Development of HTS Transformers and a 10 kVA HTS Transformer Prototype Design

With the improvement of high temperature superconductor （HTS） practical performance, research and development concerning the applications of HTS transformers have been progressed actively worldwide. This paper provides a comprehensive summary on various HTS transformers, and studies the design of a single-phase 10 kVA （220V/24V） HTS transformer prototype to verify HTS for practical transformer applications.

A new method for extraction of approximately vertical lines from natural images

For natural images with complex background and noise, this new approach appears is more effective than other techniques for three key reasons: 1)edge elements treated interdependently to overcome the weakness of standard Hough transform (HT); 2)gradient orientation information taken into account in the process of HT; 3) an effective method used to "merge" the HT result, i.e. many "clustered short lines" into single straight line to represent the edge of object to be recognized. This method consists of three steps are: 1) edge detection; 2)modified Hough transform to extract "clustered short lines"; 3) merging "clustered short lines" into a single line after few modifications. The method presented in this paper could also be used for extraction of non vertical straight lines.

Application of formant instantaneous characteristics to speech recognition and speaker identification

This paper proposes a new phase feature derived from the formant instantaneous characteristics for speech recognition （SR） and speaker identification （SI） systems. Using Hilbert transform （HT）, the formant characteristics can be represented by instantaneous frequency （IF） and instantaneous bandwidth, namely formant instantaneous characteristics （FIC）. In order to explore the importance of FIC both in SR and SI, this paper proposes different features from FIC used for SR and SI systems. When combing these new features with conventional parameters, higher identification rate can be achieved than that of using Mel-frequency cepstral coefficients （MFCC） parameters only. The experiment results show that the new features are effective characteristic parameters and can be treated as the compensation of conventional parameters for SR and SI.

Shafting misalignment fault diagnosis by means of motor speed signal and SVD-HT method

Aiming at the deficiency of diagnosis method based on vibration signal,a novel method based on speed signal with singular value decomposition and Hilbert transform(SVD-HT)is proposed.The fault diagnosis mechanism based on the speed signal is obtained by constructing the shaft misalignment fault model firstly.Then the SVD-HT method is applied to the processing of the speed signal.The accuracy of the SVD-HT method is verified by comparing the diagnosis results of the order spectrum method and the SVD-HT method.After that,the diagnosis results based on vibration signal and speed signal under no-load and load patterns are compared.Under the no-load pattern,the amplitudes of the speed signal components f_(r),2f_(r) and 4f_(r) are linear with the misalignment.In addition,under the load pattern,the amplitudes of the speed signal components f_(r),2f_(r) and 4f_(r) have a linear relationship with the load.However,the diagnosis result of the vibration signal does not have the above characteristics.The comparison results verify the robustness and reliability of the speed signal and SVD-HT method.The method presented in this paper provides a novel way for misalignment fault diagnosis.

A Watermarking Algorithm Based on Wavelet and Hadamard Transform for Color Image

Digital image watermarking is a useful solution to the problem of information security, copyright and network security. In this paper, we propose a watermarking algorithm for color image based HT and DWT. A binary image as watermark is embedded into green component or blue component of color image. The algorithm can satisfy the transparence and robustness of the watermarking system very well. The experiment based on this algorithm demonstrates that the watermarking is robust to the common signal processing techniques including JPEG compressing, adding noise, low pass filter, and mosaic.

Development and test in grid of 630 kVA three-phase high temperature superconducting transformer

A 630-kVA 10.5 kV/0.4 kV three-phase high temperature superconducting(HTS)power transformer was successfully developed and tested in a live grid.The windings were wound by hermetic stainless steelreinforced multi-filamentary Bi2223/Ag tapes.The structures of primary windings are solenoid with insulation and cooling path among layers,and those of secondary windings consist of double-pancakes connected in parallel.Toroidal cryostat is made from electrical insulating glass fiber reinforced plastics(GFRP)materials with room temperature bore for commercial amorphous alloy core with five limbs.Windings are laid in the toroidal cryostat so that the amorphous core operates at room temperature.An insulation technology of double-half wrapping up the Bi2223/Ag tape with Kapton film is used by a winding machine developed by the authors.Fundamental characteristics of the transformer are obtained by standard short-circuit and no-load tests,and it is shown that the transformer meets operating requirements in a live grid.