• Solar Energy
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.29-33
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• 1991

The present paper deals with two types of heating methods widely used for the Radiant Floor heating systems in Korea. Of these, one method circulates hot water according to the predefined schedule ("intermittent heating") while the other runs the system with the aid of thermostats ("continuous heating"). The standard version of SERI-RES has been modified for the numerical simulation of the problem. Preliminary results show relatively large temperature swings in the case of intermittent heating with solar availability. On the other hand, the case of continuous heating would avoid such undesirable temperature fluctuations. These results are also verified by experimental evaluations.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.455-458
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• 2006

본 연구는 자연에너지를 이용하는 모든 냉 난방기술 중에서 에너지효율이 가장 높은 것으로 알려져 있으며 에너지 자원이 부족하고 에너지비용이 높은 상황에서 반드시 필요한 기술인 지하수를 이용한 건물의 냉 난방을 수행하는 스탠딩컬럼웰 지열히트펌프 기술을 운영함에 따른 지하수에 미치는 환경영향을 평가하기 위해 수행되었다. 즉 스탠딩컬럼웰을 적용한 지열히트펌프 시설이 가동되고 있는 주변지역의 지하수질 및 지하수위의 변화를 평가하기 위하여 지하수 환경영향평가를 실시하였다. 연구결과, 히트펌프의 유입수 및 유출수, 그리고 주변 지역의 수질은 지하수 수질기준 및 공업용수, 생활용수 수질기준에 적합한 안정적인 수질을 나타내었으며, 시설 운영에 따른 지하수 오염은 거의 없는 것으로 판단된다. 또한 지열히트펌프에 이용되는 4개의 양수정에 의한 주변 지역의 지하수위 변화등의 영향을 예측하기 위하여 취수가 없는 상태와 양수정당 취수량을 $50m^3/day$로 증가시켰을 경우를 가정하여 지하수두를 분석한 결과 취수량을 증가시켰을 경우 지하수두가 약2,.2m 감소하는 것으로 나타나 조사지역내의 지하수 거동은 양수정 가동조건과 주변지역에 분포되어 있는 정천의 취수량 변화에 따라 민감하게 반응하는 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Korea Planning Association
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• v.53 no.6
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• pp.101-116
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• 2018

Paying an attention to the issue of energy poverty of low-income households and ensuing regressivity of energy consumption, this study empirically analyzes the effects of both household and housing characteristics on heating energy consumption in an integrated way and identifies their causal structure based on the 2016 Korea Housing Survey data provided by the Korean government. Multiple regression analysis shows that household income and deteriorated level of housing, such as age and degree of cracks have positive effects and floor area of housing has a negative effect on the heating energy consumption per unit area of housing (HECPUH). Path analyses further reveal that the direct effect of household income on HECPUH is offset by the indirect effects that are mediated by deteriorated level and floor area of housing, making the total effect statistically insignificant. As a result, there is no significant difference in HECPUH across all income strata, implying that low-income (high-income) households pay more (less) heating costs relative to their income level, since they reside in the houses with relatively low (high) energy efficiency. To deal with this regressive causal structure of energy consumption, a policy option is recommended to improve energy efficiency of low-income housing through the government assistance in its maintenance and repair.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.207-212
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• 2013

In this study, distributed the ship's Centralized Air Conditioning System the way an individual to replace the air conditioning system by using Air-cooled air conditioner. Research results, Individually separated air conditioning system complement the heat source control and thermal efficiency problems and improves the efficiency of the device was confirmed. In addition, under the same conditions refrigeration capacity and coefficient of performance of the device, an average of about 3 %, 23 ~ 26 %, higher, Chilled Water Plants Compressor power consumption is about 12 % lower. Also while heating under the same conditions, power consumption is about 33.5 % lower. Therefore Individually Separated Air Conditioning System greatly contributed to the improved performance of the device and living spaces for comfortable temperature and humidity control as well as heating source could be obtained.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.26-31
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• 2018

This paper introduces a study to improve the thermal efficiency of the district heating user control facility based on reinforcement learning. As an example, it is proposed a general method of constructing a deep Q learning network(DQN) using deep Q learning, which is a reinforcement learning algorithm that does not specify a model. In addition, it is also introduced the big data platform system and the integrated heat management system which are specialized in energy field applied in processing huge amount of data processing from IoT sensor installed in many thermal energy control facilities.

