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Investigation of carbon supported pt nano catalyst preparation by the polyol process for fuel cell applications (폴리올 프로세스를 통한 연료전지용 백금 촉매 제조)

  • Oh, Hyung-Seok;Kim, Han-Sung
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.06a
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    • pp.200-203
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    • 2007
  • Parametric investigation of the polyol process for the preparation of carbon supported Pt nano particles as catalysts for fuel cells was carried out. It was found that the concentration of glycolate anion, which is a function of pH, plays an important role in controlling Pt particle size and loading on carbon. It was observed that Pt loading decreased with increasing alkalinity of the solution. As evidenced by zeta potential measurement, this was mainly due to poor adsorption or repulsive forces between the metal colloids and the supports. In order to modify the conventional polyol process, the effect of the gas purging conditions on the characteristics of Pt/C was examined. By the optimization of the gas environment during the reaction, it was possible to obtain high loading of 39.5wt% with a 2.8 nm size of Pt particle. From the single cell test, it was found that operating in ambient $O_{2}$ at 70oC can deliver high performance of more than 0.6 V at 1.44 A $cm^{-2}$.

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Numerical Simulation of Three-Dimensional Motion of Droplets by Using Lattice Boltzmann Method

  • Alapati, Suresh;Kang, Sang-Mo;Suh, Yong-Kweon
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.03b
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    • pp.2-5
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    • 2008
  • This study describes the numerical simulation of three-dimensional droplet formation and the following motion in a cross-junction microchannel by using the Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM). Our aim is to develop the three-dimensional binary fluids model, consisting of two sets of distribution functions to represent the total fluid density and the density difference, which introduces the repulsive interaction consistent with a free-energy function between two fluids. We validated the LBM code with the velocity profile in a 3-dimensional rectangular channel. Then, we applied our code to the numerical simulation of a binary fluid flow in a cross-junction channel focusing on the investigation of the droplet formulation. Due to the pressure and interfacial-tension effect, one component of the fluids which is injected from one inlet is cut off into many droplets periodically by the other component which is injected from the other inlets. We considered the effect of the boundary conditions for density difference (order parameter) on the wetting of the droplet to the side walls.

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Aircraft Collision-Avoidance/Guidance Strategy in Dynamic Environments for Planar Flight (2차원 평면에서 이동장애물에 대한 항공기의 유도/회피기동 연구)

  • Rhee, Ihn-Seok
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.32 no.7
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    • pp.69-75
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    • 2004
  • An avoidance/guidance problem of an aircraft against moving obstacle is considered in two dimensional space. The aircraft is modelled as a point mass flying with constant speed. The lateral acceleration is assumed the control input. Artificial potential functions are applied to the terminal point and moving obstacles in order that repulsive forces and an attractive force are produced by the obstacles and the terminal point respectively. A real time guidance/avoidance law is proposed by using the potential forces and relative velocity. The guidance law for a logarithm potential function results the well-known proportional navigation law. The avoidance control command is inverse proportional to the time-to-go to the obstacle and turns the aircraft toward the negative direction of the line-of-sight change. The performance of the proposed guidance/avoidance law is verified with simulations.

Cluster Robots Line formatted Navigation Based on Virtual Hill and Virtual Sink (Virtual Hill 및 Sink 개념 기반의 군집 로봇의 직선 대형 주행 기법)

  • Kang, Yo-Hwan;Lee, Min-Cheol;Kim, Chi-Yen;Yoon, Sung-Min;Noh, Chi-Bum
    • The Journal of Korea Robotics Society
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.237-246
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    • 2011
  • Robots have been used in many fields due to its performance improvement and variety of its functionality, to the extent which robots can replace human tasks. Individual feature and better performance of robots are expected and required to be created. As their performances and functions have increased, systems have gotten more complicated. Multi mobile robots can perform complex tasks with simple robot system and algorithm. But multi mobile robots face much more complex driving problem than singular driving. To solve the problem, in this study, driving algorithm based on the energy method is applied to the individual robot in a group. This makes a cluster be in a formation automatically and suggests a cluster the automatic driving method so that they stably arrive at the target. The energy method mentioned above is applying attractive force and repulsive force to a special target, other robots or obstacles. This creates the potential energy, and the robot is controlled to drive in the direction of decreasing energy, which basically satisfies lyapunov function. Through this method, a cluster robot is able to create a formation and stably arrives at its target.

