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A Study on the Start-up of the Water/Steam Receiver for Solar Power Tower (타워형 태양열 흡수기의 시동특성에 관한 연구)

  • Seo, Ho-Young;Kim, Jong-Kyu;Kang, Yong-Heack
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.05a
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    • pp.157-160
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    • 2008
  • Solar receiver in the solar power tower system has a similarity to a boiler of the thermal power plant in many aspects. However Boiler is operated long time without stopping while solar receiver repeats start and stop every day. The objective of this study is to investigate start-up characteristics of solar receiver. The experimental device was constructed in a bench scale. Basic experimental condition of water/steam was set by 25 bar and $223^{\circ}C$. Initially, the heat was added into risers only, then another experiment with input into drum additionally was done. When the heat flux was valid only risers, it took about 300 minutes until the water temperature in drum reached $223^{\circ}C$. Water temperature of drum was increased by $44^{\circ}C$/hr with 91.14 g/s of water circulation. With additional heat input into drum, 200 minutes was required to reach $223^{\circ}C$. In this case temperature was increased $66^{\circ}C$/hr with 96.5 g/s of water circulation.

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Performances of Hot Gas Bypass Type Oil Cooler System (Hot Gas를 이용한 오일쿨러의 성능평가)

  • Lee, Seung-Woo;Yeom, Han-Kil;Park, Kil-Jong
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.73-80
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    • 2009
  • In accordance with the trend for high-speed multi-axes, and the increasing technical sophistication of machine tools, thermal deformation has become an important factor in the accuracy of machine tools. It was analyzed that thermal deformation error accounts for about 70% of all errors made with machine tools. For precise temperature control, both cooling and heating should be implemented. A hot gas bypass type cooling cycle method has a simplified structure and temperature control accuracy to with in ${\pm}0.1^{\circ}C$. In this study, the performances of oil cooler system, including temperature controllability according to hot gas floe and preset temperature sustainability according to temperature load, were tested. It is expected that this study will contribute to the development and performances of oil cooler system, which could minimize thermal errors and improve the quality of precision machine tools.

Status and Design of Rapid-mix for Mechanisms of Alum coagulation (급속(急速) 혼화공정(混和工程) 현황(現況) 및 개선(改善) 사례(事例) 연구(硏究))

  • Jun, Hang-Bae;Han, Kyung-Jeon;Lee, Tae-Yong;Son, Kwang-Ik
    • Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.97-106
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    • 1995
  • An improving example for traditional rapid mix system was studied in the base of mechanisms of alum coagulation. Local status of the major water treatment plants was also investigated and evaluated for upgrading these plants. A new design and operating criterium for rapid mix system was proposed to velocity gradient, G of $1,000-1,500sec^{-1}$ and detention time, t of 1 sec from the results of experiments and literature reviews. Comparing the present rapid mix system to this criterium, apparent difference existed between them. In this study, for improving Seongnam water treatment plant, a design criterium of velocity gradient, and detention time was set to $1,100sec^{-1}$, 1 sec, respectively. A new rapid mix system adopted the nozzle injection countcurrently cross the inlet pipe to the whole area. The injection velocity was 17m/s, nozzle diameter was 1.0mm, and number of nozzle was 70. The new modified system without running present four 75 HP agitators was able to improve water quality(based on sedimentation effluent) by 15-35% and to reduce electrical energy by 98%.

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Evaluation of short-term water demand forecasting using ensemble model (앙상블 모형을 이용한 단기 용수사용량 예측의 적용성 평가)

  • So, Byung-Jin;Kwon, Hyun-Han;Gu, Ja-Young;Na, Bong-Kil;Kim, Byung-Seop
    • Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.377-389
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    • 2014
  • In recent years, Smart Water Grid (SWG) concept has globally emerged over the last decade and also gained significant recognition in South Korea. Especially, there has been growing interest in water demand forecast and this has led to various studies regarding energy saving and improvement of water supply reliability. In this regard, this study aims to develop a nonlinear ensemble model for hourly water demand forecasting which allow us to estimate uncertainties across different model classes. The concepts was demonstrated through application to observed from water plant (A) in the South Korea. Various statistics (e.g. the efficiency coefficient, the correlation coefficient, the root mean square error, and a maximum error rate) were evaluated to investigate model efficiency. The ensemble based model with an cross-validate prediction procedure showed better predictability for water demand forecasting at different temporal resolutions. In particular, the performance of the ensemble model on hourly water demand data showed promising results against other individual prediction schemes.

A Study of Modeling PEM Fuel Cell System Using Multi-Variable Optimization Technique for Automotive Applications (다변수 최적화 기법을 이용한 자동차용 고분자전해질형 연료전지 시스템 모델링에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Han-Sang;Min, Kyoung-Doug;Jeon, Soon-Il;Kim, Soo-Whan;Lim, Tae-Won;Park, Jin-Ho
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.11a
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    • pp.541-544
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    • 2005
  • This study presents the integrated modeling approach to simulate the proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell system for vehicle application. The fuel cell system consisting of stack and balance of plant (BOP) was simulated with MATLAB/Simulink environment to estimate the maximum system power and investigate the effect of BOP component sizing on system performance and efficiency. The PEM fuel cell stack model was established by using a semi-empirical modeling. To maximize the net efficiency of fuel cel1 system, multi-variable optimization code was adopted. Using this method the optimized operating values were obtained according to various system net power levels. The fuel cell model established was co-linked to AVL CRUISE, a vehicle simulation package. Through the vehicle simulation software, the fuel economy of fuel cell powered electric vehicle for two types of driving cycles was presented and compared. It is expected that this study tan be effectively employed in the basic BOP component sizing and in establishing system operation map with respect to net power level of fuel cell system.

