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Hybrid Communication Network Architectures for Monitoring Large-Scale Wind Turbine

  • Ahmed, Mohamed A.;Kim, Young-Chon
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.8 no.6
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    • pp.1626-1636
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    • 2013
  • Nowadays, a rapid development in wind power technologies is occurring compared with other renewable energies. This advance in technology has facilitated a new generation of wind turbines with larger capacity and higher efficiency. As the height of the turbines and the distance between turbines increases, the monitoring and control of this new generation wind turbines presents new challenges. This paper presents the architectural design, simulation, and evaluation of hybrid communication networks for a large-scale wind turbine (WT). The communication network of WT is designed based on logical node (LN) concepts of the IEC 61400-25 standard. The proposed hybrid network architectures are modeled and evaluated by OPNET. We also investigate network performance using three different technologies: Ethernet-based, WiFi-based, and ZigBee-based. Our network model is validated by analyzing the simulation results. This work contributes to the design of a reliable communication network for monitoring and controlling a wind power farms (WPF).

A Study on the Environmental Improvement in the Interior Construction Fields with the check-list (실내건축의 작업환경 개선을 위한 기본적 관리방안에 관한 연구)

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    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • no.9
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    • pp.10-17
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    • 1996
  • With the ever-increasing important of high-speed information in society as we move towards the 21 st century. Interior design and it's working condition has been changed a great deal included a sort of each special character and make a difference against the others. It used to be find a great poles asunder of worker's safety and project quality according to the environmental dimension of interior construction field as if they should be a pleasantness or poor condition. This research aimed to improvement of environmental construction field of interior with construction engineers and particular interior labors in 4 phases as : ⅠThe preparatory phase : -Secure a Budget, Environmental safety supervisor -Fix of Design quality, Construction period. -Choice of Construction method, Sub constructing Ⅱ. Starting work phase ; -Capacity , Safety of temporary power line. -Carriage, Stock of Material -Safety of Electronic tools, -Personal protector. Ⅲ. Working period ; -Ventilation, I illumination of working place. -Measurement of environmental working condition Ⅳ.Finish working phase ; -Analysis of measurement data. -Evaluation and making up for the weak point. -Keeping data.

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Roller Design of IRB Seismic Isolation Device Using Test Evaluation : Part II. Heat Treatment of Material (시험평가법을 이용한 IRB 면진장치 롤러 설계 : Part 2. 소재 열처리)

  • Park, Young-Gee;Ha, Sung Hoon;Seong, Min-Sang;Jeon, Junchul;Choi, Seung-Bok
    • Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.332-337
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    • 2013
  • This paper presents a subsequent research work on the roller design of IRB(isolation roller bearing) seismic isolation device presented in Part 1 by focusing on heat treatment. The hardness and friction factor are very important factors of material and after-treatment process selection. Normally, roller bearing consists of roller and retainer. The roller gets high pressure constantly, while the retainer gets tensile and compressive stress. Therefore, sensitive material selection and heat treatment of each part is quite important. In this experimental evaluation, carbon steel, chrome special steel and others are employed and their characteristics after heat treatment are identified. Each material is prepared by refining high frequency heat treatment. The friction factor and static load capacity of manufactured material are experimentally identified and destructive test of material is processed. Optimal material and heat treatment conditions for IRB roller bearing are determined based on experiment results.

Concentration Error Assessment by Comparison of Solar Flux Measurement and Modeling (집광 열유속 측정과 모델링의 비교를 통한 집광 오차 평가)

  • Chai, Kwan-Kyo;Yoon, Hwan-Ki;Lee, Hyun-Jin;Lee, Seong-Uk;Kim, Si-Seok
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.33 no.3
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    • pp.82-90
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    • 2013
  • Concentration errors critically affect the performance of solar concentrator, so their evaluation is important to the concentrated solar power technology. However, the evaluation is very challenging because error sources are various and not easy to measure individually. Therefore, the integrated effect of concentration errors is often more interesting and useful for large-scale applications. In the present work, we analytically investigate and classify various concentration error sources and then explain that the effect of various concentration errors can be represented in terms of a root mean square value of reflector surface slope error. We present an indirect approach to assessing the reflector surface slope error by comparing solar flux measurement data with modeling calculations. We apply the approach for solar furnaces with different thermal capacity and investigate its advantages and disadvantages.