Adaptive Control of the Atomic Force Microscope of Tapping Mode: Chaotic Behavior Analysis (진동방식의 원자간력 현미경으로 표면형상 측정시 발행하는 혼돈현상의 적응제어)

  • Kang, Dong-Hunn;Hong, Keum-Shik
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.57-65
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    • 2000
  • In this paper, a model reference adaptive control for the atomic force microscope (AFM) of tapping mode is investigated. The dynamics between the AFM system and al sample is mathematically modeled as a second order spring-mass-damper system with oscillatory inputs. The attractive and repulsive forces between the tip of the AFM system and the sample are derived using the Lennard-Jones potential energy. By non-dimensionalizing the displacement of the tip and the input frequency, the chaotic behavior near a resonance frequency is better depicted through the non-dimensionalized equations. Four nonlinear analysis techniques, a phase portrait, sensitive dependence on initial conditions, a power spectral density function, and a Pomcare map are investigated. Because the equations of motion derived in this paper involve unknown parameter values such as the damping effect of the air and the interaction constants between materials, the standard model reference adaptive control is adopted. Two control objectives, the prevention of chaos and the tracking of reference signal, are pursued. Simulation results are included.

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Local Path Planning for Mobile Robot Using Artificial Neural Network - Potential Field Algorithm (뉴럴 포텐셜 필드 알고리즘을 이용한 이동 로봇의 지역 경로계획)

  • Park, Jong-Hun;Huh, Uk-Youl
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.64 no.10
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    • pp.1479-1485
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    • 2015
  • Robot's technology was very simple and repetitive in the past. Nowadays, robots are required to perform intelligent operation. So, path planning has been studied extensively to create a path from start position to the goal position. In this paper, potential field algorithm was used for path planning in dynamic environments. It is used for a path plan of mobile robot because it is elegant mathematical analysis and simplicity. However, there are some problems. The problems are collision risk, avoidance path, time attrition. In order to resolve path problems, we amalgamated potential field algorithm with the artificial neural network system. The input of the neural network system is set using relative velocity and location between the robot and the obstacle. The output of the neural network system is used for the weighting factor of the repulsive potential function. The potential field algorithm problem of mobile robot's path planning can be improved by using artificial neural network system. The suggested algorithm was verified by simulations in various dynamic environments.

Selective Advertisement Transmission System Design Using Smart Sensor

  • Lim, Myung-Jae;Chung, Dong-Kun;Kim, Kyu-Dong;Kwon, Young-Man
    • International journal of advanced smart convergence
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.66-71
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    • 2021
  • In this paper, we sought ways to accept and reject advertisements using the function of a smartphone gyro sensor to enable selective transmission and reception of YouTube advertisements by linking the gyro function of mobile phones. In the case of YouTube advertisements, the skip button is activated after the advertisement is played for a certain period of time (about 5 seconds) before and after the video is played. During the time the advertisement is maintained, it can be used to achieve various goals such as increased website traffic, brand awareness, and sales induction. Since this type of advertisement is not a setting in which the transition takes place immediately, it can be seen as the most suitable setting to strengthen brand awareness. However, due to the nature of the YouTube advertising system, it is often discarded through users' skipping behavior in the process of sharing and reproducing information. Therefore, in this paper, we implemented an optional advertisement transmission system that applies the principle of gyroscope to minimize wasted advertisements and selectively maintain desired advertisements in consideration of the transmission and reception aspects of advertisement broadcasts. It measures rotational repulsive force with directional stability and car wash characteristics, and uses algorithms to identify the slope and angular speed of mobile phones to ensure that advertisements are transmitted and received. Through this, it is expected that advertisement transmission can be performed on the side of an advertisement provider, and selective advertisement reception can be performed on the side of a user.

Obstacle Avoidance of a Moving Sound Following Robot using Active Virtual Impedance (능동 가상 임피던스를 이용한 이동 음원 추종 로봇의 장애물 회피)

  • Han, Jong-Ho;Park, Sook-Hee;Noh, Kyung-Wook;Lee, Dong-Hyuk;Lee, Jang-Myung
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.200-210
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    • 2014
  • An active virtual impedance algorithm is newly proposed to track a sound source and to avoid obstacles while a mobile robot is following the sound source. The tracking velocity of a mobile robot to the sound source is determined by virtual repulsive and attraction forces to avoid obstacles and to follow the sound source, respectively. Active virtual impedance is defined as a function of distances and relative velocities to the sound source and obstacles from the mobile robot, which is used to generate the tracking velocity of the mobile robot. Conventional virtual impedance methods have fixed coefficients for the relative distances and velocities. However, in this research the coefficients are dynamically adjusted to elaborate the obstacle avoidance performance in multiple obstacle environments. The relative distances and velocities are obtained using a microphone array consisting of three microphones in a row. The geometrical relationships of the microphones are utilized to estimate the relative position and orientation of the sound source against the mobile robot which carries the microphone array. Effectiveness of the proposed algorithm has been demonstrated by real experiments.