• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• v.52 no.2
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• pp.137-142
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• 2014

Serologic tests are widely accepted for diagnosing Toxoplasma gondii but purification and standardization of antigen needs to be improved. Recently, surface tachyzoite and bradyzoite antigens have become more attractive for this purpose. In this study, diagnostic usefulness of 3 recombinant antigens (SAG1, SAG2, and SAG3) were evaluated, and their efficacy was compared with the available commercial ELISA. The recombinant plasmids were transformed to JM109 strain of Escherichia coli, and the recombinants were expressed and purified. Recombinant SAG1, SAG2, and SAG3 antigens were evaluated using different groups of sera in an ELISA system, and the results were compared to those of a commercial IgG and IgM ELISA kit. The sensitivity and specificity of recombinant surface antigens for detection of anti-Toxoplasma IgG in comparison with commercially available ELISA were as follows: SAG1 (93.6% and 92.9%), SAG2 (100.0% and 89.4%), and SAG3 (95.4% and 91.2%), respectively. A high degree of agreement (96.9%) was observed between recombinant SAG2 and commercial ELISA in terms of detecting IgG anti-Toxoplasma antibodies. P22 had the best performance in detecting anti-Toxoplasma IgM in comparison with the other 2 recombinant antigens. Recombinant SAG1, SAG2, and SAG3 could all be used for diagnosis of IgG-specific antibodies against T. gondii.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.85-92
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• 2016

The paper presents a method to assess system voltage sag performance considering sag durations as well as magnitudes. In general, voltage sag assessment for large power systems is performed only considering sag magnitudes at sensitive load points. However some equipment can be affected by certain sag durations. The duration of the voltage sag is depend on the time of fault current flow in the system. Therefore, the duration can be determined by analyzing the operating characteristic of the protection system. In this paper, an effective method to evaluate sag durations regarding the characteristics and failure rates of the protection system is described. The proposed method can be used to assess the long-term performance of the voltage sags in large power system.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.8 no.6
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• pp.1283-1295
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• 2013

This study proposed an improvement in synchronously rotating reference frame-based voltage sag detection under distorted grid voltages. In the past, the conventional synchronously rotating reference frame (CSRRF)-based voltage sag detection was generally used in the voltage sag compensation applications. Its disadvantage is a long delay of detection time. The modified synchronously rotating reference frame (MSRRF)-based voltage sag detection is able to detect the voltage sag with only a short delay in detection time. However, its operation under distorted grid voltage conditions is unavailable. This paper proposed the improvement of modified synchronously rotating reference frame (IMSRRF)-based voltage sag detection for use in distorted grid voltages with very fast operation of voltage sag detection. The operation of the proposed voltage sag detections is investigated via simulations and experimentations to verify the performance of the IMSRRF-based voltage sag detection.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2011.01a
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• pp.81-84
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• 2011

본 논문은 전압 이벤트 현상 중 순간전압강하(Sag) 현상에 초점을 맞추었다. Sag 현상의 심각한 정도를 표현하는 심각도(Voltage Sag Severity) 지수는 동일 지속시간에 대한 임계치와의 비로 표현하였다. 제안하는 확장된 심각도(Expanded Severity) 지수는 sag현상의 분포에 따른 일시반복성의 정보를 표현하였다. 기존의 임계치를 표현하는 ITIC curve를 기반으로 된 심각도와 sag 현상이 발생하는 지속시간-전압 그래프의 분포를 fuzzy clustering을 통하여 medoid를 측정하고, medoid의 심각도와 실제 임계치에 근접한 sag 지점의 심각도를 계산하여 비교하였다. 확장된 심각도 지수는 심각도가 높은 현상들과의 연계성을 나타내는 지수로 심각한 정도의 수치 정보 이외에 일시적인 현상인지 지속 반복적인 현상인지를 0과 1사이의 수치로 표현하였고, 실험을 통하여 입증하였다.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.227-235
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• 2007

The railway catenary is softer in the middle of a span than at the end. This stiffness variation induce the vertical motion of a moving pantograph, which results in the large variation of contact forces. To reduce the vertical motion of a pantograph, we can introduce a pre-sag of the contact wire. The pre-sag changes merely equilibrium position of the contact wire. Because the pantograph must follow the sag added to the motion of the contact wire, the sag gives downward forces to the pantograph. If the pre-sag is proper, the variation of the vertical motion of the pantograph is reduced. However, excessive sag worses the current collection performance because the pantograph receives too large downward forces by the contact wire. The objective of the paper is to establish the theoretical basis to understand how the pre-sag affect the contact force variation and to propose the proper sag for the railway catenary for the train speed up to 200 km/h.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.24 no.10
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• pp.143-148
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• 2010

