Revisiting the Bjerrum's correction factor:Use of the liquidity index for assessing the effect of soil plasticity on undrained shear strength

The undrained shear strength(s_u) of fine-grained soils that can be measured in situ and in laboratory is one of the key geotechnical parameters.The unconfined compression test(UCT) is widely used in laboratory to measure this parameter due to its simplicity;however,it is severely affected by sample disturbance.The vane shear test(VST) technique that is less sensitive to sample disturbance involves a correction factor against the soil plasticity,commonly known as the Bjerrum's correction factor,μ.This study aims to reevaluate the Bjerrum's correction factor in consideration of a different approach and a relatively new method of testing.Atterberg limits test,miniature VST,and reverse extrusion test(RET)were conducted on 120 remolded samples.The effect of soil plasticity on undrained shear strength was examined using the liquidity index instead of Bjerrum's correction factor.In comparison with the result obatined using the Bjerrum's correction factor,the lindrained shear strength was better represented when s_u values were correlated with the liquidity index.The results were validated by the RET,which was proven to take into account soil plasticity with a reliable degree of accuracy.This study also shows that the RET has strong promise as a new tool for testing undrained shear strength of fine-grained soils.

Performance Evaluation of a Permanent Magnet Electric-Drive- Reconfigured Onboard Charger with Active Power Factor Correction

This paper presents a comprehensive charging operation for an electric-drive-reconfigured onboard charger(EDROC)with active power factor correction(APFC).The charging topology exclusively utilizes the three-phase permanent magnet synchronous motor(PMSM)propulsion system as a three-channel boost-type converter in which only a contactor and a small diode bridge are added.First,the operation scenario of the EDROC is introduced.Second,the relationship between electromagnetic torque and rotor position is investigated.Third,the current ripple cancellation of the EDROC is discussed in detail.Moreover,to implement the single-phase APFC along with charging voltage/current regulation of propulsion battery,control strategies including current balancing and synchronous/interleaving PWM strategies are incorporated.Finally,200W proof-of-concept prototype-based tests are conducted under different operation scenarios.

Power Factor Correction Rectifier with a Variable Frequency Voltage Source in Vehicular Application

This paper presents a PFCVF (Power Factor Correction) rectifier that uses a variable frequency source for alternators for electric and hybrid vehicles application. In such application, the frequency of the signal in the alternator changes according to the vehicle speed, more over the loading effect on the alternator introduces harmonic currents and increases the alternator apparent power requirements. To overcome these problems and aiming more stability and better design of the alternator, a new third harmonic injection technique is proposed. This technique allows to preserve a good THD (Total Harmonic Distortion) of the input source at any frequency and to decrease losses in semiconductors switches, thereby allowing more stability and reducing the apparent power requirements. A comparative study between the standard and the new technique is made and highlights the effectiveness of the new design. A detailed analysis of the proposed topology is presented and simulations as well as experimental results are shown.

Spectral Dependence on the Correction Factor of Erythemal UV for Cloud, Aerosol, Total Ozone, and Surface Properties: A Modeling Study

Radiative transfer model simulations were used to investigate the erythemal ultraviolet(EUV) correction factors by separating the UV-A and UV-B spectral ranges. The correction factor was defined as the ratio of EUV caused by changing the amounts and characteristics of the extinction and scattering materials. The EUV correction factors(CFEUV) for UV-A[CFEUV(A)] and UV-B [CFEUV(B)] were affected by changes in the total ozone, optical depths of aerosol and cloud, and the solar zenith angle. The differences between CFEUV(A) and CFEUV(B) were also estimated as a function of solar zenith angle, the optical depths of aerosol and cloud, and total ozone. The differences between CFEUV(A) and CFEUV(B) ranged from-5.0% to 25.0% for aerosols, and from-9.5% to 2.0% for clouds in all simulations for different solar zenith angles and optical depths of aerosol and cloud. The rate of decline of CFEUV per unit optical depth between UV-A and UV-B differed by up to 20% for the same aerosol and cloud conditions. For total ozone, the variation in CFEUV(A) was negligible compared with that in CFEUV(B) because of the effective spectral range of the ozone absorption band. In addition, the sensitivity of the CFEUVs due to changes in surface conditions(i.e., surface albedo and surface altitude) was also estimated by using the model in this study. For changes in surface albedo, the sensitivity of the CFEUVs was 2.9%–4.1% per 0.1 albedo change,depending on the amount of aerosols or clouds. For changes in surface altitude, the sensitivity of CFEUV(B) was twice that of CFEUV(A), because the Rayleigh optical depth increased significantly at shorter wavelengths.

