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Railway System Functional Safety and Certification (철도 시스템 기능 안전(Functional Safety) 및 인증)

  • Kim, You-Ho;Lee, Soo-Hwan;Park, Kang-Hun;Ko, Tae-Kuk
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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    • v.63 no.4
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    • pp.226-235
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    • 2014
  • Nowadays, railroads are considered the most efficient form of mass transportation. Furthermore, it is necessary that railroads be paired with state-of-the-art safety equipment. Unfortunately, it is impossible to prevent 100% of accidents that may be caused by system or human errors. In order to prevent future accidents, RAMS activity and Functional Safety Certification are required for new systems that are under development. In this paper we evaluate the necessity of the application of RAMS and the performance of RAMS in the system development process. We also explore the Safety Evaluation Procedure required for RAMS certification.

A Performance Analysis of DPA(Dynamic Priority Assignment) MAC Protocol for traffic QoS Improvement on HFC-CATV Network (HFC-CATV 망에서 트래픽 QoS 향상을 위한 DAP MAC 프로토콜 성능분석)

  • Lee, Su-Youn
    • Convergence Security Journal
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.3-10
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    • 2011
  • This paper proposes DPA(Dynamic Priority Assignment) MAC protocol to improve the traffic QoS on the HFC-CATV(Hybrid Fiber Coax CAble TeleVision) network. In results, DPA MAC protocol is the best performance compare with to IEEE 802.14a MAC in mean request delay, mean access delay. Also, the paper prove a reliability of proposed protocol through comparison between performance analysis and simulation result of DAP MAC protocol.

A Simple Prediction Model for PCC Voltage Variation Due to Active Power Fluctuation of a Grid Connected Wind Turbine

  • Kim, Sang-Jin;Seong, Se-Jin
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.85-92
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    • 2009
  • This paper studies the method to predict voltage variation that can be presented in the case of operating a small-sized wind turbine in grid connection to the isolated small-sized power system. In order to do this, it makes up the simplified simulation model of the existing power plant connected to the isolated system, load, transformer, and wind turbine on the basis of PSCAD/EMTDC and compares them with the operating characteristics of the actual established wind turbine. In particular, it suggests a simplified model formed with equivalent impedance of the power system network including the load to analytically predict voltage variation at the connected point. It also confirms that the voltage variation amount calculated by the suggested method accords well with both simulation and actually measured data. The results can be utilized as a tool to ensure security and reliability in the stage of system design and preliminary investigation of a small-sized grid connected wind turbine.

Cascaded Boost Multilevel Converter for Distributed Generation Systems

  • Kim, Ki-Mok;Moon, Gun-Woo
    • Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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    • 2017.07a
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    • pp.70-71
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    • 2017
  • This paper presents a new cascaded boost multilevel converter topology for distributed generation (DG) systems. Most of DG systems, such as photovoltaic (PV), wind turbine and fuel cells, normally require the complex structure power converters, which makes the system expensive, complex and hard to control. However, the proposed converter topology can generate a much higher output voltage just by using the standard low-voltage switch devices and low voltage DC-sources in a simplified structure, also enhancing the reliability of the switch devices. Simulation and experimental results with a 1.2kW system are presented to validate the proposed topology and control method.

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VHF Relay Network for Long Air-to-Ground Communication in Oceanic Flight Routes (대양항로에서 장거리 공대지통신을 위한 VHF Relay Network)

  • Koo, Jayeul
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.22-27
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    • 2012
  • In oceanic flight routes, HF radio and satellite data links have been used for air-to-ground communication, but these systems have long propagation delay and low data throughput. In this paper, we propose a reliable system to overcome the weakness of current HF radio and satellite communication systems for oceanic aeronautical flight routes. The proposed scheme uses only one aeronautical VHF channel in multi-hop oceanic communication environments and supports a hybrid type of multiple access, which consists of random access and TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) scheme. The proposed system improves performance on delay and throughput as an effective solution to communicate end-to-end on the oceanic flight routes and strengthens the reliability of oceanic aeronautical communication.

Advanced LDC Test Bed Using Energy Recovery Technique for HEVs

  • Kim, Yun-Sung;Jung, Dong-Wook;Lee, Byoung-Kuk
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.911-919
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    • 2013
  • This paper reports the development of test bed with the energy recovering technique using two-step boost converter. The device is utilized for LDC aging test of Hyundai Motor's LPI AVANTE HEV in mass production. The developed power recycle type test bed is designed as 1.5 kW class to test up to the maximum load power of LDC and is also designed to supply scant power supply up to 500 W after power recycle. The theoretical design analysis and operational characteristics analysis results of test bed are reported, and its practicality and reliability are verified through the test result. Also, the finally developed test bed confirms approximately 79~85 % energy saving effect compared to the usual traditional aging test system.

