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Hybrid System of Solar Cell and Fuel Cell (태양광발전과 연료전지의 하이브리드 시스템)

  • Hwang, Jun-Won;Choi, Young-Sung;Lee, Kyung-Sup
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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    • v.58 no.4
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    • pp.568-573
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    • 2009
  • Because of environmental crisis, researchers are seeking and developing a new, clean, safe and renewable energy. Solar cell energy and fuel cell energy have inestimable development potential. The paper introduces hybrid photovoltaic-fuel cell generation systems supplying a remote power load and hybrid system of solar cell and fuel cell considering the advantages of stable and sustainable energy from the economic point of view. Fuel cell power system has been proven a viable technology to back up severe PV power fluctuations under inclement weather conditions. Fuel cell power generation, containing small land us, is able to alleviate the heavy burden for large surface requirement of PV power plants. In addition, the PV-fuel cell hybrid power system shows a very little potential for lifetime $CO_2$ emissions. In this paper shows the I-V characteristics of the solar module which are dependent on the power of the halogen lamp and the I-V characteristics of fuel cells which are connected in parallel. Also, it shows efficiency of the hybrid system.

A Study on the Evaluation of Reliability of the Vacuum Circuit Breaker for the Electrical Fire (전기화재에 따른 진공차단기의 건전성 평가)

  • Choi, Hong-Kyoo;Park, Joon-Yeol
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.27 no.7
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    • pp.24-28
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    • 2013
  • Fire-hited electrical equipment has possibility of deterioration. So its replacement is essential in terms of safety. However, the economic burden is increased. Therefore, the replacement or re-use of it is to be determined by tests. But the research of Integrity Assessment on Fire-hited electrical equipments is very rare. In this paper, we tested to determine the replacement or re-use of Fire-hited vacuum circuit breaker. And provided the data for the integrity assessment through the analysis of its deterioration.

The Effect of Minimum Wages on New Hiring of Low-wage Workers (최저임금의 저임금 근로자의 신규 채용 억제효과)

  • Kim, Dae Il
    • Journal of Labour Economics
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    • v.35 no.3
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    • pp.29-50
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    • 2012
  • This paper estimates the effect of minimum wages on new hiring of low wage workers from a time-series. The results indicate that minimum wages tend to reduce the new hiring of low wage workers, in particular, among women, less educated and older population. The strongly negative effect on new hiring suggests that the burden of reduced labor demand arising from higher minimum wages tend to fall mostly upon the unprotected low-wage job searchers due to the short-term rigidity of employment adjustment among the existing workers.

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Deciding not to Operate in Head Injuries and Legal Considerations

  • Choi, Il;Lee, Kyeong-Seok;Shim, Jai-Joon;Choi, Weon-Rim
    • Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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    • v.42 no.2
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    • pp.135-140
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    • 2007
  • It is not the best way to treat a hopeless patient with life-sustaining medical devices until the heart beats stop. Advanced medical technology may prolong the life for a significant period without recovery from the disease. However, it would give an unbearable economic burden to the family and the society. In 2006, we decided not to operate 9 patients with traumatic intracranial hematomas. We examined those patients with special references to possible legal and ethical problems. It is reasonable to withhold a treatment after documentation that the family never wants any life sustaining treatment when the treatment does not guarantee the meaningful life.

The Public-Private Partnerships and the Fiscal Soundness of Local Governments in Korea

  • LEE, HOJUN
    • KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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    • v.39 no.1
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    • pp.41-82
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    • 2017
  • This paper studies the risks associated with local finance in Korea by identifying the financial status of each local government, including the financial burdens of PPP projects, and examined governmental future burdens related to PPP projects. We reviewed all fiscal burdens associated with projects, such as, for BTL (Build-Transfer-Lease) types of projects, facility lease and operating expenses, and, for the BTO (Build-Transfer-Operate) types of projects, construction subsidies that are paid at the construction stage, MRG (Minimum Revenue Guarantee) payments and the government's share of payment. Furthermore, we compared the annual expenditures of local governments on PPP projects against their annual budgets and checked if the 2% ceiling rule could be applied.

