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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.

The MARS Simulation of the ATLAS Main Steam Line Break Experiment

  • Ha, Tae Wook;Yun, Byong Jo;Jeong, Jae Jun
    • Journal of Energy Engineering
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.112-122
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    • 2014
  • A main steam line break (MSLB) test at the ATLAS facility was simulated using the best-estimate thermal-hydraulic system code, MARS-KS. This has been performed as an activity at the third domestic standard problem for code benchmark (DSP-03) that has been organized by Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI). The results of the MSLB experiment and the MARS input data prepared for the previous DSP-02 using the ATLAS facility were provided to participants. The preliminary MSLB simulation using the base input data, however, showed unphysical results in the primary-to-secondary heat transfer. To resolve the problems, some improvements were implemented in the MARS input modelling. These include the use of fine meshes for the bottom region of the steam generator secondary side and proper thermal-hydraulics calculation options. Other input model improvements in the heat loss and the flow restrictor models were also made and the results were investigated in detail. From the results of simulations, the limitations and further improvement areas of the MARS code were identified.

EMERGY Analysis of Nakdong River Basin for Sustainable Use (낙동가 유역의 지속가능한 이용을 위한 EMERGY 분석)

  • 김진이;손지호;김영진;이석모
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.49-55
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    • 2000
  • An EMERGY analysis of the main energy flows driving the economy of humans and life support systems consists of environmental energies, fuels, and imports, all expresses as solar emjoules. Total EMERGY use(720.0 E20 sej/yr) of the Nakdong River Basin is 96 per cent from imported sources, fuels and goods and services. EMERGY flows from the environment such as rain and geological uplift flux accounted for only 4 percent of total EMERGY use. Consequently, the ratio of outside investment to attracting natural resources was large, like other industrialized areas. EMERGY use per person in the Nakdong River Basin indicates a moderate EMERGY standard of living, even though the indigenous resources are very poor. Population of 6.66 million people in 1996 is already in excess of carrying capacity of the basin. Carrying capacity for steady state based on its renewable sources in only 0.226 million people. EMERGY yield ratio and environment loading ratio were 1.07 and 28.52, respectively. EMERGY sustainability index, a ratio of EMERGY yield ratio to environment loading ratio, is therefore less than one, which is indicative of highly developed consumer oriented economies. This study suggests that the economic structure of the Nakdong River Basin should be transformed from the present industrial structure to the social-economic structure based on an ecological-recycling concept for the sustainable use of the Nakdong River.

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Development and performance test of a liquid nitrogen circulation pump for HTS power cable

  • Seok, Jihoon;Kim, Dongmin;Lee, Changhyeong;Kim, Manryeol;Choi, Jeongdong;Kim, Seokho
    • Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.28-33
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    • 2018
  • With the continuous performance improvement and commercialization of HTS wires, there have been many efforts to commercialize HTS power cables recently. Unlike conventional power cables, a cryogenic cooling system is required for a HTS power cable and a cryogenic pump is one of the essential components to circulate subcooled liquid nitrogen and cool the HTS power cable. Especially, the development of a reliable and high-efficiency cryogenic pump is an important issue for the commercialization of HTS power cables of several kilometers or more. In this study, we designed and fabricated a cryogenic pump for subcooled liquid nitrogen with a mass flow rate of 1.2 kg/s, a differential pressure of 5 bar, and evaluated the hydraulic performance of the pump. Impeller design was conducted to meet the target design performance with 1 D analysis model and CFD analysis. The pump performance parameters such as pressure heads, mass flow rates, and efficiencies in accordance with rotating speeds were assessed using a laboratory's performance evaluation system.

A Selection of Bank Protection Method of Natural Stream by Numerical Simulation and Hydraulic Model Test in Han River Basin (한강유역 수치모의 및 수리모형실험을 통한 자연형 하천 저수호안공법 선정)

  • Moon, Young-Il;Son, Chan-Young;Chang, Myung-Sik;Oh, Chul-Kyu
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.178-178
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    • 2011
  • 현재 환경적인 면과 실용적인 면을 고려한 한강 르네상스 사업중 한강공원 특화사업을 시행하고 있다. 하지만 이러한 환경적인 면과 실용적인 면을 고려할 시 문제점이 될 수 있는 것은 결국 치수성의 문제을 생각하여야 하므로 본 연구는 한강공원 특화사업으로 인하여 발생할 수 있는 치수 문제를 사전에 예방하고자 한강공원특화사업의 RAMS모형을 이용하여 200년 빈도 유량에 대한 2차원 수치모의 및 수리모형실험을 하여 한강공원 특화사업으로 인해 발생할 수 있는 수리학적 흐름 특성 변화를 분석하여 홍수에 대한 안정성을 검토하였으며, 자연형 호안공법을 비교하여 각 권역에 맞는 호안공법을 선정하고자 하였다. 수치모의를 통한 분석결과 뚝섬권역의 수위분포는 잠실대교 하류 부근에서 0.02m 정도의 편수위가 발생하였고, 유속분포는 약2m/s~2.5m/s이며, 현단면과 계획단면 비교시 수위, 유속의 변화는 거의 없는 것으로 나타났으며, 수치모의와 수리실험결과로 인하여 수리적 안전성을 확보하고 친환경, 경제성 등의 검토로 보수가 용이하고 배수성이 양호한 사석공법과 세굴방지 효과가 우수하며, 자연경관이 뛰어난 자연석공법이 적합하다고 판단된다.

