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Optimization of Energy Conversion Loop in Switched Reluctance Motor for Efficiency Improvement

  • Li, Jian;Qu, Ronghai;Chen, Zhichu;Cho, Yun-Hyun
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.565-571
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    • 2013
  • This paper presents an effective method to improve efficiency of switched reluctance motor by optimizing energy conversion loop. A nonlinear analytical model which takes saturation account is developed to calculate inductance and flux-linkage. The flux-linkage curve is studied to calculate the co-energy increment to obtain the optimum exciting current. For a given cross-section, the exciting current at which co-energy increment is maximum was found to be constant while stack length varies. Then the energy conversion loop was optimized by varying the stack length and turns of windings. The constraints during optimization were that motor was excited by the maximum increment co-energy current and the energy in the loop was determined by rated power of motor. Dynamic finite element analysis was used to evaluate the efficiency of various models and the comparison of results shows promising effects of the proposed method. Experiment was also conducted to validate the simulation result.

Artificial Intelligence Application using Nutcracker Optimization Algorithm to Enhance Efficiency & Reliability of Power Systems via Optimal Setting and Sizing of Renewable Energy Sources as Distributed Generations in Radial Distribution Systems

  • Nawaf A. AlZahrani;Mohammad Hamza Awedh;Ali M. Rushdi
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.31-44
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    • 2024
  • People have been using more energy in the last years. Several research studies were conducted to develop sustainable energy sources that can produce clean energy to fulfill our energy requirements. Using renewable energy sources helps to decrease the harm to the environment caused by conventional power plants. Choosing the right location and capacity for DG-RESs can greatly impact the performance of Radial Distribution Systems. It is beneficial to have a good and stable electrical power supply with low energy waste and high effectiveness because it improves the performance and reliability of the system. This research investigates the ideal location and size for solar and wind power systems, which are popular methods for producing clean electricity. A new artificial intelligent algorithm called Nutcracker Optimization Algorithm (NOA) is used to find the best solution in two common electrical systems named IEEE 33 and 69 bus systems to examine the improvement in the efficiency & reliability of power system network by reducing power losses, making voltage deviation smaller, and improving voltage stability. Finally, the NOA method is compared with another method called PSO and developed Hybrid Algorithm (NOA+PSO) to validate the proposed algorithm effectiveness and enhancement of both efficiency and reliability aspects.

A BIM-based Design Method for Energy-Efficient Housing (BIM 기반의 저에너지 주거공간 설계 기법 연구)

  • Yoon, Seung-Hyun;Park, Nam-Hee;Choi, Jin-Won
    • Proceeding of Spring/Autumn Annual Conference of KHA
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    • 2009.04a
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    • pp.187-192
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    • 2009
  • Nowadays, global warming and high oil prices were a threat to the survival of the whole human race. One of a solution to respond to these problems is to reduce energy consumption of building. By adopting energy-saving design, the dissemination of low energy building is required. Therefore, to improve energy efficiency while reducing the usage of the design method is necessary to study actively. BIM-based systems applied to buildings, scheduled to be built by reducing the amount of energy reduction technologies can be analyzed. Depending on various design and equipment to set energy savings goals, you can select an alternative. If it is possible to predict the energy efficiency from the initial stage of design and support designing low energy building, we would be able to expect improvement in the economics of housing due to the reduction of energy consumption.

