydrogen storage capacity was dependent on the activation temperature. The highest capacity of 2.7 wt% at 77 K and 1 bar was obtained with an activation temperature of 900°C.

Polyacrylonitrile-based carbon nanofibers (CNFs) containing Ti and Mn were prepared by electrospinning. The effect of metal content on the hydrogen storage capacity of the nanofibers was evaluated. The nanofibers containing Ti and Mn exhibited maximum hydrogen adsorption capacities of 1.6 and 1.1 wt%, respectively, at 303 K and 9 MPa. Toward the development of an improved hydrogen storage system, the optimum conditions for the production of metalized CNFs were investigated by characterizing the specific surface areas, pore volumes, sizes, and shapes of the fibers. According to the results of Brunauer-Emmett-Teller analysis, the activation of the CNFs using potassium hydroxide resulted in a large pore volume and specific surface area in the samples. This is attributable to the optimized pore structure of the metal-containing polyacrylonitrile-based electrospun CNFs, which may provide better sites for hydrogen adsorption than do current adsorbates.

본 논문의 목적은 유한 저장공간을 가지는 대기행렬 시스템에서 완전공유 (Complete Sharing), 완전분할 (Complete Partitioning), 최소할당공유 (Sharing with Minimum Allocation) 와 같은 다양한 저장공간 공유방안들을 비교ㆍ분석하는 것으로, 이를 위하여 먼저 각각의 공유방안에서의 대기행렬 안정상태확률을 효율적으로 구할 수 있는 방법이 제시되었다. 다음으로 각각의 저장공간 공유방안을 특징짓는데 필요한 몇

The objective of this study was to develop a management strategy for the recovery of carbon storage capacity of abandoned coal mine forest rehabilitation area. For the purpose, the biomass and stand carbon storage over time after the forest rehabilitation by tree type for Betula platyphylla, Pinus densiflora, and Alnus hirsuta trees which are major tree species widely planted for the forest rehabilitation in the abandoned coal mine were calculated, and compared them with general forest. The carbon storage in abandoned coal mine forest rehabilitation areas was lower than that in general forests, and based on tree species, Pinus densiflora stored 48.9%, Alnus hirsuta 41.1%, and Betula platyphylla 27.0%. This low carbon storage is thought to be caused by poor growth because soil chemical properties, such as low TOC and total nitrogen content, in the soil of abandoned coal mine forest rehabilitation areas, were adverse to vegetation growth compared to those in general forests. DBH, stand biomass, and stand carbon storage tended to increase after forest rehabilitation over time, whereas stand density decreased. Stand' biomass and carbon storage increased as DBH and stand density increased, but there was a negative correlation between stand density and DBH. Therefore, after forest rehabilitation, growth status should be monitored, an appropriate growth space for trees should be maintained by thinning and pruning, and the soil chemical properties such as fertilization must be managed. It is expected that the carbon storage capacity the forest rehabilitation area could be restored to a level similar to that of general forests.

본 연구에서는 댐 저수용량에 대한 이변량 빈도해석을 수행함으로써 재현기간 개념을 이용한 댐의 용수공급능력 평가방법을 제안하였다. 제안된 방법은 대청댐에 적용되어 검토되었다. 추가적으로 국내의 대표적인 가뭄사상에 대한 대청댐의 재현기간을 산정하고, 그결과를검토하였다. 그 결과를 정리하면 다음과 같다. 먼저, 본 연구에서는 이변량 빈도해석을 수행하기 위해 한국의 기후 특성을 반영한 댐의 용수공급능력 평가인자를 고려하였으며 5월 저류량 및 6~10월의 저류량 차이를 대상 변량으로 결정하였다. 둘째, 재현기간의 개념을 이용하여 대청댐의 용수공급능력을 평가한 결과, 대청댐은 재현기간 20년 미만에 대한 용수공급능력을 확보하는 것으로 나타났다. 마지막으로, 본 연구에서 제안된 방법은 한반도에 발생했던 대표적인 가뭄사상들을 분석하고, 해당 사상들에 대한 재현기간을 산정하는데 있어서도 유효함을 확인하였다.

