• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.155-162
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• 2006

It is necessary to monitor periodically the operability of safety-related motor-operated valves (MOVs) in nuclear power plants. However, acquiring diagnostic signals for MOVs is very difficult, and doing so requires an excessive amount of time, effort, and expenditure. This paper introduces an accurate and economical method to evaluate the performance of MOVs remotely. The technique to be utilized includes electrical measurements and signal processing to estimate the motor torque and the stem thrust, which have been cited as the two most effective parameters in diagnosing MOVs by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The motor torque is calculated by using electrical signals, which can be measured in the motor control center (MCC). Some advantages of using the motor torque signature over other signatures are examined. The stem thrust is calculated considering the characteristics of the MOV and the estimated motor torque. The basic principle of estimating stem thrust is explained. The developed method is implemented in diagnostic equipment, namely, the Motor Operated Valve Intelligent Diagnostic System (MOVIDS), which is used to obtain the accuracy of and to validate the applicability of the developed method in nuclear power plants. Finally, the accuracy of the developed method is presented and some examples applied to field data are discussed.

• 센서학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.175-180
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• 2015

Worldwide, studies on intelligent vehicles for the convenience of drivers have been actively conducted as the number of cars has increased. However, vehicle convenience enabled by buttons lowers the concentration on driving and hence poses as a huge threat to the safety of the driver. The use of one of the convenient features, impaired driving auxiliary equipment, is limited because of its complex usage, and this device also hinders the front view of the driver. This paper proposes a vehicle-control device for controlling the convenient features as well as changes in speed and direction using gestures and motions of the driver. This device consists of an ultrasonic sensor for recognizing movement, an arduino for accepting signal control functions and servo and DC motors apply to various vehicle parts. Firstly, the vehicle-control device was designed using a 3D CAD program known as Solid-works based on the size of the steering wheel. Then, through simulations, a suitable length for minimizing the absorbent between ultrasonic sensors was confirmed using a program known as COMSOL Multiphysics. Finally, simulation results were verified through experiments, and the optimal size of the device was identified through the number of errors.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2012년도 전력전자학술대회 논문집
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• pp.379-380
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• 2012

A bidirectional full-bridge CLLC resonant converter using a digital control method is proposed for a LVDC power distribution system. This converter can operate under high power conversion efficiency since the CLLC resonant network has soft switching capability for primary switches and output rectifiers. In addition, the power conversion efficiency of any directions is exactly the same as each other because of the symmetric structure of the converter. Intelligent digital control methods are proposed to regulate output voltage under any power flow directions. A 5kW prototype converter was designed for a high-frequency galvanic isolation of 380V dc buses using a digital signal processor to verify the performance of the proposed topology and algorithms.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.18-35
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• 1993

가압경수로형 원자력발전소 수위제어시스템과 특히 저출력시 수위제어상의 문제점들이 분석 및 고찰되었으며 저출력으로 운전시의 여러 과도특성에서도 안정된 제어를 하고 급수펌프고장과 같은 큰 수위변동 발생시에는 신속한 수위응답을 얻기 위한 방법이 주로 연구되었다. 제어기의 기본 알고리즘으로 퍼지제어기법을 적용하였으며 여기에 필요한 제어규칙 및 알고리즘은 운전원의 지식과 한국원자력연구소에 설치된 교육훈련용 모의제어반에서의 수동운전경험을 바탕으로 설정되었다. 실제 시스템 구현관점에서 제어변수 및 적용규칙은 보다 간편한 튜닝과 입출력변수간의 영향을 고려하여 세워졌다. 저유량일 때 측정이 불량한 유량신호에 대해, 중기발생기를 압력제어모드로 운전할 때에는 유량차의 퍼지변수로서 우회급수밸브의 개도를 이용한 대체정보를 채용하였으며 수위오차의 크기에 따라 유량차의 소속함수를 달리하는 동적인 튜닝방법을 사용하였다. 또한 우회급수와 주급수밸브간 간단한 전환알고리즘의 적용으로 밸브절환시의 수위요동을 억제하고자 하였다. 시뮬레이션 결과 저출력구간에서 원자로출력변동에 대해 기존에 설치된 방법보다 안정된 제어를 하고 동적 튜닝의 적용으로 미세제어동작과 수위오차가 큰 영역의 제어에 대해 신속한 응답과 함께 제어성능이 개선되었음을 보였다.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.714-719
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• 2005

