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Graphic Simulator for Analyzing the Remote Operation of the Advanced Spent Fuel Conditioning Process

  • Song, Tai-Gil;Kim, Sung-Hyun;Lee, Jong-Ryul;Yoon, Ji-Sup
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.1319-1322
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    • 2003
  • KAERI is developing the Advanced Spent Fuel Conditioning Process (ACP) as a pre-disposal treatment process for spent fuel. Equipment used for such a spent fuel recycling and management process must operate in intense radiation fields as well as in a high temperature. Therefore, remote maintenance has a played a significant role in this process because of combined chemical and radiological contamination. Hence suitable remote handling and maintenance technology needs to be developed along with the design of the process concepts. To do this, we developed the graphic simulator for the ACP. The graphic simulator provides the capability of verifying the remote operability of the process without fabrication of the process equipment. In other words, by applying virtual reality to the remote maintenance operation, a remote operation task can be simulated in the graphic simulator, not in a real environment. The graphic simulator will substantially reduce the cost of the development of the remote handling and maintenance procedure as well as the process equipment, while at the same time producing a process and a remote maintenance concept that is more reliable, easier to implement, and easier to understand.

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Development of Remote Laser Welding-Cutting Process for Maintenance of Hydraulic Connection Module on ITER Project (핵융합 발전로 냉각수 연결모듈의 원격 유지보수를 위한 레이저 용접-절단 공정개발)

  • Kim, Yong;Park, Ki-Young;Lee, Kyoung-Don
    • Journal of Welding and Joining
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.51-58
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    • 2012
  • To assess hydraulic connections between sub-components of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) diagnostic port plug, the laser welding and ablation cutting process were investigated in order to be applied the remote handling maintenance. In this study, laser ablation cutting, which vaporizes a small amount of solid material directly into gas by focusing a laser beam of high density energy, is adopted in order to overcome the limitation of the normal laser cutting technology that the head should be placed as close to the work piece as possible to blow out melt metal at a distance. Complete cutting of a work piece is obtained by repetitive multi-passes of the laser beam. The welding and cutting process were tested on the sample work pieces and finally on a prototype of a hydraulic connection module for remote handling. The results showed that this process can be a promising candidate for hydraulic connections by remote handling.

Development of simulation systems for telemanipulators in confined cell facilities

  • Yu, Seungnam;Ryu, Dongsuk;Han, Jonghui;Lee, Jongkwang;Lee, Hyojik;Park, Byungsuk
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.52 no.2
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    • pp.429-447
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    • 2020
  • The considered simulation tasks are based on an electrometallurgical process development strategy and associated telemanipulator simulation systems are proposed with various scales of experimental facilities. Fundamentally, target facilities are assumed to be operated only by remote handling systems because the considered process is operated in hazardous environments. Futhermore, the feasibility at various scales should be experimentally verified with gradual increase in throughput. In this regard, bench, engineering, and pilot-scale simulation systems are important early-stage tools for assessing the practical operability of the target process with the material handling systems. Such simulation systems are highly customized for applications and are a precursor to larger pilot and demonstration-scale plants. This paper introduced and classified the developed simulator systems for this approach at various scales using remote handling systems which were assembled inside a virtual target facility, and the manmachine interface was included for a more realistic operation of the simulator. The results obtained for each simulator show the feasibility and requirement for improvement of the systems for the considered test issues with respect to the operation and maintenance of the process.

Study of RFID Enabled Air Baggage Handling Process (RFID를 이용한 항공수하물 프로세스 연구)

  • Chang, Yoon-Seok;Lee, Hun-Soo
    • IE interfaces
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.298-308
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    • 2007
  • Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is one of Identification Technologies today. Many of the large retailers in the United States and Europe have established requirements for their suppliers to use RFID technology in 2004. Recently Airbus and Boeing have announced plans to develop a single RFID specification to be used by both companies to use RFID tags to identify commercial aircraft parts. However, it does not mean the end of barcode and it may take several years before the wide adoption of the RFID. This is because a precise business process reengineering is required with technology itself to get the potential benefits of RFID. In this paper, we introduce an RFID enabled air baggage handling process which has been developed and tested recently. We believe our study would give a good guideline for further researches on RFID application in the aviation industry.

A Handling Method of Linear Constraints for the Genetic Algorithm (유전알고리즘에서 선형제약식을 다루는 방법)

  • Sung, Ki-Seok
    • Journal of the Korean Operations Research and Management Science Society
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    • v.37 no.4
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    • pp.67-72
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    • 2012
  • In this paper a new method of handling linear constraints for the genetic algorithm is suggested. The method is designed to maintain the feasibility of offsprings during the evolution process of the genetic algorithm. In the genetic algorithm, the chromosomes are coded as the vectors in the real vector space constrained by the linear constraints. A method of handling the linear constraints already exists in which all the constraints of equalities are eliminated so that only the constraints of inequalities are considered in the process of the genetic algorithm. In this paper a new method is presented in which all the constraints of inequalities are eliminated so that only the constraints of equalities are considered. Several genetic operators such as arithmetic crossover, simplex crossover, simple crossover and random vector mutation are designed so that the resulting offspring vectors maintain the feasibility subject to the linear constraints in the framework of the new handling method.

