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A Study on Design of Home Energy Management System to Induce Price Responsive Demand Response to Real Time Pricing of Smart Grid (스마트그리드 실시간요금과 연동되는 수요반응을 유도하기 위한 HEMS 설계에 관한 연구)

  • Kang, Dong-Joo;Park, Sun-Joo;Choi, Soo-Jung;Han, Seong-Jae
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.25 no.11
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    • pp.39-49
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    • 2011
  • Smart Grid has two main objectives on both supply and demand aspects which are to distribute the renewable energy sources on supply side and to develop realtime price responses on demand side. Renewable energy does not consume fossil fuels, therefore it improves the eco-friendliness and saves the cost of power system operation at the same time. Demand response increases the flexibility of the power system by mitigating the fluctuation from renewable energies, and reduces the capacity investment cost by shedding the peak load to off-peak periods. Currently Smart Grid technologies mainly focus on energy monitoring and display services but it has been proved that enabling technologies can induce the higher demand responses through many pilot projects in USA. On this context, this paper provides a price responsive algorithm for HEMS (home energy management system) on the real time pricing environment. This paper identifies the demand response as a core function of HEMS and classifies the demand into 3 categories of fixed, transferable, and realtime responsive loads which are coordinated and operated for the utility maximization or cost minimization with the optimal usage combination of three kinds of demand.

Efficient Multicasting Mechanism for Realtime Mobile Computing Environment (태양광 발전시스템에서의 모바일용 리얼타임 모니터링 시스템)

  • Kim, Jung-Ki;Kim, Chang-Joon;Jang, Kyung-Sik
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2015.10a
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    • pp.1010-1012
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    • 2015
  • Interest in fossil fuels, alternative energy development in the world has increased significantly. That interest in solar systems increase significant and technology for efficiency and effective operation of PV technology, we expect to continue. This section provides the necessary information to users, and introduce the client system for mobile monitoring real-time solar system information, without the constraints of location or time, and leverage real-time information transmitted tell me about the expected effects that you can get to evaluate.

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Effect of Harmonics and High-Frequency on OLEV System in Distribution Power System (온라인 전기자동차 시스템의 고조파 및 고주파가 배전계통에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Seong-Ho;Huh, Jae-Sun;Han, Woon-Ki;Kim, Jae-Chul
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.63 no.6
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    • pp.738-745
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    • 2014
  • Recently, various measures have been discussed for overcoming depletion of fossil fuels and environmental pollution. One of the measures is electric vehicles. But electric vehicles has some limitations from high cost of battery and low efficiency, so operation distance of electric cars is limited. Also there are difficulties that charging lines should be connected by an electric car whenever it charges. Thus, many studies have been conducted to overcome the limitation using conventional batteries of electric vehicles. As a result, the OLEV(On-Line Electric Vehicle) was developed. But the OLEV system is some limitations. The OLEV system causes power quality problems when it charges. Power quality problem cannot be ignored because OLEV systems are closely connected by distribution grids. In this paper, the OLEV system is designed by using PSCAD/EMTDC, and the power quality is measured and evaluated. Power quality is divided by two cases; harmonics and high-frequency. Harmonics were evaluated according to IEEE Std. 519-1992. But the evaluation of High-frequency could not take it because there was no standard. For this reason, the data measured by OLEV system was compared with the EN50065 regulation.

Properties of Lightweight Foamed Concrete According to Animality Protein Foaming Agent Type (동물성 기포제 종류별 경량기포 콘크리트의 특성)

  • Lim, Jeong-Jun;Lee, Sang-Soo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2019.05a
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    • pp.34-35
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    • 2019
  • In recent years, the construction industry has also applied the dry method that can be assembled in the field by industrialization and factory production, which is free from climatic effects and can reduce the cost due to mass production and simplify the work in the field. Among the building materials used in this dry method, ALC products are made by mixing calcium oxide, gypsum, cement, and water in silica and putting them in an autoclave to create voids in the interior through steam curing at high temperature and pressure. But it requires curing cycle conditions of warming, isothermal, and temperature curing. It depends on the performance of the product depending on the curing conditions, the economical efficiency due to high oil prices, the emission of greenhouse gases by the use of fossil fuels. Experiments were conducted to select an appropriate animal protein foam for lightweight foamed concrete block which was cured by applying a prefilling method to replace existing ALC products. As a result of investigating the characteristics of lightweight foamed concrete by type of animal protein foam, it is considered that FP3 is most suitable for manufacturing lightweight foamed concrete block.

