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Implementation of Multi-functional Type Condition Monitoring System for Railway Catenary Systems (전기철도 전차선로의 설치 상태 판단을 위한 복합검측 기술 구현)

  • Park, Young;Lee, Kiwon;Park, Shin Young;Park, June Young;Choi, Won Seok
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.64 no.9
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    • pp.1406-1410
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    • 2015
  • The railway catenary systems consist of a complex structure, electrical and mechanical conditions are exposed to dangerous environment due to current collection between pantograph and catenary systems. These two types of conditions for the catenary systems are critically assessed for management and are becoming increasingly more dependent on reliable inspection system. In this paper, a new measurement system which enables inspection of catenary faults was studied and implemented. The system uses wavelength band of ultraviolet (UV) and IR (Infrared) to measure the insulation of corona and temperature of catenary wire. In order to determine the sensitivity of implemented system, the performance test such as distance detection range of UV camera and temperature resolution of IR camera were conducted, respectively. The field test of development system was also conducted in metro and high-speed line using mobile type UV and IR multi-composited measurement systems.

Developing electric railway load pattern inspection program and optimizing power rate (전철변전소 전력부하패턴 점검 프로그램 개발 및 요금최적화)

  • Jeon, Yong-Joo;Lee, Gi-Chun;Park, Ki-Bum;Lee, Tae-Hoon
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2007.07a
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    • pp.1163-1164
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    • 2007
  • At present, one of the big characteristics in electric power market in korea is unique seller but in the near future competitions are expected in the market. so additional service for the electric power are expected. Also with development of IT technology, remote inspection for power usage are possible so as consumption pattern analysis. KORAIL is one of the biggest consumer in electric power market so it is necessary to investigate power consumption pattern. This paper presents electric power rate definition program based on billing system database and also basic power rate optimization method. Base on the substation annual power usage DB data, the characteristic of the substation power consumption are investigated and effective electrical billing system are compared each other. Through this program it is verified that we can save more then several hundred million won for a year.

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A Study for Developing of Rail Bridge Inspection Robot (철도교량 자동화 로봇 개발을 위한 기초 연구)

  • Koo, Ja-Kyung;Hwang, In-Ho;Lee, Jong-Seh;Lee, Tai-Sik
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2008.06a
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    • pp.188-193
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    • 2008
  • According to introduce KTX in Korea, rail-road bridge section of KTX was increased approximately 50% of the total length. Bridge is required periodic inspection and check to prevent accident and hazard because various damage which have effects on traffic and replacement of damaged parts is difficult. Specifically, the train as large-scale transportation because accidents led to great damage, preventing these accidents are critical. Well-organized management and maintenance systems are required to prevent the accidents. In the case of roadway bridge, bridge inspection vehicle is used to deploy inspectors in roadway bridge. However, this method requires a lot of time and efforts, and inspectors are exposed to potential hazard. Also, surrounding environment like poor lighting system or electric wire could harm the inspector while repairing. Due to this reason, automatic repairing and inspecting system have been introduced to replace the old methods. Management system of the railroad bridge track for trains uses various advanced equipments, but whereas roadway bridge management system is lacking these efforts. As a result of that, this study looks over the existing management method. and review the method to apply the Bridge Inspection Robot in railroad bridge. Moreover, this study suggests future management technology using inspection robot.

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Investigation of Recent Maintenance and Management in Existing Railway Bridges for Development of Urban Maglev Track Structures Inspection Manual (도시형 자기부상철도 토목구조물 유지관리 지침 작성을 위한 국내 철도교 유지관리 현황 분석)

  • Lee, Gi-Yeol;Yang, Tae-Sock;Chung, Won-Yong
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2008.11b
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    • pp.107-111
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    • 2008
  • This paper presented a literature review and investigation analysis results of total 19 present guide book and provisions of maintenance and management system in existing railway bridges to development of urban maglev track structures inspection manual. This research carried out a cooperated research subject 3-1, development a design code and maintenance and management inspection manual for urban maglev track structures, of the Center for Urban Maglev Program. Three types of track structures were includes as a major analytical parameter together with railroad, high speed railroad, subway and light rail transit. Bridges were analyzed a general rules, investigation, evaluation, repair and strengthen method as a key aspect. And rail were analyzed examination and maintenance also. This analysis results show that the track structures evaluation are based on the test and examination results, and repaired or strengthened consideration of deterioration, track irregularity and materials according to provision requirements.

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Railroad Surface Defect Segmentation Using a Modified Fully Convolutional Network

  • Kim, Hyeonho;Lee, Suchul;Han, Seokmin
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.14 no.12
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    • pp.4763-4775
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    • 2020
  • This research aims to develop a deep learning-based method that automatically detects and segments the defects on railroad surfaces to reduce the cost of visual inspection of the railroad. We developed our segmentation model by modifying a fully convolutional network model [1], a well-known segmentation model used for machine learning, to detect and segment railroad surface defects. The data used in this research are images of the railroad surface with one or more defect regions. Railroad images were cropped to a suitable size, considering the long height and relatively narrow width of the images. They were also normalized based on the variance and mean of the data images. Using these images, the suggested model was trained to segment the defect regions. The proposed method showed promising results in the segmentation of defects. We consider that the proposed method can facilitate decision-making about railroad maintenance, and potentially be applied for other analyses.

Study on a Optimal Inspection Cycle of Electrical facility of Railroad (철도전기설비의 최적점검주기에 관한 기초연구)

  • Chu, Cheol-Min;Kim, Jae-Chul;Lee, Tae-Hee;An, Jae-Min;Moon, Jong-Fil
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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    • 2007.05a
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    • pp.224-228
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    • 2007
  • It is focused on a methodology to establish a optimal inspection cycle of electrical facility of railroad Decision method of optimal inspection cycle is a process which establishes maintenance plan for facilities' immanent function as using reliability theory in operation term In order to ensure normal operation in a given condition, the decision method is logical for selecting effective maintenance plan to consider characteristic of system In estimation of failure rate, critical facility is selected firstly. After that, proper distribution function on each facility is decided to investigate distribution function for extraction of failure rate. Next, cost produced by the case that facility's failure is occurred is surveyed. Finally, maintenance method developed until now is investigated, before suitable model for the facility applying maintenance method is developed, and that maintenance decision is made. Therefore, this process is the method to find optimal inspection cycle for reasonable cost and effective reliability on facility.

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A Study on Development of Interlocking Inspector for Electronic Interlocking System (전자연동장치 연동검사시스템 개발)

  • Lee, Jae-Ho;Cho, Bong-Kwan;Kim, Hyun-Min;Park, Gwi-Tae
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2001.10a
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    • pp.271-274
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    • 2001
  • The purpose of interlocking system was to prevent the route for a train being set up and its protecting signal cleared if there was already another, conflicting route set up and the protecting signal for that route cleared. Recently, the computer based control systems instead of conventional relays circuitry are widely used to industrial systems, therefore, interlocking system are rapidly changing from relay interlocking system to Electronic Interlocking System(EIS) that control requirements of interlocking at junctions using electronic circuits. In this paper, by examine checking technique of EIS, we will to acquire interlocking inspection algorithm and method for EIS and to develope inspection system for EIS. By using inspection system we obtain every advantage. It has the functions for test data generation and automatic test execution, and it can operate on personal computer. Time and cost for test work can be reduced to more of those now required by using this developed inspection system.

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