Time Measurement System Research Articles

Simplified method for measuring the response time of scram release electromagnet in a nuclear reactor

The delay time in electromagnet clutch release during a reactor trip (scram action) is an important safety parameter, having a bearing on the plant safety during various design basis events. Generally, it is measured using current decay characteristics of electromagnet coil and its energising circuit. A simplified method of measuring the same in a Sodium cooled fast reactors (SFR) is proposed in this paper. The method utilises the position data of control rod to estimate the delay time in electromagnet clutch release. A computer based real time measurement system for measuring the electromagnet clutch delay time is developed and qualified for retrofitting in prototype fast breeder reactor. Various stages involved in the development of the system are principle demonstration, experimental verification of hardware capabilities and prototype system testing. Tests on prototype system have demonstrated the satisfactory performance of the system with intended accuracy and repeatability.

A practical method to assess the performance of gravimetric flow test rigs by using the timing error

This paper proposes an improved method to assess the performance of a gravimetric flow test rig. It addresses the study of two of the most important measurement systems: the weighing scale and all mass-related corrections, and the time measurement system. By performing a regular diverter test according to ISO 4185:1980 several times and under different conditions, it was possible to determine not only the statistical variances of the diverter system, but also the variances of the meter under test and of the flow test facility separately. The proposed method allows also under special conditions the determination of systematic errors in the mass determination. The method has been successfully applied at the large water flow calibration facilities of PTB in Braunschweig and Berlin and is recommended as a routine to test the performance of gravimetric flow test facilities.

Molecular mechanism of temporal physico/chemical changes that take place during imidization of polyamic acid: Coupled real-time rheo-optical and IR dichroism measurements

Multiple overlapping physical and chemical changes often take place during casting/drying and imidization from PMDA-ODA polyamic acid precursors from cast solutions. To shed light into details of these complex phenomena, we designed a unique real time measurement system that combines true stress, true strain, in-plane birefringence and temperature with polarized ultra-rapid scan FT-IR spectrometry (URS-FT-IR). At the early stages of heating (21°C–130 °C), initially isotropic solution cast film was observed to develop stress and birefringence as the solvent decomplexed and evaporated without showing any imidization as it was held in uniaxially constrained state. At a temperature around 130 °C, the onset of imidization reaction was detected while the stress went through a maximum. Beyond this stage, the evaporation of bound solvent and chemical conversion was observed to take place simultaneously and this is accompanied by a steady increase in birefringence. As the majority of the bound solvent evaporated, the stress and birefringence values started leveling off at long times.

A Compact Readout Electronics for the Ground Station of a Quantum Communication Satellite

Since the 1990s, there has been a dramatic interest in quantum communication. Free-space quantum communication is being developed to ultra-long distance quantum experiment, which requires higher electronics performance, such as time measurement precision, data-transfer rate, and system integration density. As part of the ground station of quantum experiment satellite that will be launched in 2016, we specifically designed a compact PCI-based multi-channel electronics system with high time-resolution, high data-transfer-rate. The electronics performance of this system was tested. The time bin size is 23.9ps and the time precision root-mean-square (RMS) is less than 24ps for 16 channels. The dead time is 30ns. The data transfer rate to local computer is up to 35 MBps, and the count rate is up to 30M/s. The system has been proven to perform well and operate stably through a test of free space quantum key distribution (QKD) experiment.

A high accuracy broadband measurement system for time resolved complex bioimpedance measurements

Bioimpedance measurements are useful tools in biomedical engineering and life science. Bioimpedance is the electrical impedance of living tissue and can be used in the analysis of various physiological parameters. Bioimpedance is commonly measured by injecting a small well known alternating current via surface electrodes into an object under test and measuring the resultant surface voltages. It is non-invasive, painless and has no known hazards. This work presents a field programmable gate array based high accuracy broadband bioimpedance measurement system for time resolved bioimpedance measurements. The system is able to measure magnitude and phase of complex impedances under test in a frequency range of about 10–500 kHz with excitation currents from 10 µA to 5 mA. The overall measurement uncertainties stay below 1% for the impedance magnitude and below 0.5° for the phase in most measurement ranges. Furthermore, the described system has a sample rate of up to 3840 impedance spectra per second. The performance of the bioimpedance measurement system is demonstrated with a resistor based system calibration and with measurements on biological samples.

Application of Standardized Motions in Temporal Analysis of Work Activity

AbstractThis article focuses on the time study of behavioral components of work activity. The method time measurement (MTM‐1) system is a powerful tool for analyzing behavioral components of activity. However, the MTM‐1 system's rules for the selection of basic elements for tasks’ description are necessary but insufficient. Professionals can use the MTM‐1 system rules effectively only after analyzing strategies of a task performance and studying the logical organization of motor and cognitive actions. The results of this study demonstrate that the MTM‐1 system can be used for analyzing behavioral components of activity only after analyzing real strategies of task performance.

