• Title/Summary/Keyword: Least Cost

Search Result 803, Processing Time 0.028 seconds

Experimental Study on Combustion and Emission Characteristics of Diesel Engine with Hydrogen Application (수소를 첨가한 디젤엔진의 연소 및 배기특성에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Oh, Jungmo
    • Journal of ILASS-Korea
    • /
    • v.22 no.4
    • /
    • pp.203-209
    • /
    • 2017
  • The International maritime organization(IMO), in an effort to slow down the global warming, proposes reduction in ship's speed as a way to lower the rate emissions from ships. In addition, since ship's fuel cost have been increased, the shipping volumes, fuel-saving technology are being required urgently. Therefore, in this present study, a method of reducing the fuel cost that can improve the performance of the diesel engine was tried by introducing a predetermined amount (0.1~0.3% of the mass amount of fuel used) of hydrogen fuel additive. The experimental conditions of the test engine were 1500rpm and torque BMEP-10b ar. The engine performances (power output, fuel consumption rate, p-max, exhaust temperature) were compared before and after addition of hydrogen fuel additives. This experimental study confirmed reducing at least 2% fuel consumption and 2.19% NOx emission.

Economic Analysis of Ecklonia cava Aquaculture Business (감태 양식사업의 경제성 분석)

  • Kang, Seok-Kyu
    • The Journal of Fisheries Business Administration
    • /
    • v.44 no.2
    • /
    • pp.69-81
    • /
    • 2013
  • The purpose of this study is to examine the economic validity of Ecklonia cava aquaculture business for raising fishing people's revenue. The results of this study are summarized as follows: First, the production of Ecklonia cava is estimated about 251 ton or more in Jeju. Second, the distribution structure of Ecklonia cava is not established, but Ecklonia cava is traded much more through bio or processing corporation than through fisheries cooperative like other marine plants. Third, the price of Ecklonia cava should be at least 1,729 won per kilogram under 4.04% of capital cost for economic feasibility of Ecklonia cava aquaculture business. Finally, the results of sensitivity analysis show that there is economic feasibility of Ecklonia cava aquaculture business when the price of Ecklonia cava is more 2,500 won per kilogram and the capital cost is under 8.0%.

Low-Cost SVM-DTC Strategy of Induction Machine Drives Using Single DC-link Current Sensor

  • Wang, Wei;Cheng, Ming;Hua, Wei;Ding, Shichuan;Zhu, Ying;Zhao, Wenxiang
    • Journal of international Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems
    • /
    • v.1 no.3
    • /
    • pp.266-273
    • /
    • 2012
  • In conventional direct torque control (DTC) using space-vector modulation (SVM) of induction machine (IM) drives, at least three current sensors are needed. In this paper, a low-cost SVM-DTC strategy is proposed, in which only a single current sensor is used. The position of the voltage space vector is divided into two areas: effective and non-effective area. If it is located in the non-effective area, the voltage space vector will be shifted into the effective area with minimum distortion. Further, the switching frequency remains constant. The simulation is carried out on a MATLAB/Simulink platform and the simulated results verify the effectiveness of the proposed strategy.

An Economic Analysis of Potential Cost Savings from the Use of Low Voltage DC (LVDC) Distribution Network

  • Hur, Don;Baldick, Ross
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
    • /
    • v.9 no.3
    • /
    • pp.812-819
    • /
    • 2014
  • The proposed technical work attempts to compare the two key technologies of power distribution, i.e. direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC) in a fiscal manner. The DC versus AC debate has been around since the earliest days of electric power. Here, at least four types of a low voltage DC (LVDC) distribution are examined as an alternative to the existing medium voltage AC (MVAC) distribution with an economic assessment technique for a project investment. Besides, the sensitivity analysis will be incorporated in the overall economic analysis model to cover uncertainties of the input data. A detailed feasibility study indicates that many of the common benefits claimed for an LVDC distribution will continue to grow more profoundly as it is foreseen to arise with the increased integration of renewable energy sources and the proliferation of energy storage associated with the enhanced utilization of uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems.

