• 세라미스트
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.56-69
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• 2019

Recent advances in low-power sensors and transmitters are driving the search for standalone power sources that utilize unused ambient energy. These energy harvesters can alleviate the issues related to the installation and maintenance of sensors. Particularly piezoelectric energy harvesters, with the ability to convert ambient mechanical energy into useful electricity, have received significant attention due to their high energy density, low cost and operational stability over wide temperature and pressure conditions. In order to maximize the generated electrical power, the natural frequency of the piezoelectric energy harvester should be matched with the dominant frequency of ambient vibrations. However, piezoelectric energy harvesters typically exhibit a narrow bandwidth, thus, it becomes difficult to operate near resonance under broadband ambient vibration conditions. Therefore, the resonating of energy harvesters is critical to generate maximum output power under ambient vibration conditions. For this, energy harvesters should have broadband natural frequency or actively tunable natural frequency with ambient vibrations. Here, we review the most plausible broadband energy harvesting techniques of the multi-resonance, nonlinearity, and self-resonance tuning. The operation mechanisms and recent representative studies of each technique are introduced and the advantages and disadvantages of each method are discussed. In addition, we look into the future research direction for the broadband energy harvester.

• 한국농업기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국농업기계학회 2000년도 THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY ENGINEERING. V.III
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• pp.684-689
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• 2000

In harvesting rice and barley using combine, the inclination of the body caused by the irregular surface condition of the field and the soil sinking from the unbalanced weight during the grain collection used to make harvesting operation difficult and even impossible. To overcome such a problem, automatic leveling control system for a combine has been developed and tested. The system was composed of the sensor for measuring left and right inclination of the combine chassis and the hydraulic control system. The adaptability of the control system was investigated by analyzing system response in time domain. And the limit angle of the leveling control was set up to be +/- 7$^{\circ}$. The proposed control and hydraulic power system was implemented to the prototype combine. The prototype combine was designed and built as a separable structure with chassis and track. This paper shows results of the leveling performance tested in the laboratory and the grain field.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국컴퓨터정보학회 2019년도 제60차 하계학술대회논문집 27권2호
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• pp.159-160
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• 2019

일반적인 FOCV MPPT는 VOC와 VMPP와의 관계인 ${\alpha}$를 외부에서 지정해준다. 하지만 외부환경 (조도나 온도)에 따라서 태양전지의 ${\alpha}$값이 변화할 가능성이 있다. 본 논문에서는 저전력 IoT 센서의 구동을 위한 태양열 에너지 하베스팅을 위해 IV Curve를 이용한 태양전지 전력 계싼회로를 제안한다. IV Curve를 이용한 태양전지 전력을 직접 계산하여 FOCV MPPT를 개선함으로써 보다 높은 효율의 MPPT가 가능하고 외부환경의 변화에도 충분히 Maximum Power Point Tracking이 가능해지게 된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.432-438
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• 2018

Microalgae hold promise as a renewable energy source for the production of biofuel, as they can convert light energy into chemical energy through photosynthesis. However, cost-efficient harvest of microalgae remains a major challenge to commercial-scale algal biofuel production. We first investigated the potential of electrolytic water as a flocculant for harvesting Tetraselmis sp. Alkaline electrolyzed water (AEW) is produced at the cathode through water electrolysis. It contains mineral ions such as $Na^+$, $K^+$, $Ca^{2+}$, and $Mg^{2+}$ that can act as flocculants. The flocculation activity with AEW was evaluated via culture density, AEW concentration, medium pH, settling time, and ionic strength analyses. The flocculation efficiency was 88.7% at 20% AEW (pH 8, 10 min) with a biomass concentration of 2 g/l. The initial biomass concentration and medium pH had significant influences on the flocculation activity of AEW. A viability test of flocculated microalgal cells was conducted using Evans blue stain, and the cells appeared intact. Furthermore, the growth rate of Tetraselmis sp. in recycled flocculation medium was similar to the growth rate in fresh F/2 medium. Our results suggested that AEW flocculation could be a very useful and affordable methodology for fresh biomass harvesting with environmentally friendly easy operation in part of the algal biofuel production process.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.55-59
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• 2015

