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Implementation of an Auto-Steering System for Recreational Marine Crafts Using Android Platform and NMEA Network

  • Beirami, Mohammadamin;Lee, Hee Yong;Yu, Yung-Ho
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.39 no.5
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    • pp.577-585
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    • 2015
  • This paper deals with development of an autopilot system for leisure yacht based on NMEA 2000 network and android platform. The developed system can operate both for manual steering and automatic navigation mode. In automatic steering mode, after manipulation of commands which are NMEA 0183 sentences by android platform, the developed system translates and sends the packets through NMEA 2000 network. Then the controller which is connected to NMEA 2000 network receives the commands and controls the boat's rudder system automatically. The automatic steering mode is achieved by cooperation of two controllers; one for controlling the rudder system, and the other for controlling the vessel's heading. To control the vessel's rudder and heading angle two PID controllers are developed with an adjustable dead-band gain. Also, in order to eliminate the steady-state error occurred by applying dead-band, an integral controller which specifically supervises the system's behavior inside the dead-band area is developed. In this paper, at the first stage, simulations are accomplished using computer in order to examine the feasibility of the proposed based on simulation results. In the next step, the system on a real hydraulic steering model is implemented and at the end the performance examination by implementing it on a real boat and doing test navigation is executed.

Application of the dead time compensation algorithm for a low-cost general purpose inverter (데드타임 보상 알고리즘의 범용 인버터 적용)

  • Jeong, S.J.;Kim, S.K.;Kim, S.H.;Shin, H.J.;Han, K.J.;Kim, M.C.;Lee, S.J.
    • Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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    • 2005.07a
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    • pp.8-10
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    • 2005
  • In a general purpose inverter, a dead-time compensation strategy is very important for reducing torque ripples and acoustic noises of motors. However, in the case of small capacity inverter, the accurate dead-time compensation is hard to be obtained because a removal of the switching noise in a feedback current signal is difficult on condition of low-cost implementation. In this paper, the operation characteristics of the general purpose inverter applied the dead time compensation algorithm using an instantaneous back calculation of the phase angle of the current are presented.

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Re-reading the film of Dead Poets Society (영화<죽은 시인의 사회> 다시 읽기)

  • Yang, Hyun-Mi
    • English & American cultural studies
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.297-321
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    • 2009
  • The purpose of this study is to re-read the film of Dead Poets Society, specially focused on a feminist view. The film hides the strategy of recovering the traditional Patriarchal Society. At the beginning, the film resists the values of traditional society through John Keating. His unorthodox methods of teaching literature smack against the traditions of Welton Academy. Furthermore, he stresses on "Carpe Diem"—Seize the Day, the romantic values of free thinking, creativity, and individuality. The forces opposing Keating's philosophy are personified by Welton's rigid, old headmaster, Mr. Nolan, and the cruel, stubborn parent, Mr. Perry. Keating's romantic values are failed by their powerful, dominating attitudes. Effected by Keating's philosophy, Neil decides to pursue acting rather than medicine. He conflicts with his strict father. Finally frustrated by his authority, Neil commits suicide. And Keating is accused of inciting the boys to restart the Dead Poets Society, and at last he is fired. Keating and Neil are victimized by the Patriarchal society. Even though the film concentrates male characters at the all boys' school, it reveals the male angle of binary oppositions between men and women, subject and object, activity and passivity, presence and absence. In the film's dramatic conclusion, English class is now being temporarily taught by Nolan, who has the boys read from the very Pritchard essay they had ripped out at the start of the film. It symbolizes the triumph of the traditional logocentric society. However, influenced by Keating's unconventional attitudes, ultimately Welton Academy will be changed as it is embodied in its closing scene.

