• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
• /
• 제19권6호
• /
• pp.1268-1279
• /
• 2005

The current method for pavement sign marking operations is labor-intensive and very dangerous due to the exposure of workers to passing traffic. It also requires blocking traffic for a long period of time resulting serious traffic jam. This paper deals with the development of a robotic system for automating the pavement sign painting operations. The robotic system consists of gantry frame equipped with transverse drive rail and automatic paint spray system. The workspace of the gantry robot is extended to one-lane width with the transverse rail system. This research also includes the development of font data structures that contain the shape information of pavement signs, such as Korean letters, English letters and symbols. The robot path is generated with this font data through the procedures of scaling up/down and partitioning the signs to be painted depending on the workspace size.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
• /
• 제23권3호
• /
• pp.335-342
• /
• 2013

In this study, we compared the performance of two control systems, fuzzy logic control (FLC) and conventional control (CC). The control systems were applied for controlling temperature and substrate moisture content in a solidstate fermentation for the biosynthesis of amylase and protease enzymes by Aspergillus oryzae. The fermentation process was achieved in a 200 L rotating drum bioreactor. Three factors affecting temperature and moisture content in the solid-state fermentation were considered. They were inlet air velocity, speed of the rotating drum bioreactor, and spray water addition. The fuzzy logic control system was designed using four input variables: air velocity, substrate temperature, fermentation time, and rotation speed. The temperature was controlled by two variables, inlet air velocity and rotational speed of bioreactor, while the moisture content was controlled by spray water. Experimental results confirmed that the FLC system could effectively control the temperature and moisture content of substrate better than the CC system, resulting in an increased enzyme production by A. oryzae. Thus, the fuzzy logic control is a promising control system that can be applied for enhanced production of enzymes in solidstate fermentation.

• 한국가스학회지
• /
• 제16권6호
• /
• pp.128-135
• /
• 2012

본 논문에서는 가스안전에 적합한 무선 ZigBee통신모듈과 스마트 홈 가스안전기기 및 관리시스템 개발하여 가스안전관리의 효율을 향상시키는 시스템과 시나리오를 제안하였다. 제안한 시스템은 마이컴가스미터, 자동식소화기, 감지기 및 월패드로 구성된다. 마이컴미터는 가스압력, 가스유량, 지진을 모니터링한다. 자동식소화기는 가연성 가스의 누출상태, $100^{\circ}C$(차단)와 $139^{\circ}C$(화재)의 온도를 측정하며, 감지기는 연기와 일산화탄소(CO)를 검지한다. 제안한 시스템에서 가스사용중 이상상태발생시 마이컴가스미터는 경보와 함께 내부밸브를 차단시키고, 자동식소화기는 중간가스밸브를 차단하거나 소화약재를 분사시킨다. 감지기는 연기와 CO를 감지할 경우 각각 신호를 발생시켜 후속조치를 취하게 한다. 가스안전기기와 센서들은 자동적으로 조치를 취하고 그 정보를 월패드로 전달한다. 월패드는 실시간 상황정보를 서버에게 전달하고 사용자는 웹이나 모바일 앱을 통하여 서버에 접속하여 가스의 상황정보를 확인하거나 관리할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 스마트기반 가스안전 및 위험관리의 시나리오를 고안하고 현장적용시험을 통하여 그 효율성을 증명하였다.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
• /
• 제28권6호
• /
• pp.69-75
• /
• 2014

최근 발생한 아모레퍼시픽 창고화재는 국내 랙크식 창고의 자동식소화설비 및 감지기 설치기준의 보완 및 개선의 필요성을 제시하고 있다. 물류창고는 보관물품에 따라 화재 확산율 및 열 방출비율이 다르며 저장높이, 랙크 배치, 통로폭, 물품의 양 등에 따라서 화재위험성이 결정된다. 고천정화에 따른 화재하중의 증가로 인하여 자동식 스프링클러설비가 작동하여도 가연물에 직접적인 침투효과에 한계가 있으며 화재감지기의 작동시간이 지연되어 초기소화에 실패할 확률이 높아진다. 이를 위하여 본 연구에서는 화재사례 및 국내외 관련규정비교 그리고 현장조사 등을 수행하여 랙크식 창고의 초기소화 및 제어성능을 확보하기 위한 수용물품의 위험도 분류 및 스프링클러 설치기준 개선방향과 화재피해를 최소화하기 위한 제도적 도입을 제안한다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
• /
• 제20권11호
• /
• pp.1770-1776
• /
• 2007

Beef carcasses were examined to explore the effects of spinal cord removal and washing on central nervous system tissue (CNST) decontamination of the surface during the slaughtering process. A total of 15 carcasses were split by sawing centrally down the vertebral column and left sides of split carcasses were used for analysis. Samples were collected by swabbing the surface from 4 defined parts on the interior and 4 on the exterior of carcasses from the abattoir and analyzed using an ELISA-based test. The results showed that automatic and manual spray washing decreased CNST contamination, especially on the interior ventral parts of carcass surfaces (p<0.01), but did not decrease CNST on the interior dorsal parts. Increasing washing time to 60 s did not affect the reduction of CNST contamination. Samples following spinal cord removal prior to splitting showed lower calculated levels of "risk material" than the stated limit of detection (0.1%) of the ELISA kit on interior and exterior carcass parts (p<0.01). Therefore, spinal cord removal prior to splitting could be a very effective way to minimize CNST contamination of beef carcasses.