A New Thermodynamic Calculation Method for Binary Alloys Part II:Exploring the Correction Factor Function

A new method of revising activity values has been derived based on the ao called correction factor function for binary alloys with a large difference between two components.The correction factor is a function of physical properties formed by the difference of two components.Its absolute value increases with the enhancement of the difference in the character of components.It can be either positive or negative and the rules for selecting the sign of correction factor have been analyzed.Results are in good agreement with the experimental values.

Period-doubling bifurcation in two-stage power factor correction converters using the method of incremental harmonic balance and Floquet theory

In this paper,period-doubling bifurcation in a two-stage power factor correction converter is analyzed by using the method of incremental harmonic balance (IHB) and Floquet theory.A two-stage power factor correction converter typically employs a cascade configuration of a pre-regulator boost power factor correction converter with average current mode control to achieve a near unity power factor and a tightly regulated post-regulator DC-DC Buck converter with voltage feedback control to regulate the output voltage.Based on the assumption that the tightly regulated postregulator DC-DC Buck converter is represented as a constant power sink and some other assumptions,the simplified model of the two-stage power factor correction converter is derived and its approximate periodic solution is calculated by the method of IHB.And then,the stability of the system is investigated by using Floquet theory and the stable boundaries are presented on the selected parameter spaces.Finally,some experimental results are given to confirm the effectiveness of the theoretical analysis.

A new high-performance AC/DC power factor correction switching converter based on one-cycle control technology and active floating-charge technology

A new family of converters,high-performance AC/DC power factor correction(PFC) switching converters with one-cycle control technology and active floating-charge technology,was derived and experimentally verified.The topology of a single-phase CCM and DCM Boost-PFC switching converter was also analyzed.Its operating prniciples and control methods were expounded.Based on these,a new type of AC/DC switching converter circuits for PFC combined with one-cycle control technology was presented herein.The proposed AC/DC switching converter significantly helps improve the converter efficiency and its power factor value.

A time domain induced polarization relaxation time spectrum inversion method based on a damping factor and residual correction

Relaxation time spectra(RTS) derived from time domain induced polarization data(TDIP) are helpful to assess oil reservoir pore structures. However, due to the sensitivity to the signal-to-noise ratio(SNR), the inversion accuracy of the traditional singular value decomposition(SVD) inversion method reduces with a decrease of SNR. In order to enhance the inversion accuracy and improve robustness of the inversion method to the SNR, an improved inversion method, based on damping factor and spectrum component residual correction, is proposed in this study. The numerical inversion results show that the oscillation of the RTS derived from the SVD method increased with a decrease of SNR, which makes it impossible to get accurate inversion components. However, the SNR has little influence on inversion components of the improved method, and the RTS has high inversion accuracy and robustness. Moreover, RTS derived from core sample data is basically in accord with the pore-size distribution curve, and the RTS derived from the actual induced polarization logging data is smooth and continuous, which indicates that the improved method is practicable.

