• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.361-375
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• 2015

An energy pile is one of the novel ground heat exchangers (GHEX's) that is a economical alternative to the conventional closed-loop vertical GHEX. The combined system of both a structural foundation and a GHEX contains a heat exchange pipe inside the pile foundation and allows a working fluid circulating through the pipe, inducing heat exchange with the ground formation. In this paper, a group of energy piles equipped with parallel U-type (5, 8 and 10 pairs) heat exchange pipes was constructed in a test-bed by fabricating in large-diameter cast-in-place concrete piles. In addition, a closed-loop vertical GHEX with 30m depth was constructed nearby to conduct in-situ thermal response tests (TRTs) and to compare with the thermal performance of the cast-in-place energy piles. A series of thermal performance tests was carried out with application of an artificial cooling and heating load to evaluate the heat exchange rate of energy piles. The applicability of cast-in-place energy piles was evaluated by comparing the relative heat exchange efficiency and heat exchange rate with preceding studies. Finally, it is concluded that the cast-in-place energy piles constructed in the test-bed demonstrate effective and stable thermal performance compared with the other types of GHEX.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Geothermal and Hydrothermal Energy
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.1-9
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• 2022

A novel steel-pipe energy pile is introduced, in which the deformed rebars for main reinforcing are replaced with steel pipes in a large diameter cast-in-place energy pile. Here, the steel pipes act as not only reinforcements but also heat exchangers by circulating the working fluid through the hollow hole in the steel pipes. Under this concept, the steel-pipe energy pile can serve a role of supporting main structures and exchanging heat with surrounding mediums without installing additional heat exchange pipes. In this study, the steel-pipe energy pile was constructed in a test bed considering the material properties of steel pipes and the subsoil investigation. Then, the thermal performance test (TPT) in cooling condition was conducted in the constructed energy pile to investigate thermal performance. In addition, the thermal performance of the steel-pipe energy pile was compared with that of the conventional large diameter cast-in-place energy pile to evaluate its applicability. As a result, the steel-pipe energy pile showed 11% higher thermal performance than the conventional energy pile along with much simpler construction processes.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.198-198
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• 2011

Cooling and Heating system using Geothermal energy in the country has shown rapid development in the research and business field during about 10 years. However, like other renewable energy sources, high initial construction cost is acting as an obstacle to apply widely. Therefore Energy pile system(Heat Exchanger inserted inside the structure pile) that can save about 25 % initial construction cost has been studied in European countries and recently being studied in our country. Therefore, KPECO(Korea Electric Power Corporation) is also studying energy pile system to improve cooling & heating system in substation that install about 200 pile. KPECO is aimed to make energy pile design, construction and maintenance standards because substation has good applicability. In this study, we studied to make new grout material and design program to make optimized design & counstruction method of energy pile system. And planing to peform field test for energy pile system in a 154 kV substation to obtain long-term behavior and efficiency of the system.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2007.10c
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• pp.140-145
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• 2007

최근에 에너지의 효율성이 좋고 대용량화가 쉬운 낸드 플래시가 센서 노드를 위한 차세대 저장소로 각광을 받고 있다. 현재 대부분의 센서 노드용 파일 시스템은 노어 플래시 기반으로 개발되어 있으며 낸드 플래시에 적용할 수 있는 파일 시스템은 거의 존재하지 않는다. 대용량 낸드 플래시 메모리의 특성을 고려한 새로운 파월 시스템의 구축이 요구되지만, 센서 노드는 오직 4-10 KByte의 매우 작은 크기의 메모리를 지원하므로 효율성이 뛰어난 파일 시스템을 구축하는 것은 매우 어렵다. 본 논문은 1 Kbit의 매우 작은 크기의 EEPROM을 부착하여 이러한 메모리 한계를 극복하였으며 자원의 효율성, 대용량의 지원 및 신뢰성을 고려한 새로운 파일 시스템의 설계에 대하여 논한다. 위치를 유지해야 하는 데이터의 위치저장을 위하여 EEPROM을 사용하며 장기간 데이터를 수집할 때 페이지의 갱신을 최소화 할 수 있는 로그 리스트 기반의 페이지 처리 방법에 대해 제안한다. 이는 획기적으로 페이지 갱신 횟수를 줄임으로써 에너지를 절약하고 보다 긴 시간동안 데이터의 수집을 용이하게 만들며 센서 노드의 수명을 증가시킨다.

• Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.29-38
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• 2015

The Energy Storage System stores electricity for later use. This system can store electricity from legacy electric power systems or renewable energy systems into a battery device when demand is low. When there is high electricity demand, it uses the electricity previously stored and enables efficient energy usage and stable operation of the electric power system. It increases the energy usage efficiency, stabilizes the power supply system, and increases the utilization of renewable energy. The recent increase in the global interest for efficient energy consumption has increased the need for an energy storage system that can satisfy both the consumers' demand for stable power supply and the suppliers' demand for power demand normalization. In general, an energy storage system consists of a Power Conditioning System, a Battery Management System, a battery cell and peripheral devices. The specifications of the subsystems that form the energy storage system are manufacturer dependent. Since the core component interfaces are not standardized, there are difficulties in forming and operating the energy storage system. In this paper, the design of the profile structure for energy storage system and realization of private profiling system for energy storage system is presented. The profiling system accommodates diverse component settings that are manufacturer dependent and information needed for effective operation. The settings and operation information of various PCSs, BMSs, battery cells, and other peripheral device are analyzed to define profile specification and structure. A profile adapter software that can be applied to energy storage system is designed and implemented. The profiles for energy storage system generated by the profile authoring tool consist of a settings profile and operation profile. Setting profile consists of configuration information for energy device what composes energy saving system. To be more specific, setting profile has three parts of category as information for electric control module, sub system, and interface for communication between electric devices. Operation profile includes information in relation to the method in which controls Energy Storage system. The profiles are based on standard XML specification to accommodate future extensions. The profile system has been verified by applying it to an energy storage system and testing charge and discharge operations.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.311-314
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• 2007