Effect of Inlet Valve Angle on In-Cylinder Swirl Generation Characteristics(I) (흡입밸브 각이 실린더 내 와류 발생 특성에 미치는 영향(I))

  • Ohm, In-Yong;Park, Chan-Jun
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.148-156
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    • 2008
  • This paper is the first of 2 companion papers which investigate in-cylinder swirl generation characteristics according to inlet valve angle. Two DOHC 4 valve engines, one has wide intake valve angle and the other has narrow valve angle, were used to compare the characteristics of swirl motion generation in the cylinder. One intake port was deactivated to induce swirl flow. A PIV (Particle Image Velocimetry) was applied to measure in-cylinder velocity field according to inlet valve angle during intake stroke. The results show that the stronger swirl motion is observed in wide valve angle engine at the early intake stage; however, the swirl motion is gradually distorted by the intake flow component passing through valve area near the cylinder wall as the stroke proceeds. The tumble motion also does so in wide angle. On the contrary, the swirl and tumble motions, which are not clear at the initial stage, become better and better arranged as the piston goes down and up again after bottom dead center.

A Study on the Flow Characteristics of Vertical Impeller to Improve Flocculation Efficiency (응집효율 향상을 위한 수직형 교반기의 유동특성 연구)

  • Kim, Jin-Hoon;Park, Jong-Ho
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.8 no.3 s.30
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    • pp.33-41
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    • 2005
  • The optimum condition is defined as one that best suits the purpose of flocculation; the number of small particles should decrease, while that of large particles should increase. The object of this research was to develop a new impeller and substitute for conventional flocculators. The flow characteristics of turbines and hydrofoil type flocculators in turbulent fluids were observed using a standard $k-{\epsilon}$ Model and a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation program-FLUENT. The experiments were performed to compare PBT(Pitched Blade Turbine) flocculator with twisted hydrofoil type flocculators for velocity distribution, and floe formation at conventional water treatment plants in Korea. As a result of the CED solution, twisted hydrofoil types are similar to hydrofoil flocculators for flow characteristics without regard to the twisted angle, On the other hand, it was established that turbine flocculators are greater than hydrofoil flocculators with flow unevenness and dead zone formation. Twisted hydrofoil type-II (Angle $15{\sim}20^{\circ}$) is the most proper impeller for water flocculation from this point of view with a decreasing the dead zone, maintaining of the equivalent energy distribution and a drawing up of the sedimentation substance from the bottom of the flocculation basin.

Preliminary Design Conditions for a Thermally Actuated Refrigerator Based on the Vuilleumier Cycle (Vuilleumier 사이클로 작동되는 열구동 냉동기의 예비설계조건)

  • 유호선;강병하
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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    • v.16 no.12
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    • pp.2358-2367
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    • 1992
  • This paper deals with preliminary design conditions for a thermally actuated Vuilleumier refrigerator/heat pump. The previously reported approximate adiabatic analysis which is based on the 8-volume model makes it possible to evaluate exchanged heats per cycle as well as cyclic pressure, temperature and mass variation of each working volume. Calculated results reveal not only there exists an optimum value for the phase angle and the swept volume ratio maximizing a specific thermal output, but also design parameters can be determined independently of each other. Under a given combination of operating temperature levels, the optimum conditions for refrigeration are different from those for heat pumping and the differences between two operating modes become larger with decreasing the dead volume ratio. Both the optimum phase angle and the optimum swept volume ratio are increased asymptotically toward 0.5 pi and 1.0 respectively, as the dead volume ratio approaches to unity. When a VM machine is used for cooling and heating simultaneously, the design parameters should be carefully determined to reach the best performance.

A Study on the Flow Characteristics of Vertical Impeller to Improve Flocculation Efficiency (응집효율 향상을 위한 수직형 교반기의 유동특성 연구)

  • Kim, Jin-Hoon;Park, Jong-Ho
    • 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2004.12a
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    • pp.267-274
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    • 2004
  • The optimum condition is defined as one that best suits the purpose of flocculation; the number of small particles should decrease, while that of large particles should increase. The object of this research was to develop a new impeller and substitute for conventional flocculators. The flow characteristics of turbines and hydrofoil type flocculators in turbulent fluids were observed using a standard k-$\epsilon$ Model and a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation program- FLUENT The experiments were performed to compare PBT(Pitched Blade Turbine) flocculator with twisted hydrofoil type flocculators for velocity distribution, and floc formation at conventional water treatment plants in Korea. As a result of the CFD solution, twisted hydrofoil types are similar to hydrofoil flocculators for flow characteristics without regard to the twisted angle, On the other hand, it was established that turbine flocculators are greater than hydrofoil flocculators with flow unevenness and dead zone formation. Twisted hydrofoil type- II (Angle $15{\~}20^{\circ}$) is the most proper impeller for water flocculation from this point of view with a decreasing the dead zone, maintaining of the equivalent energy distribution and a drawing up of the sedimentation substance from the bottom of the flocculation basin.

