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Robot Fish Tracking Control using an Optical Flow Object-detecting Algorithm

  • Shin, Kyoo Jae
    • IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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    • v.5 no.6
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    • pp.375-382
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    • 2016
  • This paper realizes control of the motion of a swimming robot fish in order to implement an underwater robot fish aquarium. And it implements positional control of a two-axis trajectory path of the robot fish in the aquarium. The performance of the robot was verified though certified field tests. It provided excellent performance in driving force, durability, and water resistance in experimental results. It can control robot motion, that is, it recognizes an object by using an optical flow object-detecting algorithm, which uses a video camera rather than image-detecting sensors inside the robot fish. It is possible to find the robot's position and control the motion of the robot fish using a radio frequency (RF) modem controlled via personal computer. This paper proposes realization of robot fish motion-tracking control using the optical flow object-detecting algorithm. It was verified via performance tests of lead-lag action control of robot fish in the aquarium.

Capacity Modulation of a Multi-Type Heat Pump System using PID Control with Fuzzy Logic (퍼지 로직 적용 PID 제어를 이용한 멀티형 열펌프의 용량조절)

  • 김세영;김민수
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.13 no.9
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    • pp.810-817
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    • 2001
  • Performance of a water-to-water multi-type heat pump system using R22 which has tow indoor units has been investigated experimentally. The refrigerant flow rate of each indoor unit was regulated by an electronic expansion valve and the total refrigerant flow rate of the system was controlled by a variable speed compressor. In the system, evaporator outlet pressure of refrigerant and outlet temperatures of secondary fluid from indoor units were selected as control variables. Experiments were executed for both cooling and heating modes using PID control method with fuzzy logic, and results of the test are compared with a classical PID method. In the case of PID control with fuzzy logic, the fuzzy control rules corrects PID parameters each time. Results show that PID control with fuzzy logic has the merits of quick response and reduced overshoot.

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Centralized Control Algorithm for Power System Performance using FACTS Devices in the Korean Power System

  • Kang, Sang-Gyun;Seo, Sang-Soo;Lee, Byong-Jun;Chang, Byung-Hoon;Myung, Ro-Hae
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.353-362
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    • 2010
  • This paper presents a centralized control algorithm for power system performance in the Korean power system using Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) devices. The algorithm is applied to the Korean power system throughout the metropolitan area in order to alleviate inherent stability problems, especially concerns with voltage stability. Generally, control strategies are divided into local and centralized control. This paper is concerned with a centralized control strategy in terms of the global system. In this research, input data of the proposed algorithm and network data are obtained from the SCADA/EMS system. Using the full system model, the centralized controller monitors the system condition and decides the operating point according to the control objectives that are, in turn, dependent on system conditions. To overcome voltage collapse problems, load-shedding is currently applied in the Korean power system. In this study, the application of the coordination between FACTS and switch capacitor (SC) can restore the solvability without load shedding or guarantee the FV margin when the margin is insufficient. Optimal Power Flow (OPF) algorithm, for which the objective function is loss minimization, is used in a stable case. The results illustrate examples of the proposed algorithm using SCADA/EMS data of the Korean power system in 2007.

Experimental Study on the Control for a Randomly Disturbing Dynamic System (불규칙한 교란을 받는 동적 시스템의 제어에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Lee, Jong-Bok;Cho, Yun-Hyun;Yang, In-Beom;Park, Sung-Man;Heo, Hoon
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2007.05a
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    • pp.1120-1125
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    • 2007
  • Experimental study on the control of randomly disturbing system is conducted. External and internal disturbances are imposed to the system in combined manner. A vertical propeller system exposed horizontal weak turbulent air flow is chosen as an experimental model. The aim of the control system is to maintain the angular position of vertical propeller in parallel to air flow. Trajectory Tracking Stochastic Controller (TTSC) is designed to ensure system's stability while following system command. The Trajectory Tracking Stochastic Controller is composed of two controller, one is stochastic controller to suppress internal random noise and the other one is trajectory-tracking controller to follow the command having random noise. The proposed hybrid controller, TTSC, shows remarkable performance in pitch control of vertical propeller system in wind-tunnel test

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An experimental analysis of the fluid flow in an automobile HVAC system using a PIV technique (PIV기법을 이용한 차량용 공조 시스템 내부유동에 대한 실험적 연구)

  • Ji, Ho-Seong;Kim, Bo-Ram;Lee, Sang-Joon
    • 한국가시화정보학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.11a
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    • pp.92-96
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    • 2007
  • Internal flow characteristics for an automobile HVAC have been investigated using a high-resolution PIV technique. The PIV system consists of a 2-head Nd:YAG laser(125 mJ), a high-resolution CCD camera($2K\;{\times}\;2K$), optics and a synchronizer. An automobile HVAC module was used directly. Only the casing was remodeled transparently for capturing flow image and laser sheet beam illumination. Time-averaged velocity field were measured in three temperature control mode. For three temperature control modes, the internal flow characteristics for an automobile HVAC system were evaluated from PIV results..

