Abstract: According to the invention there is provided a HFAC power supply configured to be powered by a DC supply, the HFAC power supply comprising a power circuit, a load circuit and a controller, the power circuit and the load circuit being inductively coupled, the power circuit comprising a voltage regulator configured to output an output voltage, a DC to AC driver and a driver circuit comprising an LC resonant bridge circuit and a primary inductor inductively coupled to the load circuit.

Abstract: Disclosed is an adsorbent containing a metal oxide for adsorption of hydrogen sulfide in biogas, and a biogas purification system using the same.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electrochemical device forming a chip-capacitor or a super-capacitor. The electrochemical device includes: a ceramic substrate having a nonconductive ceramic layer, a current collecting layer disposed on a nonconductive ceramic layer and made of ceramic or cermet, and a metal layer arranged on outer surfaces of the nonconductive ceramic layer and the current collecting layer; an electrode having a positive electrode and a negative electrode and formed on the current collecting layer; and a nonconductive ceramic packaging module located on the ceramic substrate to accommodate electrolyte therein, wherein the metal layer is exposed to the outside of the nonconductive ceramic packaging module.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing core-shell particles using carbon monoxide, and more particularly, to a method for manufacturing core-shell particles, the method of which a simple and fast one-pot reaction enables particle manufacturing to reduce process costs, facilitate scale-up, change various types of core and shell metals, and form a multi-layered shell by including the steps of adsorbing carbon monoxide on a transition metal for a core, and reacting carbon monoxide adsorbed on the surface of the transition metal for the core, a metal precursor for a shell, and a solvent to form particles with a core-shell structure having a reduced metal shell layer formed on a transition metal core.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for determining the location of a radiation source. The apparatus for determining the location of a radiation source according to the present invention comprises: a collimator part for selectively passing radiation therethrough according to the direction in which the radiation is incident; a scintillator part for converting the radiation incident from the collimator part into a light ray; a first optical sensor for converting the light ray incident from one end of the scintillator part into a first optical signal; a second optical sensor for converting the light ray incident from the other end of the scintillator part into a second optical signal; and a location information acquisition part for acquiring information on the location where the light ray is generated in the scintillator part, by using the second optical signal and the second optical signal.

Abstract: Disclosed is an adsorbent containing a metal oxide for adsorption of hydrogen sulfide in biogas, and a biogas purification system using the same.

Abstract: There is provided an ultrafast electron diffraction apparatus including: a photoelectron gun configured to emit an electron beam; a bending portion for emitting the electron beam emitted from the photoelectron gun by changing a travel direction of the electron beam by a predetermined angle; and a sample portion including a sample to be analyzed by the electron beam emitted from the bending portion. The electron beam reaches the sample portion in a state that a pulse of the electron beam is compressed and the timing jitter between the pumping light and probe electron pulse is completely reduced as the travel direction of the electron beam is changed by the predetermined angle through the bending portion.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method of manufacturing a uranium target, the method including (a) a step of preparing a conjugate including a matrix and a uranium target green compact formed in the matrix; and (b) a step of performing thermo-mechanical treatment through additional heat treatment at 530° C. to 600° C. during a hot rolling pass in a process of hot-rolling the conjugate, and a method of extracting radioactive Mo-99 using the uranium target.

Abstract: Disclosed is an absorbent containing an amine for absorption of an acid gas in a biogas, and a biogas purification system using the same.

Abstract: An inductively powered device driver comprising a secondary winding to be coupled to a primary winding and a ferrite core formed of two separable parts, and further comprising a permanent magnet attached to each part of the ferrite core. The permanent magnet(s) are preferably separated from the ferrite core by an insulator. One part of the ferrite core preferably comprises a metal plate positioned between the two parts of the ferrite core.

Abstract: There is provided a high frequency AC inverter comprising a DC-DC circuit having a variable output, an output power circuit and a load circuit and a controller, the load circuit comprising a load circuit detector configured to detect the electrical parameters of the load circuit. The output power circuit comprises a DC to AC driver having a variable frequency output, a HFAC driver circuit comprising a resonant network and a transformer coupled to the HFAC driver circuit and the load circuit. The controller is configured to control the output of the DC to DC circuit to control the current on the load circuit to maintain it within a predetermined range.

