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Integrated Model of Power Electronics, Electric Motor, and Gearbox for a Light EV

  • Hofman, Isabelle;Sergeant, Peter;Van den Bossche, Alex;Koroglu, Selim;Kesler, Selami
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.1640-1653
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    • 2015
  • This study presents a model of a drivetrain for an integrated design of a light electric vehicle (EV). For the drivetrain of each front wheel of the single-person, battery-powered EV tricycle consists of a battery, an inverter, and an outer rotor permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM), which is connected to an in-wheel gearbox. The efficiency of the inverter, motor, and gearbox is analyzed over the New European Driving Cycle. To calculate the losses and efficiency of the PMSM, the power electronics in the inverter and gearbox are used. The analytical models provide a fast, but less accurate result, useful for optimization purposes. To accurately predict the efficiency of the PMSM, a finite element model is used. The models are validated by test setups. Correspondingly, a good agreement between the measurements and the calculated results is achieved. A parameter study is performed to investigate the influence of the detailed component parameters (i.e., outer rotor radius, gear ratio, and number of pole pairs and stator slots) on the average efficiency of the drivetrain.

Performance verification and test for substation automation system (변전자동화 시스템 성능검증 및 실증시험)

  • Jang, B.T.;Choi, C.Y.;Kim, B.H.;Park, J.H.
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2006.07a
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    • pp.258-259
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    • 2006
  • 국내외적으로 전력산업분야의 가장 큰 화두중 하나는 변전소 단위의 디지털화이며 특히 국외에서는 국제표준 변전자동화 시스템 연구와 제품개발 등에 인력을 집중 투자하고 있다. 국제적으로 지금까지 축적된 변전소 관련 제반 기술력 및 경험 둥을 바탕으로 전 세계적으로 단일화시키고 표준화된 변전소 자동화 규격인 IEC 61850 (Communication networks and systems in substations) 규격이 제정되었으며 따라서 향후 전력 관련 기업은 시스템 엔지니어링 기술, 전력기기 공급능력, 유지/보수/운영기술 등을 종합적으로 보유하고 자산 및 위험관리를 종합적으로 제공할 수 있어야만 세계시장에서 생존할 수 있다. 또한 전력기기를 수출하는 국내업체는 향후 IEC(International Electrotechnical Commission) 등 국제표준에 따른 전력설비를 개발하지 않으면 수출경쟁력을 잃게 될 것이다. 이러한 세계화 추세에 발맞추어 한국전력공사와 관련 업체들은 공동으로 2005년 10월부터 6년의 기간으로 "디지털 기술기반의 변전소 자동화 시스템 개발" 사업을 진행 중에 있으며 특히 한국전력공사는 변전자동화 시스템의 성능검증 및 실증시험 절차를 구축하기 위한 과제를 수행 중이다.

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Understanding Smartphone-based Online Shopping Experiences and Behaviors of Blind Users

  • Park, Jihyuk;Han, Yeji;Oh, Uran
    • International journal of advanced smart convergence
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.260-271
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    • 2020
  • Smartphones provide blind users with screenreader as an accessibility tool. However, blind users often experience difficulties accessing online shopping malls via smartphones due to their inconsistent and image-based layouts. To enable screenreader users to get access to the detailed information about products while they are shopping online, we have developed BarrierFreeShop, an accessible mobile shopping application for people with visual impairments. BarrierFreeShop has three accessibility features: (1) layout automation, (2) review summarization, and (3) optical character recognition. We conducted a user study with 80 participants with visual impairments where they were asked to use BarrierFreeShop for a month. The findings revealed the effectiveness of our app in terms of speed and post interview feedback. We have also discovered typical shopping experiences that participants had during the test. This research suggests that computer vision technologies can improve accessibility issues in online shopping malls. In addition, we have confirmed that extracting contents from images help people with visual impairments to get better access to product information.

Development of a Virtual Excavator using SimMechanics and SimHydraulic (SimMechanics SimHydraulic을 이용한 가상 굴삭기 개발)

  • Le, Q.H.;Jeong, Y.M.;Nguyen, C.T.;Yang, S.Y.
    • Journal of Drive and Control
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.29-36
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    • 2013
  • Excavation is an important work in mining, earth removal and general earthworks. Nowadays, automation in excavator has been studied by several researchers. In the excavator research methods, simulation is one of the low cost methods for applied to test safely. In this paper, designed a virtual hydraulic excavator that with the control and the dynamic. At first, the simulation of hydraulic system for excavator's attachment such as boom, arm and bucket using Matlab/Simhydraulic is presented. Second, the dynamic model of excavator is distributed to combine with the hydraulic system. For controlling this system, electric joysticks are used to operate the orifice open areas in Main Control Valve. The simulation result is described to analysis the performance of this virtual excavator.

A Structured SRS Description and Its Supporting Tool for Efficient Suitability Verification of Embedded Software (SRS 적합성 검증을 위한 구조화된 작성 방법 및 작성 보조 도구)

  • Jang, Jeonggyu;Lee, Sanghoon;Yang, Hoeseok
    • IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications
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    • v.14 no.6
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    • pp.329-338
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    • 2019
  • Today's embedded software (SW) developments are mostly preceded by composing Software Requirement Specification (SRS). In particular, in the domain of weapon systems, it is essential to have a systematic method for the verification of the SW functionality. To be more specific, it is crucial to check if the SW functionality is implemented as described in SRS, so-called SW suitability verification. Unfortunately, existing static or dynamic SW testing methods are not sufficient to evaluate suitability with SRS since those testings only verify the robustness of the SW codes. In this paper, we propose an automatic embedded SW suitability verification framework which is based on a structured SRS. The major challenge in the automation of this verification framework is how to get rid of ambiguities in SRS. In order to overcome this challenge, we propose a structured SRS description framework and the supporting toolchain for that. We show how the proposed framework is applied to an actual SRS of a weapon system.

