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Algorithms for effective combustion control of refuse incineration plant (쓰레기 소각로의 효율적인 연소제어를 위한 퍼지예측제어 알고리즘)

  • 박종진;강신준;우광방
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1997.10a
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    • pp.20-23
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    • 1997
  • Refuse incineration plant operations involve many kinds of uncertain factors, such as the variable physical properties of refuse as fuel and the complexity of the burning phenomenon. That makes it very difficult to apply conventional control methods to the combustion control of the refuse. In this paper, an adaptive fuzzy model predictive controller is proposed for the combustion control of the refuse. And computer simulation was carried out to evaluate performance of the proposed controller.

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A Design of Control Network for DCS in Nuclear Power Plant (원전 DCS용 제어통신망 설계)

  • 이재민;박태림;문홍주;권욱현
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 2000.06a
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    • pp.85-88
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    • 2000
  • Distributed Control System(DCS) is one of the best solutions to implement control systems because it provides continuous observation of control process and execution of commands to induce proper operations. In this paper, a design of control network for DCS in nuclear power plant is proposed. The proposed control network on DCS has a simple architecture and deterministic property. Thus, the proposed control network offers hard real-time periodic service. It also has redundant media for the fault-tolerance. As a result, high safety and reliability required in nuclear power plant are guaranteed.

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Multicriteria Quadratic Plant Location Problem

  • Arora, Sudha;Arora, S.R.
    • Management Science and Financial Engineering
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.65-86
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    • 2008
  • In this paper, we have considered the multicriteria quadratic plant location problem. In addition to the allocation costs, the maintenance costs of the plants are also considered. The objective functions considered in this paper are quadratic in nature. The given problem is reduced to the problem with linear objective function. The method of Fernandez and Puerto (2003) is applied to solve the reduced problem. It is illustrated with help of examples. The effect of the change in the allocation and maintenance costs on allocation of plants to the clients has also been discussed.

A Sensor Value Validation Technique for Supporting Stable Operations of Thermal Power Plants (화력발전소의 안정운전 지원을 위한 계측값 검증 기법에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Seung-Chul;Kim, Seung-Jin;Han, Seung-Woo
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.23 no.12
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    • pp.201-209
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    • 2009
  • In power plant operations, sensor values often exhibit erroneous values due to their failures or the intrusions of various noises. However, most of the power plant monitoring and fault diagnosis systems perform their tasks based on the assumptions that the collected sensor values are correct all the times. These assumptions, which are not valid, often lead to serious consequences such as power plant trips. In this paper, we propose a power plant sensor value validation technique that can utilize the relationships existing among the sensor values as the sensor redundancy. The proposed technique is applied to the flow meters installed along boiler feed water systems of a typical tubular type boiler thermal power plant and shows a good potential of future applications.

An Exploratory Study on Block chain based IoT Edge Devices for Plant Operations & Maintenance(O&M) (플랜트 O&M을 위한 블록체인 기반 IoT Edge 장치의 적용에 관한 탐색적 연구)

  • Ryu, Yangsun;Park, Changwoo;Lim, Yongtaek
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Systems Engineering
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.34-42
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    • 2019
  • Receiving great attention of IoT and 4th industrial revolution, the necessity comes to the fore of the plant system which aims making it smart and effective. Smart Factory is the key realm of IoT to apply with the concept to optimize the entire process and it presents a new and flexible production paradigm based on the collected data from numerous sensors installed in a plant. Especially, the wireless sensor network technology is receiving attention as the key technology of Smart Factory, researches to interface those technology is actively in progress. In addition, IoT devices for plant industry security and high reliable network protocols are under development to cope with high-risk plant facilities. In the meanwhile, Blockchain can support high security and reliability because of the hash and hash algorithm in its core structure and transaction as well as the shared ledger among all nodes and immutability of data. With the reason, this research presents Blockchain as a method to preserve security and reliability of the wireless communication technology. In regard to that, it establishes some of key concepts of the possibility on the blockchain based IoT Edge devices for Plant O&M (Operations and Maintenance), and fulfills performance verification with test devices to present key indicator data such as transaction elapsed time and CPU consumption rate.

