• KIEAE Journal
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.5-13
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• 2014

This paper introduces emergy(spelled with "m") that is a new environmental indicator in architecture, aiming to clarify conflicting claims of building design components in the process of energy-retrofit. Much of design practitioners' attention on low energy use in operational phases, may simply shift the lowered environmental impact within the building boundary to large consumption of energy in another area. Specifically, building energy reduction strategies without a holistic view starting from natural formation, may lead to the depletion of non-renewable geobiological sources (e.g. minerals, fossil fuels, etc.), which leaves a building with an isolated energy-efficient object. Therefore, to overcome the narrow outlook, this research discusses the total ecological impact of a building which embraces all process energy as well as environmental cost represented by emergy. A case study has been conducted to explore emergy-driven design work. In comparison with operational energy-driven scenarios, the results elucidate how energy and emergy-oriented decision-making bring about different design results, and quantify building components' emergy contribution in the end. An average-size ($101.9m^2$) single family house located in South Korea was sampled as a benchmark case, and the analysis of energy and material use was conducted for establishment of the baseline. Adoption of the small building is effective for the goal of study since this research intends to measure environmental impact according to variation of passive design elements (windows size, building orientation, wall materials) with new metric (emergy) regardless of mechanical systems. Performance simulations of operational energy were developed and analyzed separately from the calculation of emergy magnitudes in building construction, and then the total emergy demand of each proposed design was evaluated. Emergy synthesis results verify that the least operational energy scenario requires greater investment in indirect energy in construction, which clearly reveals that efficiency gains are likely to be overwhelmed by increment of material flows. This result places importance on consideration of indirect energy use underscoring necessity of emergy evaluation towards the environment-friendly building in broader sense.

• 대한설비공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한설비공학회 2009년도 하계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.934-939
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• 2009

To promote citizen's involvement in the GHG(Green House Gas) reduction policy, Busan city administration adopted an pilot energy incentive system called 'energy mileage'. The energy mileage system was designed to make energy end-users motivated to reduce domestic electricity use by providing financial rewards. Through the course of the pilot period, 5,3330 householders volunteerly participated the pilot system. About 66% of the participants managed to make energy saving against the same period of the previous year while 38.8% achieved the targeted reduction rate(i.e. over 10%) and received the equivalent rewards.

• 정보과학회 논문지
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• 제42권10호
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• pp.1268-1279
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• 2015

사물인터넷(IoT)에 연결된 다수의 장치를 관리하기 위해서 IETF는 IPv6를 지원하는 RPL 라우팅 프로토콜을 제안하였다. RPL은 사물인터넷이 구축되는 네트워크에서 요구되는 서비스에 맞는 OF(Objective Function)를 통해 경로가 생성된다. RPL에서는 단순하게 노드 간 링크 품질만을 고려하여 경로를 구축하므로, 다양한 목적의 QoS를 제공할 수 있는 OF에 대한 연구가 필요하다. 기존의 연구에서는 주로 에너지 소비 감소를 다루고 있고, 싱크 노드까지 형성된 경로의 링크 품질을 고려하지 않고 있어 종단 간 지연시간이 늘어 날 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 트래픽이 몰려 병목현상이 일어나는 노드의 예상 수명과 목적지까지 형성될 전체 경로의 품질을 고려하여 지연시간을 줄이는 기법을 제안한다. 실험을 통해 제안 기법의 가중치를 설정하였고, 종단 간 지연시간을 약 20.8%, 에너지 소비를 약 10.5% 개선하였음을 보였다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.39-54
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• 2014

Node layout optimization of structural wireless systems is investigated as a means to prolong the network lifetime without, if possible, compromising information quality of the measurement data. The trade-off between these antagonistic objectives is studied within a multi-objective layout optimization framework. A Genetic Algorithm is adopted to obtain a set of Pareto-optimal solutions from which the end user can select the final layout. The information quality of the measurement data collected from a heterogeneous WSN is quantified from the placement quality indicators of strain and acceleration sensors. The network lifetime or equivalently the network energy consumption is estimated through WSN simulation that provides realistic results by capturing the dynamics of the wireless communication protocols. A layout optimization study of a monitoring system on the Great Belt Bridge is conducted to evaluate the proposed approach. The placement quality of strain gauges and accelerometers is obtained as a ratio of the Modal Clarity Index and Mode Shape Expansion values that are computed from a Finite Element model of the monitored bridge. To estimate the energy consumption of the WSN platform in a realistic scenario, we use a discrete-event simulator with stochastic communication models. Finally, we compare the optimization results with those obtained in a previous work where the network energy consumption is obtained via deterministic communication models.