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A Study on the Sustainability of Compact Cities in Korea

  • Sun-Ju, KIM
    • The Journal of Economics, Marketing and Management
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.13-22
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    • 2023
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the policy implications of establishing a compact city in Seoul, analyzing whether it is an appropriate and efficient eco-friendly housing supply alternative. Research design, data, and methodology: The analysis criteria include efficiency, safety, and comfort, with efficiency encompassing economic, energy, and public transport links' efficiency. Safety and comfort are aspects of eco-friendliness, housing safety, and improvement in living environments. Results: In terms of economic efficiency, compact cities are a less expensive option than purchasing land for housing construction. To increase energy efficiency, we plan to adopt eco-friendly energy sources. Transportation efficiency is high in locations near public transport stations. To enhance safety and comfort, we intend to create large-scale parks and forests in Seoul. To ensure residential safety, measures will be taken to reduce road vibration, vehicle noise, and scattering dust. Conclusions: Selecting an appropriate location that provides convenient public transportation is essential for creating a compact city for housing in a large city. Combining a compact and smart city is necessary, and implementing smart technologies is needed to prevent dust, noise, and vibrations, which are undesirable in a residential environment.

A Numerical Study on the Improvement of Performance for the 2 Vane Pump Impeller (2 Vane 펌프 임펠러의 성능 개선에 관한 수치해석적 연구)

  • KIM, SUNG;MA, SANG-BUM;CHOI, YOUNG-SEOK;KIM, JIN-HYUK
    • Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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    • v.31 no.3
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    • pp.293-301
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    • 2020
  • This paper describes a numerical study on the improvement of performance of the 2 vane pump impellers. The design of these impellers was optimized using a commercial computation fluid dynamics code and design of experiments. Geometric design variables were defined by the impeller blade angle distribution. The objective functions were defined as the total head, total efficiency and solid material size of the impellers. The importance of the geometric design variables was analyzed using 2k factorial designs. The interaction between the total head, total efficiency and solid material size, according to the impeller blade angle distribution, is discussed by analyzing the 2k factorial design results.

Assessment for the effect of heating systems on the energy consumption and environment (개별난방과 지역난방방식의 에너지절감 및 환경개선효과 분석)

  • Im, Yong-Hoon;Kim, Hyouck-Ju
    • Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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    • 2007.11a
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    • pp.466-473
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    • 2007
  • The comparison for the performance of heating systems, district heating and separate heating and power, is carried out in terms of energy consumption and environment on the basis of real operating data. The efficiency of boiler and the heat loss within the housing are assumed with reasonable manner due to the lack of reliable data regarding those quantities. The assessment for the established criteria of previous studies is performed and the new criteria for the analysis is proposed. It is shown that the district heating system is superior to the separate heating and power system from the point of view of reduction of energy use and environment improvement. The sensitivity study for those quantities with uncertainty such as the boiler efficiency and heat loss within the housing is carried out also and the reasons for the analysis results are discussed in detail.

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Improvement of solar cell efficiency using selective emitter (Selective emitter를 이용한 태양전지 효율 향상)

  • Hong, Kuen-Kee;Cho, Kyeong-Yeon;Seo, Jae-Keun;Oh, Dong-Joon;Shim, Ji-Myung;Lee, Hyun-Woo;Kim, Ji-Sun;Shin, Jeong-Eun;Kim, Ji-Su;Lee, Eun-Joo;Lee, Soo-Hong;Lee, Hae-Seok
    • 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.11a
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    • pp.56-59
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    • 2011
  • The process conditions for high efficiency industrial crystalline Si solar cells with selective emitter were optimized. In the screen printed solar cells, the sheet resistance must be 50-60V/sq. because of metal contact resistance. But the low sheet resistance causes the increase of the recombination and blue response at the short wavelength. Therefore, the screen printed solar cells with homogeneous emitter have limitations of efficiency, and this means that the selective emitter must be used to improve cell efficiency. This work demonstrates the feasibility of a commercially available selective emitter process, based on screen printing and conventional diffusion process. Now, we improved cell efficiency from 18.29% to18.45% by transition of heavy emitter pattern and shallow emitter doping condition.

