• Solar Energy
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.15-24
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• 1998

There are mainly 3 heat losses from solar collector; top, bottom, and edge heat loss. Usually edge heat loss is small so that could be neglected. Of the total thermal losses occurring in a flat plate solar collector, top loss heat losses are dominant. Therefore it is necessary to calculate the top loss coefficient accurately in order to find out performance of solar collector. The flat plate solar collector(regenerator in summer) used in this study was made for year-round all conditioning. In order to find out collector efficiency for heating in winter without a system change, outdoor experiment was done. The top loss coefficient of this collector was about 3 to $4.5W/m^2^{\circ}C$. Futhermore use of selective coating in trickling surface can improve a performance of flat plate solar collector.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.373-380
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• 2005

알루미늄 재질의 찬넬을 흡열판으로 이용하는 평판형 태양열 집열기를 개발하였다. 이러한 흡열판은 찬넬 내부 전체로 전열매체가 흐르기 때문에 집열기의 열적성능을 향상시킬 것으로 예상되며, 모듈화되어 있어 제작 및 설치가 기존 흡열판보다 용이하다는 장점이 있다. 제작된 찬넬형 평판형 태양열 집열기에 대한 집열효율 시험을 수차례 수행하면서 성능을 개선시키고 있으며, 그 결과 기존 상용화된 집열기 수준의 우수한 열적성능을 갖는 것으로 나타났다. 알루미늄 재질 흡열판 외에 플라스틱 재질의 찬넬형 흡열판도 적용하였으며, 기타 실용화 및 성능 향상에 필요한 요소들에 대해 연구하였다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.1237-1245
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• 1993

In this study, a model of a flat plate solar collector using a heat pipe was manufactured and tested to investigate such operational characteristics of the present system of solar collector as start-up process, temperature distribution on the absorber plate and operation of the heat pipe. Moreover, collector efficiency was measured for 20-30 minutes of operation at various conditions of weather and the result was compared with that tested by Hill et. a. for a flat plate solar collector using direct circulation of coolant. Some results obtained in this study could be summarized as follows. (1) The required time for the initial start-up process was about 5-6 minutes, but the heat pipe began to operate as soon as the absorber plate was exposed to solar radiation. (2) On the absorber plate, the temperature distributions in axial direction maintained nearly constant, while temperature distributions in transversal direction showed smooth decrease with $3-5^{\cird}C$ along with solar radiation. (3) Thermal inertia of the collector system had a favorable effect to damp the turbulent variation of solar radiation. (4) The collector efficiency of the present system showed nearly the same tendency but a decrease of about 10% compared with that using direct circulation of coolant.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.191-196
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• 2014

The solar water heating system is one of the seven green campus items installed at the Gangneung campus of Gangneung-Wonju National University. The solar water heating system has two types of solar collectors, four storage tanks and monitoring equipment. Fixed and azimuth-tracking solar collectors were installed to collect heat from the sun. The amount of heat collected by the two different types of solar collectors was calculated from the temperature of the monitored storage tanks. Our results showed that the amount of solar heat collected by the azimuth-tracking solar collector was 19% greater on a sunny day and 23% greater on a rainy day than that collected by the fixed solar collector; therefore, the azimuth-tracking solar collectors are, on an average, 21% more efficient than the fixed solar collectors.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.189-195
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• 2014

The use of solar energy among renewable energy tends to increase because of its infinity and cleanness of resources. Even though the consumption rate of solar energy in our country is still low, however, in recent years, the research for solar energy have been widely conducted due to policy support of government. This study was performed to investigate the efficiency of heat collection using solar collector with single evacuated tube-type. As the results, the temperature of radiation fin for solar collector with single evacuated tube-type was lower in spite of high temperature of heat pipe compared that of double evacuated tube-type. In order to increase the efficiency of heat collection, it was confirmed that the loss of heat collection due to contact resistance as well as performance improvement for solar collector should be decreased.