• 운동영양학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.113-122
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• 2012

This study assessed the amount of energy consumed and fat deposition after endurance training in order to review the effect of 4-week endurance exercise on resting metabolic rate of a mouse during and after exercise and the effect of exercise. A total of 19 seven-week-old ICR male mice were used as the study subject. Those mice were divided into sedentary group (Sed) and trained group (Tr) after a week of environment adaption. The Tr group was trained with endurance exercise five times a week for four weeks. Weight and the amount of food intake were daily weighed and resting metabolic rate and metabolic rate after exercise were assessed before starting exercise and on the fourth week after training. Metabolic rate during exercise were measured four weeks after training. At the end of breeding period, statistically significant difference was shown in weights of trained and sedentary groups (p < 0.05). During a resting period, no significant difference was shown in oxygen intake, respiratory exchange ratio, and the amount of carbohydrate and fat oxidized. Moreover, no significant difference was shown in excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC) of an hour period after training. In contrast, the maximal oxygen uptake (VO₂ max) was approximately 11.1% higher in trained group after training compare to before. However, there was no significant difference in respiratory exchange ratio and carbohydrate and fat oxidization. During exercise, oxygen uptake, carbon dioxide production, and respiratory exchange ratio in energy metabolism during exercise showed no significant difference. However, significant difference was exhibited in the amount of fat oxidized in both groups. Summing up those results, endurance exercise could be concluded to be effective in weight control. However, weight loss is thought to be resulted from increase in fat oxidization during exercise unlike the conclusion made from previous studies where weight loss is prominently influenced by energy metabolism during a resting period and increased fat oxidation during post-exercise recovery. All experimental procedures were carried out at the Animal Experiment Research Center of Konkuk University. This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical guidelines of the Konkuk University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2007년도 심포지엄 논문집 정보 및 제어부문
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• pp.433-435
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• 2007

Geographic wireless sensor networks use position information for Greedy routing. Greedy routing works well in dense network where as in sparse network it may fail and require the use of recovery algorithms. Recovery algorithms help the packet to get out of the communication void. However, these algorithms are generally costlier for resource constrained position based wireless sensor type networks. In the present work, we propose a Void Avoidance Algorithm (VAA); a novel idea based on virtual distance upgrading that allows wireless sensor nodes to remove all stuck nodes by transforming the routing graph and forward packet using greedy routing only without recovery algorithm. In VAA, the stuck node upgrades distance unless it finds next hop node which is closer to the destination than itself. VAA guarantees the packet delivery if there is a topologically valid path exists. NS-2 is used to evaluate the performance and correctness of VAA and compared the performance with GPSR. Simulation results show that our proposed algorithm achieves higher delivery ratio, lower energy consumption and efficient path.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2009년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.365-370
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• 2009

LCA is a tool to support for making decisions by offering information of environmental aspects of products or services. It can be used to make decisions to consumers and NGOs as well as government and enterprises. LCA evaluates the environmental aspects throughout the entire life cycle of a product. Therefore it can quantify and assess environmental impacts from raw material acquisition, manufacturing, distribution, use and disposal to end of life and recycling. The demands of the recycling rate increase and the use of suitable materials for RoHS, REACH, WEEE, ELV which are linked trade with environmental regulation have increased the worldwide. Global warming is the critical challenge of the world facing. And under post-Kyoto protocol each country has to prepare for target reduction, so it became essential to save energy and resources. In addition that, the carbon mark has been run as the way of showing example of CO2 reduction in domestic and it will be extended gradually. And also through the introduction of Eco-label, environmentally-friendly product will be promoted. When those systems are operated, global warming gases (i.e. CO2) can be calculated throughout the entire life of the products by LCA. And the environmental impacts such as harmful material emission in the process of manufacturing, energy consumption, distribution and so on, can also be assessed. Therefore, The basic concepts of LCA technique and various cases and the practical application in the future will be review in this study.