Comparison and Evaluation of Power Factor Correction Topologies for Industrial Applications

Power factor correction is a major issue for all industries, since a typical industrial load is causing current delays, as well as higher order current harmonics. Power factor correction is often mandatory from the power companies, usually by charging the reactive power that the company consumes. Many solutions for power factor correction have been presented in the bibliography;in this paper, the most significant power factor correction topologies will be reviewed and simulated with SABER RD software. Finally, a prototype design will be presented, based on a mass/cost analysis of the selected topologies and with an aim to manufacture 10 kW modules. The main outcome of this work is the feasibility for an SME to manufacture a competitive modular power factor correction product for industrial applications.

The Security Correction of Large Consumers Long-Term Direct Power Trading Based on DC Power Transfer Distribution Factor

The experiments of large consumers direct power trading is conducting in china nationwide, and it’s important to the reform of electricity market. To compensated efficiencies in security correction of large consumers direct power trading, a novel security correction method based on DC power transfer distribution factor was proposed. Using the presented method to comply security correction, all the transactions that satisfy the specific requirements of maximizing social welfare are able to enter security correction process, and when the power of transmission line is out of limit, this method avoid the transaction which causes this problem is abandoned directly by introducing supplement transactions. The simulation has shown that the proposed security correction method of large consumers direct power trading based on DC power transfer distribution factor is effective.

An Improved Non-isolated LED Converter with Power Factor Correction and Average Current Mode Control

A new type of high power LED drivers is proposed by adopting an improved two-stages non-isolated configuration. In order to improve power factor and achieve accurate average current control under universal input voltages ranging from 100 Vrms to 240 Vrms, the power factor correction and average current mode control methods operating in continuous current conduction mode are designed and implemented. With the LUMILEDS emitter type LEDs, a laboratory prototype is built and measured. And from the measured results, it could be concluded that the proposed driver has many better performances such as high power factor, low current harmonic, accurate average current control and switch protection.

Estimation of Two-Dimensional Correction Factors for Min-Sum Decoding of Regular LDPC Code

In this paper, two-dimensional (2-D) correction scheme is proposed to improve the performance of conventional Min-Sum (MS) decoding of regular low density parity check codes. The adopted algorithm to obtain the correction factors is simply based on estimating the mean square difference (MSD) between the transmitted codeword and the posteriori information of both bit and check node that produced at the MS decoder. Semi-practical tests using software-defined radio (SDR) and specific code simulations show that the proposed quasi-optimal algorithm provides a comparable error performance as Sum-Product (SP) decoding while requiring less complexity.

New DCM Operated Single Phase Bridgeless Cuk Derived Converters for Power Factor Correction

This paper presents a power factor corrected (PFC) new bridgeless (BL) Cuk Topologies for low power applications. A BL configuration of Cuk converter is proposed which eliminates the usage of diode bridge rectifier at the front end of the PFC converter, thus reducing the switching and conduction losses coupled with it. This new BL Cuk converter has two semiconductors switches. The current flow during each switching cycle interval of the converter reduces the conduction losses compared to the conventional Cuk PFC converter. It also reduces the input current ripple and Electromagnetic Interference (EMI). The inrush current during the starting period is limited and the input, output currents of the converter are continuous with minimum current ripple. Hence it is preferred mostly compared to other PFC circuits. The proposed topology works in the Discontinuous Conduction Mode (DCM) with simple control circuitry to achieve almost a unity power factor with less distortion in the input AC current. The switching of the power switches is done under zero current. The proposed PFC topologies are theoretically investigated and performance comparisons are made with the conventional rectifiers. The proposed PFC converter is simulated in MATLAB/SIMULINK with Fuzzy Logic Controller (FLC) and results are demonstrated to evaluate the effectiveness of the controller.

Single-stage active clamp power factor correction AC/DC converter

A simple single-stage AC/DC converter circuit with active clamp is presented. The operation theory and state are analyzed. The experimental results show that the voltage across main switch can be clamped to a certain value,and zero voltage switching (ZVS) can be achieved. The voltage stress and switching loss are both decreased. In range of the whole load,power factors can be always more than 97%,and the highest efficiency can reach 88%.

