• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Energy Engineering kosee Conference
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• 1999.11a
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• pp.19-22
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• 1999

2차 세계대전 이후 두 차례에 걸친 원유파동과 최근의 유가상승으로 석유의 대체에너지원으로서의 석탄의 중요성이 새롭게 대두되어, 석탄의 활용에 대한 연구가 석탄 부존량이 풍부한 미국, 영국, 독일 등을 중심으로 집중적으로 진행되고 있다. 이중 석탄가스화 복합발전은 공해가 적은 새로운 에너지원으로서의 실용화가 가장 유망한 새로운 발전기술로서, 경제성 및 환경 보전성이 우수하며, 고효율 발전과 에너지 절약 및 전력 계통의 운용측면에서도 큰 효과가 기대되는 핵심기술이라 할 수 있다.(중략)

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.49 no.2
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• pp.135-145
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• 2016

Until 2014, 14 million tonnes of Pb (metal based) and 41 million tonnes of Zn (metal based) were produced in Peru. Representative two Pb-Zn metallogenic belts were known in Peru. They are lower Cretaceous-Paleocene VMS Cu-Zn-Au metallogenic belt and Miocene epithermal, skarn, replacement & polymetallic vein metallogenic belt. If four new mining projects were launched and additional three mining projects were prepared until 2017, it seems possible to produce 0.34 million tonnes of Pb and 1.5 million tonnes of Zn additionally. In Pb-Zn metallogenic belt in Peru, potential Zn amounts range from 9 to 6000 million tonnes with 0.1 to 14% Zn and potential Pb amounts range from 5 to 2800 million tonnes with 0.04 to 5.3% Pb.

• Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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• v.34 no.6
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• pp.19-25
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• 2014

Alternative sources of energy take a higher interest in order to reduce the greenhouse gas under the Climate Change Convention, fossil fuel consumption, and lower social anxiety about nuclear power such as crisis involving the Fukushima plant, problem of obsolete equipment. The energy consumption of agriculture, forestry and fisheries in South Korea is 3,082,000toe by 2011, reliance on electrical energy(35%) and oil(57.2%) is very high with 92.2%. In this study, we examined reserves and available capacity of temperature difference energy for thermal discharge from plant, treated sewage, river water, dam, and agricultural reservoir in rural community. Reserves of unutilized energy are 455,735Tcal/yr in rural community, these accounts for 78% of total reserves 582,385Tcal/y. Thermal discharge from plant has the most reserves of unutilized energy in rural community, it is estimated that it has the reserves of 277,410Tcal/y. Available capacity of unutilized energy in rural community is total 134,147Tcal/y, thermal discharge from plant available for heating is the most 128,035Tcal/y, and it shows in the order of treated sewage 4,318Tcal/y, river water 1,653Tcal/y, and reservoir 141Tcal/y. Elevating temperature area of green house by 2012 is 21,208ha. The amount of energy required for heating the greenhouse a year is dbout 11,365Tcal/y with 8.5% of the total available capacity of unutilized energy.

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.191-199
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• 2018

In this paper, wind data at 20 locations are collected and analyzed in order to review optimal candidate site for offshore wind farm around Korean marginal seas. Observed wind data is fitted to Rayleigh and Weibull distribution and annual energy production is estimated according to wind frequency. As the model of wind turbine generator, seven kinds of output of 1.5~5 MW were selected and their performance curves were used. As a result, Repower-5 MW turbines showed high energy production at wind speeds of 7.15 m/s or higher, but G128-4.5 MW turbines were found to be favorable at lower wind speeds. In the case of Marado, Geojedo and Pohang, where the rate of occurrence of wind speeds over 10 m/s was high, the capacity factor of REpower's 5 MW offshore wind turbine was 56.49%, 50.92% and 50.08%, respectively.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.54 no.5
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• pp.495-503
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• 2021

Aggregate is a major natural resource used in SOC construction, such as housing, roads, ports, etc., and is a fundamental material for national construction. Although aggregates account for only about 4% of the construction cost, aggregates occupy about 80% of the construction volume and are essential factors that determine the quantity and quality of buildings. For river, underwater, riverbed, sea, and land aggregates, it is difficult to rapidly increase the production of aggregates when there is difficulty in supply and demand due to environmental problems and limited resources during production, whereas forest aggregates are relatively easy to increase production. Forest aggregates are considered promising as alternative aggregate resources in the future when reducing other aggregates due to their abundance of natural resources, and are an effective aggregate source that can flexibly respond to aggregate demand in accordance with well-organized plans and policies. This study proposed the plan for activating the development of forest aggregates in the case of long and short transport distances, which is a factor that has a great influence on the development, and measures for the current difficulties in forest aggregate development

• Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.173-182
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• 2007