• 사물인터넷융복합논문지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2022

본 논문은 Wake-up radio를 활용한 지역화 Time Slotted Channel Hopping (TSCH) 슬롯프레임 기반 항공 데이터 수집 기법을 제안한다. 제안하는 기법은 무인항공기가 대규모 서비스 영역 내 배치된 센서 기기들의 데이터를 수집할 때 소요되는 지연 시간 및 소모 에너지를 최소화하는 것을 목표로 한다. 이를 위해, 제안 기법은 서비스 영역을 다수의 지역으로 분할하고, 각 지역 내 센서 기기들이 요구하는 셀의 수에 따라 지역별로 TSCH 슬롯프레임의 길이를 결정한다. 이후, 각 지역 내 센서 기기들의 ID를 활용하여 TSCH 슬롯프레임 내 데이터 전송 전용 셀을 할당한다. 에너지 효율적인 데이터 수집을 위해, 센서 기기는 Wake-up radio를 활용한다. 구체적으로, 센서 기기는 Wake-up radio를 활용하여 비콘 수신 및 데이터 전송을 위해 할당된 셀에서만 네트워크 인터페이스를 활성화한다. 시뮬레이션 결과는 제안 기법이 기존 기법 대비 지연 시간 및 에너지 소모 측면에서 더 우수한 성능을 가지는 것을 보여주었다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제21권7호
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• pp.1364-1370
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• 2017

본 논문은 사용자의 핸드셋 처리를 최소화하기 위해 스마트 폰에 내장된 GPS 센서 및 가속도계를 기반으로 사용자의 외부 상황을 수집하고 사용자 스케줄의 데이터와 상호작용하여 스케줄 컨텍스트 기반의 모바일 폰의 프로파일 모드를 자동 설정하는 기법을 제안한다. 그러나 모바일 폰에서 실시간의 데이터 수집은 배터리 소모로 인하여 장치에 에너지 부족 현상을 나타낸다. 즉, GPS 및 기타 센서와 같은 측정 장치에 액세스하면 휴대용 장치의 전력 소모가 커질 수 있으므로 자원 소모를 효율적으로 처리할 수 있는 서비스 제어 방법을 설명한다. 따라서 주별 스케줄과 스마트 폰 모드 제어를 위한 상황인식의 효과적인 데이터 공유가 이루어져 데이터 수집을 위한 센싱에 대한 에너지 효율적면에서도 향상되었고, 최종 사용자의 로컬 컨텍스트와 스마트 폰 강제 제어와 같은 다양한 상황에 대한 환경 적응력을 제공함으로써 사용자의 컨텍스트의 이용에 보다 효과적으로 사용할 수 있다.

• Carbon letters
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.324-339
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• 2008

The principal aims of the review paper are (1) to establish broad overview information, both qualitative and quantitative, relating to the world market for polyacrylonitrile (PAN) or pitch-based carbon fibers; and (2) to generate an effective analysis and break down of consumption by process route and eventual end-use. The review paper also designed specifically to provide subscribers with an accurate, independent, and realistic assessment of the current status and future perspective of the market for carbon fibers in the world. The world market for carbon fibers continues to grow rapidly, fuelled by new industrial end uses, such as sport and leisure goods, aerospace, automotive applications, civil engineering and infrastructure repair, and immerging applications in energy generation. Demands for properties of carbon fibers used in those applications include many things such as strength, toughness, fatigue property, corrosion resistance, heat resistance, etc., and these become to be higher level. On the other hand, demands for manufacturing technologies of carbon fibers become to be difficult with these demands for properties, and these are wide variety such as high efficiencies, high qualities, many functions, labor saving, and low cost. In this review paper, thus, the recent carbon fibers corresponded to these needs, and its latest manufacturing technologies as well as market prospects are described.