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Boundary Element Analysis of Strain Energy Release Rate G(t) for Cracked Viscoelastic Solids (균열이 있는 선형 점탄성체의 변형에너지 방출률 G(t)에 대한 경계요소 해석)

  • 박명규;이상순;서창민
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.27 no.12
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    • pp.2072-2078
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    • 2003
  • In this paper, the boundary element analysis of viscoelastic strain energy release rate G(t) for the cracked linear viscoelastic solids has been attempted. This study proposes the G(t) equation and the calculating method of G(t) by time-domain boundary element analysis for the viscoelastic solids. The G(t) is defined as the derivative of the viscoelastic potential energy II(t) with respect to crack length a. Two example problems are presented to show the applicability of the proposed method to the analysis of the cracked linear viscoelastic solids. Numerical results of example problems show the accuracy and effectiveness of the proposed method.

A Study on Classifications and Expression Characteristics of Intelligent Skin Design for Reduction of Energy Load (에너지 부하 감소를 위한 인텔리전트 외피 디자인의 분류 및 표현특성에 관한 연구)

  • Seo, Won-Duck
    • Journal of the Korean housing association
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    • v.19 no.5
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    • pp.67-75
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    • 2008
  • The Progress and development of technology occurring since the 20th century has improved the quality of life of most people. However, serious energy problems have arisen as a result of this lifestyle of convenience and prosperity. These problems have already stared to threaten the very survival of human beings. Architecture and energy are no longer separate concepts. They are now considered as coexisting subject areas. The mutual relevance of energy, technology and architecture is expected to be more emphasized in the future. This study is concerned with the skin design of intelligent housing, which defines the external and infernal boundary. Applicable design techniques are suggested. The purpose of his study is to classify intelligent skin technologies and applications, and to grasp the design characteristics, advantages and disadvantages, as well as design techniques of each items related to Housing. This study will also suggest application techniques that can be used as basic data for determining an appropriate skin type when designing single buildings.

A study on internal flow characteristics and performance analysis of a micro hydro tubular turbine (소수력발전용 튜블러 수차의 내부유동특성 및 성능해석)

  • Lee, Seung-Yeob;Choi, Young-Do;Hwang, Young-Chul;Lee, Young-Ho
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.11a
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    • pp.606-609
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    • 2009
  • Development of renewable energy is very important because of environmental problems caused by greenhouse effect. This is due to the use of fossil fuels which has serious consequences. Therefore, development of small hydropower can be a good countermeasure for the problems. The small hydropower is clean energy because the small hydropower generates few $CO_2$. Moreover, as the energy density by the small hydropower is high, it is economical for a society which wants to introduce the system. The purpose of this study is to improve the turbine performance. This study is about tubular-type hydro turbine among renewable energy that is based using the different water pressure level in pipe lines. The analysis was performed using the commercial CFD code ANSYS-CFX.

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Economic Feasibility Assessment of a Deep Sea Water District Cooling System (건물냉방시스템에 해양심층수 적용의 경제성 분석)

  • Kim, Sam-Uel;Cho, Sooi
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.14-21
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    • 2009
  • Recently, alternative energy resources have emerged considerably due to the high oil prices and environment problems. Deep sea water that is one of the natural energy sources can be one of the attractive solutions to reduce the environment problems, and there are already a few examples in some developed countries. In this study, cooling system of deep sea water using heat exchangers of two hotels, located in near Haeundae Bay in Busan, have been analyzed on the quantity of electricity and gas use comparison between existing cooling system and deep seawater cooling system by using E-Quest simulation program. The results of the study showed that the Hotel A approximately saves 370 millions won per year, and the Hotel B saves 248 millions won per year. It means that the cooling system by using deep sea water has great worth to reduce the ratio of fuel sources.

Energy Yield, Power Quality and Grid Integration of Wind Energy Converters

  • Hanitsch R. E.
    • KIEE International Transaction on Electrical Machinery and Energy Conversion Systems
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    • v.5B no.2
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    • pp.97-102
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    • 2005
  • Because of the limited fossil resources and the need to avoid emissions and toxic waste the future energy supply will be based on a large portion of renewable energies: wind-, solar-, biomass- and geothermal energy. Focus is on the utilization of wind energy coming from onshore- and offshore-sites. Generating electricity from wind is state of the art and feeding large amounts of wind power into the electrical grid will create some additional problems. Suggestions concerning energy storage will be made and the problem of power quality is discussed.

Problems and Solutions of Anion Exchange Membranes for Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (AEMFC) (음이온교환막연료전지용 음이온교환막의 문제점과 해결방안)

  • Son, Tae Yang;Kim, Tae Hyun;Kim, Hyoung Juhn;Nam, Sang Yong
    • Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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    • v.29 no.5
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    • pp.489-496
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    • 2018
  • Fuel cells are seen as eco-friendly energy resources that convert chemical energy into electrical energy. However, proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) have problems such as the use of expensive platinum catalysts for the reduction of conductivity under high temperature humidification conditions. Thus, an anion exchange membrane fuel cell (AEMFC) is attracting a great attention. Anion exchange fuel cells use non - Pt catalysts and have the advantage of better efficiency because of the lower activation energy of the oxygen reduction reaction. However, there are various problems to be solved including problems such as the electrode damage and reduction of ion conductivity by being exposed to the carbon dioxide. Therefore, this mini review proposes various solutions for different problems of anion exchange fuel cells through a wide range of research papers.