Design and Fabrication of Side-illuminated p-i-n Photodetectors with High Responsivity and Coupling Tolerance (높은 Responsivity와 광결합 공차를 가지는 면입사형 p-i-n 광검출소자의 설계 및 제작)

  • 이도영;강화영;전병옥;양승기;이은화;김태진;장동훈;김태일
    • Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2003.07a
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    • pp.104-105
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    • 2003
  • We have fabricated a side-illuminated p-i-n photodetectors with evanescently-coupled waveguides for surface hybrid integration in low-cost modules. We adopted WGPD of evanescently-coupled type to have high responsivity and coupling tolerance, and to avoid any reliability problem. This proposed photodetectors have a high responsivity of 1.10 A/W at a wavelength of 1.55 ${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$. The 1dB coupling tolerance to cleaved fiber and photodetectors is $\pm$3.5 ${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ in the vertical direction and $\pm$11 ${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ in the horizontal direction.

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Reliability Evaluation of Atomic layer Deposited Polymer / Al2O3 Multilayer Film for Encapsulation and Barrier of OLEDs in High Humidity and Temperature Environments (OLED Barrier와 Encapsulation을 위한 원자층 증착 Polymer / Al2O3 다층 필름의 온습도 신뢰도 평가 분석)

  • Lee, Sayah;Song, Yoon Seog;Kim, Hyun;Ryu, Sang Ouk
    • Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.1-4
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    • 2017
  • Encapsulation of organic based devices is essential issue due to easy deterioration of organic material by water vapor. Atomic layer deposition (ALD) is a promising solution because of its low temperature deposition and quality of the deposited film. Moisture permeation has a mechanism to pass through defects, Thin Film Encapsulation using inorganic / organic / inorganic hybrid film has been used as promising technology. $Al_2O_3$ / Polymer / $Al_2O_3$ multilayer film has shown excellent environmental protection characteristics despite of thin thicknesses of the films.

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Hybrid-type stretchable interconnects with double-layered liquid metal-on-polyimide serpentine structure

  • Yim, Doo Ri;Park, Chan Woo
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.44 no.1
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    • pp.147-154
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    • 2022
  • We demonstrate a new double-layer structure for stretchable interconnects, where the top surface of a serpentine polyimide support is coated with a thin eutectic gallium-indium liquid metal layer. Because the liquid metal layer is constantly fixed on the solid serpentine body in this liquid-on-solid structure, the overall stretching is accomplished by widening the solid frame itself, with little variation in the total length and cross-sectional area of the current path. Therefore, we can achieve both invariant resistance and infinite fatigue life by combining the stretchable configuration of the underlying body with the freely deformable nature of the top liquid conductor. Further, we fabricated various types of double-layer interconnects as narrow as 10 ㎛ using the roll-painting and lift-off patterning technique based on conventional photolithography and quantitatively validated their beneficial properties. The new interconnecting structure is expected to be widely used in applications requiring high-performance and high-density stretchable circuits owing to its superior reliability and capability to be monolithically integrated with thin-film devices.

Challenges and Improvement Methods for Monitoring Workload of Construction Workers through EEG

  • Yuting Zhang;Jiayu Chen
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2024.07a
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    • pp.902-908
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    • 2024
  • A large number of construction accidents are caused by workers' unsafe behavior under excessive workload. Despite the demonstrated effectiveness and advantages of current portable electroencephalogram (EEG) devices in workload monitoring, accurate data acquisition remains challenging due to motion artifacts in dynamic environments. Consequently, most current research is limited to static conditions, thus restricting its application to construction tasks that inherently involve bodily movements. In this study, an innovative signal filtering framework is introduced that employs the principles of adaptive filtering to integrate acceleration signals containing motion information for the correction of motion artifacts in EEG signals. The experimental results demonstrate that this approach effectively eliminates motion-induced artifacts in EEG signals, thereby improving the preprocessing of hybrid kinematic-EEG signals acquired during bodily and muscular movements. By enhancing signal quality and reliability, this preprocessing framework aims to broaden the application of portable EEG devices for real-time workload monitoring among construction workers. This advancement is expected to enhance the practicality of EEG in construction safety management and ultimately contribute to safer construction practices.