• Title/Summary/Keyword: Control maintenance techniques

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Securing a Cyber Physical System in Nuclear Power Plants Using Least Square Approximation and Computational Geometric Approach

  • Gawand, Hemangi Laxman;Bhattacharjee, A.K.;Roy, Kallol
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.49 no.3
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    • pp.484-494
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    • 2017
  • In industrial plants such as nuclear power plants, system operations are performed by embedded controllers orchestrated by Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) software. A targeted attack (also termed a control aware attack) on the controller/SCADA software can lead a control system to operate in an unsafe mode or sometimes to complete shutdown of the plant. Such malware attacks can result in tremendous cost to the organization for recovery, cleanup, and maintenance activity. SCADA systems in operational mode generate huge log files. These files are useful in analysis of the plant behavior and diagnostics during an ongoing attack. However, they are bulky and difficult for manual inspection. Data mining techniques such as least squares approximation and computational methods can be used in the analysis of logs and to take proactive actions when required. This paper explores methodologies and algorithms so as to develop an effective monitoring scheme against control aware cyber attacks. It also explains soft computation techniques such as the computational geometric method and least squares approximation that can be effective in monitor design. This paper provides insights into diagnostic monitoring of its effectiveness by attack simulations on a four-tank model and using computation techniques to diagnose it. Cyber security of instrumentation and control systems used in nuclear power plants is of paramount importance and hence could be a possible target of such applications.

Improvement of river environment in the downstream reaches of dams (댐하류의 하천환경 개선)

  • Ozawa, Takashi
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Environment and Ecology Conference
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.1-21
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    • 2003
  • I introduce the Flexible Dam Operation (FDO) and some of sediment control techniques In dams which are implemented as trials to avoid or reduce environmental impact of dams on the downstream reaches. The FDO is a dam management method to improve river environment in the downstream reaches by means of the flushing flow, the maintenance flow and so on utilizing a vacant portion of capacity for flood control without interrupting prime flood control function during the rainy/typhoon season. It Is suggested by the guideline of the FDO that EDO should be implemented regularly after the trial for about three years. The basic conception of the FDO is described here. The example of excavation of deposited sediments in check dams and placement of sand ana gravel immediately downstream of the dams and the example of coordinated sediment flushing are described as some of sediment control techniques in dams. Now they are at the stage of experiment and trial. Therefore, it is important to increase examples and establish the technical methodology and the environmental evaluation method for them.

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Defect Identification through Frequency Analysis of Vibration -In Case of Rotary Machine_ (진동의 주파수분석을 통한 결함 식별 - 회전기계를 중심으로-)

  • Jeong, Yoon-Seong;Wang, Gi-Nam;Kim, Gwang-Sub
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.12 no.11
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    • pp.82-90
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    • 1995
  • This paper pressents a condition-based maintenance (CBM) method through bibration analysis. The well known frequency analysis is employed for performing machine fault diagnosis. The statistical control chart is also applied for analyzing the trend of the bearing wear. Vibration sensors are attached to prototype machine and signals are continuously monitored. The sampled data are utilized to evaluate how well the fast fourier transform(FFT) and the statistical control chart techniques could be used to identify defects of machine and to analyze the machine degradation. Experimental results show that the propowed approach could classify every mal-function and could be utilized for real machine diagnosis system.

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Optimal Active Seismic Control of Structures with Optimum Location of Active Controllers (제어기의 최적위치선정을 고려한 구조물의 최적 능동지진제어)

  • Cho, Chang-Geun;Kwon, Joon-Myoung;Park, Tae-Hoon;Park, Moon-Ho
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.12 no.5
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    • pp.179-189
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    • 2008
  • The object of this study is to develope a program with proposed numerical techniques for an optimal seismic control of structures using active tendon systems. Ricatti closed-loop algorithm has been applied to control the active tendon systems with time-delay problem. The optimal control is formulated as an optimization problem which is finding optimal weighting matrices by minimizing the quadratic performance index by SUMT. In order to find the optimal location of active tendons in structures, controllability index has been introduced. From numerical examples, the current optimal control technique with optimal location of tendons was suitable to control the seismic response of structures.

Application Consideration of Machine Learning Techniques in Satellite Systems

  • Jin-keun Hong
    • International journal of advanced smart convergence
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.48-60
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    • 2024
  • With the exponential growth of satellite data utilization, machine learning has become pivotal in enhancing innovation and cybersecurity in satellite systems. This paper investigates the role of machine learning techniques in identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities and code smells within satellite software. We explore satellite system architecture and survey applications like vulnerability analysis, source code refactoring, and security flaw detection, emphasizing feature extraction methodologies such as Abstract Syntax Trees (AST) and Control Flow Graphs (CFG). We present practical examples of feature extraction and training models using machine learning techniques like Random Forests, Support Vector Machines, and Gradient Boosting. Additionally, we review open-access satellite datasets and address prevalent code smells through systematic refactoring solutions. By integrating continuous code review and refactoring into satellite software development, this research aims to improve maintainability, scalability, and cybersecurity, providing novel insights for the advancement of satellite software development and security. The value of this paper lies in its focus on addressing the identification of vulnerabilities and resolution of code smells in satellite software. In terms of the authors' contributions, we detail methods for applying machine learning to identify potential vulnerabilities and code smells in satellite software. Furthermore, the study presents techniques for feature extraction and model training, utilizing Abstract Syntax Trees (AST) and Control Flow Graphs (CFG) to extract relevant features for machine learning training. Regarding the results, we discuss the analysis of vulnerabilities, the identification of code smells, maintenance, and security enhancement through practical examples. This underscores the significant improvement in the maintainability and scalability of satellite software through continuous code review and refactoring.

