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Predicting the Lifetime of Super-capacitor for DC Traction Regenerative Energy Storage System (직류철도 회생에너지 저장시스템용 슈퍼커패시터 수명예측)

  • Kim, Jong-Yoon;Park, Chan-Heung;Cho, Kee-Hyun;Jang, Su-Jin;Lee, Byoung-Kuk;Won, Chung-Yuen
    • Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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    • 2007.11a
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    • pp.212-214
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    • 2007
  • Regenerative energy which is generated during brake periods of DC traction might cause malfunction or destruction of rectifier or any other power conversion devices caused the increment of DC line voltage. Regenerative energy storage system using super-capacitor is one of the method to control the DC line voltage safely. And super-capacitor is very important device as energy storage device. Therefore, In this paper, we designed the regenerative energy storage system using super-capacitor and propose the method about predicting the lifetime of super-capacitor established in storage system. According to the this research, we can estimate the proper replacement moment for the existed super-capacitor due to the safety of the system. And improve the reliability of regenerative energy storage system using super-capacitor.

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Equipment Qualification of Control Rod Control System for Nuclear Power Plants (원전용 제어봉 제어시스템의 기기검증)

  • Lee, J.M.;Kim, C.K.;Cheon, J.M.;Park, M.K.;Kweon, S.M.;Nam, J.H.
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2005.07d
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    • pp.2603-2605
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    • 2005
  • This paper describes an experience on the equipment qualification of CRCS(control rod control system) that has been developed for nuclear power plants. A very high level criteria should be satisfied for the equipment to be used for nuclear power plants. We have developed a CRCS that is aimed to be applied to commercial plants. This system adopts a duplex system structure that is based on the state-of-the-art digital technology so that it has higher reliability than the existing systems. The CRCS has been tested at a licensed testing organization and finally qualified. In this paper, the procedures and some trial-and-errors we have been through in the qualification process are explained. It is expected that our experience will be a helpful tips to the industry that are developing various systems for safety-critical plants.

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Analytical Study on the Structural Strength of an Air Compressor for Main Engine Starting of 22000TEU Class Container Ships (22000TEU급 컨테이너선박의 메인 엔진 시동용 공기압축기의 구조 강도 해석에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Soon-Kyoung;Lee, Jin-Woo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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    • v.14 no.5
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    • pp.60-67
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    • 2015
  • The compressor is used for many fields not only in the industrial sector, but also as a general household product. The energy consumption required for the compressor operation is very large. The reciprocation compressor is widely used as an air compressor. Regarding the reciprocating air compressor, the discharge of the gas compacted by the method of compressing the gas by using the oscillation of the piston is generated by the piston reciprocation 1 church 1 number. When compressing after compressing the air by the oscillation of the piston, the marine reciprocating air compressor is the vibration generated in the compressor and surrounding structure due to the energy of the generated inertia. If the effect of these harmful elements can be reduced, it supports the service of the vessel. In addition, accidents generated by the noise of the vibration can be prevented. Therefore, in this research, firstly, the structural analysis of the piston part was performed, the safety factor in all results was drawn based upon this, and the reliability of the interpretation was examined in order to create the optimal design for the air compressor.

Prevention of the Malfunction of the ATS Signaling System by Parallel Operation with ATC (철도신호시스템 병행운전(ATS/ATC)에 따른 ATS신호기 오동작개선)

  • Jeong, Rag-Gyo;Kim, Baek-Hyun;Kang, Seok-Won;Park, Geon-Won
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.64 no.7
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    • pp.1019-1025
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    • 2015
  • The performance requirements on the safety-based functionality of railway signal systems have been reinforced and the effort for enhancement of the existing system or development of the new system is being accordingly made. In particular, various technical researches on replacement or improvement of the existing ATS(Automatic Train Stop) signaling system are now in progress for better operational efficiency. In this study, the complementary points for improvement or replacement of the currently used system(i.e., ATS) will be derived in terms of operating efficiency in an integrated operating environment with the newly introduced system(e.g., ATC: Automatic Train Control). This study can contribute to derive the need for improvement of the signaling system by checking the interface problems and comparing between different systems through the analysis of real operation cases in the field. Eventually, this analysis can be applied to prevent and estimate the collision accidents can be caused by the failure of the signaling system in advance. In addition, the results can be used to provide a future direction to secure the reliability in the parallel operation by integration based on different railway signaling systems.

Case Study of Repair Works on Surge Suppression Device for Booster Pumping Station (가압펌프장의 수격완화설비에 대한 보수·보강 사례)

  • Kim, Sang-gyun;Lee, Dong-keun;Lee, Gye-bok;Kim, Kyung-yup
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.8 no.4 s.31
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    • pp.20-26
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    • 2005
  • When the pumps are started or stopped for the operation or tripped due to the power failure, the hydraulic transients occur as a result of the sudden change in velocity. The field tests on the waterhammer were carried out for Pangyo booster pumping station in which had six booster pumps and two in-line pumps with the motor of output 1,700 kW, respectively. The booster pumping station was equipped with the pump control valve as the main surge suppression device, and the surge relief valve as auxiliary one. But the pump control valve had not early controlled in the planned closing mode, the slamming occurred to the valve of which abruptly closed during the large reverse flow. Because the positive pressure wave caused by the pump failure was superposed on the slam surge, the upsurge increased so extremely that the pump control valve was damaged. After the air chambers were additionally installed in the booster pumping station, it was preyed that the water supply system acquire the safety and reliability on the pressure surge.