Abstract: There is provided a high frequency AC inverter comprising a DC-DC circuit, an output power circuit and a load circuit and a controller, the load circuit comprising a load circuit detector configured to detect the electrical parameters of the load circuit. The output power circuit comprises a DC to AC driver having a variable frequency output, a HFAC driver circuit comprising a resonant network and a transformer coupled to the HFAC driver circuit and the load circuit. The controller is configured to control the output frequency of the DC to AC driver and the output of the DC to DC circuit in response to the detected electrical parameters of the load circuit.

Abstract: There is provided a high frequency AC inverter comprising a DC-DC circuit, an output power circuit and a load circuit and a controller. The load circuit comprises a load circuit detector configured to detect the electrical parameters of the load circuit. The output power circuit comprises a DC to AC driver having a variable frequency output, a HFAC driver circuit and a transformer coupled to the HFAC driver circuit and the load circuit.

Abstract: A gas separation method is provided. The method includes using a gas separation apparatus comprising a selective permeable membrane and a first and second treatment chambers separated by the selective permeable membrane. A mixed gas containing a gas to be separated is supplied into (or generated within) the first treatment chamber, and the gas to be separated is separated from the mixed gas by having the gas to be separated permeate from the first/second treatment chamber side of the selective permeable membrane, which has a stacked laminated structure of a hydrophilic porous membrane, a separation-functional layer, and a first protective membrane, and the separation-functional layer includes a layer of hydrophilic polymer containing water, and the first treatment chamber is provided on a hydrophilic porous membrane side of the selective permeable membrane and the second treatment chamber is provided on the first protective membrane side of the selective permeable membrane.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for determining the location of a radiation source. The apparatus for determining the location of a radiation source according to the present invention comprises: a collimator part for selectively passing radiation therethrough according to the direction in which the radiation is incident; a scintillator part for converting the radiation incident from the collimator part into a light ray; a first optical sensor for converting the light ray incident from one end of the scintillator part into a first optical signal; a second optical sensor for converting the light ray incident from the other end of the scintillator part into a second optical signal; and a location information acquisition part for acquiring information on the location where the light ray is generated in the scintillator part, by using the second optical signal and the second optical signal.

Abstract: Porous alumina having excellent heat resistance and coking resistance is provided. The porous alumina can include silica and barium oxide added to aluminum oxide, wherein a ratio of SiO2 addition amount to a total mass of aluminum oxide and SiO2 addition amount is defined as SiO2 addition ratio (mass %), a ratio of BaO addition amount to a total mass of aluminum oxide and SiO2 addition amount is defined as BaO addition ratio (mass %), when the SiO2 addition ratio is within a range of 3 mass % or less and the BaO addition ratio is within a range of 14 mass % or less, the silica and the barium oxide are respectively added to the aluminum oxide so that a specific surface area of the porous alumina measured by a measuring method after heat treatment is equal to or larger than a reference specific surface area of reference porous alumina.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a solidifying method of a radionuclide. The solidifying method of the radionuclide includes operations of: providing a low melting point glass including Bi2O3, B2O3, ZnO and SiO2; providing a glass mixture mixing a mixture to be treated containing a hydroxide of radionuclide and BaSO4 and the low melting point glass; and heating the glass mixture.

Abstract: A method of obtaining transuranic elements for nanofuel including: receiving spent nuclear fuel (SNF); separating elements from SNF, including a stream of elements with Z>92, fissile fuel, passive agent, fertile fuel, or fission products; and providing elements. A method of using transuranic elements to create nanofuel, including: receiving, converting, and mixing the transuranic elements with a moderator to obtain nanofuel.

Abstract: A nanofuel engine including receiving nanofuel (including a molecular mixture, where the molecular mixture includes at least one molecule with dimensions on a nanometer scale) internally in an internal engine that releases nuclear energy, is set forth. A nanofuel chemical composition of fissile fuel, passive agent, and moderator. A method of operating a nanofuel engine loaded with nanofuel in spark or compression ignition mode. A method of cycling a nanofuel engine, including compressing nanofuel; igniting nanofuel; capturing energy released in nanofuel, which is also the working fluid; and using the working fluid to perform mechanical work or generate heat.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a live attenuated vaccine by irradiation and a live attenuated vaccine composition prepared by the same, and more particularly, a method of preparing a live attenuated vaccine by irradiation including irradiating a pathogenic microorganism with a dose of 0.5 to 2 kGy of radiation per single radiation six to fifteen times; and a live attenuated vaccine composition including a pathogenic microorganism attenuated to not be revertant to a wild type by generation of at least one mutation of nucleotide insertion and nucleotide deletion by irradiation.