• 한국해양공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양공학회 2006년 창립20주년기념 정기학술대회 및 국제워크샵
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• pp.319-322
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• 2006

The Deep-sea miner system is composed of body, actuators, sensors, and devices for control and monitoring. At present, we are manufacturing the miner's body included actuators and already consisted with off-the-shelf embedded controller. But sensors and those devices were just determined. To previously test performance of embedded controller which manages control and monitoring of miner system, its simulator must be developed for control and monitoring. Hardware-In-the-Loop(HIL) simulation is being increasingly used in industrial applications. This is an effective tool for the evaluation of electric system and drives. In the HIL simulator, we can test and design the control and monitoring system freely without the risk of hardware ruins and the load of expenses. Also the programming software for miner operating is verified on the HIL simulator. In this paper, we introduce the concept of HIL simulator for control and monitoring of deep-sea miner.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.41-46
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• 2012

A deep-sea manganese nodule miner consists of 4 parts: the pickup device, crusher, disposal device, and tracked vehicle. The tracked vehicle is an essential component to keep the self-propelled miner moving across deep-sea soil. The performances of the tracked vehicle are influenced by noise factors: the shear strength of the seafloor, bottom current, seafloor slope, track speed, reaction forces of flexible hose, etc. It is necessary to adopt a robust design method that improves the performances and minimizes the variation caused by noise factors. Taguchi's method, the most widely known robust design method, searches for the robust optimum using an orthogonal array composed of the product of the inner array and outer array. In this paper, we propose a new screening technique to reduce the number of input factors and apply the MRSN (Multi-Response Signal to Noise) ratio to convert multiple performances into single one in order to overcome the difficulties and limitations of using Taguchi's method in a case with many input factors and multiple performances. A test miner was already designed and tested. It has about 1/10 the capacity of a commercial one and was successfully operated at an in-shore area. Taguchi's robust design was applied to the tracked vehicle of the test miner, and design improvements were implemented for the vehicle.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.229-236
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• 2008

심해저 망간단괴를 채집하기 위한 집광기는 궤도차량 형태로 해저면을 주행하면서 망간단괴를 채집한다. 집광기의 운영은 수상선에서 실시간 원격으로 제어되며, 이를 위해서는 운영 소프트웨어가 중요한 역할을 차지하게 된다. 현재는 실제 심해저 망간단괴 집광기의 개발에 앞서 시험집광기를 개발하여 근해역 성능 실증시험을 준비중에 있다. 이러한 시험집광기는 기계부와 전기 전자부로 구성되는데, 이를 원격으로 제어, 계측하기 위해서 운영 소프트웨어가 필수적이다. 본 논문에서는 시험집광기의 제어와 계측을 위한 실시간 운영 소프트웨어의 설계와 개발에 대하여 소개하였다. 임베디드시스템으로 PXI 컨트롤러가 사용되고, 소프트웨어 개발툴로는 LabVIEW를 사용하였다. 시험집광기의 효과적인 성능 실증시험을 위하여 본 실시간 운영 소프트웨어가 개발되었다. 아울러 시험집광기의 모니터링 데이터를 관리하기 위한 데이터베이스 관리시스템(DBMS)이 MS SQL과 LabVIEW를 사용하여 개발되었다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.529-543
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• 2003

Deep-sea surface sediments, acquired from 1997 to 2002 in the Clarion-Clipperton fracture zone of the northeast equatorial Pacific, were analyzed for index and geotechnical properties to provide background information for the design of manganese nodule minor. The sediments were classified into 16 types based on the measured properties and evaluated in terms of miner maneuverabillity and potential environmental impacts arising from mining activities. It was found that the middle part of the study area covered with coarse siliceous sediments is more favorable to the commercial production than the northern part of pelagic red clay. In particular, Area B2 in the middle part is considered the best mining site since it shows the highest abundance as well as it consists mostly of normally to over consolidated (types B, C, D) coarse siliceous sediments that are appropriate for effective minor movement and accompany weak environmental impacts. Taking account of all the analyzed core logs, the average shear-strength values are proposed as a practical guideline fur movements of a manganese nodule miner: 6.0 kPa at 10cm and 7.0kPa at 40cm below the seabed.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.367-371
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• 2014

In early 1990s, the Korean government has launched a deep-sea research program to secure the stable long-term supply of strategic metallic minerals including Cr, Cu and Ni. Through the pioneering surveys, Korea registered $150,000km^2$ of Mn-nodule field in the Clarion-Clipperton area, the NE equatorial Pacific to the international sea-bed authority (ISA) in 1994. Following the ISA exploration code, the final exclusive exploration area of $75,000km^2$ was assigned in 2002, based on results of eight-year researches of chemico-physical properties of nodules, bottom profiles and sediment properties. Since that time, environmental studies, mining technical developments including robot miner and lifting system and establishment of smelting systems were accompanied with the detailed geophysical studies to decipher the priori mining area until 2009. Major points of the recent Korea Mn-nodule program are deployed on a commercial scale until 2015. In order to meet the goals, we developed a 1/5 scaled robot miner compared to commercial one in 2012 and performed a mining test at the water depth of 1,370 m in 2013. In addition, detailed 25,000 scaled mining maps in the priori area, which can provide operation roots of the miner, will be prepared and an environmental-friendly mining strategy will be pursued based on the environmental impact test and environmental monitoring.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.463-473
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• 2010

