• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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• 2017.04a
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• pp.124-124
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• 2017

본 연구에서 원추형 집광기와 CPV셀을 기반으로 한 태양광-열(CPV/T) 복합시스템의 설계 및 제작과정을 다룬다. 원추형 집광기의 경우, 이론적 해석을 통하여 최고의 집열효율을 갖는 원추각 45도의 집광기 4개를 결합하여 사용하였다. 원추형 복합시스템은 태양에너지를 집열하여 열에너지를 생산하는 집광기와 작동유체의 순환을 위해 이중 구조로 제작된 흡수기, 집광된 태양으로부터 전기에너지를 생산하는 CPV셀 등으로 구성되어 있다. 효율적인 태양복사열 집광을 위해 태양 위치에 따라 고도각과 방위각을 추적할 수 있는 2축 태양추적장치를 설비하였다. CPV셀은 원추형 집광기의 중심부에 위치한 이중 흡수관의 고집광부인 상단부에 위치하였으며, CPV셀의 결함을 방지하고, 부가적 태양광 집광을 위해 2차 보조 집광기를 부착하였다. 본 논문에서 소개하는 원추형 CPV/T 복합 시스템은 기존 원추형 시스템에 CPV 셀을 부착하여 전기와 열을 동시에 생산 할 수 있으며, 생산된 전기에너지와 열에너지를 이용하여 온실재배의 난방 문제, 운영비용 절약 등 다양하게 농업 분야에 적용가능하다. 특히, 원추형 복합시스템은 설계 및 제작에 있어 쉽고 간결하며, 제작 단가가 낮다는 점에서 보급에 이점이 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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• 2017.04a
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• pp.125-125
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• 2017

본 연구에서 원추형 태양열 집광기의 흡수관 표면의 흑색 도색 여부에 따른 효율분석을 수행하였다. 원추형 집광기 시스템은 열 손실 최소화 및 집광비가 우수한 $45^{\circ}$의 원추각을 갖는 원추형 집광기를 설계 및 제작하였다. 원추형 태양열 집광시스템은 열매체 축열을 위한 온도센서가 내장된 축열조와 태양에너지를 집열시키는 원추형 집광기, 유량측정을 위한 유량계, 열매체의 강제순환을 위한 펌프로 구성되어있다. 또한 지속적인 태양추적을 위해 2축 태양 추적 장치를 설치하였다. 흡수관은 원추형 집광기의 중심부에 설비되었으며, 열매체의 순환을 위해 이중 열교환기 구조로 제작되었다. 흡수관의 길이는 열 손실을 최소화하기 위하여 집광기의 높이와 동일하게 설계하였다. 원추형 집광시스템의 작동유체인 물은 펌프에 의해 흡수관과 축열조를 강제순환 하게되고, 용량이 70L인 축열조에 흡수관으로부터 흡수된 태양 복사열이 저장된다. 원추형 집광시스템의 성능실험은 청명한 날 유량 2L/min, 4L/min, 6L/min에 대해 수행되었으며, 집열효율을 계산하여 비교 및 분석하였다. 흑색으로 도색된 흡수기를 부착한 원추형 집광시스템의 집열효율은 82.25%로 나타났으며, 무 도색 흡수관을 갖는 원추형 집광시스템은 73.26%의 집열효율을 나타내었다. 따라서 본 연구를 통해 흡수관 표면의 흑색 도색이 원추형 집광시스템의 집열효율에 큰 영향을 미친다는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• Bulletin of the Korea Photovoltaic Society
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.21-28
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• 2016

3족과 5족 물질로 구성된 III-V 고효율 화합물 태양전지는 태양광 스펙트럼에 대한 많은 파장영역대의 빛을 흡수할 수 있는 장점을 갖고 있어 지구상에서 만든 태양전지 중 가장 효율이 높다. 그러나, III-V 화합물 물질은 실리콘 보다 고가의 비용이 들므로 이를 극복하기 위해서 집광렌즈 및 빛을 추적하기 위한 추적기 등 집광시스템으로 구성되어야 한다. 본고에서는 고효율의 III-V 화합물 태양전지의 현재 기술개발동향 및 고효율 저가화를 위한 방안으로 기판재활용 기술, 태양광 태양열 복합활용 시스템 및 소형집광모듈 등을 소개하고자 한다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.35 no.10
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• pp.989-996
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• 2011