Application of Opposition-based Differential Evolution Algorithm to Generation Expansion Planning Problem

  • Karthikeyan, K.;Kannan, S.;Baskar, S.;Thangaraj, C.
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
    • /
    • v.8 no.4
    • /
    • pp.686-693
    • /
    • 2013
  • Generation Expansion Planning (GEP) is one of the most important decision-making activities in electric utilities. Least-cost GEP is to determine the minimum-cost capacity addition plan (i.e., the type and number of candidate plants) that meets forecasted demand within a pre specified reliability criterion over a planning horizon. In this paper, Differential Evolution (DE), and Opposition-based Differential Evolution (ODE) algorithms have been applied to the GEP problem. The original GEP problem has been modified by incorporating Virtual Mapping Procedure (VMP). The GEP problem of a synthetic test systems for 6-year, 14-year and 24-year planning horizons having five types of candidate units have been considered. The results have been compared with Dynamic Programming (DP) method. The ODE performs well and converges faster than DE.

Enhancement of Source Localization Performance using Clustering Ranging Method (클러스터링 기법을 이용한 음원의 위치추정 성능향상)

  • Lee, Ho Jin;Yoon, Kyung Sik;Lee, Kyun Kyung
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
    • /
    • v.19 no.1
    • /
    • pp.9-15
    • /
    • 2016
  • Source localization has developed in various fields of signal processing including radar, sonar, and wireless communication, etc. Source localization can be found by estimating the time difference of arrival between the each of sensors. Several methods like the NLS(Nonlinear Least Square) cost function have been proposed in order to improve the performance of time delay estimation. In this paper, we propose a clustering method using the four sensors with the same aperture as previous methods of using the three sensors. Clustering method can be improved the source localization performance by grouping similar estimated values. The performance of source localization using clustering method is evaluated by Monte Carlo simulation.

Secure Group Communication with Dynamic Membership Change in Ad Hoc Networks

  • Kim, Hee-Youl
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
    • /
    • v.5 no.9
    • /
    • pp.1668-1683
    • /
    • 2011
  • The importance of secure communication between only legitimate group members in ad hoc networks has been growing in recent years. Due to the ad hoc nature the scalability on dynamic membership change is a major concern. However, the previous models require at least O(log n) communication cost for key update per each membership change, which imposes a heavy burden on the devices. In this paper we present a scalable model that supports communication-efficient membership change in ad hoc networks by exclusionary keys and RSA functions. The multicast cost for key update is extremely low, that is O(1) , and one-to-one communications occur mostly in neighboring devices.

A study on the hardware implementation of the digicipher equalization system (DigiCipher 등하시스템의 하드웨어 구현방법에 관한 연구)

  • 채승수;반성범;이기헌;박래홍;김영상;이병욱
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics B
    • /
    • v.33B no.6
    • /
    • pp.176-185
    • /
    • 1996
  • In this paper, we present the modified CMA (constant modulus algorithm) and LMS (least mean square) algorithms for digiCipher system with reduced hardware cost, in which the pipelined architecture is employed. They yield the performance comparable to that using floating-point operations. We show the effecstiveness of the proposed architecture through the implementation results using VHDL.

  • PDF

A Study on the Multi-Attribute Power Expansion Planning (다속성 전원개발계획에 관한 연구)

  • Han, Seok-Man;Chung, Koo-Hyung;Kang, Dong-Joo;Park, Jung-Sung;Kim, Bal-Ho
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
    • /
    • 2007.11b
    • /
    • pp.261-263
    • /
    • 2007
  • In the past, the power expansion planning (PEP) used least cost optimization. But PEP is required considering variable attributes. Because the environment of power industry changes very fast. This paper presents PEP using a multi-attribute decision method (MADM). MADM base on preference and utility.

  • PDF

A Comparison of Computing Times of Initial Solution Methods in the Transportation Problems (수송문제 초기해 해법의 계산시간 비교연구)

  • 박순달;박하영
    • Journal of the Korean Operations Research and Management Science Society
    • /
    • v.4 no.2
    • /
    • pp.41-43
    • /
    • 1979
  • In transportation problems, various initial solution methods are known and being used. The purpose of this paper is to compare effectiveness of those methods in terms of time required in computing an initial solution. In this paper, Northwest Corner rule, Least Cost rule, Vogel's Approximation rule, Russel's Approximation rule, are compared, These rules are similar in loxio sized problems. But as the size of the problem become bigger, Russet's and Vogel's methods are found much more effective than others.

  • PDF