Parts grouping by a hierarchical divisive algorithm and machine cell formation (계층 분리 알고리즘에 의한 부품 그룹핑 및 셀 구성)

  • Lee, Choon-Shik;Hwang, Hark
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1991.10a
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    • pp.589-594
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    • 1991
  • Group Technology (GT) is a technique for identifying and bringing together related or similar components in a production process in order to take advantage of their similarities by making use of, for example, the inherent economies of flow production methods. The process of identification, from large variety and total of components, of the part families requiring similar manufacturing operations and forming the associated groups of machines is referred as 'machine-component grouping'. First part of this paper is devoted to describing a hierarchical divisive algorithm based on graph theory to find the natural part families. The objective is to form components into part families such that the degree of inter-relations is high among components within the same part family and low between components of different part families. Second part of this paper focuses on establishing cell design procedures. The aim is to create cells in which the most expensive and important machines-called key machine - have a reasonably high utilization and the machines should be allocated to minimize the intercell movement of machine loads. To fulfil the above objectives, 0-1 integer programming model is developed and the solution procedures are found. Next an attempt is made to test the feasibility of the proposed method. Several different problems appearing in the literature are chosen and the results air briefly showed.

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P2HYMN: Hybrid Network Systems for Maintenance Support in Power Plants (P2HYMN: 발전소 정비지원 하이브리드 네트워크 시스템)

  • Jin, Young-Hoon;Choo, Young-Yeol
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.20 no.7
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    • pp.782-787
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    • 2014
  • Due to the complicated steel structure and safety concern, it is very difficult to deploy wireless networks in power plants. This paper presents a hybrid network, named as $P^2HYMN$ (Power Plant HYbrid Maintenance Network), encompassing PLC (Power Line Communication), TLC (Telephone Line Communication), and Wireless LAN. The design goal of $P^2HYMN$ is to integrate multimedia data such as design drawings of control equipment, process data, and video image data for maintenance operation in electric power plants. A Multiplex Line Communication (MLC) device was designed and implemented to integrate PLC, TLC, and Wireless LAN into $P^2HYMN$. Performance test of $P^2HYMN$ has been conducted on a testbed under various conditions. The throughput of TLC was shown as 39 Mbps. Because the bandwidth requirement per camera is 8.5 Mbps on average, TLC is expected to support more thant four video camera at the same time.

A Study on the Design and Performance Test of Optical Ferrule Epoxy Injection System (광 페룰 에폭시 자동주입 시스템 설계 및 성능시험에 관한 연구)

  • Kwac, Lee-Ku
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers
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    • v.17 no.6
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    • pp.118-123
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    • 2008
  • Weakness process can be called ferrule array and epoxy filling process at connector manufacturing process, and a lot of problems happen as think as general manufacturing process at early investment. Wished to improve this and working environment mend of worker on childhood(planning phase) and problem that is happened at done ferrule array and epoxy injection by emphasis target. By ferrule sorting and Improvement of epoxy filling process, bring authoritativeness elevation of product by fraction defective decrease of product by sized work along with productivity elevation. On the other hand, working jigs are various in characteristics of optical connector manufacturing line. There have been lots of restriction in practice because the applicability of this system is only for single type model though the network should be smooth between lines. Thus, it is not only needed the recognition of necessity in industrial line but also the development of automation system arraying ferrule and filling epoxy in the manufacturing process. It is found that the present system development enhances productivity fairly and prevents industrial disaster in the optical connector manufacturing system.

Upper Limbs Related Muscle Strength and Fatigue During the Wrench Job for Korean Young Aged (렌치 작업에서의 청년층의 상지근력 및 근피로도에 관한 연구)

  • Yoon, Hoon-Yong;Kim, Eun-Sik
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.35 no.2
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    • pp.88-97
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    • 2012
  • The muscle strengths in various postures are still used in the workplace, although mechanization and automation have been continuously accomplished. The aim of this study is to measure the maximum muscle strength and analyze the muscle fatigue during the various wrench jobs which are one of the upper limbs related works. Four hundreds and eighty five college students (243 males and 242 females) participated in this study. Twelve muscle strengths which are using for pulling, pushing, lifting and lowering the wrench with various postures are measured. For every moment, the muscle strengths for both hands were measured. In each measurement, five seconds averaged value and peak value were collected. The averaged value of preferred hand and non-preferred hand was compared. Also, the averaged value of opposite movement was compared through t-test. The fatigue of agonist for each movement was analyzed using EMG analysis. The result of this study can provide some basic information not only in designing the tools in work but also in selection, training and management of workers.

Study of Metal(Au) Bump for Transverse Ultrasonic Bonding (금속(Au)범프의 횡초음파 접합 조건 연구)

  • Ji, Myeong-Gu;Song, Chun-Sam;Kim, Joo-Hyun;Kim, Jong-Hyeong
    • Journal of Welding and Joining
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.52-58
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    • 2011
  • In this paper, the direct bonding process between FPCB and HPCB was studied. By using an ultrasonic horn which is mounted on the ultrasonic bonding machine, it is alternatively possible to bond the gold pads attached on the FPCB and HPCB at room temperature without an adhesive like ACA or NCA. The process condition for obtaining more bonding strength than 0.6 Kgf, which is commercially required, was carried out as 40 kHz of frequency, 0.6 MPa of bonding pressure and 2 second of bonding time. The peel off test was performed for evaluating bonding strength which results in more than 0.8 Kgf.