• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권9호
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• pp.3283-3292
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• 2022

Based on the Deep Q-Network(DQN) algorithm of reinforcement learning, an active fault-tolerance method with incremental action is proposed for the control system with sensor faults of the once-through steam generator(OTSG). In this paper, we first establish the OTSG model as the interaction environment for the agent of reinforcement learning. The reinforcement learning agent chooses an action according to the system state obtained by the pressure sensor, the incremental action can gradually approach the optimal strategy for the current fault, and then the agent updates the network by different rewards obtained in the interaction process. In this way, we can transform the active fault tolerant control process of the OTSG to the reinforcement learning agent's decision-making process. The comparison experiments compared with the traditional reinforcement learning algorithm(RL) with fixed strategies show that the active fault-tolerant controller designed in this paper can accurately and rapidly control under sensor faults so that the pressure of the OTSG can be stabilized near the set-point value, and the OTSG can run normally and stably.

• 대한전자공학회논문지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.28-34
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• 1987

As a means of improving the reliability of a process control system, a FTCS(Fault Tolerant Control System) is designed and applied to the boiler controller of a thermal power plant. The proposed FTCS has capabilities of fault detection and diagnosis as well as back-up control and bumpless switching. A prototype of FTCS is implemented on an IBM PC as an add-on system and it is experimentally verified by using a boiler process simulator together with simplified analog controllers and a switching unit that an one-fold fault is detected in real time and back-up controller takes over the role of the original controller, controlling the faulty loop.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제67권9호
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• pp.1239-1248
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• 2018

This paper proposes a fault tolerant and high efficiency operation algorithm for a 4 LEG DC/DC converter for a battery energy storage system(BESS) forming a main power source in a standalone DC micro grid. The BESS for the main power supply in the stand-alone DC micro-grid is required to operate at high speed according to fault tolerant control and load by operating at all times. Fault-tolerance control changes the short-circuit fault to an open-circuit fault by using a fuse in case of leg fault in 4 legs, and operates stably through phase shift control. In addition, considering the loss of the power semiconductor, the number of LEG operation is adjusted to operate at high efficiency in the full load region. In this paper, fault tolerant control and high efficiency operation algorithm of DC/DC converter for BESS in standalone DC micro grid is presented and it is proved through simulation and experiment.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제18권10호
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• pp.1553-1571
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• 1993

전형적인 컬퓨터보다 훨씬 강력한 계산 능력을 얻기 위해 병렬 컴퓨터 구조에 대한 많은 연가 진행되어 왔다. 이러한 컴퓨터들은 통상 상호 연결 네트워크(Interconnection Network)로 연결된 많은 수의 처리기들로 구성된다. 그중 중요한 한 부류가 초대규모 집적(Very Large Scale Integration) 또는 웨이퍼규모 집적(Wafer Scale Integration)을 이용한 셀룰러 병렬 처리기로 하나의 칩이나 웨이퍼에 단지 이웃으로만 연결된 많은 수의 단순 조를 가지는 처리기로 구성된다. 이런 셀룰러 병렬 처리기틀에 반드시 수반되는 문제가 재구현(Reconfiguration)으로 세가지 유형을 정의할 수 있는데 본 논문에서는 이 세가지 재구현 문제, 즉 결함 허용 재구현(Fault-Tolerant Reconfiguration), 기능적 재구현(Functional Reconfiguration), 그리고 통합 재구현(Integrated Reconfiguration)에 대하여 논하였다. 본 논문은 결함 진단 및 검출(Fault Detection and Fault Location) 제어 방법, 구성(Configuration) 제어방법, 재구현의 수행 단계 등 결함 허용 재구현과 기능적 재구현시 필요한 여러 고려 사항을 분석 정리하고, 최근 제기된 결함 허용 재구현과 기능적 재구현의 일체화 문제 즉 통합 재구현 문제의 이해에 핵심적인 결할 허용 재구현과 기능적 재구현 사이의 관계를 밝혔으며, 통합 재 구현에 적합한 결할 진단 및 검출 제어 방법과 구성제어 방법에 대하여 논하였다.

• 한국정보처리학회논문지
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• 제5권12호
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• pp.3088-3098
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• 1998

순열 방사형 그래프는 병렬 또는 분산 시스템의 상호 연결망 구조로써 n-큐브의 새로운 대안으로 제시되고 있다. 그러나 최근까지 제시된 구조(메쉬, 하이퍼큐브 등)에 대한 오류 허용 설계 모델은 많이 연구되어왔지만 순열 방사형 그래프에 적합한 오류 허용 설계 모델은 연구되고 있지 않다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 순열 방사형 그래프에 적합한 새로운 오류 허용 설계방법을 제안하였다. 이 방법은 현재 수행중인 구성 요소 중에서 오류가 발생할 때 기존 구조를 유지하기 위해서, 예비 구성요소를 추가하여 적절히 오류 요소를 대치하는 기법이다. 먼저, 순열 방사형 그래프를 순환 그래프로 변환한 다음 순환 그래프의 준 동형 성질을 이용하였다. 또한 k개 예비프로세서를 추가하여 각 프로세서 당 최대 통신 링크를 최소화함으로써 오류 허용 설계구조의 비용을 최적화 하였다. 특히, 최대 통신 링크의 수를 최소화하는 새로운 연구 방법을 제안하였다.