Rem-meter correction factor for measuring high energyneutrons outside concrete shielding

Correction factors of both Rem-meters, the 10 inch diameter single-sphere Remmeter and the standard A-B Rem-meter, were estimated for measuring high energy neutron dose equivalent outside a concrete shielding wall and the effects that the emitted neutron spectra become remarkably "harder" penetrated through a concrete shielding wall, and the energy response of the Rem-meter were taken in account. The estimated results could be applied in the measurement of neutron dose equivalent for the intermediate energy heavy ion reactions to avoid the difficulty induced by the energy response of the Rem-meters.

基于改进人工势场法的AUV全局路径规划

目的为了解决AUV(autonomous underwater vehicle)在传统人工势场法路径规划过程中存在的碰撞、目标不可达和局部极小值等问题,方法提出一种基于改进人工势场法(improved artificial potential field,IAPF)的AUV全局路径规划算法。首先为解决引力过大导致的碰撞问题,引入作用阈限制目标点的吸引力;然后在斥力场添加距离修正因子修正斥力函数,防止目标点离障碍物过近时,由于斥力大于引力引起目标不可达现象,同时考虑到障碍物大小的不等性会影响斥力的作用范围,对障碍物的最小安全距离进行修改;最后在此基础上添加外力,利用外力和势场力的共同作用使AUV沿切线方向行驶,从而摆脱局部极小点或陷阱区域。结果仿真实验结果表明,本文算法能够规划出一条最优路径,与同类算法相比,本文算法运行时间短,成功率高。结论本文提出的基于改进人工势场法的AUV全局路径规划算法,通过引入作用阈、距离修正因子、最小安全距离修正以及外力作用,有效解决了传统人工势场法在AUV路径规划中存在的碰撞、目标不可达和局部极小值等问题。

基于WBOA的3D-DV-Hop节点定位算法

针对三维(3D)-DV-Hop定位算法未知节点从最近的锚节点获取平均跳距估算距离时定位精度低的问题,提出了一种新的基于WBOA的3D-DV-Hop算法。首先,该算法去除了网络中无法通信和无法定位的节点;然后添加了修正因子,修正平均跳距。接着创建一个用于优化的蝴蝶初始种群,构建目标函数。采用自适应权重来平衡全局搜索与局部搜索的能力,使得算法不易陷入局部最优,加快了算法的收敛精度;最终求得全局最优平均跳距。仿真结果表明:尽管算法的平均运行时间略有增加,但算法的定位精度得到了有效提高。

一类三电平伪图腾柱无桥PFC变换器

针对传统二极管钳位型三电平整流器在单相电源前级功率校正(power factor correction,PFC)电路应用场景下全控开关器件数量多的问题,该文基于3种传统无桥PFC电路进行三电平电路拓扑设计,提出一类三电平伪图腾柱PFC电路(single-phase three-level pseudo totem-pole PFC circuit,STPT-PFC),该类三电平PFC具有双电感支路桥臂,两者相互配合工作为输入电流提供路径,在正负半周两电感支路桥臂工作于不同模态可有效降低分别流过两电感的电流;基于该类PFC的一个代表性电路,从工作电流路径过程、关键波形和调制脉冲分配等方面对其进行工作原理分析,并对其它电路进行电路特性总结,推导桥臂对地电压电平特性与开关脉冲分配的数学关系式。另外,该类STPT-PFC共有5种结构,结合该类STPT-PFC结构特点,提出统一区间判断条件的双层载波调制技术,该类STPT-PFC具有相同开关器件不同拓扑结构可采用同一调制方案的特点,便于该类调制技术移植。最后,基于STPT-PFC-I电路设计1台额定功率1 kW、直流输出电压400 V的实验样机,从稳态及动态两方面进行实验分析,实验结果验证所提出一类三电平伪图腾柱PFC电路的可行性和三电平统一双层调制方法的有效性。