Novel low-volume solder-on-pad (SoP) process is proposed for a fine pitch Cu pillar bump interconnection. A novel solder bumping material (SBM) has been developed for the $60{\mu}m$ pitch SoP using screen printing process. SBM, which is composed of ternary Sn-3.0Ag-0.5Cu (SAC305) solder powder and a polymer resin, is a paste material to perform a fine-pitch SoP in place of the electroplating process. By optimizing the volumetric ratio of the resin, deoxidizing agent, and SAC305 solder powder; the oxide layers on the solder powder and Cu pads are successfully removed during the bumping process without additional treatment or equipment. The Si chip and substrate with daisy-chain pattern are fabricated to develop the fine pitch SoP process and evaluate the fine-pitch interconnection. The fabricated Si substrate has 6724 under bump metallization (UBM) with a $45{\mu}m$ diameter and $60{\mu}m$ pitch. The Si chip with Cu pillar bump is flip chip bonded with the SoP formed substrate using an underfill material with fluxing features. Using the fluxing underfill material is advantageous since it eliminates the flux cleaning process and capillary flow process of underfill. The optimized interconnection process has been validated by the electrical characterization of the daisy-chain pattern. This work is the first report on a successful operation of a fine-pitch SoP and micro bump interconnection using a screen printing process.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.341-346
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• 2015

This study was conducted to investigate the awareness tendency of the government employees who manage forest roads about problems of forest road use and how to improve them in the future using surveys. The results show there are more silvicultural operations than harvesting operations using forest roads. The main purpose of using forest roads is to transport workers; however, the road will be used more for harvesting operations in the future. The respondents wanted to be accessibility for forest operations within 200 m from road in both present and future. For silvicultural operations 1-ton vehicle is used at present, and 5-ton vehicles are expected to be used in the future. For harvesting operations 5-ton vehicle is used at present, and 10-ton vehicles are will be used in the future. The roadway width is 3 - 4 m at present, but should be 4 - 4.5 m in the future. The longitudinal gradient of roads is 7 - 10% at present, and will be below 10% in the future. The minimum curve radius of roads is 12 - 15 m at present, and will be 15 - 20 m in the future. The results provide basic data for making future forest road policies.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제102권1호
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• pp.143-155
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• 2013

효율적인 임목수확작업시스템 구축과 프로그램을 개발하기 위한 기초자료를 제공할 목적으로 GIS에 의한 조망권 분석기법을 활용하여 GIS를 이용한 집재작업 가능구역 분석 및 노망배치를 위한 기법을 작성하고 적용성을 검토하였다. 집재작업 가능구역 분석결과, 집재작업 가능구역의 면적 비율은 최대집재거리가 길어질수록 지형의 영향 때문에 줄어들었으며, 집재작업 불가능구역에 추가로 임도망을 개설하여 노망개설 전후를 비교 분석한 결과, 집재작업 가능구역이 증가하는 것을 알 수 있었다. 신규로 노망배치를 실시할 경우, 노망의 배치형태에 따라 집재작업 가능구역이 달라지므로 GIS 노망배치기법을 적용하여 신규 노망배치에 따른 집재작업 가능구역을 비교 분석한 결과, 집재작업 가능구역이 최대로 되는 가장 효율적인 최적의 노망배치를 구축할 수 있었다. 본 연구결과는 GIS를 이용한 효율적인 임목수확작업시스템의 구축과 이를 위한 프로그램의 개발에 적용할 수 있는 기초자료가 될 것으로 사료된다.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.842-845
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• 2018

