• 기계와재료
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.148-155
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• 2011

국제 유가 급등과 배기가스 규제 강화로 인해 건설기계 분야에도 하이브리드 기술을 적용하고자 하는 노력이 커지고 있다. 특히 굴삭기는 연비 성능이 Key Buying Factor로 대두되고 있으며 유지비의 대부분을 연료비가 차지하고 있으므로 하이브리드 시장형성에 유리한 조건을 갖추고 있다. 하이브리드 굴삭기는 동력원으로서 기존의 디젤엔진 외에 전동기 및 전기저장장치를 추가하여 엔진을 고효율 영역에서 운전하고 작업 장치에서 버려지는 에너지를 회수하여 재사용함으로써 에너지 효율을 높이고 배기가스 배출을 저감할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 하이브리드 굴삭기의 시장 및 기술동향을 기술하여 관련 산업분야의 기수 개발 및 상용화에 기여하고자 한다.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.2-11
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• 2008

태양전지는 태양광을 직접 전기로 변환하는 반도체 소자이다. 태양전지는 효율과 신뢰성이 높은 동시에 저렴한 비용으로 생산할 수 있어야 경제성을 확보할 수 있다. 박막형 태양전지는 제조과정에 에너지가 적게 소요되므로 짧은 기간 내에 투자한 비용과 에너지를 회수할 수 있을 뿐 아니라, 소재 비용도 대폭 줄일 수 있다. 국내에서는 아직 1세대 결정형 실리콘 태양전지 산업이 주류를 이루고 있으며 2세대 기술은 초기 단계에 있으나, 이와 유사한 공정을 사용하는 대면적 디스플레이 생산 설비 및 기술을 기반으로 협력 체제를 구축하여 연구개발을 촉진함으로써 빠른 시일 내에 차세대 태양광 발전 시장에서의 경쟁력을 확보할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of Environmental Science International
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.219-224
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• 2019

In this study, we evaluated the energy production from plant-microbial fuel cells using representative indoor plants, such as Scindapsus aureus and Clatha minor. The maximum power density of microbial fuel cell (MFC) using S. aureus ($3.36mW/m^2$) was about 2 times higher than that of the MFC using C. minor ($1.43mW/m^2$). It was confirmed that energy recovery is possible using plant-MFCs without fuel. However, further research is needed to improve the performance of plant-MFCs. Nevertheless, plant-MFCs have proved their potential as a novel energy source to overcome the limitations of the conventional renewable energy sources such as wind power and solar cells, and could be employed to a power source for the sensor in charge of the fourth industrial revolution.

• Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.83-88
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• 2012

The algal bloom, resulting from eutrophication, has caused serious water quality problems in river and lake. Therefore, it has to be removed by any means including physicochemical or biological treatment for preserving water quality. This study was conducted to investigate the microalgae removal and energy production using combined electro-flotation and anaerobic hydrogen fermentation processes. The result showed that algae removal efficiency based on chlorophyll a removal increased with the current. At a current of 0.6A, the maximum microalgae removal efficiency of 95.9% was achieved. The treatability of anaerobic hydrogen fermentation was investigated to recover energy from microalgae removed by electro-flotation. The ultimate hydrogen yields of algae before and after ultrasonic pretreatment were 17.3 and 61.1 ml $H_2/g$ dcw(dry cell weight), respectively. The ultrasonic pretreatment of algae led to 3.4-fold higher $H_2$ production due to the increase of hydrolysis rate.

• Journal of Powder Materials
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.502-508
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• 2023

With the increasing demand for electronic products, the amount of multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) waste has also increased. Recycling technology has recently gained attention because it can simultaneously address raw material supply and waste disposal issues. However, research on recovering valuable metals from MLCCs and converting the recovered metals into high-value-added materials remains insufficient. Herein, we describe an electrospinning (E-spinning) process to recover nickel from MLCCs and modulate the morphology of the recovered nickel oxide particles. The nickel oxalate powder was recovered using organic acid leaching and precipitation. Nickel oxide nanoparticles were prepared via heat treatment and ultrasonic milling. A mixture of nickel oxide particles and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) was used as the E-spinning solution. A PVP/NiO nanowire composite was fabricated via E-spinning, and a nickel oxide nanowire with a network structure was manufactured through calcination. The nanowire diameters and morphologies are discussed based on the nickel oxide content in the E-spinning solution.

