• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.31-39
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• 2020

Power cables made of high temperature superconductors (HTS) are considered as most advanced applications of superconductivity for electro-energetics. Several cables made of the First Generation (1G) HTS wires have been produced and installed to electrical grids worldwide. Power cables made of the Second Generation HTS wires (2G or Coated Conductors) are in active development. Most basic principles of HTS power cables development have been published in many works since 90-ties. In this Review we would like to present our new developments mostly directed to 2G HTS compact power cables. We are presenting the methods to optimize a design of 2G AC compact power cable providing uniform current distribution among cable layers and the production technology approaches to implement such a design. AC losses measurements in such cables and other test methods are described. Some problems of the development 2G HTS power cables with small diameters are discussed. We presented as examples designs, developments and test results of two major coaxial cables designs: single-phase (cable core and a shield) and three-phase (triaxial: with three coaxial phases).

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.481-493
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• 2018

Ultrasonic guided waves have attracted increasing attention for non-destructive testing (NDT) and structural health monitoring (SHM) of bridge cables. They offer advantages like single measurement, wide coverage of acoustical field, and long-range propagation capability. To design defect detection systems, it is essential to understand how guided waves propagate in cables and how to select the optimal excitation frequency and mode. However, certain cable characteristics such as multiple wires, anchorage, and polyethylene (PE) sheath increase the complexity in analyzing the guided wave propagation. In this study, guided wave modes for multi-wire bridge cables are identified by using a semi-analytical finite element (SAFE) technique to obtain relevant dispersion curves. Numerical results indicated that the number of guided wave modes increases, the length of the flat region with a low frequency of L(0,1) mode becomes shorter, and the cutoff frequency for high order longitudinal wave modes becomes lower, as the number of steel wires in a cable increases. These findings were used in design of transducers for defect detection and selection of the optimal wave mode and frequency for subsequent experiments. A magnetostrictive transducer system was used to excite and detect the guided waves. The applicability of the proposed approach for detecting and locating wire breakages was demonstrated for a cable with 37 wires. The present ultrasonic guided wave method has been found to be very responsive to the number of brokenwires and is thus capable of detecting defects with varying sizes.

• 한국초전도저온공학회지:초전도와저온공학
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.15-22
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• 2018

The present article briefly overviews the plan for a new project on joint technology for HTS wires/cables and describes the development plan for the world's highest field NMR magnet, which is a major development item in the project. For full-fledged social implementation of superconducting devices, high temperature superconducting (HTS) wire is a key technology since they can be cooled by liquid nitrogen and they can generate a super-high magnetic field of >>24 T at liquid helium temperatures. However, one of the major drawbacks of the HTS wires is their availability only in short lengths of a single piece of wire. This necessitates a number of joints being installed in superconducting devices, resulting in a difficult manufacturing process and a large joint resistance. In Japan, a large-scale project has commenced, including two technical demonstration items: (i) Development of superconducting joints between HTS wires, which are used in the world's highest field 1.3 GHz (30.5 T) NMR magnet in persistent current mode; the joints performance is evaluated based on NMR spectra for proteins. (ii) Development of ultra-low resistive joints between DC superconducting feeder cables for railway systems. The project starts a new initiative of next generation super-high field NMR development as well as that of realization of better superconducting power cables.

• 전기학회논문지P
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• 제59권3호
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• pp.268-274
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• 2010

Urban rail transit brings the benefits of various aspects of society. With the advent of fast and large trains, however, risk and scale of accidents have increased. Despite the fact that there is various safety features built into the modern metros, train faults happen from time to time. Especially, as urban railway vehicles in Korea have become deterioration rapidly, more advanced diagnosis methods are required to prevent various accidents. In this paper, we present diagnosis method for electrical wires to guarantee secure driving and authenticity more accurately in urban railway vehicles. Although there are kinds of conventional methods based on insulation resistance measurement and withstand test, it is extremely difficult to effectively diagnose obsolete equipments such as electrical wires and cables not new ones. This study is focused on development of diagnosis method and establishment of evaluation standard for electrical wires in urban railway vehicles.

• 한국화재조사학회학술대회
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• 한국화재조사학회 2011년도 제20회 추계학술대회
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• pp.91-119
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• 2010

자동차 수의 증가와 함께 자동차 화재 또한 꾸준한 증가 추세에 있다. 본 연구에서는 자동차 화재의 여러 요인들 중 자동차 출고 이후에 사용자에 의하여 변형된 부분, 즉 자동차 튜닝으로 인하여 화재가 발생할 가능성을 입증하고자 하였다. 실험 결과 전조등의 밝기를 향상시키기 위한 교체, 멀티시거잭 배선의 허용전류를 초과하여 전기장치를 사용하는 경우, 전선의 손상, 그리고 시중에서 튜닝용으로 구입하여 사용하는 전기배선의 취약성 등이 화재 가능성에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.353-374
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• 2014

