• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.395-400
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• 2017

The paper discussed the air-to-fuel ratio control of automotive fuel-injection systems using the cerebellar model articulation controller(CMAC) neural network. Because of the internal combustion engines and fuel-injection's dynamics is extremely nonlinear, it leads to the discontinuous of the fuel-injection and the traditional method of control based on table look up has the question of control accuracy low. The advantages about CMAC neural network are distributed storage information, parallel processing information, self-organizing and self-educated function. The unique structure of CMAC neural network and the processing method lets it have extensive application. In addition, by analyzing the output characteristics of oxygen sensor, calculating the rate of fuel-injection to maintain the air-to-fuel ratio. The CMAC may easily compensate for time delay. Experimental results proved that the way is more good than traditional for petrol control and the CMAC fuel-injection controller can keep ideal mixing ratio (A/F) for engine at any working conditions. The performance of power and economy is evidently improved.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.10 no.5
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• pp.428-435
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• 2005

In this paper a power controller is proposed to accurately control the commanded power for charge and discharge operation of a bidirectional DC-DC converter so that durability is improved in hybrid systems such as fuel cell vehicles. Also, a control algorithm for charge and discharge operation is proposed to improve fuel utilization and keep battery SOC constant so that energy is effectively utilized.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2012.11a
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• pp.233-234
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• 2012

지구 화석연료의 고갈로 불안정한 고유가 시대를 살아가는 현대인들에게 자동차 연비는 소비자들이 자동차를 구매할 때 반드시 고려하고 있는 필수 조건이 되었다. 또한 자동차 연비향상 문제는 이산화탄소 배출로 인한 환경문제와도 직접적인 연관이 있다. 연료펌프는 연료탱크로부터 직접적인 펌핑을 통해 유체를 전달하는 장치이며 전동 모터에 의해 구동 된다. 본 논문에서는 연료펌프 전동 시스템인 모터와 제어기를 개발 하였다. 한편 모터를 제어하기 위해서는 회전자의 위치 검출이 필요한데 그 방법으로는 Hall 센서, 엔코더, 리졸버 등을 사용하게 된다. 하지만 연료펌프의 내부는 고온, 고압의 환경 조건이다. 이에 따라 센서리스 제어 방식을 선택 하였으며, 센서를 제거하여 비용절감이 되는 부분에서 본 논문의 주제와도 부합 된다.

• Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.91-98
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• 2011

연료전지 차랑용에 있어서 공기 가습 및 감습의 중요성은 매우 크다. 특히 PEM(Proton Exchange Membrane)연료전지에서 수분평형은 총괄시스템성능에 큰 영향을 미치는 요소인데, 이에 관한 중요한 연구가 지금까지 광범위하게 수행되고 있다. 또한 차량과 같이 동적부하 연료전지를 활용하는 분야에 있어서, 전류의 흐름은 차량용 파워 부하에 크게 영향을 받는다. 따라서 전기적 흐름이 발생하면, 이에 따라 수분이 발생하게 되는데, 이러한 응축 수분은 예측이 되며, 수관리 시스템에서 이를 중요한 제어 기준으로 활용한다. 그러므로 적절한 제어방법을 선택하면 유입공기의 온도와 습도의 최적값을 얻을 수 있다. 따라서, 본 논문에서는 PEM 연료전지의 수관리를 위하여 수분전달 모델과 유전알고리즘(genetic algorithm)을 사용하는 제어방법에 초점을 두고 있다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.469-475
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• 2008

In this paper, control of small PEM(Proton Exchange Membrane) fuel cell stack by a microprocessor is introduced. The water management of fuel cell stack inside, a key technique in fuel cell control, can be achieved by adjusting the required air flow for fuel and cooling, and by purging the excessive water from the stack. It is very important to precisely control the BOS(Balance of Stack) since the stable operation of the fuel cell system mainly depends on it. In this study the fuel efficiency of the system is improved by the control of the system based on the measured air flow and purge cycle during the optimal operation and its effectiveness is proved by the experiments. The operating stability of the system is improved by the developed controller using a microprocessor and it is expected to be widely used for the control of small PEM fuel cell stack.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.34 no.11
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• pp.1005-1013
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• 2010