An understanding of the concentrated solar flux is critical for the analysis and design of solar-energy-utilization systems. The current work focuses on the development of an algorithm that uses the Monte Carlo ray-tracing method with excellent flexibility and expandability; this method considers both solar limb darkening and the surface slope error of reflectors, thereby analyzing the solar flux. A comparison of the modeling results with measurements at the solar furnace in Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) show good agreement within a measurement uncertainty of 10%. The model evaluates the concentration performance of the KIER solar furnace with a tracking accuracy of 2 mrad and a maximum attainable concentration ratio of 4400 sun. Flux variations according to measurement position and flux distributions depending on acceptance angles provide detailed information for the design of chemical reactors or secondary concentrators.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.39 no.12
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• pp.927-934
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• 2015

In this study, we numerically investigated the concentration characteristics of a linear Fresnel reflector system that can drive a solar thermal absorption refrigeration system to be installed in Saudi Arabia. Using an optical modeling program based on the Monte Carlo ray-tracing method, we simulated the concentrated solar flux, concentration efficiency, and concentrated solar energy on four representative days of the year - the vernal equinox, summer solstice, autumnal equinox, and winter solstice. Except the winter solstice, the concentrations were approximately steady from 9 AM to 15 PM, and the concentration efficiencies exceed 70%. Moreover, the maximum solar flux around the solar receiver center changes only within the range of $13.0{\sim}14.6kW/m^2$. When we investigated the effects of the receiver installation height, reflector width, and reflector gap, the optimal receiver installation height was found to be 5 m. A smaller reflector width had a greater concentration efficiency. However, the design of the reflector width should be based on the capacity of the refrigeration system because it dominantly affects the concentrated solar energy. The present study was an essential prerequisite for thermal analyses of the solar receiver. Thus, an optical-thermal integration study in the future will assist with the performance prediction and design of the entire system.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.38 no.1
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• pp.49-56
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• 2014

In this study, the generation efficiency of the limited area of a concentrator solar cell was increased by using a solar concentrator and a tracking device. Heat generated by the solar cell was collected using a thermal absorber for supplying hot water or heating. Thus, the concentrator solar cell system provided electricity and heat simultaneously. Tracking of the sun by detecting the sun's position, repositioning of heating device towards the east after sunset, and shutting down of system after sunset were successfully implemented using an illuminance sensor (CdS) and Simulink, a commercial software package. We performed parametric analysis of the velocity, fin installation, and entrance location with respect to the operating temperature of the concentrator solar cell. A heat transfer simulation model was developed for comparing the actual temperature profiles of the concentrator solar cell and thermal absorber, and good agreement was found between the results of the simulations and the experiments.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.06a
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• pp.680-683
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• 2007

In dish concentrating system, natural convection heat loss occurs in cavity receiver. Heat loss mechanisms of conduction, convection, and radiation can reduce the system efficiency. To obtain the high efficiency, the receiver is to absorb the maximum of solar energy and transfer to the working fluid with maximum of heat losses. The convection heat loss is an important factor to determine the system performance. Numerical analysis of the convection heat loss of receiver was carried out for varing inclinaton angle from 0$^{\cdot}$ to 70$^{\cdot}$ with temperature range from 400$^{\cdot}C$ to 600$^{\cdot}C$ using the commercial software package, Fluent 6.0. The result of numerical analysis was comparable with convection heat loss model of solar receiver.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.684-687
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• 2005

KIER has been running a demonstration project for 10kWe solar thermal power generation. the project is to build and operate the first solar thermal power generation system in Korea. For concentrating solar thermal energy $40m^2$ dish type concentrator was adapted and a stirling engine is going to be integrated to the system for power production. At the moment building the dish concentrator including mirror and sun tracking system was completed and it's performance are being closely evaluated. This paper will introduce some detailed designs and construction procedures which we have experienced so far.

• Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.61-69
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• 2007

The final energy consumption in the building sector in Korea represents almost 20% of the total energy consumption. Besides, Space heating and hot water generation in Korea are based on fossil fuels, with a serious environmental impact. Despite the popularity of simple solar domestic hot water systems, active solar space heating remains, for various reasons, marginal. And thus, the aim of this paper is to demonstrate potentialities of solar assisted space heating systems, both technically and economically. From this study found that the solar heating system with CPC solar collectors integrated the roof of a single-story residential building shares $50{\sim}55%$ of the annual heating load.

• Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.7-12
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• 2006

The dish type solar thermal concentrating system can collect the solar energy above $800^{\circ}C$. It has a concentration ratio of 800 and total reflector area of $49m^2$. To operate solar receivers at high temperature, the optimum aperture size is obtained from a comparison between maximizing absorbed energy and minimizing thermal losses. The system efficiency is defined as the absorbed energy by working fluid in receiver divided by the energy coming from the concentrator. We find that system efficiency is stable in case of flow rate of above 6lpm. The system efficiency are 64.9% and 65.7% in flow rate of 6lpm and 8lpm, respectively. The thermal performance showed that the maximum efficiency and the factor of thermal loss in flow rate of 8lpm are 68% and 0.0508.