• Korean Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.140-146
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• 2001

A nuclear Power Plant is composed of a number of mechanical components. Maintaining the integrity of these components is one of the most critical issues in nuclear industry. In order to evaluate the integrity of these mechanical components, a lot of data are required including inspection data, geometrical data, material properties, etc. Therefore, an effective database system is essential to manage the integrity of nuclear power plant. For this purpose, an internet based virtual reality environment and web database system was proposed. The developed virtual reality environment provides realistic geometrical configurations of mechanical components using VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language). The virtual reality environment was linked with the web database, which can manage the required data for the integrity evaluation. The proposed system is able to share the information regarding the integrity evaluation through internet, and thus, will be suitable for an integrated system for the maintenance of mechanical components.

• IE interfaces
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.127-133
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• 2001

Virtual Manufacturing is a technology facilitating effective development and agile production of products via computer models representing physical and logical schema and the behavior of the real manufacturing systems. For the successful application of this technology, a virtual plant as a well-designed and integrated environment is essential. We propose a series of systematic approaches and effective methods for construction and operation of a virtual plant in this paper, such as a 3-D CAD modeling, cell and line simulations and databases. We developed key technologies for measuring and 3-D CAD modeling of many equipments, facilities and structures of the buildings. In order to study the benefit of virtual manufacturing, we constructed a sophisticated virtual plant model of a Korean automotive company's body shop, and conducted precise simulations of unit cell, lines and the whole plant. We could obtain the benefit of savings in time and cost in many manufacturing preparation activities in the new car development processes.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Simulation Conference
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• 2001.05a
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• pp.96-100
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• 2001

본 연구는 자동차 회사를 대상으로 주요 생산공정중 하나인 차체 공장을 대상으로 한 가상플랜트를 설계하고, 이를 구축, 운영함으로써 생산준비의 각 부문에서 사전 검증을 통한 오류 방지, 의사격정의 최적화, 각종 데이터의 관리 및 실제 생산 설비와의 연계를 위한 자동차 Virtual Plant의 모니터링 및 운영 기술에 필요한 기능을 보유한 middle ware s/w 인SysLink Integrator를 활용해 Virtual Plant를 분산 환경에서 구현해 봄으로, 향후 자동차의 가상플랜트 구축에 따른 다양한 응용프로그램과의 통합을 위한, 유용한 하나의 middle wave로 그 활용성을 검토하였다.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.65 no.12
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• pp.2251-2261
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• 2016

The use of renewable energy sources and energy storage systems is increasing due to new policies in the energy industries. However, the increase in distributed generation hinders the reliability of power systems. In order to stabilize power systems, a virtual power plant has been proposed as a novel power grid management system. The virtual power plant plays includes different distributed energy resources and energy storage systems. We define a core virtual power plant technology related to demand response and ancillary service for the cases of Korea, America, and Europe. We also suggest applications of the proposed virtual power plant to the vehicle-to-grid market for restructuring national power industries in Korea.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.25 no.10
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• pp.1627-1635
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• 2001

Virtual manufacturing is a technology facilitating effective development and agile manufacturing of products via sophisticated computer models representing physical and logical schema and behavior of real manufacturing systems including manufacturing resources, environments, and products. For the successful application of this technology, a virtual plant as a well-designed and integrated environment is essential fur sharing information and engineering collaboration among diverse engineering activities. The systematic approaches and effective methods for construction and application of a virtual plant are proposed in this paper, such as a 3-D CAD modeling, cell and line simulations, databases and some information technologies. Measuring and 3-D CAD modeling technologies of many equipments, facilities and structures of the building are developed, and effective information management system managing CAD models, related files and data is implemented in WWW environments. Finally, precise simulations of unit cell lines and the whole plant are performed. For the beginning of implementing a Virtual Automotive Plant, the Virtual Plant fur the Body Shop of a Korean automotive company is constructed and implemented. We could obtain the benefit of savings in time and cost in many manufacturing preparation activities in the new car development processes.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2000.07a
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• pp.452-455
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• 2000

본 논문에서는 현재 수행중인 가상현실 기술을 이용한 컴퓨터 지원 교육훈력 시스템(CATS : Computer Assister Training System) 개념 설계를 바탕으로 발전소 3D 그래픽 모델을 작성하고 가상현실도구를 사용하여 정보의 변경 및 가공처리로 가상발전소(Virtual Plant) 및 가상판넬(Virtual Panel)상세설계 및 구현결과에 대해 서술한다. 이를 통해 발전소 주요계통 설비 및 발전소 본관 내부의 주요기기 등을 Navigation 할수 있고 이에 대한 엔지니어링 데이터베이스 환경을 작성하여 추후 정확하고 신속한 계통 설비 및 주요기기 정보를 얻을수 있도록 하였으며 가상판넬(Virtual Pannel)을 만들어 학생들이 시뮬레이터실로 가지 않고 MCR(Main Control Room)에서 발전소를 운전하는 것과 같은 효과를 강의실에서 얻을 수 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Simulation Conference
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• 1999.10a
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• pp.197-200
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• 1999

In these days many large scale plants are attempting to use the Virtual Reality technology in the process analysis. Their goal is to reduce the development time by more effective information management as Simultaneous Engineering point of view, and by connecting the CAD datum and all kinds of products information. Generally, it is taken for granted that when a plant is equipped with a Virtual Reality technology, they are able to review the design and analyze the engineering performance of the product before actually building it, so that their goal to reduce costs and enhance the initial quality can be achieved. [1][2] In this paper we will look into the application the virtual reality technology Hadong fossil power plant. And we will also define the concepts of virtual plant by summarizing requirements and thoughts from the people who are in working in the actual site.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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• v.12B no.1 s.97
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• pp.101-108
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• 2005

Most of the plant models based on L-system or particle systems have focused on visual shape of plant. However, the interaction between the plant and its environment in virtual environment will make the plant more natural in diverse situations so that users will be immersed in system. To this end we structure the plant object organized in an ontology, introduce calculating method of plant growth rate based on juvenile energy.

• Korean Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.343-353
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• 2010

Time to market and cost-efficient production are some of the challenge that manufacturing industries face. Modern methods of engineering can't help such organizations attain competitive advantage. To help these situations, MEMPHIS (Middleware for Exchanging Machinery and Product Data in Highly Immersive Systems) was introduced as an approach that enables VE (Virtual Engineering) and links engineering applications with VR (Virtual Reality) solutions. Thus an environment is provided to implement virtual design reviews and enable the application of virtual prototyping methods. However MEMPHIS could just handle Product data for virtual design review and simulation. In this paper, we newly define and develop the extended MEMPHIS that enables virtual manufacturing with Process, Resource and Plant data as well as Product data.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1998.11b
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• pp.475-477
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• 1998

In this paper, the implementation of a virtual Plant simulator for the PLC programming is presented. A virtual plant simulator that replaces function of transducers (e.g. pumps and valves) consists of a personal computer and a PLC(Programmable logic controller). Input/output conponents are edited on the monitor and are operated as the field transducers. The timing process for input/output components is analyzed. The data flow between a PLC system and a virtual plant simulator is carried out.