Speed control of a induction motor system using digital control method (유도전동기의 디지탈 속도 제어)

  • 이충환;김상봉;하주식
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1992.10a
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    • pp.987-992
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    • 1992
  • In recent years, induction motor is applied for several industrial actuatung parts instead of direct current motor because of the robust construction, nonexpensive and maintenance-free actuator etc. and having capability of speed control according to development of power electrounics and microprocessor techniques. In the paper, a microprocessor-based digital control approach for spped control of induction motor system is presented by considering a simple modelling equation as the system expression equation of induction motor and using the self tuning control and torque effdforward control method. As the model equation of the induction motor system, we use a second order differential equation which is well known in the modeling equation is induced form the control theory stand point such tath we can describe usually the motor system connected by inverter, generator and load etc. The effectiveness of the control system composed by the above mentioned design concept is illustrated by the expermental result in the presence of step reference change and generator load variation.

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A Study on the Digital Control of Single Phase Induction Motor Driven by the Full Bridge Resonant Inverter(2) (전브리지 공진형 인버터에 의한 단상 유도전동기의 디지탈 제어에 관한 연구(2))

  • 노영오;박진길
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.17 no.5
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    • pp.86-98
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    • 1993
  • The application of A.C. motor for servo system is rapidly increased according to the recent advance of power electronics and digital control techniques. The induction motor which has a simple structure and needs less maintenance has become to be used widely in the industrial field for the speed and position control recently. In this paper, the full-bridge resonant inverter is applied to the speed control of single phase inducting motor. The digital PID control algorithm is used and the control parameter is determined by the Zigler-Nichols transient response method. The speed control is carried out by the one chip micro-processor(intel EV 8097BH) and control program is developed by the assembly language. By the experimental result, it is confirmed that the speed of single phase induction motor driven by full bridge series inverter can be smoothly controlled by a digital PID controller.

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Hybrid Re-Adhesion Control Method for Traction System of High-Speed Railways with Parallel Induction Motor Control (유도전동기 병렬 제어형 고속전철 추진시스템의 혼합형 재점착 제어기법)

  • Hwang, Don-Ha;Kim, Mun-Seop;Ryu, Hong-Je;Park, Do-Yeong;Kim, Jong-Su
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers B
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    • v.51 no.1
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    • pp.40-47
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    • 2002
  • This paper describes a re-adhesion control method for the Korean High-Speed Train (KHST) with parallel induction motor drive. To keep a traction efficiency and to improve vehicle maintenance, the adhesion characteristics between wheel and rail are analyzed. Also the re-adhesion controller is designed as the subsystem of induction motor vector control. In order to verify performance of the proposed control techniques, the simulation is executed by train model and a downscaled re-adhesion control simulator is utilized. Both simulation and running test results show that good re-adhesion characteristics are obtained.

Visual Tracking Control of Aerial Robotic Systems with Adaptive Depth Estimation

  • Metni, Najib;Hamel, Tarek
    • International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.51-60
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    • 2007
  • This paper describes a visual tracking control law of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(UAV) for monitoring of structures and maintenance of bridges. It presents a control law based on computer vision for quasi-stationary flights above a planar target. The first part of the UAV's mission is the navigation from an initial position to a final position to define a desired trajectory in an unknown 3D environment. The proposed method uses the homography matrix computed from the visual information and derives, using backstepping techniques, an adaptive nonlinear tracking control law allowing the effective tracking and depth estimation. The depth represents the desired distance separating the camera from the target.

A Study on the Digital Control of Single Phase Induction Motor Driven by the Full Bridge Resonant Inverter(I) - The Current Characteristics of Full - bridge Resonant Inverter at Low Frequency - (전브리지 공진형 인버터에 의한 단상 유도전동기의 디지탈제어에 관한 연구(I) -저주파수에서 전브리지 공진형 이버터의 전류특성에 대하여-)

  • 노영오;박진길
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.70-79
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    • 1993
  • The application of A.C. motor to servo system is rapidly increased according to the recent advance of power electronics and digital control techniques. The induction motor which has a simple structure and needs less maintenance is used in the industrial field for the variable speed and position control recently. In this paper, the current characteristic of the full-bridge resonant inverter is studied by comparing with the computer simulation and the laboratory experiment when the ratio of forced frequency to the natural frequency and the ratio of conduction time to the period at the given frequency is changed. And then, the full-bridge resonant inverter is applied to the speed control of single phase induction motor.

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