Optimal design of batch-storage serial trains considering setup and inventory holding cost (준비비와 재고비를 고려한 직렬 비연속 공정과 중간 저장조의 최적설계)

  • Lee, Gyeong-Beom
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.3 no.4
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    • pp.398-405
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    • 1997
  • This article presents a new model which is called Periodic Square-Wave(PSW) to describe the material flow of the periodic processes involving intermediate buffer. The material flows incoming into and outgoing from the intermediate buffer are assumed to be periodic square shaped. PSW model gives the same result as that of Economic Production Quantity(EPQ) model for determining optimal lot size of single stage batch storage system. However, for batch storage serial train system, PSW model gives a different optimal solution of about 6 % reduced total cost. PSW model provides the more accurate information on inventory and production system than the classical approach by maintaining simplicity and increasing computational burden.

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Determining the Optimal Subsampling Rate for Refusal Conversion in RDD Surveys

  • Park, In-Ho
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.1031-1036
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    • 2009
  • Under recent dramatic declines in response rates, various procedures have been considered among survey practitioners to reduce nonresponse in order to avoid its potential impairment to the inference. In the random digit dialing telephone surveys, substantial efforts are often required to obtain the initial contact for the screener interview. To reduce a burden with higher data collection costs, refusal conversion can be administered only to a random portion of the sample, reducing nonresponse (bias) with an expense of sample variability increment due to the associated weight adjustment. In this paper, we provide ways to determine the optimal subsampling rate using a linear cost model. Our approach for refusal subsampling is to predetermine a random portion from the full sample and to apply refusal conversion efforts if needed only to the subsample.

Development of Changing Management Software(K-MOC) for Chemical Plant (화학공장의 변경관리전산시스템(K-MOC) 개발)

  • Kwon, Hyuck-Myun;Baek, Jong-Bae
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.21 no.1 s.73
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    • pp.72-78
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    • 2006
  • In many chemical plants the change or modification is carried out without proper technical review and hazard analysis, and also without adequate technical staff and procedures for comprehensive monitoring of potential hazards resulting from the change. Such changes sometimes affect to the process safety badly if it is not managed properly. Therefore, in order to prevent major industrial accidents caused by change or modification, and also in order to apply Management of Change procedure easily in the field and minimize economic burden of company caused by plant changes, K-MOC(KOSHA-Management of Change) software has been developed and provided to the chemical industry.

A Study on the Possibility of Securing Alternative Aggregates to Solve the Problem of Supply and Demand of Fine Aggregate in Southeast Region (동남권 잔골재수급 부족 문제를 해결할 대체골재 확보 가능성에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Ha-Seog;Lee, Do-Heon;Kim, Jin-Man
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2018.05a
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    • pp.328-329
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    • 2018
  • The problem of imbalance between supply and demand of fine aggregates in the southeastern region due to the decrease in collection of EEZ(Exclusive Economic Zone) sea sand has been raised. In this paper, the possibility of securing alternative aggregate as a means to solve the problem of fine aggregate shortage in the southeast region was analyzed. As a result of the analysis, the alternative aggregate is easy to manufacture and its quality can be secured. And, it is suitable to use as an aggregate with less environmental burden. In addition, institutional improvement measures are needed for effective utilization and recycling of alternative aggregates.

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A Concept Analysis of the Caretaking Behavior for Children (양육행동 개념 분석)

  • Kim Soon-Goo
    • Child Health Nursing Research
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.414-421
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    • 2002
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze the concept of caretaking behavior for children. This study adopts the methode of Walker and Avant in analysis. Based on the results of the study, the attributes, precedents, and consequences of caretaking behavior for children are follows ; 1. The affirmative attributes of caretaking behavior are affection binding, nutritional guidance, education, caring, protection moral training and acquisition of parents' role. The negative attributes of caretaking behavior are inconsistent moral training, incapability of affection binding and overprotection. 2. The precedent of caretaking behavior are postpartum contact with their babies, cognizance capacity of child-caretaking, economic support, level of preparation for child-caretaking and self-consciousness as parents. 3. The affirmative consequences of caretaking behavior are promotion of child growth and development, formation of maternal-infantile attachment, development of children sociality, satisfaction of parental role and reinforcement of relationship between the members of family. The negative consequences of caretaking behavior are burden and conflict to parental role, children's illness, role conflict and role stress among the members of the family and family breaking up.

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