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Experimental Study on Thermoelectric Generator Performance for Waste Heat Recovery in Vehicles (자동차 배기폐열 회수용 열전발전 시스템의 성능에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Dae-Woong
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.26 no.6
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    • pp.287-293
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    • 2014
  • Internal combustion engines release 30~40% of the energy from fossil fuels into the atmosphere in the form of exhaust gases. By utilizing this waste heat, plenty of energy can be conserved in the auto industry. Thermoelectric generation is one way of transforming the energy from engine's exhaust gases into electricity in a vehicle. The thermoelectric generators located on the exhaust pipe have been developed for vehicle applications. Different experiments with thermoelectric generators have been conducted under various test conditions as following examples: hot gas temperature, hot gas mass flow rate, coolant temperature, and coolant mass flow rate. The experimental results have shown that the generated electrical power increases significantly with the temperature difference between the hot and the cold side of the thermoelectric generator and the gas flow rate of the hot-side heat exchanger. In addition, the gas temperature of the hot-side heat exchanger decreases with the length of the thermoelectric generator, especially at a low gas flow rate.

Development of a High Efficiency Wood Pellet Boiler with Improved Safety (안전성을 고려한 고효율 목재펠릿 보일러 개발)

  • Chung, Chan-Hong;Park, Min-Cheol
    • Journal of Applied Reliability
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.35-46
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    • 2012
  • Wood pellet is one of biomass energy fuels, which is produced by compressing woody biomass such as sawdust, planer shavings, and whole-tree removal or tree tops and branches leftover after logging into cylindrical form. Latterly much attention has been paid to wood pellet boiler which is suitable for use at various scales in domestic and industrial furnaces for heat production to replace conventional fossil fuel energy sources since the use of wood pellet that is carbon neutral can alleviate global warming. This study presents the result of developing a high efficiency wood pellet boiler with 55MJ/h capacity. Efficiency has been improved by using a rotating disk burner with a shorter screw feeder. Special attention has been paid to the improvement of the safety of the wood pellet boiler from backfire by adopting a double protecting system composed of a shutter and an air curtain. The result shows that the efficiencies of the wood pellet boiler are 97.2% and 89.2% based on lower and higher heating values, respectively, at 15.1kW of heating output.

The Advanced Case Study for Investigation on Application of BIPV on Tall Building (초고층빌딩의 BIPV 적용성 검토를 위한 선진 사례 조사)

  • Lee, Jong-Min;Seok, Ho-Tae;Yang, Jeong-Hoon
    • 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.11a
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    • pp.155-160
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    • 2009
  • The increasingly high prices for oil, the exhaustion of fossil fuels as well as concern about global warming are driving rapid growth of alternative sources of energy in the world. The active solution for global environment and exhaustion of energy sources is to develop and popularize the technologies to use natural energy such as sunlight, wind, and water. PV(Photovoltaic) modules are efficient devices that has been considered a logical material for use in buildings. Recent advanced BIPV(Building Integrated PV) technology have rapidly made PVs suitable for direct integration into construction in the world. Recently, building has been higher and higher. Tall buildings have many advantages for BIPV such as wide facade area and no shading effect by the surrounding buildings. However. BIPV has not been applied for tall building facade yet. Therefore, the purpose of the research is to develop suitable BIPV for tall buildings and to put these technologies to practical use. Therefore, the purpose of the study is to investigate unification of BIPV to curtain wall to apply BIPV on tall building through research into advanced application of overseas BIPV cases.