Cloud Communication Concept for Bionic Assembly System

This paper deals with implementation of cloud communication in a hybrid control structure of Bionic Assembly System (BAS). BAS Cloud is a communication interface between subordinating and self organizing subsystems. This concept brings a number of advantages, such as increasing flexibility of interaction between subsystems from the point of view of time and workload, simpler and standardized interface and communication channels between cloud and production facilities, independent storage for complete data records about actual and past system states, independent and constantly updated time measurement system.

Construction of reaction time measurement system using presentation software and acceleration sensor

Construction of reaction time measurement system using presentation software and acceleration sensor

Time Measurement System Based on Waveform Digitization for Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer

To guarantee a good resolution of a Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (TOF-MS), a high-performance time measurement system was required. This paper presents a time measurement system based on waveform digitization. The critical part, the 2-GSPS analog-to-digital converter is implemented using the Time-Interleaved Analog-to-Digital Conversion (TIADC) technique. Through a digital post-processing algorithm, the mismatch errors between the interleaving TIADC channels are corrected, which significantly improves the ADC performance. A Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus interface is used to communicate with a computer, achieving a data transfer rate up to 20 MByte/s using Direct Memory Access (DMA). Initial test results indicate that the system timing precision is about 196 ps Root-Mean-Square (RMS), which is good enough for the given requirements.

Real time measurement system based on wireless instrumented sphere.

In this work, we developed a new measurement system which includes a Wireless Instrumented Sphere (WIS) and a Graphical User Interface (GUI) software, called Real Time Analysis (RTA). This system is able to acquire, process and visualize the three axis acceleration of the WIS allowing the identification and measurements of rotations, vibrations and impacts in real time. The aim of this instrument is to help the fruit producers to reduce food wasting and improve quality, especially in Brazil, one of the major agricultural countries in the world, whose losses could surpass 20% along the post-harvesting handling chain. Additionally, a data Post Processing Analysis software (PPA) provided of a video synchronization option was developed to determine the impact magnitude, position and even the cause of the impact itself (drop, fruit-to-sphere impact, etc.). Both GUIs presented graphics of the three axis acceleration vectors, acceleration magnitude and velocity, as well as the calculations of the number of impacts (peak detection), maximum, minimum and average impact magnitude. The WIS board was encapsulated in the middle of a spherical transparent polyurethane elastomer. It was also intended to be a small, simple, robust and low cost instrument. Its final diameter of approximately 63 mm, 160 g weight and 1.1 relative density. The RTA reduces the time for testing and is suitable for a fast feedback and allows the user to make adjustments in the experiment setup, packing system or even monitor any process along the post-harvesting handling chain, with an immediate response. The PPA with video synchronization option, proved to be a unique tool, relating the acceleration information with the video position.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/2193-1801-2-582) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

Automatic Measurement and Modeling Implementation of Diode Reverse Recovery

Diode reverse recovery current dissipation is the most important source of power dissipation for diodes used in fast switching converters or other power devices applications. As the reverse recovery current can peak at very high currents, this may cause the failures of other devices in the circuit. Therefore the Diode Reverse Recovery phenomena should no longer be ignored in device model and circuit simulations employing diodes. Automatic measurement of Diode Reverse Recovery time is becoming essential for mass production industrial process monitoring and device modeling. In this paper, a novel Sagittarius automatic Diode Reverse Recovery Time Measurement System was developed. This system has enabled the automation measurement and improved the measurement speed for about 5-7 times. A new Verilog A Diode Reverse Recovery model which can reflect the actual device characteristics was developed base on the data measured using this new system.

유과의 품질규격 유지를 위한 외형 정보 측정 시스템 설계 및 적용 연구

Korean oil and honey Yukwa has been paid attention as formal cake for traditional national seasons' holiday and religious service. Quality of Yukwa, however, has been maintained arbitrarily by each Yukwa manufacturer. Since even same Yukwa had severe differences in size, weight, and pattern, it has given the negative effect to the consumer. Yukwa industries need to setup the quantitative quality specifications instead of qualitative ones to maintain the uniformity of Yukwa quality. Efficient and economical inspection and process control system should be developed. In developing quality standards of Yukwa, features which can measure quality quantitatively in real time should be properly chosen. Existing quality features such as acidity, oxidization, hardness, viscosity, and texture were measured by the chemical or physical base destructive methods. Many research and developments have been performed in investigating and analyzing chemical transition states of those quality features as environment or storage condition changes. Most methods, however, require either off-line or complex treatment or time consuming process of analysis in evaluating quality features. Consumer, however, selects products mostly based on the external features such as shape, size, and color. Therefore, critical visual quality features should be chosen and the efficient real time measurement system must be developed. In this paper, computer image acquisition and processing system were developed and software modules were developed to extract the quantitative data of those features in real-time. Computer image processing system will promote in maintaining uniform quality of Yukwa and establishing quality standards of Yukwa.

