• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권8호
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• pp.1677-1688
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• 2020

In the sodium-cooled fast reactor, the steam generator is a heat exchange device between sodium and water, which may cause leakage, resulting in a sodium-water reaction accident, which in turn affects the safe operation of the entire nuclear reactor. To this end, the electromagnetic vortex flowmeter is used to detect leakage of the steam generator and its signal processing method is studied in this paper. The hydraulic experiment was carried out by using water instead of liquid sodium, and the sensor output signal of the electromagnetic vortex flowmeter under different gas injection volumes was collected. The bubble noise signal is reflected by the base line of the sensor output signal. According to the relationship between the proportion of the bubble noise signal in the sensor output signal and the gas injection volume, a signal processing method based on the energy ratio calculation is proposed to detect whether the water contains bubbles. The gas injection experiment of liquid sodium was conducted to verify the effectiveness of the signal processing method in the detection of bubbles in sodium, and the minimum detectable leak rate of water in the steam generator was detected to be 0.2 g/s.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.130-134
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• 2020

Metal oxide varistors (MOVs) protect circuits and devices from transient overvoltages in electric power systems. However, a MOV continuously deteriorates owing to manufacturing defects or repetitive protective operations from transient overvoltages. A deteriorated MOV may result in a short circuit or a line-ground accident. Previous studies focused on the analysis of deterioration mechanisms and condition diagnosis techniques for MOVs owing to their recent growth of use. An accelerated deterioration experiment under the same conditions in which a MOV operates is essential. In this study, we designed and fabricated a surge generator that can apply a surge current to a MOV connected to AC mains. The coupling network operates at a low impedance against the surge current from the surge generator and transfers the surge current to the MOV under test. It also acts as a high impedance against AC mains for the AC voltage not to be applied to the surge generator. The decoupling network operates at a high impedance against the surge current and blocks the surge current from AC mains. It also acts as a low impedance against AC mains for the AC voltage to be applied to the MOV under test. The prototype surge generator can apply the 8/20 us up to 15 kA on AC voltages in the approximate range of 110~450 V, and it fully operates on a LabVIEW-based program.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제63권10호
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• pp.1328-1336
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• 2014

This paper proposes Power System Health Index(PSHI) newly. The paper describes several kind of power system health indices based on two main categories, which are adequacy and security. In adequacy, four kinds of health indices of Frequency, Voltage, Reserve(Operating Reserve Power and Frequency Regulation Reserve Power) and Overload of lines and transformers are proposed. In security, four kinds of health indices of Voltage(154kV, 345kV and 765kV), Overload of lines and transformers, Power flow constraint among areas and SPS are proposed. All indices are mapped with three domains, which are indicated as Health, Margin and Risk, defined with expert interview. While domains of health, margin and risk is defined similar with the conventional well being analysis of power system. The criterion of the domains is proposed using an interview with expert operators and practical reliability codes in Korea. The several kinds of health index functions, which are linear ratio, piecewise linear ration and reverse ratio function etc. are developed in this paper. It will be expected that the developed health indices can help operators to control power system more successfully and also prevent power system from accident as like as black out in future because operator can make a decision immediately based on more easily visual information of system conditions from too much indices acquisition of complex power system.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제66권8호
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• pp.1163-1171
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• 2017

The problem of fault current to exceed the rated capacity of a power circuit breaker can cause a serious accident to hurt the reliability of the power system. In order to solve this issue, current limiting reactors and circuit breakers with increased capacity are utilized but these solutions have some technical limitations. Back-to-back high voltage direct current(BTB HVDC) may be applied for reducing the fault current. When BTB HVDCs are installed for reduction in fault current, selecting the optimal location of the BTB HVDC without causing overload of line power becomes a key point. In this paper, we use genetic algorithm to find optimal location effectively in a short time. We propose a new methodology for determining the BTB HVDC optimal location to reduce fault current without causing overload of line power in metropolitan areas. Also, the procedure of performing the calculation of fault current and line power flow by PSS/E is carried out automatically using Python. It is shown that this optimization methodology can be applied effectively for determining the BTB HVDC optimal location to reduce fault current without causing overload of line power by a case study.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제67권8호
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• pp.994-1001
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• 2018

