• 전기학회논문지
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• 제56권5호
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• pp.938-943
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• 2007

In this paper, we show that, in case of piezoelectric micropower generator, just replacing Schottky diodes in the bridge rectifier with ultra-low reverse leakage current diodes improves the mechanical-to-electrical energy conversion efficiency by more than 100%. Experimental and PSPICE simulation results show that, due to the ultra-low leakage current, the charging speed of the circuit employing PAD1 is higher than that of the circuit employing Schottky diodes and the saturation voltage of the circuit employing PAD1 is also higher. This study suggests that , when the internal impedance of source is very large (a few tens of $M{\Omega}$) such that maximum charging current is a few microamperes or less, in order to realize literally the energy scavenging system, ultra-low reverse leakage current diodes should be used for efficient energy conversion. Since low-level vibration is ubiquitous in the environment ranging from human movement to large infrastructures and the mechanical-to-electrical energy conversion efficiency is much more critical for use of these vibrations, we believe that the improvement in the efficiency using ultra-low leakage diodes, as found in this work, will widen greatly the application of piezoelectric micropower generator.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제61권4호
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• pp.483-496
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• 2017

Earthquake excitations may induce important amount of seismic energy into structures. Current design philosophy mainly deals with the plastic deformations of replaceable energy dissipating devices rather than damages accumulated on structural members. Since earthquake damage is substantially concentrated on these devices they could be replaced after severe earthquakes. In this study, the efficiency of steel cushion (SC) on seismic improvement of a vulnerable reinforced concrete (RC) frame is determined by means of several numerical simulations. The cyclic shear behaviors of SCs were determined by performing quasi-static tests. The test results were the main basis of the theoretical model of SCs which were used in the numerical analysis. These analyses were performed on three types of RC frames namely bare frame (BF), full-braced frame (F-BF) and semi-braced frame (S-BF). According to analysis results; implementation of SCs has considerable effects in reducing the storey shear forces and storey drifts. Moreover plastic energy demands of structural elements were reduced which indicates a significant improvement in seismic behavior of the RC frame preventing damage accumulation on structural elements. Full-braced frame having SCs with the thickness of 25 mm has better performance than semi-braced frame interms of energy dissipation. However, global energy dissipation demand of S-BF and F-BF having SCs with the thickness of 18 mm are almost similar.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.351-355
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• 2015

This paper explained the application of a lithium-ion battery energy storage system to electric propulsion ships. The power distribution in electric propulsion ships has low power quality because of the variation in the power consumption of the propulsion motor. For proper operation of the ship, the power quality needs to be improved, and the battery energy storage system is used to solve power-quality problems. The simulation models of electric propulsion ship and battery energy storage systems are constructed on MATLAB/Simulink to verify the improvement in power quality. The proposed system is applied in various scenarios of the propulsion motor state. The power quality achieved by using the battery energy storage system in both voltage and frequency satisfies the standards set by IEC-60092/101.

• 대한설비공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한설비공학회 2007년도 동계학술발표대회 논문집
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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.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.125-131
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• 2011

Recently, the application of renewable energy to building is steadily increasing in domestic due to the energy saving efforts around the world. Among the all, wind energy is one of the rising energy source because of its high technological maturity. Domestic wind power market has rapidly increased in recent years but the certification system for wind turbine has not been activated since it was introduced in 2009. Thus, this study aims to propose the improvement of certification system for wind turbine by comparing domestic certification system with international certification system. The result of this study are as follows. First, domestic certification system needs to be subdivided and established by systematic standards. Second, it is considered that education about rating standards is required to wind turbine makers to activate domestic certification system. Third, domestic certification agenciesand test agencies need to be unified and reduced.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.175-182
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• 2023

APro, a modularized process-based total system performance assessment framework, was developed at the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) to simulate radionuclide transport considering coupled thermal-hydraulic-mechanical-chemical processes occurring in a geological disposal system. For reactive transport simulation considering geochemical reactions, COMSOL and PHREEQC are coupled with MATLAB in APro using an operator splitting scheme. Conventionally, coupling is performed within a MATLAB interface so that COMSOL stops the calculation to deliver the solution to PHREEQC and restarts to continue the simulation after receiving the solution from PHREEQC at every time step. This is inefficient when the solution is frequently interchanged because restarting the simulation in COMSOL requires an unnecessary setup process. To overcome this issue, a coupling scheme that calls PHREEQC inside COMSOL was developed. In this technique, PHREEQC is called through the "MATLAB function" feature, and PHREEQC results are updated using the COMSOL "Pointwise Constraint" feature. For the one-dimensional advection-reaction-dispersion problem, the proposed coupling technique was verified by comparison with the conventional coupling technique, and it improved the computation time for all test cases. Specifically, the more frequent the link between COMSOL and PHREEQC, the more pronounced was the performance improvement using the proposed technique.

