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Enhance photoelectric efficiency of PV by optical-thermal management of nanofilm reflector

  • Liang, Huaxu;Wang, Baisheng;Su, Ronghua;Zhang, Ao;Wang, Fuqiang;Shuai, Yong
    • Advances in nano research
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    • v.13 no.5
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    • pp.475-485
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    • 2022
  • Crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells have advantages of zero pollution, large scale and high reliability. A major challenge is that sunlight wavelength with photon energy lower than semiconductor band gap is converted into heat and increase its temperature and reduce its conversion efficiency. Traditional cooling PV method is using water flowing below the modules to cool down PV temperature. In this paper, the idea is proposed to reduce the temperature of the module and improve the energy conversion efficiency of the module through the modulation of the solar spectrum. A spectrally selective nanofilm reflector located directly on the surface of PV is designed, which can reflect sunlight wavelength with low photon energy, and even enhance absorption of sunlight wavelength with high photon energy. The results indicate that nanofilm reflector can reduce spectral reflectivity integral from 9.0% to 6.93% in 400~1100 nm wavelength range, and improve spectral reflectivity integral from 23.1% to 78.34% in long wavelength range. The nanofilm reflector can reduce temperature of PV by 4.51℃ and relatively improved energy conversion efficiency of PV by 1.25% when solar irradiance is 1000 W/m2. Furthermore, the nanofilm reflector is insensitive in sunlight's angle and polarization state, and be suitable for high irradiance environment.

The Effect of Intake Port Configurations on the Turbulence Characteristics During Compression Stroke in a Motored Engine (흡입포트형상에 따른 모터링엔진내 압축과정 난류특성 연구)

  • 강건용;이진욱;정석용;백제현
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.920-932
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    • 1994
  • The combustion phenomena of a reciprocating engine is one of the most important processes affecting performance and emissions. One effective way to improve the engine combustion is to control the motion of the charge inside a cylinder by means of optimum induction system design, because the flame speed is mainly determined by the turbulence at compression(TDC) process in S.I. engine. It is believed that the tumble and swirl motion generated during intake breaks down into small-scale turbulence in the compression stroke of the cycle. However, the exact nature of their relationship is not well known. This paper describes cycle resolved LDV measurement of turbulent flow inside the cylinder of a 4-valve engine under motoring(non-firing) conditions, and studies the effect of intake port configurations on the turbulence characteristics using following parameters ; Eulerian temporal autocorrelation coefficient, turbulence energy spectral density function, Taylor micro time scale, integral time scale, and integral length scale.

Top-Down Crack Modeling of Asphalt Concrete based on a Viscoelastic Fracture Mechanics

  • Kuai, Hai Dong;Lee, Hyn-Jong;Zi, Goang-Seup;Mun, Sung-Ho
    • 한국도로학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.10a
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    • pp.93-102
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    • 2008
  • An energy based crack growth model is developed in this study to simulate the propagation of top-down cracking in asphalt pavements. A viscoelastic fracture mechanics approach, generalized J integral, is employed to model the crack growth of asphalt concrete. Laboratory fatigue crack propagation tests for three different asphalt mixtures are performed at various load levels, frequencies and temperatures. Disk-shaped specimens with a proper loading fixture and crack growth monitoring system are selected for the tests. It is observed from the tests that the crack propagation model based on the generalized J integral is independent of load levels and frequencies, while the traditional Paris' law model based on stress intensity factor is dependent of loading frequencies. However, both models are unable to take care of the temperature dependence of the mixtures. The fatigue crack propagation model proposed in this study has a good agreement between experimental and predicted crack growth lives, which implies that the energy based J integral could be a better parameter to describe fatigue crack propagation of viscoelastic materials such as asphalt mixtures.

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J-integral of Penny-Shaped Crack on the End of Stiff Fiber Embedded in Rubbery Materials (고무와 섬유로 구성된 복합체 내의 섬유 끝 부분의 원형 균열에 대한 J-적분)

  • Yang, Gyeong-Jin;Gang, Gi-Ju
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.617-624
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    • 2002
  • An equation of J-integral for a penny-shaped crack at the end of the fiber embedded in rubber matrix is proposed. The values of J-integral for the specimens with various crack and specimen radius are obtained by FEA(Finite Element Analysis). The dimensional analysis is applied to derive an equation of J-integral as a nonlinear elastic energy release rate. The geometry and deformation calibration function in an equation of J can be expressed in a separated form. The geometry calibration function characterizing the effects of cord and specimen size is expressed in a polynomial form of fourth order. The deformation calibration function characterizes the effect of the overall level of strain. As approaching the infinitesimal strain, the value of the deformation calibration function approaches the results of LEFM(Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics).