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Ramp Metering under Exogenous Disturbance using Discrete-Time Sliding Mode Control (이산 슬라이딩모드 제어를 이용한 램프 미터링 제어)

  • Jin, Xin;Chwa, Dongkyoung;Hong, Young-Dae
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.65 no.12
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    • pp.2046-2052
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    • 2016
  • Ramp metering is one of the most efficient and widely used control methods for an intelligent transportation management system on a freeway. Its objective is to control and upgrade freeway traffic by regulating the number of vehicles entering the freeway entrance ramp, in such a way that not only the alleviation of the congestion but also the smoothing of the traffic flow around the desired density level can be achieved for the maintenance of the maximum mainline throughput. When the cycle of the signal detection is larger than that of the system process, the density tracking problem needs to be considered in the form of the discrete-time system. Therefore, a discrete-time sliding mode control method is proposed for the ramp metering problem in the presence of both input constraint in the on-ramp and exogenous disturbance in the off-ramp considering the random behavior of the driver. Simulations were performed using a validated second-order macroscopic traffic flow model in Matlab environment and the simulation results indicate that proposed control method can achieve better performance than previously well-known ALINEA strategy in the sense that mainstream flow throughput is maximized and congestion is alleviated even in the presence of input constraint and exogenous disturbance.

Development of Wetershed Runoff Index for Major Control Points of Geum River Basin Using RRFS (RRFS에 의한 금강수계의 주요지점별 유역유출지표 개발)

  • Lee, Hyson-Gue;Hwang, Man-Ha;Koh, Ick-Hwan;Maeng, Seung-Jin
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.140-151
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    • 2007
  • In this study, we attempted to develop a watershed runoff index subject to main control points by dividing the Geum River basin into 14 sub-basins. The Yongdam multipurpose dam Daecheong multipurpose dam and Gongju gage station were selected to serve as the main control points of the Geum River basin, and the observed flow of each control point was calculated by the discharge rating curve, whereas the simulated flow was estimated using the Rainfall Runoff Forecasting System (RRFS), user-interfaced software developed by the Korea Water Corporation, based on the Streamflow Synthesis and Reservoir Regulation (SSARR) model developed by the US Army Corps of Engineers. This study consisted of the daily unit observed flow and the simulated flow of the accumulated moving average flow by daily, 5-days, 10-days, monthly, quarterly and annually, and normal monthly/annually flow. We also performed flow duration analysis for each of the accumulated moving average and the normal monthly/annually flows by unit period, and abundant flow, ordinary flow, low flow and drought flow estimated by each flow duration analysis were utilized as watershed runoff index by main control points. Further, as we determined the current flow by unit period and the normal monthly/annually flow through the drought and flood flow analysis subject to each flow we were able to develop the watershed runoff index in a system that can be used to determine the abundance and scarcity of the flow at the corresponding point.

A Study on the Improvement of Flow Characteristics of the Glove Valve for Compressible Fluid (압축성 유체용 글로브 밸브의 유량특성 향상에 관한 연구)

  • Bae, Ji Won;Chung, Woo Young;Jang, Ji Seong
    • Journal of Drive and Control
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.32-37
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    • 2019
  • Glove valves are used for various purposes in the process control field because such valves enable easy control of temperature and pressure. However, such valves are associated with significant loss of pressure and also have the disadvantage of complicating the shape of the cage or plug to facilitate linear flow rate change. In this paper, the shape of the plug, one of the valve flow control elements, was designed to improve the flow characteristics of the glove valve, and then CFD analysis was performed using compressible fluid. The numerical analysis results of the glove valve were analyzed according to the opening ratio and the pressure ratio of the valve. From these results, it was found that the proper notch on the side of the plug contributed to reducing the energy loss of the fluid through the valve and improving the linearity of the valve.

Measurement and Simulation of Heating Energy for Apartments with District Heating (지역난방 아파트에 대한 난방에너지 실측 및 시뮬레이션)

  • Lee, Eun Ju;Lee, Doo Young;Hong, Hiki;Kim, Young Kyun
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.26 no.12
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    • pp.572-578
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    • 2014
  • Heating energy was measured in an apartment housing unit with a district heating system, varying the kind of hot water distributors. Ondol coils passing through a living room raised the temperature of the room where the heating was turned off. Including this characteristic of Ondol heating into the modeling, we performed simulations and showed a verification by comparison with the results of measurements. As a result, a main flow control method, which changes hot water flow rate supplied to a housing unit according to the thermal load, can reduce the supplied flow rate and lower the return temperature, compared with a constant flow method. That can result in decreased heat loss in utility-pipe conduits even though the heating energy supplied is almost the same. An outdoor reset control that raises the temperature of the supplied hot water if the outdoor temperature falls has the effect of a quicker response in heating than the reduced flow rate and return temperature.