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Test of Dynamic Pressurizer Model for CANDU Reactor System Simulation

  • Lee, S.H.;Lim, J.C.;Park, J-W.
    • Proceedings of the Korea Society for Energy Engineering kosee Conference
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    • 1993.11a
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    • pp.103-108
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    • 1993
  • In nuclear power plants using pressurized water as the main coolant, it is necessary to maintain system pressure within operational range. During transients, the coolant shrinks and expands causing insurge and outsurge of coolant in the pressurizer. In CANDU system, the pressure is controlled mainly by the pressurizer/degasser-condenser system. In CANDU system, the control of heat transport system pressure is achieved by giving heat to the pressurizer by activating the heaters to compensate a diminution in pressure or by removing heat from the pressurizer by bleeding steam to the degasser-condenser to compensate an increase in pressure. This study aims at developing a theoretical model capable to simulate various operational transients in the CANDU primary heat transport system (PHTS), applicable to CANDU engineering simulator on real time basis.

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A Simple Energy Harvesting Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks

  • Encarnacion, Nico N.;Yang, Hyunho
    • Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.359-364
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    • 2012
  • Harvesting energy from the environment is essential for many applications to slow down the deterioration of energy of the devices in sensor networks and in general, the network itself. Energy from the environment is an inexhaustible supply which, if properly managed and harvested from the sources, can allow the system to last for a longer period - more than the expected lifetime at the time of deployment, or even last indefinitely. The goal of this study is to develop a simple algorithm for ns-2 to simulate energy harvesting in wireless sensor network simulations. The algorithm is implemented in the energy module of the simulator. Energy harvesting algorithms have not yet been developed for ns-2. This study will greatly contribute to the existing knowledge of simulating wireless sensor networks with energy harvesting capabilities in ns-2. This paper will also serve as a basis for future research papers that make use of energy harvesting.

An exosolar planetary system N-body simulator II

  • Hong, ChaeLin;van Putten, Maurice
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.43 no.1
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    • pp.46.3-47
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    • 2018
  • We present a general N-body exasolar system simulator in anticipation of upcoming searches for exoplanets and even exomoons by next generation telescopes such as James Webb Space Telescope. For habitable zones, traditionally defined by temperature, we here address the essential problem of dynamical stability of planetary orbits. Illustrative examples are presented on P-type orbits in stellar binary systems, that should be fairly common as in Kepler 16b. Specific attention is paid to reduced orbital lifetimes of exoplanets in the habitable zone by the stellar binary, that is propoesed by Maurice van Putten (2017). Especially, we focused on a classic work of complex three-body problem that is well known by Dvorak(1986). We charge his elliptic restricted three-body problem to extend unrestricted three-body problem to look into dynamical motions in view of circumbinary planet, furthermore, we suggest that opposite angular orientation of the planet is relative to the stability of orbits. In here, counter-rotation case is relatively more faster than co-rotation case for being stable. As a result, we find that various initial conditions and thresholds to approach dynamical stability and unstability with unexpectable isolated islands over enormous parameter space. Even, superkeplerian effect of binary is important to habitability of the exoplanet and we can verify that superfaster binary doesn't effect on th planet and increases survivality of planet around the binary.

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A Dynamic Model of a Gas Engine-Driven Heat Pump in Cooling Mode for Real-Time Simulation

  • Shin, Young-Gy;Yang, Hoon-Cheul;Tae, Choon-Seob;Jang, Cheol-Yong;Cho, Soo
    • International Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.85-93
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    • 2006
  • The present study has been conducted to simulate dynamics of a gas engine-driven heat pump (GHP) for the design of control algorithm. The dynamic model of a GHP was based on conservation laws of mass and energy. For the control of refrigerant pressures, actuators such as an engine throttle valve, outdoor fans, coolant three-way valves and liquid injection valves were controlled by P or PI algorithm. The simulation results were found to be realistic enough to be applied for the control algorithm design. The model could be applied to build a virtual real-time GHP system so that it interfaces with a real controller for the purpose of developing control algorithm.

Dynamics Modeling of a Gas Engine-Driven Heat Pump in Cooling Mode

  • Shin Younggy;Yang Hooncheul;Tae Choon-Seob;Jang Cheol-Yong;Cho Soo
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.278-285
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    • 2006
  • The present study has been conducted to simulate dynamics of a gas engine-driven heat pump (GHP) for design of control algorithm. The dynamics modeling of a GHP was based on conservation laws of mass and energy. For automatic control of refrigerant pressures, actuators such as engine speed, outdoor fans, coolant three-way valves and liquid injection valves were PI or P controlled. The simulation results were found to be realistic enough to apply for control algorithm design. The model can be applied to build a virtual real-time GHP system so that it interfaces with a real controller in purpose of prototyping control algorithm.