본 논문에서는 열전에너지 하베스팅에 의해 구동되는 센서 회로를 저전력으로 동작시킬 수 있는 방법을 제안하였다. 본 논문에서 사용되는 열전소자를 이용하면 에너지 하베스팅 회로에서 8uA의 전류를 얻을 수 있다. 그러나 구동하려고 하는 센서의 전류 소비는 이보다 훨씬 크기 때문에, 본 논문에서는 하드웨어 방법으로 power gating scheme을 이용한 저전력 구동과 소프트웨어적으로 active/sleep control scheme을 이용한 저전력 구동 방법을 센서 회로에 적용하여 센서 회로의 전류 소비를 감소시킬 수 있음을 보였다. 먼저 하드웨어 power gating scheme을 사용할 때에는 파워 게이트의 Toff/Ton의 비를 22보다 더 크게 하면, 센서 회로의 전류 소비가 8uA 이하로 줄어드는 것을 확인하였다. 또한 소프트웨어 기반의 active/sleep control scheme에 의한 저전력 구동에서는 Tslp/Tact의 비를 3 이상으로 설정해주면 전류 소비를 8uA 이하로 줄일 수 있음을 확인하였다. 본 논문에서의 결과는 열전에너지 하베스팅에 의해서 구동되는 다양한 센서 회로 설계 및 구현에 도움이 될 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제82권2호
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• pp.195-206
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• 1993

본 연구는 임업기계화(林業機械化)의 전제조건인 지역별(地域別) 산림수종체계(山林收種體系)를 수립하기 위한 기초연구로 시도되었다. 이를 위하여 산림수확방법(山林收穫方法)과 집재방법(集材方法)들을 제어(制御)하는 인자들이 무엇인가를 특히 지형적(地形的)인 관점에서 조사하고 분석하였다. 주요한 산림수확방법은 단재수확법(短材收穫法), 장재수확법(長材收穫法) 및 전목수확법(全木收穫法)이다. 단재수확법은 지형조건(地形條件)이 열악(劣惡)한 산림(山林)에, 전목수확법은 양호(良好)한 산림(山林)에, 그리고 장재수확법은 중간조건(中間條件)의 산림(山林)에 적용됨이 조사되었다. 집재방법(集材方法)에 대해서는 육상집재법(陸上集材法)을 중심으로 검토하고 주요 집재법으로는 축력집재(畜力集材), 인력(人力) 및 중력(重力) 집재(集材), 차량집재(車輛集材), 그리고 강선집재(鋼線集材) 등이다. 강선집재 중 케이블 크레인에 의한 집재는 집촌거리(集村距離)에 따라 단거리(短距離)(300 혹은 400m까지), 중거리(中距離)(700 혹은 800m까지) 및 장거리(長距離)(700 혹은 800m 이상) 등으로 구분한다. 집재작업범위(集材作業範圍)를 제어하는 인자는 경사(傾斜)와 집재거리(集材距離)이다. 차량집재(車輛集材)는 산림에 큰 부하(負荷)를 주며, 중력집재(重力集材) 중 log-line과 강선집재(鋼線集材) 중 케이블 크레인에 의한 집재법은 산림훼손(山林毁損)을 최소화(最小化)한다. 차량집재는 경사가 급할수록 어려워지고 케이블 크레인 집재는 120%까지 가능하다(상향집재(上向集材)).

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.495-504
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• 2021

Energy Harvesting is a technology that can convert wasted energy such as vibration, heat, light, electromagnetic energy, etc. into usable electrical energy. Among them, vibration-based piezoelectric energy harvesting (PEH) has high energy conversion efficiency with a small volume; thus, it is expected to be used in various autonomous powering devices, such as implantable medical devices, wearable devices, and energy harvesting from road or automobiles. In this study, wasted vibration energy in an automobile is converted into electrical energy by high-power piezoelectric materials, and the generated electrical energy is found to be an auxiliary power source for the operation of wireless sensor nodes, LEDs, etc. inside an automobile. In order to properly install the PEH in an automobile, vibration characteristics includes frequency and amplitude at several positions in the automobile is monitored initially and the cantilever structured PEH was designed accordingly. The harvesting properties of fabricated PEH is characterized and installed into the engine part of the automobile, where the vibration amplitude is stable and strong. The feasibility of PEH is confirmed by operating electric components (LEDs) that can be used in practice.