DEVELOPMENT OF A WEB-BASED GEO-SPATIAL INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR THE ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF SOIL DATA

  • YongGu Jang;SangHoon Lee;HoYun Kang;InJoon Kang
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.1396-1403
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    • 2009
  • The Ministry of Construction and Transportation (MOCT) has been constructing a nationwide soil information DB since 2000, as basic data for the construction of 'underground geographical information,' a project under the 2nd National Geo-spatial Information System (NGIS) master plan. The inputted soil information includes not only underground conditions such as the layer depth, type, color, and groundwater level, but also engineering information that can be applied to construction work design, such as on the standard penetration test and the compression test. It is difficult to use this information in soil analysis and design, however, because only the test results are currently available. A web-based geo-spatial information system was developed in this study to facilitate the effective application of the soil information database (DB). First, the space information, layer information, and engineering test information were loaded from the soil information DB in real time, and the earth volume, bearing capacity, and settlement were calculated to develop a web client that will evaluate the ground softness and liquefaction. It seems that the soil information DB can be actively applied to the planning and design of construction works using this system.

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Development of Engineering Checklist Model for Case-based Evaluation of Plant EPC Project (플랜트사업 설계사례의 체크리스트기반 평가모델에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Sang-Youb;Son, Jae-Ho;You, Young-Hun;Han, Choong-Hee
    • Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.146-152
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    • 2008
  • Since the year of mid 2000, the EPC industry in Korea has the highest amount of orders received due to tremendous need form middle east asia region. However, the quality requirement from the owner is getting critical, which lead to the more competitive engineering capacity equipped. In order to do so, the development of objective and quantitative evaluation model of engineering process is essential. In order to develop the engineering checklist model for case-based evaluation of EPC project, first, the general description of worldwide EPC industry as well as the literature review of prior study have been performed. Then, the survey interview with experts in the engineering area of EPC project was performed In order to Identify the engineering work tasks and the critical check items, which should be checked during engineering process. Based on these checklist, the weights of check items as well as engineering work tasks also have been defined. The developed checklist model evaluated the two EPC project cases of S company in Thailand in order to explore its applicability. From the analysis of evaluation results, it is expected that the continuous implementation of evaluation based on checklist model can help the EPC practitioner check the critical items in engineering process more efficiently and take an appropriate action for better engineering performance, which finally can lead to the Korea EPC industry being more competitive.

A Study of Computerized Industrial Hygiene Control System (작업환경관리 전산화에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Song Kwon;Lee, Young Sei;Kim, Young Su;Kim, Yong Lae
    • Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.117-126
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    • 1994
  • Some of the important and vital roles performed by the Health Care Center of Pohang Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.(POSCO) are the periodic monitoring of the work sites as well as regular medical check-ups for each workers to ensure both pleasant and safe working conditions and to protect employees' health. Pohang Steel Works, which has 42 plants, 26 facilities and 12,000 employees, has an annual crude steel production capacity of 9,670,000 using 24,500,000 ton of raw materials. We have measured lots of areal and personal working environment according to Occupational Safety and Health Law semiannually. All data collected on industrial hygiene is stored and managed by personal computer. The developed of a computerized industrial hygiene control system linked to the company's main computer system will provide efficient evaluation of the working environment as well as critical informations on employees' health. Development of this system had begun in May, 1992 and was completed in March, 1994. The computerized industrial hygiene control system can; 1. store industrial hygiene data, providing key pertinent to the diagnosis of occupational related illnesses, and if necessary, the basis for improving the working environment, 2. decide type and time of medical examination of each work for exposure to specific agents, and supply proper protection periodically, 3. prevent occupational related illnesses through evaluation of environmental and biological monitoring, and performance of epidemiological surveillance, 4. facilitate proper job placement through linking of industrial hygiene control and personnel information systems, 5. monitor job processes. levels of chemical agents used, and new agents introduced, 6. and increase productivity by saving time resulting from the implementation of the computerized sysyte,