Recently, the KEPCO is constructing the PQMS(Power Quality Monitoring System) each of the distribution line and will establish the voltage sag standard based on the long time measurement data of PQMS. The voltage sag prospect is difficult for the power system manager, however, the voltage sag forecasted is very important because the damage effect of the voltage sag is very broad. This paper describes the prospect formula of the voltage sag magnitude in the PCC(Point Common Coupling) by the starting current when the high capacity equipment is connected with the distribution line. To achieve this, this paper has proposed the sag prospect formula revision of KEPCO for the reliability improvement and the proposed formula has been applied the voltage sag real case to inspect the calculation procedure and reliability.

• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.67-86
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• 2020

The main goal of this study is to investigate the free vibration analysis of a large sag catenary with application to the jumper in hybrid riser system. The equation of motion is derived by using the variational method based on the virtual work principle. The finite element method is applied to evaluate the numerical solutions. The large sag catenary is utilized as an initial configuration for vibration analysis. The nonlinearity due to the large sag curvature of static configuration is taken into account in the element stiffness matrix. The natural frequencies of large sag catenary and their corresponding mode shapes are determined by solving the eigenvalue problem. The numerical examples of a large sag catenary jumpers are presented. The influences of bending rigidity and large sag shape on the free vibration behaviors of the catenary jumper are provided. The results indicate that the increase in sag reduces the jumper natural frequencies. The corresponding mode shapes of the jumper with large sag catenary shape are comprised of normal and tangential displacements. The large sag curvature including in the element stiffness matrix increases the natural frequency especially for a case of very large sag shape. Mostly, the mode shapes of jumper are dominated by the normal displacement, however, the tangential displacement significantly occurs around the lowest point of sag. The increase in degree of inclination of the catenary tends to increase the natural frequencies.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2009.07a
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• pp.262_263
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 배전계통에 초전도한류기 적용시 전압 Sag 개선효과를 분석하였다. 기존 배전계통의 Sag는 대부분 계통 고장으로 인한 것으로, 고장시 고장전류 증가로 인한 전압강하로 Sag가 발생하게 된다. 기존 계통에 초전도한류기가 설치되면, 설치 위치 및 임피던스 크기에 따라 고장전류가 저감되어 Sag개선 효과를 볼 수 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 배전계통에 초전도 한류기 적용시 한류기 임피던스에 따라 Sag 개선효과를 CBEMA 곡선을 이용하여 분석하였다. 분석결과 피더 앞단에 설치할 경우 Sag 개선 효과가 가장 큰 것으로 나타났으며, 임피던스가 클수록, 리액터보다는 저항을 쓸수록 개선효과가 큰 것으로 나타났다. 또한 고장전류의 저감으로 인하여 차단기 트립시간이 늘어남에 따라 Sag의 지속시간은 보다 커지는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 한류기 적용시 계전기 재정정을 통하여 트립시간을 조정할 경우 Sag의 크기에 많은 효과가 있는 것으로 분석되었다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.303-310
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• 2004

In this paper, for compensating dynamic voltage sag and harmonic current, 3-phase hybrid series active power filter based on the space vector detection is proposed. The Space vector algorithm for detecting the voltage sag and the harmonic current in compared with conventional theory is a simple method for calculating the compensating reference without any coordinated transformation. The effectiveness of the proposed system is verified by the PSIM simulation in the steady state and the transient state, which the proposed system is able to simultaneously compensate harmonics and source voltage unbalance / sag.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.16-22
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• 2013

This paper presents a method to analyze the voltage sag data obtained from monitoring systems. In order to establish effective countermeasures against voltage sag problems, an assessment of the system performance with respect to voltage sags is needed. Generally, the average annual sag frequency can be estimated by using the recorded voltage sag events for several years. However, the simple average value can not give the information about the errors of estimation. Such an average estimation is not useful for establishing effective solutions for voltage sag problems. Therefore, this paper proposes an effective method based on the Interval Estimation method. The estimation of voltage sag frequency is performed by using the average frequency and Poisson probability model. The proposed method can give the expected annual sag frequency and upper one-sided bound frequency.