It is well known that manganese nodules enriched with valuable metals are abundantly distributed in the abyssal plain area in the Clarion-Clipperton (C-C) fracture zone of the northeast Pacific. Previous studies using deep-sea camera (DSC) system reported different observations about the relation of seafloor topographic change and nodule abundance, and they were sometimes contradictory. Moreover, proper foundation on the estimation of DSC underwater position, was not introduced clearly. The variability of the mining condition of manganese nodule according to seafloor topography was examined in the Korea Deep Ocean Study (KODOS) area, located in the C-C zone. In this paper, it is suggested that the utilization of deep towing system such as DSC is very useful approach to whom are interested in analysing the distributional characteristics of manganese nodule filed and in selecting promising minable area. To this purpose, nodule abundance and detailed bathymetry were acquired using deep-sea camera system and multi-beam echo sounder, respectively on the seamount free abyssal hill area of southern part ($132^{\circ}10'W$, $9^{\circ}45'N$) in KODOS regime. Some reasonable assumptions were introduced to enhance the accuracy of estimated DSC sampling position. The accuracy in the result of estimated underwater position was verified indirectly through the comparison of measured abundances on the crossing point of neighboring DSC tracks. From the recorded seafloor images, not only nodules and sediments but cracks and cliffs could be also found frequently. The positions of these probable unminable area were calculated by use of the recorded time being encountered with them from the seafloor images of DSC. The results suggest that the unminable areas are mostly distributed on the slope sides and hill tops, where nodule collector can not travel over.

• Journal of National Security and Military Science
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• s.1
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• pp.423-446
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• 2003

While the demand for energy has shown a sharp increase recently, the supply seems to be limited by the fact that the conventional fossil fuel energy or nuclear energy has its own environmental problems such as, for example, global warming or nuclear waste disposal. To overcome such limited supply of energy, the utilization of natural thermal energy such as river water and seawater as well as treated sewage can be a substantial supplement. The potential use of the unused energy has become more and more feasible these days as the heat pump technology has been advanced. In the present study, the unused energy resources are estimated on regional and monthly basis for each resource by the method proposed here in order to establish the fundamental data for its utilization. The potential use of the unused energy is a1so discussed.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.323-328
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• 1990

This study explores that learning model that has been employed for many years in the description of and projection of system or process performance promises to be very useful in long-term forecasting, especially of technology or related productivity measures, in mineral and energy industries. This study also provides some empirical results on the measurement of the learning curve in U. S. petroleum resource assessment and demonstrates how the learning system can be used as an economic forecasting tool.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.613-616
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• 2008

Assessment of geothermal resources like other earth resources is a starting point for decision makers or stakeholders to set up basic plan on its development and R&D policies. In this context, there have been various works on world geothermal assessment, to report different estimates from each other. In this paper, we first introduce the definition of geothermal potential mainly adopted from the article by Muffler and Cataldi (1978) and then summarize the estimates made so far referring the work by Bertani (2003). An updated estimates by Stefansson (2005) are also reviewed in terms of identified resources separately for high-temperature resources for power generation and low-temperature ones for direct-use. Recent estimate of US geothermal resources by MIT (2006) using a volumetric method with extensively accumulated data base is discussed. Finally, we introduce the first geothermal assessment in Korea recently made and discuss its importance.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.1767-1771
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• 2006

수자원 개발과 계획 및 최적의 관리를 위해서는 댐지점의 수자원부존량 평가가 선행되어야 하며, 이를 위해서는 장기간의 유출량(저수지 유입량) 자료계열의 획득이 필요하다. 장기유출은 저수지의 저수용량결정, 저수지관개용수의 이용, 갈수기의 이수계획수립, 하천유지용수량결정 등에 이용되며, 장기 수자원 계획을 수립하기 위해서는 장기유출량의 정확한 추정이 매우 중요한 사항이다. 특히 동절기에 보다 정확한 유출해석을 하기 위해서는 융설에 관한 사항을 고려가 필수적이다. 그러나 국내에서는 아직 융설에 관한 실험이나 수치모형에 대한 연구가 거의 없는 실정이며 모형의 매개변수 추정 및 검증을 위한 융설 자료를 측정하기에는 매우 어려운 점이 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 비교적 지역적 영향을 적게 받는 개념적 융설모형과 유출모형을 결합하여 안동댐 유역에 적용하였다. 융설을 고려한 경우 융설 고려전보다 3월과 4월 사이의 유출 모의 결과가 크게 개선된 것으로 나타났다. 향후 수자원 계획 수립시 겨울철의 적설과 융설을 고려한 유출분석을 적용한다면 기후변화에 따른 수자원 확보의 불확실성이 크게 줄어들 것으로 기대한다.