EpCAM overexpression prolongs proliferative capacity of primary human breast epithelial cells and supports hyperplastic growth

IntroductionThe Epithelial Cell Adhesion Molecule (EpCAM) has been shown to be strongly expressed in human breast cancer and cancer stem cells and its overexpression has been supposed to support tumor progression and metastasis. However, effects of EpCAM overexpression on normal breast epithelial cells have never been studied before. Therefore, we analyzed effects of transient adenoviral overexpression of EpCAM on proliferation, migration and differentiation of primary human mammary epithelial cells (HMECs).MethodsHMECs were transfected by an adenoviral system for transient overexpression of EpCAM. Thereafter, changes in cell proliferation and migration were studied using a real time measurement system. Target gene expression was evaluated by transcriptome analysis in proliferating and polarized HMEC cultures. A Chicken Chorioallantoic Membrane (CAM) xenograft model was used to study effects on in vivo growth of HMECs.ResultsEpCAM overexpression in HMECs did not significantly alter gene expression profile of proliferating or growth arrested cells. Proliferating HMECs displayed predominantly glycosylated EpCAM isoforms and were inhibited in cell proliferation and migration by upregulation of p27KIP1 and p53. HMECs with overexpression of EpCAM showed a down regulation of E-cadherin. Moreover, cells were more resistant to TGF-β1 induced growth arrest and maintained longer capacities to proliferate in vitro. EpCAM overexpressing HMECs xenografts in chicken embryos showed hyperplastic growth, lack of lumen formation and increased infiltrates of the chicken leukocytes.ConclusionsEpCAM revealed oncogenic features in normal human breast cells by inducing resistance to TGF-β1-mediated growth arrest and supporting a cell phenotype with longer proliferative capacities in vitro. EpCAM overexpression resulted in hyperplastic growth in vivo. Thus, we suggest that EpCAM acts as a prosurvival factor counteracting terminal differentiation processes in normal mammary glands.

Desain dan Analisis Pengukuran Viskositas dengan Metode Bola Jatuh Berbasis Sensor Optocoupler dan Sistem Akuisisinya pada Komputer

It has been designed and analyzed the low cost viscometer using falling ball method, the sample analyzed is glycerin fluid at 20oC. Two optocoupler circuits have been used as time measurement system of falling ball between two references point, light source used was infrared laser diode. The computer acquisition system use serial communication and it has been perfectly made and characterized. The velocity measurement system has 0.75 x 10-1 s resolution, but the resolution of integrated system both of hardware and acquisition software, is about 10-1 s. The theoretical viscosity value has been calculated and simulated to abtain the absolute viscosity value. This simulation results have been analyzed and compared with the experiment results. The correction factor for velocity calculation has been discussed and gave the optimum value of velocity correction factor (0.4425), regarding to the dimension of tube and ball used in this research. Based on the experiment, the viscosity of glycerin obtained was 1418.0309±1.6157 mPa.s., this value was with similar with the literatures and has a 0.57% of accuracy error (ε0).

Architecture and Performance Methods of a Knowledge Support System of Ubiquitous Time Computation

An architecture and main performance methods of a knowledge support system of ubiquitoustime computation based on relativity are proposed. As main results, modern timetheories are described ascertain relations of term-nodes ina tree, and somespace-timecomputation models ina large scale and timecomputation models in different time measurement systems (institutions) are programmed as interfaces for timecomputationin complex conditions such as time-anisotropic movement systems or gravity-anisotropic environments.

The luminescence characteristics of CsI(Na) crystal under α and X/γ excitation

In this paper, we study the effective decay time characteristic of CsI(Na) crystal under 239Pu alpha particle and 137Cs gamma-ray excitation using a single photon counting decay time measurement system. The measurement system employs a silicon optical fiber to couple and transit single photon. The slow decay time component of CsI(Na) crystal is 460–550 ns. We observe a 15 ns fast decay component under alpha particle excitation. In addition, we find that the primary stage of the falling edge in the decay time curve is non-exponential and drops rapidly when CsI(Na) crystal is excited by 239Pu alpha particles. Since the high density of self-trapped-excitons (STEs) is produced in alpha particle excitation process, we propose that the fast falling edge is corresponding to the quenching process of STEs which transit with non-radiation in the case of high excitation density. To prove this proposal, we excited the CsI(Na) crystal with sub-nanosecond intensive pulsed X-ray radiation. Our X-ray impinging results show that the fast falling edge also exists under low energy (average 100 keV) bremsstrahlung X-ray excitation.