• 자원ㆍ환경경제연구
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.255-286
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• 2008

에너지 요인분석의 한계와 확장을 위하여 요인분석과 계량모형의 결합을 시도하였다. 에너지 원단위 효과의 변화 결정 요인을 계량적 방법으로 추정하고, 에너지 원단위 효과와 계량모형의 에너지 효율 변화를 비교하였다. 에너지 원단위 효과를 이용한 확장모형에서 에너지 가격이 오르면 에너지 원단위 효과가 개선되는 것으로 나타나고 있다. 그리고 계량모형에서 에너지 효율 변수의 대변수인 시간추세의 준탄력성을 살펴보면, 단기에서는 -0.02로 장기에서는 -0.04로 서서히 완만한 에너지 효율 개선을 보이고 있다. 마지막으로 요인분해 결과와 계량모형의 결과를 비교하면, 전체 제조업과 8개 제조업 업종 중 4개 업종의 경우 에너지 효율의 개선 방향이 일치하는 결과를 보이고 있다. 요인분해의 결과와 계량모형의 결과 비교에서 나타나듯이, 두 방법이 서로 교류할 수 없는 방법이 아니라는 점을 확인하였다. 향후 학문적 정책적 노력에 따라 최소한 서로 보완할 수 있는 여지가 충분히 있음을 보였다. 따라서 이러한 연구가 지속될 수 있는 학문적 정책적 노력이 필요하다고 할 수 있다.

• 자원ㆍ환경경제연구
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.557-586
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• 2009

고유가와 기후변화로 인해 에너지 수요관리정책에 대한 관심이 국내외 적으로 높아지고 있다. 그렇지만 국내에서는 에너지 수요관리와 관련해서 지방정부의 역할이 미약하기만 한 실정이다. 에너지 수요관리정책과 관련해서는 기술력과 자금을 확보한 중앙정부의 역할이 중요하겠지만 직접적인 에너지 소비지에 밀착되어 있는 지방정부의 역할도 중요할 수 있다. 따라서 지방정부의 에너지 수요관리정책을 활성화시키고 5년마다 수립되는 '지역에너지계획'의 실행력을 높이기 위해서는 지역의 에너지 소비특성에 대한 정확한 이해에 기반한 계획의 수립이 필요하다. 이에 본 논문에서는 전국 16개 지자체의 에너지 소비를 인구, 생산, 원단위라는 항목으로 분해해서 그 특성을 분석하고자 한다. 지수분해분석 결과 광역시의 경우에는 외환위기 이후 생산 증가로 인한 에너지 소비 증가를 원단위 개선 효과로 일정 부분 상쇄시킨 것으로 나타났다. 반면에 도 지역의 경우에는 제조업 중심의 산업화로 인해 외환위기 이후에도 에너지 소비 증가를 상쇄시키지 못한 것으로 나타났다. 결론적으로 본 논문에서는 제조업 비중이 높은 도 지역의 경우 에너지 저소비형 산업구조로의 전환이 필요하며, 3차 산업 중심의 구조전환이 이루어진 광역시의 경우에는 건물, 수송 분야의 에너지 효율개선이 필요함을 제안할 수 있었다.

• KIEAE Journal
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.51-58
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• 2017

Purpose: G-SEED's evaluation of existing buildings in Korea is an important point because the energy consumption and CO2 emissions of existing buildings are continuously increasing due to the aging of buildings over time. In 2016, the government has set up a 'Green Remodeling Certification Standard' in G-SEED in order to revitalize the green remodeling business of existing buildings. As a result, G-SEED is distinguished between buildings with green remodeling and buildings with general remodeling. Therefore, this study analyzed the system of the certification of the green remodeling building which is aimed at improving the performance of the building. Method: First, we analyze characteristics of the existing building certification standards of G-SEED(Korea), LEED(USA), and BREEAM(UK). Second, the evaluation criteria are based on the G-SEED Green Remodeling Certification, 2016, LEED for BD + C: New construction and major renovation v.4, BREEAM UK Non-Domestic Refurbishment and Fit-out 2014. Based on the analysis results, we propose the improvement direction of G-SEED Green Remodeling Certification Standard. Result: Existing buildings should be classified into 'existing building certification' for re-certification and 'green remodeling certification' accompanied by building performance improvement. In addition, building green buildings through performance improvement should include not only energy performance, but also creating a pleasant indoor environment and minimizing environmental impact. Finally, existing buildings have accumulated information on energy and resource use, and a performance improvement plan should be established based on this information.

• 한국염색가공학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.181-186
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• 2014

This paper surveys improvement characteristics in muscle fatigue with bio-activity material imbedded fabric. For this purpose, the subjects wear the garment which is covered by bio-activity materials all over every day during 2 weeks of experimental period. After 2 weeks period, VAS(Visual Analogue Scale) index evaluation regarding muscle fatigue and pain has been conducted in comparison between before wearing and after so that we can evaluate the effect on muscle fatigue improvement. The effectiveness survey for testing products consists of improvement on krunkle, muscle fatigue and exercise capacity. As a result, 100% of test subject group completes a questionnaire with positive answer as above normal in every question. In addition the preference of testing products is researched in wearing comfort, activity and convenience. And it is marked above normal by 100% of test subject group as well. Moreover any kind of unusual skin reaction has not been detected in safety evaluation. Therefore this testing products is being judged as a beneficent product for improvement on muscle fatigue without any skin irritation.