A Study on Optimal Capacity of Energy Storage System in Renewable Energy Based Micorgrids (신재생에너지가 연계된 마이크로그리드에서 에너지 저장장치의 최적 용량 선정에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Wook-Won;Lee, Nam-Hyung;Lee, Yun-Sung;Shin, Je-Seok;Kim, Jin-O
    • 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2012.03a
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    • pp.529-533
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    • 2012
  • By introducing RPS(Renewable Portfolio Standard) for reduction of greenhouse gas, Renewable energy sources have becoming widespread gradually. However, Renewable energy sources, such as wind power and PV are difficult to control the output and they have intermittent characteristics of the output. These characteristics would cause some problems when it is connected in the power system. In order to solve these problems, Energy Storage Systems(ESS) are considered to use. Although there are many different storage devices, the utilization of Secondary Battery is the one of the best ways to stabilize an output fluctuation of RES because of its fast responsibility. For that reason, it would better fit a large-capacity of Secondary battery for stabilization. However, batteries cannot be installed with a large capacity blindly because of its expensive cost. So to select proper capacity of the battery is an important consideration. This paper presented a methodology for the optimal capacity and operation of ESS in microgrids.

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The Auxiliary Power Compensation Unit for Stand-Alone Photovoltaic/Wind Hybrid Generation System (독립형 소형 태양광/풍력 복합발전시스템의 출력안정화를 위한 보조 전력보상장치개발에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Se-Jun;Yoon, Jeong-Phil;Kang, Byung-Bog;Yoon, Hyung-Sang;Cha, In-Su;Lim, Jung-Yeol
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.47-54
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    • 2004
  • Photovoltaic energy and wind energy are highly dependent on the season, time and extremely intermittent energy sources. Because of these reasons, in view of the reliability the photovoltaic and the wind power generation system have many problems(energy conversion, energy storage, load control etc.) comparing with conventional power plant. In order to solve these existing problems, hybrid generation system composed of photovoltaic(500W) and wind power system(400W) was suggested. But, hybrid generation system cannot always generate stable output due to the varying weather condition. So, the auxiliary power compensation unit that uses elastic energy of spiral spring was added to hybrid generation system for the present study. It was partly confirmed that hybrid generation system was generated a stable outputs by spiral spring was continuously provided to load.

Performance Evaluation of Solar Water Heating System Using Proof Test (태양열 온수기 실증연구를 통한 성능 평가)

  • Kim, Jae-Yeol;Kwac, Lee-Ku;Yang, Dong-Jo;Choi, Choul-Jun;Kim, Hong-Gun
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.06a
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    • pp.597-601
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    • 2006
  • The advantages of solar energy are that it is renewable, infinite supplied and environmentally safe energy source. However, solar energy related products have the problems such as the limitation for installation, problems in maintenance and insufficient reliability which have been the barrier to consumers to satisfy the purchase need for solar heat related products. In this regard, in order to support the solar energy related companies the necessity for various technical information required for the commercialization of new products such as various performance test necessary for the certification of solar energy system, standardization for facilities and products, performance evaluation method and the measurement of performance is suggested. The purpose of this paper is to design the monitoring system for positive tests of system linked household hot water system using solar heat out of various solar energy systems, to establish an analysis and monitoring system for performance maintenance and operation technique, and to configure the centralized detection network by utilizing remote monitoring system. This research also aims at conducting monitoring for operation and performance evaluation in relation to database establishment and analytical evaluation and at describing the method of enhancing the reliability of solar energy system through the development of performance evaluation program.

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Economic Analysis of High-tech Glass Greenhouse through the Convergence of New Renewable Energy -Focusing on the Convergence of Geothermal and Solar Power- (신.재생에너지 융합을 통한 첨단 유리온실의 경제성 분석 -지열과 태양광 융합을 중심으로-)

  • Chung, Jong-Hwa;Yoon, Sung-Yi
    • Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.593-610
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    • 2014
  • The whole world concentrates on the reduction of greenhouse gas to effectively cope with policy toward global climate change. To effectively react to climate change, even the agricultural sector requires construction of new farming systems that utilizes new and renewable energy because of rising oil prices and regulations for greenhouse gas emissions. For this reason, we need to fuse the new and renewable energy with the horticulture sector of which the light and heat energy cost accounts for great part, moreover, efforts and researches should me done which can increase income of farmers through reducing carbon dioxide and energy cost in agricultural production expenses. Therefore, this study analyzes economic feasibility and applicability of fusing geothermal heat pump and solar power facilities with high-tech glass greenhouse. As a result, it is concluded that there surely are an applicability and economic feasibility if we apply new development system that can be an alternative for problems of securing premises of existing geothermal heat pump and the RPS system as a power generation company in case of solar power. Therefore, using this analysis data, if new empirical studies fusing and implementing agriculture sector with new and renewable energy fields proliferate and be applied to actual rural and agricultural field, it will increase actual income and will become a new advanced agricultural system that effectively deals with world-wide environmental problems.