• Clean Technology
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.210-217
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• 2022

Boron(B) is a rare resource used for various purposes such as glass, semiconductor materials, gunpowder, rocket fuel, etc. However, Korea depends entirely on imports for boron. Considering the global boron reserves and its current production rate, boron will be depleted on earth in 50 years. Thus, a process including proper adsorbent materials recovering boron from seawater is demanded. This research proposed carbonized nanofibers prepared from electrospun PAN(polyacrylonitrile) mats as promising materials to adsorb boron in aqueous solution. First, the mechanism of boron adsorption on carbonized nanofibers was investigated by DFT(density functional method)-based molecular modeling and the calculated energetics demonstrated that the boron chemisorption on the nitrogen-doped graphene surface by a two-step dehydration is possible with viable activation energies. Then, the electrospun PAN mats were stabilized in air and then carbonized in an argon atmosphere before being immersed in the boric acid aqueous solution. Analytically, SEM(scanning electron microscopy) and Raman measurements were employed to confirm whether the electrospinning and carbonization of PAN mats proceeded successfully. Then, XPS(X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy) peak analysis showed whether the intended nitrogen-doped carbon nanofiber surface was formed and boron was properly adsorbed on nanofibers. Those results demonstrated that the carbonized nanofibers prepared from electrospun PAN mats could be feasible adsorbents for boron recovery in seawater.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.09a
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• pp.58-60
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• 2008

발전소에서 만들어진 전력을 소비자까지 수송하는 송변전변 및 배전설비를 주 대상으로 하는 전력계통 설비의 운영에는 전력의 수송과 이를 위해 설치되는 각종 기자재로부터 인체 및 재산의 안전을 확보하기 위해 많은 종류의 절연재를 사용하고 있다. 지금까지 전력분야에서 사용되어 온 절연재는 자기재(porcelain)가 주종을 이루어 왔으나 재료기술의 발달과 함께 폴리머 절연재료들이 속속 개발되면서 자기재에 비해 가격 및 시공성 등에서 이점이 많은 폴리머 절연재가 자기재를 대체하고 있다. 그러나 폴리머 절연재료는 기들의 재질 및 사용 환경 등에 따라 일정 수명을 가지는 것으로 나타나 수명종기에 이르면 폐기물로 배출되게 된다. 전력산업 중 배전분야에서는 2007년 구매한 기자재를 기준으로 연간 13만연 톤의 전력폐기물이 발생될것으로 예측되었으며 이들은 PE, XLPE, FRP, PVC, EPDM, Silicone 등 유기성분이 약 40%, Cu, Al, 철 등 금속과 무기성분이 약 60% 인 것으로 조사되었다. 그러나 전선 및 케이블류를 제외한 기자재를 대상으로 한 분석에서는 유기성분의 함량이 90%에 이르며 이들은 석유화학공업의 원료로부터 만들어지는 특성상 높은 에너지를 함유하는 것으로 나타난 바, 이들을 적정하게 처리하는 방안의 확보는 폐기물의 처리 외에 폐기물로부터 에너지를 회수하여 자원화하는 것이 가능한 것으로 보여진다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.04b
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• pp.232-234
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• 2006

We proposed a new sustaining driver for AC PDPs with reduced sustain voltage by half, which cope with the demerits of the conventional TERES circuit. In the proposed circuit, the number of active switching elements are smaller than the TERES circuit by two and the energy recovery circuit is added. In this paper, the proposed circuit is implemented with control circuits and its validity is verified by the experimentation.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.239-242
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• 2005

A high speed address recovery technique for AC plasma display Panel(PDP) is proposed. By removing the GND switching operation, the recovery speed can be increased and switching loss due to GND switch also becomes to be reduced. The proposed method is able to perform load-adaptive operation by controlling the voltage level of energy recovery capacitor, which prevents increasing inefficient power consumption caused by circuit loss during recovery operation. Thus, the technique shows the minimum address power consumption according to various displayed images, different from Prior methods operating in fixed mode regardless of images. Test results with 50" HD single-scan PDP(resolution = 1366$\times$768) show that less than 350ns of recovery time is successfully accomplished and about 54% of the maximum power consumption can be reduced, tracing minimum power consumption curves.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.61 no.12
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• pp.1843-1847
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• 2012

Piezo devices have large power density and simple structure. They can generate larger force than the conventional actuators. It has also wide bandwidth with fast response in a compact size. Thus the piezo devices are expected to be used widely in the future for small actuators with fast response time and large actuating force. However, the piezo actuators need high voltage with high driving current due to their large capacitive property. In this paper, we propose a simple method to drive piezo devices using voltage inversion circuit with coil inductance. Experiments with real circuit demonstrates that the proposed scheme can improve the energy efficiency very much.