• 대한물리치료과학회지
• /
• 제2권1호
• /
• pp.413-422
• /
• 1995

The trigger point phenomenon is an extremely common syndrome in physical therapy room. The symptoms created by these syndromes may be interpreted as originating in discogneic disease, nerve entrapment syndromes, viscerosomatic pain, and certain myalgic pain of unknown etiology. Injuries, viral or bacterial infections, immobilization, psychogenic stress, and other environment factors can preciptate and perpetuate these syndromes, which may occur in any of the voluntary muscles of the human body and thus lead to a multitude of myofascial pain syndromes. Obviously symptomatic treatment can meet with only partial success. Knowledge of the trigger point phenomenon will aid the diagnostician in understanding otherwise in explicable symptom. The trigger point are $2{\sim}5mm$ in diameter, hyperirritable palpable taut in a tissue, when compressed, is locally tender, if sufficiently hypersensitive, give rise to referred pain and tenderness, and sometimes to referred automatic phenomena and distortion of proprioception. The treatment of myofascial trigger point pain syndrome is not difficult once the source of the problem has been determined. Where as many modalities may be used, two of the most effective are spray-and stretch and TP injection. These can be followed by deep massage, specific, manual resistive exercise, and an exercise program which the patient can follow at home. The goal of management is to inactivate the TPs and to restore shortened and stretch resistent muscles to their full range of motion. The purpose of this case study was to know about the pathophysiologic mechanism of the trigger point and will enable to physical therapist to direct his treatment to the real source of trouble.

• 한국생산제조학회지
• /
• 제24권1호
• /
• pp.56-62
• /
• 2015

Using an optical 3D scanning device to collect data from a diffused reflection surface is very difficult. To solve this problem, there are many applications including a spray-type developer and silicon molds. However, using a developer can cause chemical reactions between objects and particles of the developer and uneven surfaces on the object. To overcome these problems, we suggest an electrostatic powder coating method for even coating of particles onto surfaces for collecting 3D shape data. We have developed an automatic, electrostatic powder-coating machine and performed three different experiments to compare this system with a laser interferometer and a T-scan 3D scanner. As a result, we could ascertain the various characteristics of this new method, including good sensitivity for the various surface states of the bare surface, developer, and electrostatic powder coating. Finally, we verified the outstanding scanning performance and were able to demonstrate that this method achieves quality than traditional methods.

• 한국분무공학회지
• /
• 제21권1호
• /
• pp.1-6
• /
• 2016

A gasoline injector rig which can measure cumulative injected fuel mass under a vehicle driving condition was developed. The measurement system consists of an engine control unit (ECU), data acquisition (DAQ) and injected fuel collection system using loadcells. By supplying reconstructed sensor signals which simulate the real vehicle's sensor signals to the ECU, the ECU drives injectors as if they were driven in the vehicle. The vehicle's performance was computer simulated by using $GT-Suite^{(R)}$ software based on both engine part load performance and automatic transmission shift map. Throttle valve position, engine and vehicle speed, air mass flow rate et al. were computer simulated. The used vehicle driving pattern for the simulation was FTP-75 mode. For reconstructing the real vehicle sensor signals which are correspondent to the $GT-Suite^{(R)}$ simulated vehicle's performance, the DAQ systems were used. The injected fuel was collected with mess cylinders. The collected fuel mass in the mess cylinder with elapsed time after starting FTP-75 driving mode was measured using loadcells. The developed method shows highly improved performance in fast timing and accuracy of the cumulative injected fuel mass measurement under the vehicle driven condition.

• 한국분무공학회지
• /
• 제28권2호
• /
• pp.62-67
• /
• 2023

Recently, the global automobile industry is aiming for a transition from internal combustion locomotives to zero-emission vehicles. Electric vehicles powered by battery energy can operate at peak performance and improve fuel economy by applying multiple motors or multi-speed transmissions. In order to design a two-speed transmission, it is necessary to evaluate and analyze the application system and performance of electric vehicles. In this study, control performance optimization of a twostage battery electric vehicle equipped with an AMT-based automatic transmission was performed and performance according to control pattern changes was analyzed. In order to improve the operating efficiency of the motor, the shift control that sets the optimal operating point according to the vehicle speed and required torque was derived from the motor efficiency map. The performance of battery energy consumption and transmission loss energy according to the hysteresis interval was analyzed and optimized. The hysteresis interval applied to the optimal shift map acted as a factor in reducing the frequency and loss of shifts. It has been shown that keeping the hysteresis interval at about 4 km/h can reduce energy consumption while reducing the number of shifts.

• 전자공학회논문지SC
• /
• 제48권3호
• /
• pp.13-20
• /
• 2011

본 논문에서는 무선 ZigBee 통신모듈과 지능형 가스안전기기를 이용하여 u-홈 가스안전관리시스템을 개발하여 가스안전관리의 효율을 향상시킬 수 있는 시스템을 제안하고자 한다. 제안한 시스템은 마이컴가스미터, 자동식소화기, 감지기 및 월패드로 구성된다. 마이컴미터는 가스압력, 가스유량, 지진을 모니터링하고, 자동식소화기는 가연성 가스의 누출상태와 $100^{\circ}C$ 와 $130^{\circ}C$의 온도를 측정한다. 그리고 감지기는 연기와 일산화탄소(CO)를 검지한다. 제안한 시스템은 가스사용중 이상상태발생시 마이컴가스미터는 경보와 함께 내부밸브를 차단시키고, 자동식소화기는 중간가스밸브를 차단하거나 소화약재를 분사시킨다. 감지기는 연기와 CO를 감지할 경우 각각 신호를 발생시킨다. 가스안전기기와 센서들은 지능적 조치를 취하고 그 정보를 월패드로 전달한다. 월패드는 상황정보를 실시간으로 서버에게 전달하고 사용자는 웹기반으로 서버에 접속하여 가스의 상황정보를 확인하거나 관리할 수 있다. 본 논문은 가스안전 및 위험관리의 시나리오를 고안하고 실험을 통하여 그 효용성을 증명하였다.