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Combustion Characteristics of High Moisture Indonesia Coal as a Pulverized Fuel at Thermal Power Plant (미분탄 화력발전소 연료로서 고수분 인도네시아탄의 연소특성)

  • Kim, Jae-Kwan;Lee, Hyun-Dong
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Combustion
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.16-23
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    • 2009
  • It is strongly desired for coal-fired power plants to utilize not only low-rank coals with high moisture contents, but also lowering cost with diversifying fuel sources. In this study, combustion characteristics of low rank coal with high moisture, and standard pulverized coals are experimentally investigated using TGA (Thermogravimetric Analysis) and DTF (drop tube furnace). The coals tested are three kinds of coal with moisture content ranging from 8.32 to 26.82%. The results show that under the air combustion condition, the burn-out time at TGA rises as moisture content increases, and standard pulverized coal with 8.32% moisture content showed the lowest activation energy of 55.73 kJ/mol. In case of the high amount of moisture, the combustion efficiency decreases due to evaporation heat loss, and unburned carbon in ash produced at combustion process in DTF increased. Aslo, initial deformation temperature of slag attached in alumina tube of DTF decreased with lowering the crytallinity of anorthite and augite. To improve the combustion reactivity and efficiency, it is effective to upgrade through drying the high moisture coal to moisture level (less than 10%) of standard pulverized coal.

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A Study on the Near Infrared Ray Wavelength Conversion Film for Improving Conversion Efficiency of Solar Cell (태양전지 변환 효율 향상을 위한 근적외선 파장 변환 필름에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Byung Kyu;Park, Gye Choon;Lee, Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.30 no.11
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    • pp.699-704
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    • 2017
  • The amount of electric power for photovoltaic power generation depends on the location of the power plant and the direction of solar cell. The solar cell controls the generation of solar power plants. Therefore, the structure of solar cell, manufacturing method, and optic technology were factors contributing to increased solar cell efficiency; however, the technical limit has been reached. Herein, we propose a new method to increase the solar cell efficiency using a wavelength conversion technology that converts ultraviolet and infrared rays, which are not effectively used in solar cells, into effective wavelength of solar cell. We used fluoride $Na(Ca)YF_4$ phosphor for wavelength conversion. Then, a wavelength-conversion fluorescent paste, prepared using an organic-silicon binder, was used to prepare a film that was applied to Si solar cells. It was confirmed that conversion efficiency improved by 5% or more.

A survey on the effect of evacuation guidance in case of ship blackout condition evacuation (선내 정전 시 피난유도기구가 피난에 미치는 영향에 관한 설문조사)

  • Hwang, Kwang-Il;Kim, Byeol;Kim, Kyoung-Won;Cho, Ik-Soon;Lee, Yun-Sok;Im, Moon-Seong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • 2015.07a
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    • pp.129-130
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    • 2015
  • The purpose of this research is to investigate consciousness for the effect of evacuation guidance in case of ship blackout condition evacuation. As a research result, 74.3% of respondents answered that evacuation guidance is strongly helpful in the event of ship blackout condition.

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Development of a System for Predicting Photovoltaic Power Generation and Detecting Defects Using Machine Learning (기계학습을 이용한 태양광 발전량 예측 및 결함 검출 시스템 개발)

  • Lee, Seungmin;Lee, Woo Jin
    • KIPS Transactions on Computer and Communication Systems
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    • v.5 no.10
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    • pp.353-360
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    • 2016
  • Recently, solar photovoltaic(PV) power generation which generates electrical power from solar panels composed of multiple solar cells, showed the most prominent growth in the renewable energy sector worldwide. However, in spite of increased demand and need for a photovoltaic power generation, it is difficult to early detect defects of solar panels and equipments due to wide and irregular distribution of power generation. In this paper, we choose an optimal machine learning algorithm for estimating the generation amount of solar power by considering several panel information and climate information and develop a defect detection system by using the chosen algorithm generation. Also we apply the algorithm to a domestic solar photovoltaic power plant as a case study.

Putrescine Transport in a Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

  • Raksajit, Wuttinun;Maenpaa, Pirkko;Incharoensakdi, Aran
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.39 no.4
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    • pp.394-399
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    • 2006
  • The transport of putrescine into a moderately salt tolerant cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 was characterized by measuring the uptake of radioactively-labeled putrescine. Putrescine transport showed saturation kinetics with an apparent $K_m$ of $92{\pm}10\;{\mu}M$ and $V_{max}$ of $0.33{\pm}0.05\;nmol/min/mg$ protein. The transport of putrescine was pH-dependent with highest activity at pH 7.0. Strong inhibition of putrescine transport was caused by spermine and spermidine whereas only slight inhibition was observed by the addition of various amino acids. These results suggest that the transport system in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 is highly specific for polyamines. Putrescine transport is energy-dependent as evidenced by the inhibition by various metabolic inhibitors and ionophores. Slow growth was observed in cells grown under salt stress. Addition of low concentration of putrescine could restore growth almost to the level observed in the absence of salt stress. Upshift of the external osmolality generated by either NaCl or sorbitol caused an increased putrescine transport with an optimum 2-fold increase at 20 mosmol/kg. The stimulation of putrescine transport mediated by osmotic upshift was abolished in chloramphenicol-treated cells, suggesting possible involvement of an inducible transport system.