Recent studies were dedicated to the realization of measurements on stay-cable samples of different geometry and static conditions as available at several facilities. The elaboration of the acquired data showed a a satisfactory efficacy of the dampers made of NiTi wires in smoothing the cable oscillations. A further attempt to investigate the applicability of the achieved results beyond the specific case-studies represented by the tested cable-stayed samples is herein pursued. Comparative studies are carried out by varying the diameter of the NiTi wire so that similar measurements can be taken also from laboratory steel cables of reduced size. Details of the preparation of the Ni-Ti wires are discussed with particular attention being paid to the suppression of the creep phenomenon. The resulting shape of the hysteretic cycle differs according to the wire diameter, which affects the order of the fitting polynomial to be used when trying to retrieve the experimental results by numerical analyses. For a NiTi wire of given diameter, an estimate of the amount of dissipated energy per cycle is given at low levels of maximum strain, which correspond to a fatigue fracture life of the order of millions of cycles. The dissipative capability is affected by both the temperature and the cycling frequency at which the tests are performed. Such effects are quantified and an ageing process is proposed in order to extend the working temperature range of the damper to cold weathers typical of the winter season in Northern Europe and Canada. A procedure for the simulation of the shape memory alloy behavior in lengthy cables by finite element analysis is eventually outlined.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.28-34
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• 1994

폐전선류 등은 재활용가치가 높기 때문에 간단한 처리 방법 등이 개발되어 일부 실용화되어 있는 형편이다. 그러나 아직까지도 일정한 굵기 이하의 가는 폐전선의 효율적인 처리 또는 현재 가행되고 있는 공정중에서도 폐절연물질중에 수반되는 미립동의 유실의 문제점 등이 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 이러한 문제점들을 해결할 수 있는 기초적인 기술방안과 현재는 일정한 종류의 폐전산만을 간단한 처리방법으로 처리하고 있는 실정이지만, 앞으로는 다품종의 폐전선이 처리되어야 할 것을 감안하여 기초적인 실험실 연구를 시도하게 되었다. 톨루엔과 물의 혼합용액을 $86^{\circ}C$까지 가열한 후 5% 고체 비율로 0.4mm dia, 이하의 폐전선을 넣고, 약 10분 정도 처리하면 10~15mm 길이 정도 크기에서도 동과 PE가 분리 가능하다. 이는 현재 건식테이블 비중선별시 적용중인 1~2mm 길이보다 긴 상태에서 분리가 가능케 되므로 미립자 동의 유실을 적게 하고 용융시 비산등의 문제점을 해결할 수 있다. 현재는 일정한 품종의 폐전선만을 재활용하고 있지만, 다품종 혼합폐전선은 분쇄건식 비중선별-정전기선별 등의 혼합 방법을 적용하여야 처리가 가능할 것이며, 본 실험에서 실시한 정전기 선별기는 미립동을 재회수하기 위하여 실험하였으며, 공급 돌러의 속도가 20~50RPM, 고압직류전압이 15~30KV 정도가 양호한 것으로 나타나 있다.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1999년도 하계학술대회 논문집 A
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• pp.436-439
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• 1999

This paper present a study on the interference levels on the communication lines, which are parallel to the electrified rails. The interference study is carried out using a circuit model approach. First, the self and shunt impedances of all the conductors in the rail system and the mutual impedances between different conductors are computed. Several different scenarios are analyzed, including the load condition and a few fault conditions with different fault locations. The induced potentials on the communication cables are computed. The effect of the buried ground wires is also analyzed by comparing the results with and without the presence of the ground wires. The results presented in the paper can be used as a reference for estimating interference levels in similar rail systems.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.191-195
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• 2015

Inside the existing superconducting cables, the superconducting wire carries a loss-free current, and the cable former (the stranded copper wire) bypasses the fault current to prevent damage and loss of the superconducting cable when the fault current is applied. The fault-current-limiting-type superconducting cable proposed in this paper usually carries a steady current; but in a fault state, the cable generates self-resistance that makes the fault current lower than a certain width. That is, the superconducting cable that transmitted only a low voltage and a large capacity power repetitively limits the fault current, as does a superconducting current limiter. To complete this structure, it is essential to investigate the mutual resistance relationship between the superconducting wires after applying a fault current. Therefore, in this paper, one kinds of superconducting wires (a wire without a stabilization layer) were connected parallel 4 tapes, respectively; and after applying a fault current, the current, voltage, resistance and thermal stability of the HTS thin-film wires were examined.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2008년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1213-1219
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• 2008

The deterioration analysis of electric systems in diesel electric locomotives, which were used for over 30 years, was performed to understand current wear and safety information. The electric systems include electric generation, traction motors, control units, high-voltage cables, and wires. In this investigation, various types of performance testing, such as insulation resistance measurement and degradation tests, were conducted to assess the degree of current deterioration. Moreover, an infrared camera was employed to verify abnormal heating in cables and wires. In this paper, the new techniques for evaluation of deterioration in electric systems have been introduced.