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The Study of the Decision Criteria for the Urgency Released Valve in Hydraulic Dam (수력댐 비상방류밸브의 선정조건에 관한 연구)

  • Roh, H.W.;Lee, G.S.;Park, Y.M.;Kim, B.S.;Lee, Y.H.
    • 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.12a
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    • pp.613-616
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    • 2005
  • In general, the hollow jet valve, the fixed cone valve had been used for the urgency released or maintenance of the flow rate. Nowadays, the butterfly valve, the gate valve are applied in economic performance and operation maintenance more than the hollow jet valve, the fixed cone valve. However, in the case of butterfly valve, it should be required the strict application standard to the cavitation coefficient because the structural axis and disk were situated in pipe channel and the occurring the shock problem by Karman Vortex. And, the judgment data for choice were slight lowdown in water supply and drainage facilities standard or Japanese penstock technology standard, various standard of KOWACO etc. Therefore. there were investigated the valve inside phenomenon (cavitation, disk chattering, vibration) by velocity of flow and the stability examination of body by high velocity of flow through flow scale model test using the numerical analysis and PIV to establish the applicable extensibility of the butterfly valve for the urgency released valve.

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Large Eddy Simulation of a High Reynolds Number Swirling Flow in a Conical Diffuser

  • Duprat, Cedric;Metais, Olivier;Laverne, Thomas
    • International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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    • v.2 no.4
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    • pp.346-352
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    • 2009
  • The objective of the present work is to improve numerical predictions of unsteady turbulent swirling flows in the draft tubes of hydraulic power plants. We present Large Eddy Simulation (LES) results on a simplified draft tube consisting of a straight conical diffuser. The basis of LES is to solve the large scales of motion, which contain most of the energy, while the small scales are modeled. LES strategy is here preferred to the average equations strategies (RANS models) because it resolves directly the most energetic part of the turbulent flow. LES is now recognized as a powerful tool to simulate real applications in several engineering fields which are more and more frequently found. However, the cost of large-eddy simulations of wall bounded flows is still expensive. Bypass methods are investigated to perform high-Reynolds-number LES at a reasonable cost. In this study, computations at a Reynolds number about 2 $10^5$ are presented. This study presents the result of a new near-wall model for turbulent boundary layer taking into account the streamwise pressure gradient (adverse or favorable). Validations are made based on simple channel flow, without any pressure gradient and on the data base ERCOFTAC. The experiments carried out by Clausen et al. [1] reproduce the essential features of the complex flow and are used to develop and test closure models for such flows.

A Hydraulic Model Test of Wave Transformation in the Surf Zone (쇄파대에서의 파랑 변형에 대한 수리모형실험)

  • 정신택;채장원;정원무
    • Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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    • v.3 no.3
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    • pp.163-169
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    • 1991
  • Sixty seven regular wave tests were performed in a wave-current flume to investigate proper-ties of waves breaking on irregular slope profiles. In these tests, 1/10, 1/20 beach slopes were made using angles and plywoods. A little differences were found in such properties as breaker depth and height indices. runup for plane slopes comparing with other laboratory experiments. however. for smaller deepwater wave steepness, measured breaker height and depth data values were smaller than other formulas. On wave runup agreement was good between experiments and Hunt formula. however. measured data values were influenced by number of breaking. Significant differences were found in breaker depth index for plane and barred slopes. Wave height decay after breaking was found to be smaller than Dally et al.'s formula (1984).

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Development of a Diagnostic Algorithm with Acoustic Emission Sensors and Neural networks for Check Valves

  • Seong, Seung-Hwan;Kim, Jung-Soo;Hur, Seop;Kim, Jung-Tak;Park, Won-Man
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.36 no.6
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    • pp.540-548
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    • 2004
  • Check valve failure is one of the worst problems in nuclear power plants. Recently, many researches have been based on new technology using accelerometers and ultrasonic and magnetic flux detection have been carried out. Here, we have suggested a method that uses acoustic emission sensors for detecting the failures of check valves through measuring and analyzing backward leakage flow, a system that works without disassembling the check valve. For validating the suggested acoustic emission sensor methodology, we designed a hydraulic test loop with a check valve. We have assumed in this study that check valve failure is caused by disk wear or by the insertion of a foreign object. In addition, we have developed diagnostic algorithms by using a neural network model to identify the type and size of the failure in the check valve. Our results show that the proposed diagnostic algorithm with acoustic emission sensors is a good solution for identifying check valve failure without necessitating any disassembly work.

Analysis of Stem Wave due to Long Breakwaters at the Entrance Channel

  • Kwon, Seong-Min;Moon, Seung-Hyo;Lee, Sang-Heon;Yoo, Jae-Woong;Lee, Joong-Woo
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.41 no.5
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    • pp.345-352
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    • 2017
  • Recently, a new port reserves deep water depth for safe navigation and mooring, following the trend of larger ship building. Larger port facilities include long and huge breakwaters, and mainly adopt vertical type considering low construction cost. A vertical breakwater creates stem waves combining inclined incident waves and reflected waves, and this causes maneuvering difficulty to the passing vessels, and erosion of shoreline with additional damages to berthing facilities. Thus, in this study, the researchers have investigated the response of stem waves at the vertical breakwater near the entrance channel and applied numerical models, which are commonly used for the analysis of wave response at the harbor design. The basic equation composing models here adopted both the linear parabolic approximation adding the nonlinear dispersion relationship and nonlinear parabolic approximation adding a linear dispersion relationship. To analyze the applicability of both models, the research compared the numerical results with the existing hydraulic model results. The gap of serial breakwaters and aligned angles caused more complicated stem wave generation and secondary stem wave was found through the breakwater gap. Those analyzed results should be applied to ship handling simulation studies at the approaching channels, along with the mooring test.