Inshore tests were performed in order to verify the design concept of deep sea manganese nodule miner at a site near Hupo at East Sea of Korea in June of 2009. Total mining tests of the test miner, named 'Minero$^{(R)}$', together with flexible hose, lifting pump and lifting hose were accomplished. In this study, the performances of three subsystems of testminer (vehicle, pick-up device, and launch-and-recovery device) were analyzed for feasibility assessment of self-propelled remotely controlled miner, and also to compile basic data for designing a pilotminer. Performances of the test miner were defined based on the Functional Requirements of Axiomatic Design. The inshore tests revealed that the test miner generally satisfies the functional performances. Feasibility assessment and reflection on results are discussed within.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.246-251
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• 2008

심해저 망간단괴 집광시스템(이하, 집광시스템)의 개념설계가 공리적 설계(Axiomatic Design)의 관점에서 평가되었다. 또한 이미 수행된 집광시스템의 개념설계에 대해 기능적 영역의 기능요구와 물리적 영역의 설계파라미터가 구체화되었다. 기능요구와 설계파라미터의 상호관계는 첫 번째 수준 계층에서 하위 수준 계층으로 순차적으로 분석되었다. 이러한 상호관계는 설계행렬의 형태로 표현되었고 기능요구와 설계파라미터 사이의 독립성을 판단하기 위한 지표로 사용되었다. 설계행렬의 분석결과 본 집광시스템은 설계파라미터간에 연성이 되지 않는 비연성화된 설계임이 확인되었다. 결과적으로, 본 집광시스템은 독립공리(Independence Axiom)를 만족하는 잘된 설계임이 개념적으로 입증되었다.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.32-38
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• 2009

An FMEA for the waterjet-lifter of a DSNM is performed to prevent the occurrence of device failure. A waterjet-lifter raises and transports manganese nodules from the deep-sea floor up to a somewhat elevated place, from which a pin-scraper transports the lifted nodules to the inner space of the DSNM. A concept design for a device using the axiomatic design methodology is shown as the mapping between the functional domain and physical domain. The FMEA for a DSNM is introduced briefly and the rating criteria of severity, occurrence, and detection for the DSNM are defined. The FMEA of the functional requirements of a DSNM device is accomplished. Three kinds of failure modes, as well as their effects and causes, are predicted. Current design control methods for detecting potential failures, such as physical or computational experiments, design confirmation, and mathematical calculation, are described and the recommended actions for several significant causes are suggested.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.252-259
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• 2008

심해채광시스템(Deep-sea mining system)은 보편적으로 수상선(Surface vessel), 양광관(Lifting system), 버퍼(Buffer), 유연관(Flexible pipe) 그리고 집광기(Miner)로 구성된다. 이러한 채광시스템은 하부시스템들(Subsystems)로 구성되기 때문에 대규모 시스템(Large-scale system)으로 가정할 수 있다. 대규모 시스템을 제어하기 위하여, 최근에는 분산제어기법(Decentralized control approach)이 널리 적용되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 대규모 시스템인 채광시스템에 분산제어 기법의 적용성에 대한 기본연구로서, 먼저 심해채광시스템을 유사 모델(양광관과 버퍼를 구면진자 유연관을 2차원 선형 스프링 결합)로 가정하고 간략하게 모델화하였다. 간략화된 모델을 바탕으로, 대규모 심해 채광시스템을 2개의 하부 시스템, 수상선, 양광관과 버퍼로 구성된 시스템과 집광기 시스템으로 각각 나누었다. 다음으로 각 하부 시스템 사이의 상호작용 요소(Interaction term)를 외란(Disturbance)으로 가정하고, 각 하부시스템에 대한 분산제어기를 설계하였다. 여기서 제어기는 집광기가 주어진 경로를 움직이는 동안, 집광기 시스템과 수상선, 양광관과 버퍼 시스템 사이의 거리가 일정하게 유지되도록 제어하였다. 끝으로 제안된 제어기의 효율성을 검증하기 위해, 간략화된 모델을 이용한 수치 시뮬레이션을 수행하였다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.487-494
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• 2014

Deep-seabed test miner operated by a self-propelled mining system moving on soft soil is an essential device to secure floating and towing performances. The performances of the tracked vehicle are seriously influenced by noise factors such as the shear strength of the seafloor, bottom current, seafloor slope, speed of tracked vehicle, reaction forces of flexible hose, steering ratio, etc. Due to uncertainties related to noise factors, the design of a deep-sea manganese nodules test miner that satisfies target reliabilities is difficult. Therefore, reliability-based design optimization (RBDO) is required to guarantee system reliability under circumstances where uncertainties related to noise factors prevail. Among noise factors, the bottom current, a bimodal distribution, is censored due to the observation limit of measurement devices. Therefore, estimated distribution of the bottom current is inaccurate without considering these characteristics and the result of RBDO cannot be guaranteed. In this paper, we define censored data as unknown values over the limit of observation. If this data is estimated by using Akaike information criterion (AIC) that cannot consider the characteristics of censored data, the distribution of estimated data cannot guarantee accurate reliability. Therefore, censored AIC that can consider the characteristics of data is used to estimate accurate distribution of the bottom current. Finally, RBDO, under circumstances where uncertainties related to noise factors combined censored data are present, is performed on the mobility of a deep-sea manganese nodules test miner.