Performance Analysis of Supercritical Coal Fired Power Plant Using gCCS Simulator

  • Tumsa, Tefera Zelalem;Mun, Tae-Young;Lee, Uendo;Yang, Won
    • 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2014.11a
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    • pp.37-40
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    • 2014
  • Capturing the carbon dioxide emitted from coal-fired power plants will be necessary if targeted reduction in carbon emissions is to be achieved. Modelling and simulation are the base for optimal operation and control in thermal power plant and also play an important role in energy savings. This study aims to analyze the performance of supercritical coal fired power plant through steady and dynamic simulation using a commercial software gCCS. A whole power plant has been modeled and validated with design data of 500 MWe power plant, base and part load operations of the plant were also evaluated, consequently it had been proven that the simulated result had a good agreement with actual operating data. In addition, the effect of co-firng on the plant efficiency and flue gases were investigated using gCCS simulator.

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Model Algorithmic Control of Grade Change Operations in Paper Mills (지종교체 공정의 예측제어)

  • Park, Jong-Ho;Yeo, Yeong-Gu;Kim, Yeong-Gon;Gang, Hong
    • Proceedings of the Korea Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry Conference
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    • 2004.04a
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    • pp.107-114
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    • 2004
  • In this work the Model algorithmic control method is applied to control the grade change operations in paper mills. The neural network model for the grade change operations is identified first model is then extracted from the neural model. Results of simulations for MAC control of grade change operations are compared with plant operation data response. From the comparison, we can see that the proposed MAC method exhibits faster response for the grade change of paper and achieves stable steady-state.

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Interactive virtual laboratory for unit operations and process systems engineering education in a Web environment (웹기반 화학 단위 공정 가상 실험시스템 개발)

  • 신동일;이경용;이의수
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2000.10a
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    • pp.313-313
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    • 2000
  • Recently the number of lectures of offered as part of distance education courses is increasing due to the necessity of continuing education in this era of rapidly changing technologies. To promote this, Web-based distance education systems have been developed and put into practical use. To step further, we propose a virtual space, distance education platform called interactive virtual laboratory. The proposed system is expected to overcome many obstacles in performing the unit operations laboratory at the current setting. The server/client system implementation was programmed with ASP and Visual Basic. The availability of simple and efficient technological supports for dissemination and remote use of virtual lab systems supports more experimental practices regardless of the number of participating students and their locations. Variety of instruments, process equipments and lab procedures are being added to make it a complete package of virtual lab fur undergraduate unit operations course.

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RADIO-CINTROLLED HELICOPTER USE FOR DIRECT SEEDING RICE RADDY;FIELD OPERATIONS AND ESTIMATION

  • Horio, Hisashi;Hirose, Yasumasa;Kobayashi, Nobuya;Matsui, Noriyoshi
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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    • 1996.06c
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    • pp.987-995
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    • 1996
  • The time components of the operations were investigated on the rice paddy field operations by radio controlled helicopter. The net time of operations, seeding and application, were less than a quarter of the required total time in the field of 1 ha. The most interesting is how to decrease the time of hop-off and landing. In this paper the seeding density itself is taken under a new look and its describing method is discussed. Voronoi diagram was introduced to consider individual plant of rice paddy. Extremely wide ranges of the distribution of seeding density are not supposed by the common indexes based on the concept of mean values and discussed on the aggregate of plants.

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Control of Grade Change Operations in Paper Plants Using Model Predictive Control Method (모델예측제어 기법을 이용한 제지공정에서의 지종교체 제어)

  • Kim, Do-Hoon;Yeo, Young-Gu;Park, Si-Han;Kang, Hong
    • Journal of Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry
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    • v.35 no.4
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    • pp.48-56
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    • 2003
  • In this work an integrated model for paper plants combining wet-end and dry section is developed and a model predictive control scheme based on the plant model is proposed. Closed-loop process identification method is employed to produce a state-space model. Thick stock, filler flow, machine speed and steam pressure are selected as input variables and basis weight, ash content and moisture content are considered as output variables. The desired output trajectory is constructed in the form of 1st-order dynamics. Results of simulations for control of grade change operations are compared with plant operation data collected during the grade change operations under the same conditions as in simulations. From the comparison, we can see that the proposed model predictive control scheme reduces the grade change time and achieves stable steady-state.