Durability Evaluation Method of Handling Structure using Hand Calculation and Simulation (수계산과 해석을 이용한 핸드링구 내구성 평가 방법 고찰)

  • Cho, Sung-Min;Bang, Hyo-Jung;Kang, Byung-Ik
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2019
  • Most product structural components are assembled by various members and castings except casting products. In such cases, a particular structure is required to move and fix each component. In particular, the safety uncertainty of heavy product assemblies can be linked to large accidents. Thus, the safety design and evaluation of additional structures have become more important. In the field and factories, these additional structures are called handling structures, which are designed and manufactured. As the types of products produced become more diverse, the design and manufacture of a handling structure are also diversified. The results of each evaluation should be derived. We develop a logical design and evaluation method, which was previously designed based on empirical data, for the handling structure.

Factors Influencing the Effectiveness of Materials Handling Equipments Supplied in Agriculture

  • Park, Sung-Ha
    • Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.503-507
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    • 2011
  • Objective: This paper presents the factors influencing the effectiveness of materials handling equipments in agriculture. Background: Agriculture is one of the job categories where work-related musculoskeletal disorders(MSDs) are the most common. Statistics shows that majority of farm workers is exposed to repetitive and forceful body movements, lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling, or carrying heavy materials. In such a working environment, materials handling equipments are required and introduced to assist in the prevention of MSDs and other farm injuries. Method: Examples of materials handling equipments are rail carts, portable lifts, and bale handlers. Contributing factors influencing the effectiveness of materials handling equipments supplied in agriculture were identified based on the lessons learned from previous government-funded ergonomic projects. Results: Contributing factors identified include: (1) forward-looking attitude for the standardization of farming, its environments, and handling equipments, (2) participation of farm members in the process and evaluation of project, (3) leadership of project manager, (4) reinforcement of safety education and training, and (5) project selection and priority of handling equipment. Conclusion: Government-funded research planners, farmers, ergonomists, and farm machine experts are recommended to consider the factors identified when implementing materials handling equipments in agriculture. Application: Actual or potential application of this research includes recommendation for the effective implementation of material materials handling equipments in agricultural sectors.

Allocating Storage Spaces for Temporary Inventories Considering Handling, Transportation, and Storage Capacities (취급, 수송 및 저장능력을 고려한 임시 재고의 저장 공간 할당)

  • Won Seung-Hwan;Kim Kap-Hwan
    • Journal of the Korean Operations Research and Management Science Society
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    • v.31 no.3
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    • pp.11-25
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    • 2006
  • Space may be a scarce resource in manufacturing shops, warehouses, freight terminals, and container terminals. This Paper discusses how to locate temporary storage Inventories In limited storage areas. A typical inventory is delivered from the location of the preceding process to the storage area and stored In the storage area during the certain period of time. And it may be relocated from the storage position to another. Finally. it is delivered from the final storage area to the location of the next process. Because this logistic process for an inventory requires handling activities, transportation activities, and storage spaces, the limitation in capacities of handling equipment, transportation equipment, and storage space must be considered when allocating spaces to the inventory. This problem Is modeled as a multicommodity minimal cost flow problem. And a heuristic algorithm for the Problem is proposed. Numerical experiments are presented to validate the mathematical model and the heuristic algorithm.

Vibration Loads on KSR-III during Ground Transportation and Handling (KSR-III 로켓의 도로운송 및 핸들링에 의한 진동하중)

  • Chun, Young-Doo;Cho, Byoung-Gyu;Park, Dong-Soo;Hwang, Seung-Hyun;Kim, Jhoon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2002.11b
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    • pp.250-254
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    • 2002
  • It is conducted to analyze vibration loads on KSR-III(KSR: Korea Sounding Rocket) and its major segments during their ground transportation and various handling process. These loads may be different from the real flight environment. Inadequate assessment of these loads can cause not only local damages on the rocket system but also the critical problem like flight mission failure. Therefore, transportation and handling loads must be considered during design and attenuated to ensure that the rocket structural damage does not occur. This work is concerned with the generation of criteria and prediction of transportation and handling loads for KSR-III. The results show that the shipping container is well designed to satisfy the design requirements. The maximum vibration level recorded during whole transportation and handling for KSR-III is less than 2g, the criteria of KSR-III movement condition.

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A Proposition and Analysis of Useful Load Balancing Algorithm For Overloaded Daemon In WDCS (WDCS 에서 과부하 데몬을 위한 효율적인 부하분산 알고리즘 제안과 분석)

  • 문형섭;이홍도
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2000.10a
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    • pp.292-295
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    • 2000
  • This paper presents effective Load Balancing Algorithm by exampling EvtProc Daemon controlling the Event handling among the W/S Daemon which manages and controls Digital Cross Connect Systems. In this paper, when a lot of event occur, charging process waits regular times instead of executing consecutive exec process. so, We can reduce overheads of fork and exec process. another method of reducing the overheads is it that waiting process handles consecutives events of Op Code. And We also presents effective and stable management scheme of event handling , for the generation of event handling Child process by charging the Load Balancing to the main child process

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