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Optimized Hybrid Modulation Strategy for AC Bypass Transformerless Single-Phase Photovoltaic Inverters

  • Deng, Shuhao;Sun, Yao;Yang, Jian;Zhu, Qi;Su, Mei
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.2129-2138
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    • 2016
  • The full-bridge inverter, widely used for single-phase photovoltaic grid-connected applications, presents a leakage current issue. Therefore, an AC bypass branch is introduced to overcome this challenge. Nevertheless, existing modulation strategies entail drawbacks that should be addressed. One is the zero-crossing distortion (ZCD) of the AC current caused by neglecting the AC filter inductor voltage. Another is that the system cannot deliver reactive power because the AC bypass branch switches at the power frequency. To address these problems, this work proposes an optimized hybrid modulation strategy. To reduce ZCD, the phase angle of the inverter output voltage reference is shifted, thereby compensating for the neglected leading angle. To generate the reactive power, the interval of the negative power output is calculated using the power factor. In addition, the freewheeling switch is kept on when power is flowing into the grid and commutates at a high frequency when power is fed back to the DC side. In this manner, the dead-time insertion in the high-frequency switching area is minimized. Finally, the performances of the proposed modulation strategy and traditional strategies are compared on a universal prototype inverter. Experimental results validate the theoretical analysis.

A Study on Extrusion Forces in Hot Extursion of Al-Si Alloys (AI-Si 합금의 열간압출에 있어서 압출압력에 관한 연구)

  • Jo, Hyeong-Ho
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.4 no.7
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    • pp.837-844
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    • 1994
  • To investigate that the theoretical formulas for extrusion forces are applicable to the manufacturing plant, the maximum extrusion forces were calculated from Siebel's and Geleji's formulas and also measured using 550 ton extrusion press. Parameters such as flow stress, $K_f$, angle of dead metal zone, $\alpha$ were obtained experimentally in order to calculate the maximum extrusion forces by the the theoretical formulas, and it was showed that the results were reliable as the deformation efficient factor, $\eta _f$ was determined to be less than 0.5. The maximum extrusion forces calculated from Siebel's formula and Geleji's formula for the angle of dead metal zone, $\alpha = 50^{\circ}$ were approached to the experimental results. However, it was found that Siebel's formula is more useful to apply to the manufacturing plant.

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Development of Intermittent Coating Process Using Roll-to-roll Slot-die Coater (롤투롤 슬롯 다이 코터를 이용한 간헐 코팅 공정 개발)

  • Mose Jung;Gieun Kim;Jeongpil Na;Jongwoon Park
    • Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.32-37
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    • 2023
  • For the potential applications in large-area OLED lightings, hydrogen fuel cells, and secondary batteries, we have performed an intermittent coating of high-viscosity polydimethylsiloxane using roll-to-roll slot die coater. During intermittent coating, dead zones inevitably appear where the thickness of PDMS patch films becomes non-uniform, especially at the leading/trailing edge. To reduce it, we have coated the PDMS patches by varying the process parameters such as the installation angle of the slot die head, coating speed, and patch interval. It is observed that the PDMS solution flows down and thus the thickness profile is non-uniform for horizonal intermittent coating, whereas the PDMS solution remaining on the head lip causes an increase in the PDMS thickness at the leading/trailing edges for vertical intermittent coating when the coating velocity is low. As the coating speed increases, however, the dead zone is shown to be reduced. It is addressed that the overall dead zone (the dead zone at the leading edge + the dead zone at the trailing edge) is smaller with horizontal intermittent coating than with vertical intermittent coating.

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