본 논문에서는 휴대폰을 이용하여 방문자의 음성이나 영상을 원격으로 확인할 수 있는 시스템을 설계 및 구현한다 이 시스템은 주인이 집에 없을 때라도 휴대폰으로 단문 메시지가 아닌 자동 호출 서비스를 통해 방문자가 누구인지를 알 수 있도록 설계되어 있다. 일반적으로 도어락은 홈 서버를 통해 제어되지만, 실시간 측면에서 볼 때 DTMF 신호를 이용하여 도어락을 제어하는 것이 더 효율적이다. 본 논문에서 제시하는 기술은 손님이 집에 방문하였을 경우 주인이 외출 중이더라도 시스템을 통해 주인의 휴대폰에 자동으로 전차하여 음성 및 영상으로 손님과 주인간에 통화를 가능하게 하고, 필요 시 주인이 도어락을 원거리에서 제어할 수 있게 한다. 이를 통해 주인은 방문자 확인 및 도어락 제어에 시간과 공간의 제약을 받지 않는다. 또한 휴대폰 분실 시 발생할 수 있는 보안상의 악영향을 고려하여 도어락 제어 및 환경 설정 시에 필요한 인증 절차를 기존의 패스워드 형태에서 패스워드 및 화자 인증의 혼합 형태로 설계하여 보안 체계를 향상시킨다. 그리고, 통화중에 DTMF 신호를 사용하여 도어락을 실 시간적으로 제어함으로써 도어락 제어를 위해 망에 재 접속해야 하는 기존의 문제점을 해결토록 한다.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제31권7호
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• pp.577-583
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• 2014

In this study, we introduce how to apply "Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to injection molding system. We report the current state of IT technology applied to produce their products in micro lens injection molding system. And we explain key technology of ICT for injection molding system and how to implement. Especially, we also mention about an embedded controller, also called as "M2M device". It provides programmable intelligent functions, communication, various interfaces, amplifier functions and mobile device connection to our application.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2003년도 ICCAS
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• pp.1763-1766
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• 2003

Millimeter-wave networking is composed of narrow beam link. it is very substantial that beam connecting point to point is fixed in right direction. It is major requirement in the beam network to keep the beam in best direction. In this paper, We propose the method to find a best suited direction of the antenna's beam using the Genetic Algorithm (GA) in point-to-point link. Proposed method presume that each station knows his direction ${\theta}_1$ , ${\theta}_2$ at every step of GA, then it can be expected that GA is possible to search the ideal solution. Intensity of the received signal is evaluated by the multiplication of lengths to the point which the lobe meets with the horizontal line.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.25-30
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• 2000

The grinding process is very complex and relates many parameters to control the process. As this reason, a theoretical analysis and a quantitative estimation of the grinding process has not been well established. In this study, the in-process monitoring system was suggested by applying the neural network for monitoring and shooting the malfunction of cylindrical plunge grinding process. This system used the power signals from the electric power meter. This neural network was composed of processing elements [4-(5-5)-3] with 4 identified power parameters. Because sensitivity is blunted some minute vibration components, the simulation result of this system has appeared about 10% erroneous recognition in the uncertain pattern and the average success rate of the trouble recognition was about 90%. Consequently, the developed system, which applied to the power signals, can be recognize enough to monitor the grinding process as in-process.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1988년도 한국자동제어학술회의논문집(국제학술편); 한국전력공사연수원, 서울; 21-22 Oct. 1988
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• pp.822-825
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• 1988

In this paper, we present a system which enables a real-time measurement of the number and also the body length of the fry (baby fish) using a line image sensor. Here, we consider a situation that fry are transported from a pond to another, pond through a pipe. At one position of the pipe a transparent rectanglar channel is mounted. The images of the fry, which run through this rectanglar channel, are detected by a line image sensor. The image signals are digitized to binary ones and the contour of the fry are detected. After that, a real-time image analysis is executed with a digital signal processor. Labeling program analyses the connection of every pixel. The results are transfered to a personal computer and displayed on the online monitor graphically.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1995년도 Proceedings of the Korea Automation Control Conference, 10th (KACC); Seoul, Korea; 23-25 Oct. 1995
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• pp.162-165
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• 1995

For an accurate on-line measurement of the ship's attitude the paper develops an intelligent sensing system which uses one servo-type accelerometer and two servo-type inclinometers appropriately located on the ship. By considering the dynamics of the servo-controlled rigid pendulums of the inclinometers, linear equations for the rolling and pitching of the ship are derived separately from each other. Moreover, one accelerometer is used for extracting the heaving signal. Through the introduction of linear dynamic models and the linear observation equations for the heaving, rolling and pitching, the on-line measurement of the three signals can be reduced to the state estimation of the linear dynamic systems. A bank of Kalman filters is adaptively used to achieve the on-line accurate state estimation and to overcome changes in parameters in the linear dynamic models.