강변저류지는 하천 제방의 일부를 낮춰 제내지에 홍수량을 저류하는 방식으로 홍수기에는 홍수조절효과를 얻을 수 있고, 비홍수기에는 습지, 농경지, 생태공원 및 스포츠 시설 등으로 활용할 수 있는 친환경적 치수구조물이다. 강변저류지의 홍수조절효과는 강변저류지 설치 전·후의 첨두홍수량 또는 첨두홍수위 차이를 말하며 저류용량, 월류턱 높이, 횡월류부 길이, 하천 수위 및 홍수수문곡선 등 다양한 인자들에 의해 결정된다. 그 중에서도 홍수조절효과에 크게 영향을 미치는 인자는 저류용량이다. 만약 홍수 수문곡선에 대하여 강변저류지의 저류용량이 부족한 경우에는 첨두 홍수 발생 이전에 횡월류부의 월류턱 높이 이상으로 수위가 올라가게 되어 목표로 하는 홍수조절효과를 확보하지 못할 수도 있다. 이와 같이 강변저류지의 저류용량은 홍수 수문곡선에 따른 횡월류부의 수위변화를 충분히 고려하여 결정해야 한다. 이에 본 연구에서는 1차원 부정류 수치모형인 HEC-RAS를 이용하여 저류용량이 충분한 경우와 부족한 경우에 대해 강변저류지의 횡월류부 흐름특성과 홍수조절효과를 분석하였다. 분석 결과 강변저류지의 저류용량이 부족한 경우에는 불완전 횡월류 흐름이 발생하여 강변저류지 직하류의 수위저감효과와 홍수조절효과가 작게 산정되는 것을 확인하였다. 따라서 강변저류지 설계시 가능하면 불완전 횡월류 흐름이 발생하지 않도록 저류용량을 확보하도록 하는 것이 바람직할 것으로 판단된다.

In this study for the development of area due to the increasing of industry, population and spreading of urbanization is rapidly increasing but about seventy percent of our nation's areas consists of the mountainous districts. In such case, when those areas have the heavy rains break, they are washed away by a fast-flowing stream of a valley and overflowed. Thus it could result on human life and property damage and also the widespread of flood damage in the downstream area. To decrease those damage, the construction of flood control reservoir is necessary. This research was aim to construct the flood runoff models of a mountainous small district and to determine the probability rainfall by analyzing precipitation. The study also examined the effects of location and size of flood control reservoir on flood reduction. The result showed that the construction of detention basin was an effective way to ensure the safety of flood control and multiple detention basin had superior result for reducing amount of runoff in the down stream area than the single detention basin.

This study aims at the effective estimation of water supply capacity of small scale reservoir and the proposal of the data which is necessary to establish the water resources management plan of down stream area of the reservoir in the future by comparison and examination about reservoir operation technique for the security of agricultural water in small scale reservoir. The result of flow calculation by Tank model is used for the input data as the inflow data which is needed for the analysis of water supply capacity. Stochastic method, simulation method, and optimization method are used to examine the water supply capacity, and water security amount is compared with each method. From the analyses of water supply capacities by each method, slightly different results are shown in spite of the effort to compare them equally using input data such as inflow data under equal conditions, and the comparison of water supply capacities by each method are as follows; linear planning method, simulation method, and transition probability matrix method in the order of amount from the largest. It is thought that the simulation method in which comparatively reasonable application of the inflow data is possible and is simulated in successive time series dam operation of the three methods used in this study thus, simulation model is proper to estimate the water supply capacity of agricultural small scale reservoir. And it is judged that the heightening of efficiency of water resources utilization according to the development of downstream area of dam may be possible using the upward readjusted water supply amount of 55.18×106ton and 63.7×106ton at 95% and 90% supply reliability respectively which are above the planning water supply amount of 50.0×106ton when the simulation method is introduced as the standard.