• Solar Energy
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.9-20
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• 1991

Experiments for drying radish were carried out to analyze the drying characteristics and quality evaluation between solar heated-air drying and natural air drying system. Solar heated-air drying system consists of a small fan, a solar air heater and a tunnel dryer. Simulation model for thermal environments of solar collector was developed to investigate the effect of solar radiation and airflow rate on thermal performance.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.411-420
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• 2016

Efforts have continued in recent years to research and develop new alternative energy sources to replace coal and oil. These days interest is exploding in new pollution-free renewable energy due to the rising prices of finite energy sources. In the field of solar energy, one of new renewable energy that has been actively researched and commercialized, research efforts have been focused on solar light energy, whose efficiency has, however, reached a saturation point already. Thus, this paper proposed a solar tracking-type parabolic heat collection device to utilize solar thermal energy rather than solar light energy. The proposed device was designed in a parabolic form to collect solar heat effectively. The investigator made its prototype by incorporating a five-axis censor-based solar tracking technology in it to sense changes to the location of the sun according to the seasons and periods. In addition, an administrator interface was designed and implemented for the efficient management of heat collection device.

• Journal of the KSME
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.23-27
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• 1977

태양열을 냉방에 이용하기 위한 시스템은 집열기,열교환기,냉동기 등으로 구성된다. 집열기는 난 방시와 마찬가지로 볼 때 냉난방을 병용하는 집열기를 사용하면 유리하다. 열교환기는 집열기에 서 수집한 열을 냉방기에 전달시키는 기능을 가지는데 용도에 따라 이것을 사용하지 않는 경우도 있다. 냉동기로는 보통 흡수식 냉동기를 사요하나 그외 개방식, 분사식 등의 냉동기도 사용된다. 그러나 분방식 냉동기는 취급은 용이하나 흡수제의 재생조건이 까다로워 높은 습기를 갖는 경우 재생온도가 역시 높아져야 하므로 우리나라의 경우에는 여름철의 습도가 높기 때문에 재생온도가 높아져야 하므로 태양열 냉방에는 부적당하다. 또 분사식 냉동기의 경우 성적계수(Coefficient of Performance) 가 다른 냉동기에 비해 낮고 증기압력이 낮으면 이것이 극히 낮아지기 때문에 태양 열 냉방에 많이 사용하지 않는다. 그래서 태양열 냉방에 있어서 냉동기는 거의 흡수식을 사용하 고 있으며, 여기에서도 주로 흡수식 냉동기를 사용한 냉방에 대하여 논하고져 한다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.353-362
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• 2005

태양열시스템은 하절기에 급탕과 난방 부하가 적거나, 거의 없어 시스템의 과열 문제가 야기 될 수 있다. 이를 해결하는 방안 중에 하나로 흡수식 냉방시스템을 이용하여 하절기 잉여열원을 활용하여 냉방하는 방법이 대두되고 있다. 태양열 냉방시스템은 전기에너지를 대체하는 효과 뿐 아니라 태양열 연간 이용 효율 극대화에도 크게 기여 할 수 있다. 본 고에서는 국내 기술로 최초로 개발 실용화된 중온용 단일 진공관형 태양열 집열기와 1중 효용 흡수식 냉방기를 이용하여 실증연구를 계획하였다. 태양열 냉방 실증을 위하여 단일 진공관형 태양열 집열기 집열면적 200m2, 축열조(태양열, 급탕, 냉수), 10RT급 냉방기, 냉각탑, 보조 보일러, 원격 제어 및 모니터링 등이 계획 되었다. 실증시험 중간 결과 태양열 냉방시스템은 하절기 맑은 날 하루 동안 약 5 - 6시간 안정적으로 가동 되었으며, 앞으로 온수급탕, 난방 시험을 거쳐 시스템 성능 및 경제성 평가를 통하여 유용성, 안정성 및 신뢰성이 검증 될 계획이다.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.48-53
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• 1985

농산물 건조를 위하여 평판형 태양열 집열기를 이용할 경우 가열된 출구공기는 각종 농산물건조적온보다 일반적으로 고온이므로 이의 조절을 위한 출구공기 온도의 예측이 중요시 된다. 본 연구에서는 차원해석법(dimensional analysis)을 이용하여 평판형 집열기의 출구에서 나오는 가열된 공기의 온도를 예측하는 방법이 제시되었으며, 이 방법을 이용하여 집열기의 출구공기온도 예측방정식들이 유량별로 유도되었다. 이 방정식들로부터 구한 출구온도들은 실측한 값들과 잘 일치하였으며($R^2$=0.917~0.957) 또한 집열기의 효율을 나타내는 이론식이 출구공기온도 예측방정식으로 부터 직접 유도되었다.