• 드라이브 ㆍ 컨트롤
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.38-45
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• 2021

In recent years, the demand for an onboard scale system which can directly monitor load distribution and overload of vehicles has increased. Depending on the suspension type of the vehicle, the onboard scale system could use different types of sensors, such as, angle sensors, pressure sensors, load cells, etc. In the case of a vehicle equipped with leaf spring suspension system, the load of the vehicle is measured by using the deflection or displacement of the leaf spring. Leaf springs have hysteresis characteristics that vary in displacement depending on the load state. These characteristics cause load measurement errors when moving or removing cargoes. Therefore, this study aimed at developing an onboard scale device for cargo vehicles equipped with leaf springs. A sectional modeling method which can reduce measurement errors caused by hysteresis characteristics was also proposed.

• 토지주택연구
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.271-279
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• 2016

Recently developed trenchless construction methods ensure stability for the ground settlement by inserting steel pipes along the underpass section and integrating steel pipes before ground excavation to form pipe-roof. This study is to confirm the reinforcing effect of pipe-roof by measuring lateral earth pressure acting on the underpass constructed by the STS (Steel Tube Slab) construction method. For this purpose, lateral earth pressure was measured at the left and right side of the pipe-roof after installing earth pressure cells. As a result, lateral earth pressure was measured with considerable reduction because the integrated pipe-roof shared surcharge. Therefore, economic design for the underpass could be expected by sharing design load by pipe-roof. In addition, construction cost was analyzed according to the design-load sharing ratio by pipe-roof. As pipe-roof shares design load by 40%, the total construction cost can decrease by almost 10% in the case of four-lane underpass.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.180-189
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• 2005

In this paper a DSP based control scheme for the interleaved boost converter is presented. The mathematical model for the interleaved boost converter operating in a continuous inductor current mode is developed. A state-space averaging technique is used for modeling the converter system. A fixed frequency sliding mode controller is designed to ensure current distribution between the two converter modules and to achieve the load voltage regulation simultaneously. Necessary and sufficient conditions, using variable structure theory, are derived for the sliding mode to exist. The range of sliding mode controller coefficients is also determined. The designed controller capability, load distribution among the individual boost cells and load voltage regulation against source and load disturbances, are demonstrated through PSIM simulation results. A real-time controller based on ADMC401 DSP is developed. Experimental results are provided to validate the proposed control scheme.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.761-771
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• 2014

Long-Term Evolution employs a hard handover procedure. To reduce the interruption of data flow, downlink data is forwarded from the serving eNodeB (eNB) to the target eNB during handover. In cellular networks, unbalanced loads may lead to congestion in both the radio network and the backhaul network, resulting in bad end-to-end performance as well as causing unfairness among the users sharing the bottleneck link. This work focuses on congestion in the transport network. Handovers toward less loaded cells can help redistribute the load of the bottleneck link; such a mechanism is known as load balancing. The results show that the introduction of such a handover mechanism into the simulation environment positively influences the system performance. This is because terminals spend more time in the cell; hence, a better reception is offered. The utilization of load balancing can be used to further improve the performance of cellular systems that are experiencing congestion on a bottleneck link due to an uneven load.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.975-984
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• 2018

This work presents a high efficiency phase shifted full bridge (PSFB) DC-DC converter for use in the second stage of a battery charger for neighborhood electrical vehicle (EV) applications. In the design of the converter, Lithium-ion battery cells are preferred due to their high voltage and current rates, which provide a high power density. This requires wide range output voltage regulation for PSFB converter operation. In addition, the battery charger works with a light load when the battery charge voltage reaches its maximum value. The soft switching of the PSFB converter depends on the dead time optimization and load condition. As a result, the converter has to work with soft switching at a wide range output voltage and under light conditions to reach high efficiency. The operation principles of the PSFB converter for the continuous current mode (CCM) and the discontinuous current mode (DCM) are defined. The performance of the PSFB converter is analyzed in detail based on wide range output voltage and load conditions in terms of high efficiency. In order to validate performance analysis, a prototype is built with 42-54 V / 15 A output values at a 200 kHz switching frequency. The measured maximum efficiency values are obtained as 94.4% and 76.6% at full and at 2% load conditions, respectively.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2001년도 Proceedings ICPE 01 2001 International Conference on Power Electronics
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• pp.660-667
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• 2001

