• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.502-508
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• 2012

Heliostat, as a concentrator to reflect the incident solar energy to the receiver, is the most important system in the tower-type solar thermal power plant since it determines the efficiency and ultimately the overall performance of solar thermal power plant. Thus, a good sun tracking ability as well as a good optical property of it are required. Heliostat sun tracking system uses usually an open loop control system. Thus the sun tracking error caused by heliostat's geometrical error, optical error and computational error cannot be compensated. Recently use of sun tracking error model to compensate the sun tracking error has been proposed, where the error model is obtained from the measured ones. This work is a development of heliostat sun tracking error measurement and compensation method using BCS (Beam Characterization System). We first developed an image processing system to measure the sun tracking error optically. Then the measured error is modeled in linear polynomial form and neural network form trained by the extended Kalman filter respectively. Finally error models are used to compensate the sun tracking error. We also developed the necessary image processing algorithms so that the heliostat optical properties such as maximum heat flux intensity, heat flux distribution and total reflected heat energy could be analyzed. Experimentally obtained data shows that the heliostat sun tracking accuracy could be dramatically improved using either linear polynomial type error model or neural network type error model. Neural network type error model is somewhat better in improving the sun tracking performance. Nevertheless, since the difference between two error models in compensation of sun tracking error is small, a linear error model is preferred in actual implementation due to its simplicity.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.22-31
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• 2009

Canting is the optical alignment of mirror facets of heliostat such that the heliostat could focus the energy as a unit concentrator. Canting could improve the optical performance of heliostat and thus improves the efficiency of heliostat and ultimately improves the efficiency of the solar thermal power plant. This study discusses the effect of mirror canting, especially off-axis canting, used to compensate the sun tracking error caused by the heliostat geometrical errors. We first show that the canting could compensate the sun tracking error caused by the heliostat geometrical errors. Then we show that the proper canting time could exist, depending on the heliostat location. Finally we show how much the sun tracking performance could be improved by canting, by providing RMS sun tracking error. The limitation and caution of using canting to improve the sun tracking performance are also discussed.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제16권7호
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• pp.711-719
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• 2010

Heliostat, as a concentrator reflecting the incident solar energy to the receiver located at the tower, is the most important system in the tower-type solar thermal power plant, since it determines the efficiency and performance of solar thermal plower plant. Thus, a good sun tracking ability as well as its good optical property are required. In this paper, we propose a method to compensate the heliostat sun tracking error. We first model the sun tracking error, which could be measured using BCS (Beam Characterization System), by multilayered neural network. Then the extended Kalman filter was employed to train the neural network. Finally the model is used to compensate the sun tracking errors. Simulated result shows that the method proposed in this paper improve the heliostat sun tracking performance dramatically. It also shows that the training of neural network by the extended Kalman filter provides faster convergence property, more accurate estimation and higher measurement noise rejection ability compared with the other training methods like gradient descent method.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1999년도 추계학술대회 논문집 학회본부 B
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• pp.500-502
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• 1999

This thesis deals with study and implementation of a cross-coupling controller which can enhance the path-tracking performance of optically guided AGV(Automated Guided Vehicle). The AGV in this thesis is differential drive type and has front-side and rear-side optical sensors, which can identify the guiding path. When AGV from the path due to the inevitable error and the deviation must be corrected. It has been shown that compensation only the first term can lead to undesirable oscillatory results and even instability but compensating only the second term leads to a steady state offset error. Cross-coupling control directly minimizes the error by coordinating the motion of the two drive wheels. The cross-coupling controller is analyzed to evaluate its performance. The cross-coupling controller enhances transient performance of the controller is demonstrated by simulation and is compared with that of individual loop controller.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.13-18
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• 2011

The ultra-precision products which recently experienced high in demands had included the large areas of most updated technologies, for example, the semiconductor, the computer, the aerospace, the media information, the precision machining. For early 21st century, it was expected that the ultra-precision technologies would be distributed more throughout the market and required securing more nation-wise advancements. Furthermore, there seemed to be increasing in demand of the single crystal diamond tool which was capable of the ultra-precision machining for parts requiring a high degree of complicated details which were more than just simple wrapping and policing. Moreover, the highest degree of precision is currently at 50 nm for some precision parts but not in all. The machining system and technology should be at very high performed level in order to accomplish this degree of the ultra-precision.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.103-106
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• 2016