Penumbra Effect on Integral Absorbed Dose in Co-60 Teletherapy

  • Moon, Philip S.
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.87-93
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    • 1973
  • Due to the Co-60 source size, the penumbra in Co-60 teletheraphy poses a serious problem, even if the extended collimators are used, Here an empirical formula for the calculation of integral absorbed dose in the penumbra region was derived. Through a numerical calculation, the penumbra effect on integral absorbed dose was investigated. The longer the source-to-skin distance, the larger the integral absorbed dose of penumbra region, and the larger the source diameter, the larger the integral absorbed dose of penumbra region. It was also found that in some case the integral absorbed dose in penumbra region becomes several times larger than the integral absorbed dose of treatment region itself if the source-to-skin distance becomes greater. Therefore, one must consider the penumbra effect in Co-60 teletherapy.

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Fracture Properties of High Strength Steel Fiber Concrete (강섬유를 혼입한 고강도 콘크리트의 파괴 특성)

  • Kim, Wha-Jung;Lee, Jun-Cheol;Lee, Jae-Min;Kwak, Min-Seok
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 2010.05a
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    • pp.415-416
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    • 2010
  • This study presents the fracture properties of steel fiber concrete. The volume ratio of steel fiber in the concrete specimen was changed from 0%, 0.5%, 0.75%, and to 1%. The notch length was changed from 0, 15, 30, to 45mm. By applying 3-point bending tests, J-integral($J_{Ic}$), $K_{Ic}$, $G_F$ deflection strength, and fracture energy was obtained. The test results showed that the fiber content increases the concrete fracture energy.

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A Study on Energy Release Rate for Interface Cracks in Pseudo-isotropic Dissimilar Materials (유사등방성 이종재 접합계면 균열의 에너지해방률에 대한 연구)

  • 이원욱;김진광;조상봉
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 1997.10a
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    • pp.752-754
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    • 1997
  • The stress intensity factor for an interface crack in dissimilar materials has been obtained by many researchers. But research of the energy release rate for an interface crack in pseudo-isotropic dissimilar materials is insufficient yet. In this paper, the energy release rate for cracks in pseudo-isotropic dissimilar materials was obtained using eigenfunction expansion method and also analyzed numerically using the reciprocal work contour integral method. The results were verified by comparing with other worker's results.

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Energy Release Rates for a Dynamically Growing Crack in Orthotropic Materials (직교이방체에서 동적성장하는 균열에 대한 에너지해방률)

  • 주석재
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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    • v.19 no.7
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    • pp.1590-1596
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    • 1995
  • The energy release rates for a dynamically growing crack in orthotropic materials are expressed explicitly in terms of dynamic stress intensity factors. The stress functions suitable for the problem are found and the evaluation of the J-integral for the theoretical singular crack tip fields yields energy release rates. The present results are simpler than the existing ones and can be reduced to the well known solutions in special cases. Examples of extracting stress intensity factors from the finite element solution using the present results are given for the dynamically growing crack problem of orthotropic materials.

A CRITICAL NOTE ON THE CONCEPT OF THE CONVENTIONAL INTEGRAL ELECTRIC POWER METERING (기존의 적산전력계측 개념의 새로운 평가)

  • Oh, Hung-Kuk
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2001.04a
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    • pp.171-173
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    • 2001
  • Conventional potential concept does not allow different currents before and after the electric load. Experimental examples in case of bioloads show a lot of different currents before and after the bioload, which means that the true potential concept is not the conventional concept from Coulomb attraction energy but the new concept from Gibb's free energy. Gibb's free energy is a kind of potential heat energies and also they are rotating electromagnetic waves. We might think that electric current is not a flow of electrons but a flow of rotating electromagnetic waves, which induces electrons' vibrations. A new measuring method for integral electrical power is suggested for the new Gibb's free energy concept.

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