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Electrocatalytic Activity of Sulfamic Acid Doped Polyaniline Nanofiber Counter Electrode for Dye Sensitized Solar Cell

  • Jo, Chul-Gi;Ameen, Sadia;Akhtar, M.Shaheer;Kim, Young-Soon;Yang, O-Bong;Shin, Hyung-Shik
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.11a
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    • pp.385-385
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    • 2009
  • Uniform polyaniline nanofibers (PANI NFs), and chemically doped sulfamic acid(SFA) PANI NFs, synthesized via template free interfacial polymerization process, were used as new counter electrodes materials for the fabrication of the highly-efficient dyesensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The PANI NFs based fabricated DSSCs exhibited a solarto-electricity conversion efficiency of ~ 4.02% while, the SFA doped PANI NFs based DSSC demonstrated ~ 27% improvement in the solar-to-electricity conversion efficiency. The obtained solar-to-electricity conversion efficiency for SFA doped PANI NFs based DSSC was 5.47% under 100mW/$cm^2$(AM1.5). The enhancement in the conversion efficiency was due to the incorporation of SFA into the PANI NFs which resulted to the higher electrocatalytic activity for the $I^{3-}/I^-$ redox reaction.

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A Study on Improvement Measures of Energy Recovery Efficiency through Analysis of Operational Status of Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Facilities (생활폐기물 소각시설의 운영 실태 분석을 통한 에너지회수 효율 개선방안 검토)

  • Park, Sang-Jin;Phae, Chae-gun
    • Journal of Korea Society of Waste Management
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    • v.35 no.8
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    • pp.762-769
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    • 2018
  • This study was carried out to examine the improvement plan by analyzing the characteristics of imported wastes, operation rate, and benefits of energy recovery for incineration facilities with a treatment capacity greater than 50 ton/day. The incineration facility capacity increased by 3,280 tons over 15 years, and the actual incineration rate increased to 2,783 ton/day. The operation rate dropped to 76% in 2010 and then rose again to 81% in 2016. The actual calorific value compared to the design calorific value increased by 33.8% from 94.6% in 2002 to 128.4% in 2016. The recovery efficiency decreased by 29% over 16 years from 110.7% to 81.7% in 2002. Recovery and sales of thermal energy from the incinerator (capacity 200 ton/day) dominated the operation cost, and operating income was generated by energy sales (such as power generation and steam). The treatment capacity increased by 11% to 18% after the recalculation of the incineration capacity and has remained consistently above 90% in most facilities to date. In order to solve the problem of high calorific value waste, wastewater, leachate, and clean water should be mixed and incinerated, and heat recovery should be performed through a water-cooled grate and water cooling wall installation. Twenty-five of the 38 incineration facilities (about 70%) are due for a major repair. After the main repair of the facility, the operation rate is expected to increase and the operating cost is expected to decline due to energy recovery. Inspection and repair should be carried out in a timely manner to increase incineration and heat energy recovery efficiencies.

A Study on the Enhancement of Cooling Efficiency for the Cabinet of Automatic Controller in the Interior of Industrial Building (산업용 건축물 내 자동제어반의 냉각효율 향상에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Soon-Ho;Park, Hyun-Jung
    • Journal of Power System Engineering
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    • v.17 no.6
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    • pp.79-87
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    • 2013
  • The improvement of cooling efficiency for the cabinet of automatic controller is the most efficient method of it's application. Therefore, this study has been analyzed and investigated the improvement of cooling efficiency and reduction of energy for the cabinet of automatic controller, respectively. So this study was conducted to enhancement of cooling efficiency for the cabinet of automatic controller by making a structure which produces difference of air pressures in the entrance tube of external air. And the structure has capacity of the pyrogen source (PTC elements) to make temperature range from $145^{\circ}C$ to $155^{\circ}C$. Consequently, temperatures of the upper, the lower in the interior of the cabinet of automatic controller and the exhaust part were revealed $28.57^{\circ}C$, $23.38^{\circ}C$and $36.14^{\circ}C$(average temperature of the exhaust part in case of existing method : $45^{\circ}C$) in target test of this study, respectively. It was found that the cabinet of the automatic controller has better cooling ability than the cabinet of automatic controller by using an existing method.