Intelligent control of pneumatic actuator using MPWM (MPWM을 이용한 공압 실린더의 지능제어)

  • 송인성;표성만;안경관;양순용;이병룡
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.530-535
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    • 2002
  • Pneumatic control system has been applied to build many industrial automation systems. But most of them are sequence control type because of their low costs, safety, reliability, etc. Pneumatic servo system is rarely applied to real industrial fields because accurate position control is very difficult due to its nonlinearity and compressibility of air. In pneumatic servo control system, a pneumatic servo valve can be applied, But it is very expensive and has no advantage of low cost compared with a common pneumatic system. This paper is concerned with the accurate position control of a rodless pneumatic cylinder using on/off solenoid valve. A novel Intelligent Modified Pulse Width Modulation(MPWM) is newly proposed. The control performance of this pneumatic cylinder depends on the external loads. To overcome this problem, switching of control parameter using artificial neural network is newly proposed, which estimates external loads on rodless pneumatic cylinder using this training neural network. As an underlying controller, a state feedback controller using position, velocity and acceleration is applied in the switching control the system. The effectiveness of the proposed control algorithms are demonstrated through experiments nth various loads.

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Functional Analysis of Flexure in a Captive Thrust Stand (추력시험대에 적용된 플렉셔 거동 분석)

  • Kim, Joung-Keun;Yoon, Il-Sun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.73-81
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    • 2006
  • In order to evaluate the thrust of a propulsion system, generally the captive thrust stand is used Based on the applied propulsion system, the various captive ways between thrust stand and the propulsion system are considered. In this paper, the effect of motor deformation generated during firing in horizontal thrust stand on the measured thrust is theoretically derived from classical beam theory. New flexure performance index is defined and estimated on the basis of the thrust measurement error. Its result is good agreement with numerical result of ABAQUS. This study showed that measurement reliability and safety of test can be highly upgraded, in case of two flexure-type captive thrust stand.

Thermal Analysis of High Level Radioactive Waste Repository Using a Large Model

  • Park, Jeong-Hwa;Kuh, Jung-Eui;Sangki Kwon;Kang, Chul-Hyung
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.244-253
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    • 2000
  • A Simple Large Model (SLM), which can be used to make thermal calculation for a deep geological repository with finite number of HLW canisters, was developed. In order to develop the SLM, a Simple Basic Model (SBM), which will be a unit of the SLM, was optimized first. The SBM was optimized to achieve the same maximum buffer temperature as that of the Detailed Basic Model (DBM) representing the real geometric aspects of the repository. In contrast to the models with the assumption of infinite number of canisters which cannot consider boundary effect, the SLM can model the real repository with finite number of canisters and thus consider the boundary effect. Thermal results from the SLM can be used to evaluate the reliability of the models, which do not consider boundary effect. This model can also be used to simulate the thermal layout design and to analyze the thermal safety of a deep geological repository as well as an underground laboratory.

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A Study of the Fatigue Crack Propagation Behavior According to the Moment Change using Infrared Thermography (열화상기술을 이용한 모멘트 변화에 따른 피로균열진전 연구)

  • Kim, Kyeong-Suk;Jung, Hyun-Chul;Pack, Chan-Joo;Jung, Duk-Woon;Chang, Ho-Sub
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.359-364
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    • 2010
  • The objective of this study is to propose an effective method for measurement and analysis of fatigue crack. A technique that can measure the statue of fatigue crack propagation fast and correctly for enhancing safety of constructions and securing reliability is necessary. Moreover, the crack propagation behavior characteristics evaluation technique has to be developed using this technique. In this paper, fatigue crack was caused via the fatigue experiment with repeated load on the CT specimen that is made up of STS304. Fatigue crack propagation was measured by tracing the position of the maximum temperature according to the cycles using infrared thermography. The crack growth characteristics was evaluated by applying the moment values on the measuring area to the measured value. As a result of this study, the possibility that the infrared thermography could be applied to measure the fatigue crack was identified. Moreover, it was identified that fatigue crack propagation have a relationship with the moment value of construction.

Research on Enhancing Reliability of IT Convergence Technology Applied Emergency Management Information System (IT 융합 기술을 적용한 응급관리 정보 시스템의 신뢰성 향상 방안에 관한 연구)

  • Cho, Gyoun-Yon;Lee, Seo-Joon;Lee, Tae-Ro
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.11 no.10
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    • pp.395-401
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    • 2013
  • In a situation of crisis, an ambulance is dispatched according to the given emergency management information system(EMIS). However, the problem of past EMIS is that they did not concentrate on the reliable communication between the ambulance and medical specialists, thereby causing some needless casualties. This paper presents HEMIS, a highly-reliable emergency management information system, to solve such flaws. The effects showed that HEMIS was superior in data packet size, data safety and quality of service(QoS) to that of typical EMIS. Therefore, HEMIS is expected to increase the quality of medical service in ambulances, thereby decreasing casualties of patients carried in ambulances.