This study was conducted to assess the spray control of flash boiling with mixed fuel in consideration of HCCI (Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition) engine condition. Mixed fuel existing in two phase regions can control the process of mixture formation under low temperature and density by using the spray resulting from flash boiling which is able to induce rapid evaporation of fuel spray as well as the evaporation of high boiling point component. Because HCCI engine injects the fuel early under ambient conditions, it can facilitate the chemical control of ignition combustion and physical control such as breakup and atomization of liquid fuel by flash boiling of mixed fuel which consists of highly ignitable light oil and highly volatile gasoline. This study was conducted by performing video processing after selected composition and molar fraction of the mixed fuel as major parameters and photographed Schlieren image and Mie scattered light corresponding to the flash boiling phenomenon of the fuel spray that was injected inside a constant volume vessel. It was found that flash boiling causes significant changes in the spray structure under relatively low temperature and density. Thus, we analyzed that the flash boiling spray can be used for HCCI combustion by controlling the mixture formation at the early fuel injection timing.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.04a
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• pp.234-236
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• 2001

자동차 산업의 활성화로 인하여 차량의 연료 소비의 고효율화 및 구동모터의 고정밀 설계 기술의 향상이 대두되고 있는 실정이다. 특히, LPG 차량의 연료 펌프 모터의 고속화, 저진동, 저 소음화의 추세로 인하여 기존의 Brush타입의 DC모터를 대체하기 위한 Brushless DC 모터의 개발이 증대되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 Brushless DC모터의 고정밀 속도제어 및 빠른 응답 특성을 가지는 제어기를 개발하였으며, 회전자의 위치를 파악하기 위하여 역기전력을 이용한 센서리스형 제어기를 개발하였다. 본 논문에서 개발한 제어기는 가변속도제어범위를 가지며. 2000rpm에서 정격 속도를 가진다. 제어기의 성능 검증을 위하여 정격 속도에서의 단위스텝 응답 특성 실험을 하였으며, 각각의 게인 설정에 따른 제어 성능 실험을 하였다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.85-91
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• 1998

This paper describes an study electric injection system for diesel engines. It is needed effective fuel injection which controls the solenoid valve of fuel pump. To solve this, this paper proposes DCC-PWM method which can realize fast reply and low holding current for solenoid valve on/off. For the proposed design method, simulation tools of ACSL are used to analyze the system. And the single-chip microcomputer is used to reduce the size of controller and to improve flexibility. And the systems validity can be verified through the experimental results.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.39 no.6
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• pp.505-511
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• 2015

Solid oxide fuel cell operate at high temperature ($800{\sim}1000^{\circ}C$). High temperature have an advantage of system efficiency, but a weak durability. In this study, linear state space controller is designed to handle the temperature of solid oxide fuel cell system for proper thermal management. System model is developed under simulink environment with Thermolib$^{(R)}$. Since the thermally optimal system integration improves efficiency, very complicated thermal integration approach is selected for system integration. It shows that temperature response of fuel cell stack and catalytic burner are operated at severe non-linearity. To control non-linear temperature response of SOFC system, gain scheduled linear quadratic regulator is designed. Results shows that the temperature response of stack and catalytic burner follows the command over whole ranges of operations.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.23 no.12
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• pp.154-161
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• 2009

A fuel cell power plant is a very complex system which has various control loops with some non-linearity. For control of a fuel cell power plant, dynamic models of fuel cell stacks have been developed and simplified process flow diagrams of a fuel cell power plant has been presented. Using such a model of a Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell (MCFC) power plant, this paper deals with development of an intelligent setpoint reference governor (I-SRG) to find the optimal setpoints and feed forward control inputs for the plant power demand. The I-SRG is implemented with neural network by using Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm based on system constraints and performance objectives. The feasibility of the I-SRG is shown through simulation of an MCFC power plant for tracking control of its power demand.