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A Case of Operational Efficiency Improvement in EPS Motor Manufacturing Process Using IE Technique (IE 기법을 활용한 EPS 모터 제조공정의 운영효율성 향상 사례)

  • Kim, Jung Suop;Lee, Ji Soo
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.18 no.7
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    • pp.63-72
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    • 2017
  • This paper proposes a procedure to improve the operational efficiency of the automotive parts manufacturing process by applying classical IE techniques composed of process analysis, work method analysis, and motion analysis, and a specific application case is outlined. The proposed procedure was developed originally by the Task Force organized in L company's automotive parts manufacturing business unit. The balance efficiency and production capacity were used as measures of operational efficiency. The developed procedure follows the general procedure of analyzing the phenomenon at the manufacturing shop, deriving an improvement solution to solve the problem, evaluating each derived alternative, and implementing it to the field to achieve productivity improvement. Among the methods used in each phase of the procedure, function analysis used in the waste discovery phase and R&R evaluation method used in the alternative assessment phase are unique techniques developed by L company's TF. The R&R Evaluation method techniques are described in detail because this method is highly applicable and extensible. A case of applying developed procedures to improve the EPS motor manufacturing process is discussed. As a result, the line balance efficiency and production capacity were increased to a satisfactory level.

A Protection Capacity Evaluation of Vessel Protective Structures by Quasi-Static Collision Analysis (준정적 충돌해석을 통한 선박충돌방공호의 방호능력평가)

  • Lee, Gye-Hee
    • Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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    • v.24 no.6
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    • pp.691-697
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    • 2011
  • In this study, the vessel collision protective structure and the vessel were modeled numerically and the quasi-static collision analysis was performed to evaluate the maximum protection capacity. In the modeling process of protective structure, the nonlinear behaviors of structure and the supporting conditions of ground including pull-out action were considered. In that of collision vessel, the bow of vessel was modeled precisely, because of the nonlinear behaviors were concentrated on it. For the efficient analysis, the mass scaling scheme was applied, also. To evaluate the differences and efficiency, the dynamic analyses were performed for the same model, additionally. Based on the obtained energy dissipation curves of the structure and the vessel, the moment that the collision force affected to the bridge substructures was determined and the maximum allowable collision velocity was evaluated. Because of the energy dissipation bound can be recognized clearly, this scheme can be used efficient in engineering work.

Analysis of Effective Soil Thermal Conductivities and Borehole Thermal Resistances with a Line Source Method (선형열원법에 의한 지중유효열전도도와 보어홀 전열저항 해석)

  • Lee, Se-Kyoun;Woo, Joung-Son;Ro, Jeong-Geun
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.71-78
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    • 2010
  • Investigation of the effective soil thermal conductivity(k) is the first step in designing the ground loop heat exchanger(borehole) of a geothermal heat pump system. The line source method is required by New and Renewable Energy Center of Korea Energy Management Corporation in analyzing data obtained from thermal response tests. Another important factor in designing the ground loop heat exchanger is the borehole thermal resistance($R_b$). There are two methods to evaluate $R_b$ : one is to use a line source method, and the other is to use a shape factor of the borehole. In this study, we demonstrated that the line source method produces better results than the shape factor method in evaluating $R_b$. This is because the borehole thermal resistance evaluated with the line source method characteristically reduces the temperature differences between an actual and a theoretical thermal behaviors of the borehole. Evaluation of $R_b$ requires soil volumetric heat capacity. However, the effect of the soil volumetric heat capacity on the borehole thermal resistance is very small. Therefore, it is possible to use a generally accepted average value of soil volumetric heat capacity($=2MJ/m^3{\cdot}K$) in the analysis. In this work, it is also shown that an acceptable range of the initial ignoring time should be in the range of 8~16hrs. Thus, a mean value of 12 hrs is recommended.