PWM 벅 컨버터는 3형 오차 보상기를 주로 사용하고 있다. 이 오차 보상기는 낮은 슬루율을 갖게 하는 큰 커패시터로 인해, 부하 전류의 과도응답이 발생하였을 때 부하 전압에 의도하지 않은 큰 오버슈트와 언더슈트를 발생시킨다. 또한 기준전압을 변화시켰을 때의 변화에도 느리게 응답한다. 전원장치의 효율적인 사용을 위해 다양한 부하 전류와 전압이 요구되고 있고, PWM 벅 컨버터 역시 부하 전류 변화와 기준 전압 변화에 따른 부하 전압의 빠른 응답특성을 가져야 한다. 본 논문은 PWM 벅 컨버터의 응답시간을 늘이기 위한 여러 가지 빠른 과도응답 기술들의 동작 방식과 이들 방법이 갖고 있는 장점, 한계점들을 소개한다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.618-628
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• 2016

Active power filter (APF) has been proved as a flexible solution for compensating the harmonic distortion caused by nonlinear loads in power distribution power systems. Digital repetitive control can achieve zero steady-state error tracking of any periodic signal while the sampling points within one repetitive cycle must be a known integer. However, the compensation performance of the APF would be degradation when the grid frequency varies. In this paper, an improved repetitive control scheme with frequency adaptive capability is presented to track any periodic signal with variable grid frequency, where the variable delay items caused by time-varying grid frequency are approximated with Pade approximants. Additionally, the stability criterion of proposed repetitive control scheme is given. A three-phase shunt APF experimental platform with proposed repetitive control scheme is built in our laboratory. Simulation and experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed repetitive control scheme.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.373-390
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• 2020

Hybrid simulation (HS) is a versatile tool for structural performance evaluation under dynamic loads. Although real structural responses are often multiple-directional owing to an eccentric mass/stiffness of the structure and/or excitations not along structural major axes, few HS in this field takes into account structural responses in multiple directions. Multi-directional loading is more challenging than uni-directional loading as there is a nonlinear transformation between actuator and specimen coordinate systems, increasing the difficulty of suppressing loading error. Moreover, redundant actuators may exist in multi-directional hybrid simulations of large-scale structures, which requires the loading strategy to contain ineffective loading of multiple actuators. To address these issues, lately a new strategy was conceived for accurate reproduction of desired displacements in bi-directional hybrid simulations (BHS), which is characterized in two features, i.e., iterative displacement command updating based on the Jacobian matrix considering nonlinear geometric relationships, and force-based control for compensating ineffective forces of redundant actuators. This paper performs performance validation and application of this new mixed loading strategy. In particular, virtual BHS considering linear and nonlinear specimen models, and the diversity of actuator properties were carried out. A validation test was implemented with a steel frame specimen. A real application of this strategy to BHS on a full-scale 2-story frame specimen was performed. Studies showed that this strategy exhibited excellent tracking performance for the measured displacements of the control point and remarkable compensation for ineffective forces of the redundant actuator. This strategy was demonstrated to be capable of accurately and effectively reproducing the desired displacements in large-scale BHS.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제48권6호
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• pp.401-410
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• 2020

본 연구에서는 전술급 무인항공기의 GPS 신호간섭 및 재밍(Jamming)/기만(Spoofing) 공격 시 위치항법 정보의 취약성을 보완하기 위해 개발한 영상정보 기반 실시간 비행체 위치보정 시스템을 기술하고자 한다. 전술급 무인항공기는 GPS 두절 시 항법장비가 GPS/INS 통합항법에서 DR/AHRS 모드로 전환하여 자동비행이 가능하나, 위치 항법의 경우 대기속도 및 방위각을 활용한 추측항법(DR, Dead Reckoning)으로 인해 시간이 지나면 오차가 누적되어 비행체 위치 파악 및 데이터링크 안테나 자동추적이 제한되는 등의 문제점을 갖고 있다. 이러한 위치 오차의 누적을 최소화하기 위해 영상감지기를 이용한 특정지역 위치보정점을 바탕으로 비행체 자세, 영상감지기 방위각/고각 및 수치지도 데이터(DTED)를 활용하여 비행체 위치를 계산하고 이를 실시간으로 항법장비에 보정하는 시스템을 개발하였다. 또한 GPS 시뮬레이터를 이용한 지상시험과 추측항법 모드의 비행시험으로 영상정보 기반 실시간 비행체 위치보정 시스템의 기능 및 성능을 검증하였다.