Power electronics plays an important role in providing an interface between fuel cells and loads. Furthermore, power electronic converters ensure that the power is reliably and efficiently delivered to the load in the required DC or AC form. In this paper, major types of fuel cells are presented. Basic structures, operating principles, and different applications of fuel cells are described. In addition, current status and future trends in the areas of power electronics for fuel cell applications are explained. A review of fuel cell power electronic system topologies and basic requirements are given as well.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2010

Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) have been under development for a variety of power generation applications. Power system sizes considered range from small watt-size units (e.g., 50-W portable devices) to very large multi-megawatt systems (e.g., 500-MW base load power plants). Because of the reversibility of its operation, the SOFC has also been developed to operate under reverse or electrolysis mode for hydrogen production from steam (In this case, the cell is referred to as solid oxide electrolysis cell or SOEC.). Potential applications for the SOEC include on-site and large-scale hydrogen production. One critical requirement for practical uses of these systems is long-term performance stability under specified operating conditions. Intrinsic material properties and operating environments can have significant effects on cell performance stability, thus performance degradation rate. This paper discusses potential applications of the SOFC/SOEC, technological status and current research and development (R&D) direction, and certain aspects of long-term performance degradation in the operation of SOFCs/SOECs for power generation/hydrogen production.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제8권11호
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• pp.49-56
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• 2017

컬링 스위핑 동작은 컬링 스톤의 위치를 조절하는 중요한 동작 중 하나이며, 스위핑 속도와 브룸 패드에 가해지는 힘이 중요한 연구 대상이다. 본 연구에서는 컬링 스위핑 동작에서 컬링 브룸 패드에 가해지는 힘을 측정할 수 있는 장비를 개발하였으며, 두 개의 로드셀을 브룸 패드와 패드 홀더 사이에 장착하는 구조를 이용하였다. 로드셀에서 발생되는 아날로그 신호는 마이크로 제어기를 이용하여 초당 약 300회의 속도로 샘플링을 수행한 후 10 bit 디지털 신호로 변환하였다. 3개의 M1 급 분동을 이용하여 로드셀의 교정과 측정된 전기 신호를 질량(힘)으로 환산하는 회귀 방정식을 추출하였으며, 브룸의 무게 증가를 최소화하기 위해서 웨어러블 장비로 구성하였다. 스포츠 분야에서 힘 측정 시 기준 장비로 사용하는 지면 반력기와 개발된 장비에 동일한 힘을 가하면서 측정된 측정값 차이는 약 $0.909{\pm}1.375N$ (평균과 표준 편차)로 측정되었다. 개발된 장비는 스위핑 동작과 유사한 힘 측정을 필요로 하는 다른 종류의 연구에도 적용이 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국추진공학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.31-39
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• 2016

본 논문은 볼트 체결 강성이 추력 시험대에 미치는 영향을 연구한 것이다. 추력 시험대는 추진기관의 추력 성능을 평가하는 장비로 추력, 피치력, 요력(3 분력) 작용선에 대응하는 3 분력 계측선간의 평행도와 3 분력 계측선의 상호 직각도가 다분력 추력시험대의 성능을 좌우한다. 따라서 시험대의 초기 형상을 작동 상태에서 유지시키는 것이 추력 시험대의 핵심 기능이다. 본 논문에서는 추력 시험대의 볼트 체결과 로드셀 트레인의 나사 체결의 공차 정확도가 추력 시험대에 미치는 현상을 규명하고 이를 극복하는 방안을 제시하였다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제17권7호
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• pp.1660-1671
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 빛 에너지 하베스팅 자가발전 시스템을 위한 두 가지 구조의 전력관리 회로를 제안한다. 첫 번째는, 솔라셀이 부하가 동작할 수 있는 충분한 전압을 출력하는 경우, 전력관리회로를 통해 직접 솔라셀의 에너지를 부하로 공급하는 구조이다. 두 번째는 초소형 솔라셀이나 집적화된 솔라셀에서처럼 출력전압이 0.5V 이하로 매우 작아서 부하를 직접 구동할 수 없는 경우, 전압부스터를 사용하여 충분한 전압까지 승압한 후, 이를 전력관리회로를 통해 부하로 공급하는 구조이다. 이 두 가지 구조의 전력관리 회로는 $0.18{\mu}m$ CMOS 공정으로 설계 및 제작되었으며, 측정을 통해 성능을 비교 분석하였다.