• 한국정보전자통신기술학회논문지
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.51-61
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• 2010

Nowadays, there are various networked systems with many computers. In most networked systems, a crucial objective is to keep transmitting and/or receiving data continuously even though failures exist. How can one make a computer continue transmitting and/or receiving data even when there are some errors on a link? Fault-Tolerant Ethernet (FTE) can be a solution to this question. In this paper, we propose a Localized Software-based Fault-Tolerant Ethernet (LSFTE). Our new approach fulfills the general FTE requirements. It takes advantage of redundant cable lines to maintain communication in a faulty environment. A software layer, which uses a simple and effective algorithm, is added above the LAN card driver software to detect and overcome faults. For our approach, there is no need to change the existing hardware or the end-use interfaces. Furthermore, the fault-detection time is reduced significantly compared to the conventional software-based approach.

• 대한전기학회논문지:시스템및제어부문D
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• 제53권4호
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• pp.235-245
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• 2004

In this paper, fault tolerant mechanisms are presented for a servo manipulator system designed to operate in a hot cell. A hot cell is a sealed and shielded room to handle radioactive materials, and it is dangerous for people to work in the hot cell. So, remote operations are necessary to handle the radioactive materials in the hot cell. KAERI has developed a servo manipulator system to perform such remote operations. However, since electric components such as servo motors may fail by radiation, fault tolerant mechanisms have to be considered. For fault tolerance of the servo manipulator system, duplication mechanism increasing the reliability of the transport's driving motors and reconfiguration algorithm accommodating the slave's motor failure have been presented. The reconfiguration algorithm recovering the end effector's motion in spite of one motor's failure is based on control allocation redistributing redundant axes. The constrained optimization method and pseudo inverse method have been adopted for control allocation. Simulation examples and real test results have been presented to verify the Proposed methods.

• KSTLE International Journal
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.37-42
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• 2003

One of the obstacles for a magnetic bearing to be used in the wide range of industrial applications is the failure modes associated with magnetic bearings, which we don't expect for conventional passive bearings. These failure modes include electric power outage, power amplifier faults, position sensor faults, and the malfunction of controllers. Fault-tolerant magnetic bearing systems have been proposed so that the system can operate in spite of some faults in the system. In this paper, we designed a fault-tolerant magnetic bearing system for a turbo-molecular vacuum pump. The system can cope with the actuator/amplifier faults which are the most common faults in a magnetic bearing system. We implemented the existing fault-tolerant algorithms to experimentally prove the adequacy of the algorithms for industrial applications. As it turns out, the system can operate even with three simultaneously failing poles out of eight actuator poles.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2003년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.1464-1469
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• 2003

In this paper, fault tolerant mechanisms are presented for a servo manipulator system designed to operate in a hot cell. A hot cell is a sealed and shielded room to handle radioactive materials, and it is dangerous for people to work in the hot cell. So, remote operations are necessary to handle the radioactive materials in the hot cell. KAERI has developed a servo manipulator system to perform such remote operations. However, since electric components such as servo motors are weakened with radiation, fault tolerant mechanisms have to be considered. For fault tolerance of the servo manipulator system, hardware and software redundancy has been considered. In the case of hardware, radioactive resistant electric components such as cables and connectors have been adopted and motors driving a transport have been duplicated. In case of software, a reconfiguration algorithm accommodating one motor's failure has been developed. The algorithm uses redundant axes to recover the end effector's motion in spite of one motor's failure.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양정보통신학회 2009년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.767-770
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 자동화설비에서 가장 많이 사용되는 부품인 센서와 Cylinder를 기준으로 두 가지 Model을 기준으로 "고장허용 시스템 구축"에 관한 연구를 진행하였다. Free Flow Conveyor상에서 Sensor의 고장발생 시 Virtual Sensor Mode로 전환되어 정상동작 하는 것을 Simulation을 통해 구현을 하였으며, Cylinder의 내압을 이용하여 Cylinder의 동작 시 부하에 따른 Analog data변화를 확인함으로써 고장허용 시스템을 다양하게 적용할 수 있는 토대를 마련하였다. 이러한 방법은 Cylinder의 수명예상은 물론 Grease 주입예상시기와 Cylinder의 불량유무판단 등 개발자의 능력에 따라 여러 가지 응용이 가능할 것이라 생각된다.