In this paper, to studied about future power system construction using PSS / E-Python API. Python-based future system automatical construction methods and modeling of renewable sources. it confirmed the stability of the powert system for each renewable area by calculating the weighted short circuit ratio (WSCR) index. it calculated the short circuit ratio (SCR) and selected the transmission line linkage scenario to improve the stability of vulnerable areas. it confirmed the WSCR index improvement through the selected transmission line linkage of scenario, and analyzed the stability of the renewable power system applying the scenario. It describes Facts and Shunt devices adjustment for the load flow convergence. It describes the stable methed of the bus voltage through the transformer Ratio Tap adjustment. By performing PSS/E ASCC using the Python it was performed three-phase short circuit fault capacity analysis, it is confirmed whether excess of the fault current circuit breaker capacity. In order to contingency accident analysis, it have described the generation of one or two line list of each areas using the Python. The list is used to contingency analysis and describe the soluted of the transmission line overload through comparison before and after adding the scenario line.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.1194-1200
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• 2014

현재 사용되는 내비게이션 단말기의 문제점은 목적지를 설정하기 위하여 사용자에게 많은 입력을 요구한다는 것이다. 이는 차량 이동 시 운전에 대한 집중력 저하로 이어져 교통사고를 유발하는 원인이 되기도 한다. 본 논문은 이러한 불편을 보완하기 위해 NFC를 활용하여 사용자 입력을 최소화시켜 내비게이션의 사용을 편리하고 안전하게 하는 시스템을 설계하고 구현한다. 스마트폰을 내비게이션의 NFC 리더에 터치하는 간단한 동작만으로 목적지의 정보를 입력할 수 있도록 설계하고, 설계한 시스템을 어플리케이션을 통해 구현한다. 또한 기존 내비게이션 제어 방법과의 비교를 통해 본 논문에서 구현한 시스템의 효과를 검증한다.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.453-456
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• 2016

The major causes of electrical fire in low-voltage distribution lines are classified into short-circuit fault, overload fault, electric leakage, and electric contact failure. The special principal factor of the fire is electric arc or spark accompanied with such electric faults. This paper studies the development of an electric fire prevention system with detection and alarm of that in case of parallel arc fault occurrence in low-voltage distribution lines. The proposed system is designed on algorithm sensing the instantaneous voltage drop of line voltage at arc fault occurrence. The proposed detector has characteristics of high-speed operation responsibility and superior system reliability from composition using a large number of semiconductor devices. A new sensing control method that shows the detection of parallel arc fault is sensed to ripple voltage drop through a diode bridge full-wave rectifier at electrical accident occurrence. Some experimental tests of the proposed system also confirm the practicality and validity of the analytical results.

• 전자공학회논문지 IE
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.32-38
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• 2006

유도전동기는 기동 시 전류가 정격전류의 6$\sim$8배에 이르기 때문에 경 부하로 운전하는 경우에는 역률을 떨어뜨릴 뿐만 아니라 과다한 기동전류로 인해 계통전원에 순간전압 강하를 유발시켜 선로의 전력품질저하가 심각하게 대두되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 PSCAD/EMTDC 패키지를 이용하여 IEEE에서 제시한 배전 계통 13버스 모형 모델 및 유도기 부하를 모델링 하여 사고모의 및 DSTATCOM의 보상효과를 시뮬레이션을 통하여 보였다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제18권8호
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• pp.753-758
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• 2005

A flux-lock type superconducting fault current limiter(SFCL) consists of two coils, which are wound in parallel each other through an iron core, and a high-$T_c$ Superconducting(HTSC) thin film connected in series with coil 2. If the current of the HTSC thin film exceeds its critical current by the fault accident, the resistance of the HTSC thin film generated, and thereby the fault current can be limited by the impedance of the fluk-lock type SFCL. In this paper, we investigated the dependence of both the fault current limiting characteristics and the current distribution between two coils on the operational current of the flux-lock type SFCL through the equivalent circuit analyses and short circuit tests. From the comparison of both the results, the experimental results well agreed with the analyses for equivalent circuit.

• 에너지공학
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.213-223
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• 1999

최근 원자력발전소의 안전계통 소프트웨어는 신뢰성을 향상시키기 위해 ANSI/IEEE-ANS-7-4.3.2-1982 기준에 따라 확인 및 검증이 이루어지고 있다. 이 규정은 안전관련 소프트웨어가 정적 및 동적 환경에서 시험되어야 한다고 요구하고 있다. 부적절노심냉각감시계통의 경우에 정적시험 절차 및 관련기술들은 개발되었으나 동적시험 절차 및 관련기술들은 개발되지 않았다. 따라서, 본 논문에서는 미개발된 기술들을 논의하고, 동적시험 절차와 시험 입력자료 생성 프로그램을 제안한다. 이 프로그램의 성능은 울진 3,4호기 최종 안전성 분석 보고서의 사고해석 결과를 사용하여 확인하였다.