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A Study on Investigating Actual State of Operation of Building Integrated Photovoltaic for the Spread of BIPV (건축물에 적용된 태양광발전시스템의 운전실태 조사 및 보급 확대에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Byung-Joon;Kim, Ju-Young;Hong, Won-Hwa
    • Proceeding of Spring/Autumn Annual Conference of KHA
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    • 2005.11a
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    • pp.327-330
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    • 2005
  • Today, the need for alternative energy has increased due to the global environmental problems and energy depletion. In order to solve a global environmental matter and an energy issue simultaneously, the application of the renewable energies in building has been constantly demanded. therefore, we must develop new energy resources that are abundant and provide substitutes for fossil fuels and we must study the application method of the renewable energies in building. Among renewable energies, the solar energy(photovoltaic system) is clean, inexhaustible, and available everywhere in the world and is judged to have the application possibility in building. Daegu city has a plan of putting a photovoltaic system on large buildings. For instance, EXCO, exhibition and convention building, and dormitory in Kyungpook National University, Dongho elementary school, Osan building in Keimyung University, Young korea academy in Daegu, are on the process of having a photovoltaic system. Therefore a study on the performance of photovoltaic system is important for the system design and maintenance. this paper describes the first invest cost, and performance test of the 95kW utility-interactive photovoltaic power system.

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Production of Biobutanol by Clostridium beijerinckii from Water Hyacinth (부레옥잠을 이용한 Clostridium beijerinckii의 Biobutanol 생산)

  • Park, Bong-Je;Park, Hye Min;Yun, Hyun Shik
    • KSBB Journal
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    • v.31 no.1
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    • pp.79-84
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    • 2016
  • Biofuel has been considered as promising renewable energy to solve various problems that result from increasing usage of fossil fuels since the early 20th century. In terms of chemical and physical properties as fuel, biobutanol has more merits than bioethanol. It could replace gasoline for transportation and industrial demand is increasing significantly. Production of butanol can be achieved by chemical synthesis or by microbial fermentation. The water hyacinth, an aquatic macrophyte, originated from tropical South America but is currently distributed all over the world. Water hyacinth has excellent water purification capacity and it can be utilized as animal feed, organic fertilizer, and biomass feedstock. However, it can cause problems in the rivers and lakes due to its rapid growth and dense mats formation. In this study, the potential of water hyacinth was evaluated as a lignocellulosic biomass feedstock in biobutanol fermentation by using Clostridium beijerinckii. Water hyacinth was converted to water hyacinth hydrolysate medium through pretreatment and saccharification. It was found that productivity of water hyacinth hydrolysate medium on biobutanol production was comparable to general medium.

Modeling of Load Element for a Low Voltage DC Distribution System (저전압 DC 배전시스템 구성요소의 부하 모델링)

  • Gwon, Gi-Hyeon;Han, Joon;Oh, Yun-Sik;Kim, Eung-Sang;Kim, Chul-Hwan
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.28 no.6
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    • pp.113-121
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    • 2014
  • At the end of the 19th century, a battle known as the War of the Currents was fought over how electricity would be generated, delivered, and utilized. In this day and age, there has been a growing interest in Green Growth policies as countermeasures against global warming. As a result of these policies, the use of new and renewable energy needed a power converter to replace fossil fuels has expanded. To reduce power consumption through high efficiency of conversion, Low Voltage DC (LVDC) distribution systems are suggested as an alternative. In a DC distribution system, DC loads are very efficient due to decrease the stages of power conversion. If the LVDC distribution system is adopted, not only DC load but also existing AC loads should be connected with LVDC system. Thus, the modeling of two loads is needed to analyze the DC distribution system. This paper, especially, is focused on the modeling of resistive load and electronic load including power electronic converters using ElectroMagnetic Transient Program (EMTP) software.