AODV 프로토콜은 최단경로 라우팅 기법, 에너지 효율, 빠른 지역 경로 복구 등을 위한 많은 알고리즘이 연구되어 왔다. AODV 프로토콜의 성능평가는 대부분 NS2 시뮬레이터를 통해 이루어지고 있으며, AODV의 성능개선을 위한 알고리즘의 적용은 NS2의 AODV 소스파일 변경을 통해 이루어진다. AODV 소스파일의 AODV 클래스가 아주 많은 역할을 하는 구조로 작성되어 있어 알고리즘의 적용이 쉽지 않고, 이로 인해 성능평가를 위한 시뮬레이션에 시간과 노력이 많이 들게 된다. 이를 위해 기존 소프트웨어를 재사용하고 유연성을 높일 수 있도록 소프트웨어의 리팩토링을 해주어야 한다. 리팩토링은 소프트웨어를 효율적이고 유지보수가 쉽도록 전환하는 과정이며, 소프트웨어의 재사용성을 높여주고 유연성을 제공해 줄 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 AODV의 성능 개선을 위한 알고리즘 적용이 보다 유연해지도록 AODV 관련 클래스들에 대해 리팩토링을 수행한다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.86.1-86.1
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• 2010

예비개질기(Pre-reformer)는 중대형 내부개질형 용융탄산염 연료전지(MCFC) 시스템에서 다양한 연료를 사용하기 위한 필수적인 화학반응기이다. 예비개질기는 스택 전단에 설치함으로서 스택 내부의 열균형을 유지하고, 다양한 원료를 연료로 이용할 수 있도록 하며, 황화물로부터 후단의 개질촉매 및 전극촉매를 보호하여 주개질 반응의 부담을 감소시켜 MCFC 시스템의 내구성 향상의 중요한 역할을 한다. 본 연구는 예비개질 반응기 설계에 CFD 모델링을 적용하기에 앞서 파일롯 반응기 내 농도/ 온도 구배를 측정하고자 하는 목적으로 수행되었다. 반응가스로는 천연가스 내 고차탄화수소(C2 이상) 중 상대적으로 높은 농도를 가진 에탄을 이용하였고, MCFC용 예비개질기의 운전특성을 고려하여 비교적 낮은 온도와 높은 수증기/탄소 비에서 단열반응기로 실험을 진행하였다. 향후 본 실험결과를 이용하여 CFD 모델링에 대한 검증을 수행할 예정이며, 하수처리장부생가스(ADG)/ 매립지 가스(LFG)용 MCFC 시스템을 위한 예비개질기 설계에도 적용을 하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.07a
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• pp.996-997
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 마일드 하이브리드 자동차에 적용 가능한 복합형 에너지 저장 장치의 운용 효율 및 수명 개선이 가능한 스위치 제어 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 제안한 제어 알고리즘은 복합형 에너지 저장 장치를 구성하는 축전지와 울트라커패시터의 전압, 전류, 전력 및 SOC의 변화에 따라 스위치를 적절히 제어함으로써, 시스템 전체의 운용 효율을 개선하고, 또한 축전지에 대전류 충/방전 상황 발생을 제한시켜 축전지의 수명저하 현상을 둔화시킨다. 본 논문에서는 마일드 하이브리드 자동차의 운행 조건을 모사한 사이클 프로파일과 차량 시뮬레이터 장비를 활용하여, 단순병렬 구성의 에너지 저장장치와 스위치 제어 알고리즘이 적용된 에너지 저장장치의 운용효율을 비교함으로써 제안한 알고리즘의 유용성을 확인하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.878-886
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• 2009

This paper proposes an optimal algorithm for generating a train speed profile giving optimal energy efficiency based on GA (Genetic Algorithm) and shows its effectiveness with simulations. After simplifying the train operation mode to a maximum traction, a coasting and a maximum breaking, adjusting the coasting point to minimize the train consuming energy is the basic scheme. Satisfying the two constraints, running distance and running time between two stations, a coasting point is determined by GA with a fitness function consisting of a target running time. Simulation results have shown that multiple coasting points could exist satisfying both of the two constraints. After figuring out consumed energies according to the multiple coasting points, an optimal train speed profile with a coasting point giving the smallest consumed energy has been selected. Simulation blocks for the train performance simulation and GA have been designed with the Simulink.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea CI
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• v.45 no.3
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• pp.47-57
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• 2008

Recently, energy-efficient NAND Flash memory of large volume is favored as next-generation storage for sensor nodes. So far, most sensor node file systems are based on NOR flash and few file systems are applicable to large NAND flash memory. Although it is required to develop new file systems taking account of the features of NAND flash memory, it is difficult to develop them mainly due to the limit of SRAM memory on sensor nodes. Sensor nodes support SRAM of $4{\sim}10$ KBytes only. In this paper, we designed and implemented a novel file system to support data-centric applications. To do this, we added EEPROM of 1 KBytes to store persistent file description data efficiently and devised a simple wear-leveling method. This reduces the number of page updates, resulting in reduction in energy use and increase in lifetime of sensor nodes.