Development of Voice Information System for Safe Navigation in Marine Simulator (시뮬레이터 기반 음성을 이용한 항행정보 안내시스템의 개발)

  • Son N. S.;Kim S. Y.
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.28-34
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    • 2002
  • As the technology of Speech Recognition(SR) and Text-To-Speech(TTS) develops rapidly, voice control and guidance system is thought to be very helpful for safe navigation. But Voice Control and Guidance System(VCGS) is not yet so popularly included in Navigation Supporting System(NSS). The main reason of this is that VCGS is so complicated and user-unfriendly that navigation officers hesitate to use VCGS. Frequent errors in operating VCGS due to low rate of SR are another reason. To make VCGS more practicable for safe navigation, we design the user-friendly VCGS. Firstly, by using interviews we survey functions and procedures that navigation officers want to be included in VCGS. Secondly, to raise the rate of SR, we tun the environmental noise in bridge and to reduce the errors due to low rate of SR in operating VCGS, we design the functions of self-correction. Also we apply a user-independent SR engine so that procedures of teaming of speakers is basically not necessary. Using simulator experiments the functions and procedures of the user-friendly YCGS for safe navigation are evaluated and the results of evaluation are fed back to the design. As a result, we can design the VCGS more helpful for safe navigation. In this paper, we describe the features of the user-friendly VCGS for safe navigation and discuss the results of simulator experiments.

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Coordinated Droop Control for Stand-alone DC Micro-grid

  • Kim, Hyun-Jun;Lee, Yoon-Seok;Kim, Jae-Hyuk;Han, Byung-Moon
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.1072-1079
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    • 2014
  • This paper introduces a coordinated droop control for the stand-alone DC micro-grid, which is composed of photo-voltaic generator, wind power generator, engine generator, and battery storage with SOC (state of charge) management system. The operation of stand-alone DC micro-grid with the coordinated droop control was analyzed with computer simulation. Based on simulation results, a hardware simulator was built and tested to analyze the performance of proposed system. The developed simulation model and hardware simulator can be utilized to design the actual stand-alone DC micro-grid and to analyze its performance. The coordinated droop control can improve the reliability and efficiency of the stand-alone DC micro-grid.

A Basic Study on the Performance CFD simulation of Road Snow-melting system by Ground Source Heat Pump (지열원 히트펌프를 이용한 도로융설시스템의 CFD 성능예측에 관한 기초연구)

  • Choi, Duk-In;Kim, Joong-Hun;Kim, Jin-Ho;Hwang, Kwang-Il
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Geothermal and Hydrothermal Energy
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.23-28
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    • 2010
  • Fluent ver.6.3 is used as CFD(Computational Fluid Dynamics) simulator to predict the performance of snow-melting system by geothermal pipes energy. As the results of this simulation, it is clearly shown that $50^{\circ}C$ of working fluid in to geothermal evaluated as more effect comparing to $45^{\circ}C$ of working fluid. The Surface temperature is come to $5^{\circ}C$ at 1m/s speed and $50^{\circ}C$ temperature of the working fluid.

Analysis of effect on power system considering the maximum penetration limit of wind power (풍력발전 한계운전용량에 대한 계통영향 분석)

  • Myung, Ho-San;Kim, Bong-Eon;Kim, Hyeong-Taek;Kim, Se-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.19-25
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    • 2012
  • About supply and demand to see that you need to match, the limitations of wind power capacity is low demand and the commitment of the general generator will exist between the minimum generation. if the turbine's output can be controlled, The limitation of wind power capacity will be adopted based on instant power generation. Namely, The minimum limits of wind power generation based load operation by calculating the amount that is higher than if the output should be restricted to highest operation. in this paper, we committed to the demand for low enough that the combination of the general generator of wind power capacity to accommodate the operation of determining whether the limit is intended to. For this, power system analysis program PSS/E was used, Jeju system by implementing the model simulations were performed.

B-COV:Bio-inspired Virtual Interaction for 3D Articulated Robotic Arm for Post-stroke Rehabilitation during Pandemic of COVID-19

  • Allehaibi, Khalid Hamid Salman;Basori, Ahmad Hoirul;Albaqami, Nasser Nammas
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.110-119
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    • 2021
  • The Coronavirus or COVID-19 is contagiousness virus that infected almost every single part of the world. This pandemic forced a major country did lockdown and stay at a home policy to reduce virus spread and the number of victims. Interactions between humans and robots form a popular subject of research worldwide. In medical robotics, the primary challenge is to implement natural interactions between robots and human users. Human communication consists of dynamic processes that involve joint attention and attracting each other. Coordinated care involves sharing among agents of behaviours, events, interests, and contexts in the world from time to time. The robotics arm is an expensive and complicated system because robot simulators are widely used instead of for rehabilitation purposes in medicine. Interaction in natural ways is necessary for disabled persons to work with the robot simulator. This article proposes a low-cost rehabilitation system by building an arm gesture tracking system based on a depth camera that can capture and interpret human gestures and use them as interactive commands for a robot simulator to perform specific tasks on the 3D block. The results show that the proposed system can help patients control the rotation and movement of the 3D arm using their hands. The pilot testing with healthy subjects yielded encouraging results. They could synchronize their actions with a 3D robotic arm to perform several repetitive tasks and exerting 19920 J of energy (kg.m2.S-2). The average of consumed energy mentioned before is in medium scale. Therefore, we relate this energy with rehabilitation performance as an initial stage and can be improved further with extra repetitive exercise to speed up the recovery process.