The Automatic and Real Time Measurement of Tunnel Surrounding Rock Deformation

We designed a tunnel surrounding rock(TSR) deformation automatic and real time measurement system .The long distance laser datum line instrument (LDLI) is fixed in stable ceiling rock of the tunnel. The LDLI transmits a bunch of lateral linear benchmark beam with small facula, and projects to the linear array CCD which mounted on instable surrounding rock. The linear array CCD detected the facula centre position real time. The facula displacement within a period is equal to the displacement of instable rock. We used the wireless data transmission module and optical fiber transceiver to transfer the displacement data to the on duty room computer. We compiled the data processing software to display the measure result in graphical and give a judge for the instable surrounding rock. If it is in danger, the alarm module gives audible and visible alarm signal in site and send a message to the manager’s mobile phone. The measurement accuracy is less than 1mm. We used this system to measure the tunnel surrounding rock deformation automatically and real time to realize intelligent management in several tunnel

A fast real time measurement system to track in and out of plane optical retardation/ birefringence, true stress, and true strain during biaxial stretching of polymer films

An instrumented and highly integrated biaxial stretching system was designed and constructed to obtain true stress, true strain, and optical behavior of polymeric films during biaxial stretching. With programmable drive motors, any form of temporally varying biaxial deformation profiles, including linear, exponential, logarithmic as well as cyclic, can be applied to a square-shaped films. This machine allows the investigation of mechano-optical behavior of films under profiles captured in industrial processes. To overcome the edge effects, the samples are painted with a dot pattern that is imaged using a high speed video capture system. This system accurately determines the locations of the each dot matrix in subsequent images acquired and calculates the true strains in both directions. The in-plane optical retardation is determined using spectral birefringence method that uses polarized white light and optical spectrometer in the optical train. This is carried out automatically at less than 10 nm in retardation resolution with the light beam passing through the symmetry center of the sample. Out of plane retardation is measured with an identical optical train tilted 45° to the plane of the film with its light beam going through the same spot on the sample as 0° beam. The true stress and birefringences are calculated with the determined instantaneous thickness of the film. With this system, the stress optical behavior of PET's is determined up to very large deformation levels at moderate to high deformation rates. Beyond the initial linear stress optical behavior, these films exhibit sudden positive deviation from linearity and this start of nonlinearity was directly associated with the stress induced crystallization.

IEEE 802.11 네트워크에서 효율적인 라디오 자원 측정 시스템 연구

본 논문은 무선 매체의 점유 요인을 분석하여 효율적인 라디오 자원 측정 방법을 제안한다. 미디엄 점유 시간은 무선 단말이 현재 채널에서 802.11 프레임, 무선 간섭, 프로토콜 대기 시간에 의해 점유된 시간으로 다양한 분야에서 성능 측정 도구로 이용된다. 기존 연구들은 부분적인 요인만을 측정하고, 측정 도구에 대한 검증 및 다양한 라디오에 대한 확장성이 부족하다. 본 논문은 세분화된 점유 요인들의 측정 방법을 제안한다. 이를 위해 무선 칩셋의 레지스터 정보 수집, 가상 모니터 모드를 통한 프레임 분석을 위해 802.11n 기반 OpenHAL 디바이스 드라이버를 수정하였다. 뿐만 아니라 다양한 검증 방법을 통해 정확한 미디엄 점유 시간을 도출한다. This paper presents the efficient measurement method of radio resource by analyzing various medium occupied elements. The medium occupied time consists of 802.11 frames, wireless interference, and protocol waiting time from a wireless node on a current channel. And it is used to performance metric. Existing research is only measured partial occupied elements, and is lack of validation of measurement unit and scalability on various IEEE 802.11 radio. This paper presents the measurement method of classified occupied elements. To achieve this, we modified 802.11n based OpenHAL device driver to collect the register information of wireless chipset, and to analyze receiving frames in an virtual monitor mode. We conclude accurate medium occupied time measurement system from various validation methods.

Energy-Saving Experimental Study on Reflective Material Auxiliary Tunnel Lighting Based on Visual Effect

Applying visual performance method, use reaction time measurement system to measure the small target which randomly appears inside the tunnel and analyse the measured data processing results then obtain the relationship between reaction time and the inner wall material、tunnel light and background luminance. We hold that human eyes on different luminance levels in tunnel lighting and visual characteristics of reflection reflection materials obeys Purkinje phenomenon. According to the visual performance theory, we put forward that reflective material assisting tunnel lighting will achieve good effect in energy saving. The study on reflective materials applied in tunnel lighting energy saving play an important guiding significance.