• KIEAE Journal
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.103-107
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• 2015

Purpose: Since September 1st, 2013, subjects of the evaluation have been expanded, and the evaluation standard has been detailed to enable Building energy rating system for all buildings. Accordingly, the new evaluation program (ECO2) has been developed, and therefore, apartment applied after September 1st, 2013 were evaluated with the new evaluation program. Therefore, this research suggests the improvement plan to figure out reasons for the evaluation result calculation and to calculate the evaluation results close to the actual energy usage by analyzing and comparing primary energy consumption as a result of the new evaluation program (ECO2) and actual heating energy usage on the same building. Method: When comparing evaluation results of the new evaluation program (ECO2) and actual heating energy usage, the tendency was similar but different. Also when comparing seasonally, the tendency was similar, but the different between actual heating energy usage and primary energy consumption during winter is greater than during spring or fall, and when comparing seasonal electric usage, heating alternatives were used through increased electrical usage during winter compared to during spring or fall. Result: Therefore, when evaluating apartment with the new program (ECO2) in the future, evaluation items relevant to the use of heating alternatives should be added, and the modification factor should be added according to the region. Based on the evaluation results of the research and actual energy usage, the Modification factors of the central part and the southern part were calculated respectively as 0.5 and 0.8.

• Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.531-553
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• 2006

As energy conservation can be realized through changes in the composition of goods and services consumed, there is a need to assess indirect and total household energy requirements. The Korean household sector was responsible for about 55% of the country's primary energy requirement in the period from 1990 to 2000. And more than 60% of household energy requirement was indirect. Thus, indirect and total rather than direct household energy requirements should be the target of energy conservation policies. Increases in household consumption expenditure were responsible for a relatively high growth of energy consumption. Switching to consumption of less energy intensive products and decrease in energy intensities of products contributed substantially to reduce the increase in total household energy requirement.

• Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.381-398
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• 2011

Recently, electricity peaks have frequently occurred in winter, and the concerns about failure in power supply are soaring. One of reasons is due to the increase in industrial demand with economic recovery, and the increases in household and commercial demand with unusual cold waves are spotted as a primary cause. Especially, the diffusion of electricity heat pumps (EHP) has led to the rapid increase in commercial electricity demand. The EHP diffusion is mainly associated with low electricity tariff and cheaper heating and cooling costs compared to those of gas-engine heat pumps (GHP). The problem is that distorted electricity tariff and herd behaviour toward heating and cooling devices could bring about nation-wide inefficiencies in resource allocation. The key countermeasures are as follows. The electricity tariff should be readjusted to a realistic level. The tariff scheme should be so modified that consumers rationally respond to the tariff. In addition, one should find ways to effectively manage electricity demand.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.307-311
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• 2013

Heating and hot water has accounted for 68% of Korea's household energy usage. Boiler makes up the bulk of the heating and hot water production. Hence a highly efficient boiler is needed in order to reduce energy consumption. A condensing boiler that recovers latent heat is known to be highly efficient. However, it is expensive and takes more space to necessitate research for improvement. In the present study, we investigated condensation heat transfer of a surface roughened by etching treatment. The etched plate showed 9.2% increase in heat transfer compared to original plate.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.65-70
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• 2020

In this paper, to establish a high-efficiency air-conditioning and heating system, we developed a simultaneous air-conditioning and heating system that can do both air-conditioning and heating at the same time. It was applied to hybrid plant plants to enable automation of complex farms. For this purpose, the heat exchanger, which functions as a condenser during heating, was required to function as an evaporator during cooling so that air conditioning and heating could be implemented simultaneously. For experiments, the simultaneous air conditioning system for heating and cooling was produced and applied to the plant factories in the farms so that plants could be grown, stored, and dried. As a result, a single system was able to control the temperature environment of agricultural products with an energy-saving system that simultaneously resolves heating and cooling. Therefore, efficient crop management was possible by implementing an air conditioning system that did not require installing air conditioners and boilers at the same time.