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Optimization of Stand-Alone Hybrid Power Systems Using HOMER Program (HOMER 프로그램을 이용한 독립형 하이브리드 발전시스템 최적화)

  • Yang, Su-Hyung;Boo, Chang-Jin;Kim, Ho-Chan
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.11-18
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    • 2012
  • Diesel fuel is expensive because transportation to remote areas adds extra cost, and it causes air pollution by engine exhaust. Providing a feasible economical and environmental solution to diesel generators is important. A hybrid system of renewable plants and diesel generators can benefit islands or other isolated communities and increase fuel savings. Renewable energy is, however, a natural source that produces a fluctuating power output. In this paper, hybrid power system of the marado lighthouse is proposed to supply stable power in the stand-alone hybrid power system. The proposed hybrid power system consists of the diesel generator, wind turbine, photovoltaic, fuel cell, and battery bank. To decrease the carbon emissions and find the optimization, the cost analysis of hybrid system is simulated using HOMER program and the optimized hybrid power system is designed.

Slot-die Coating Method for Manufacturing Large-area Perovskite Solar Cell (대면적 페로브스카이트 태양전지 제작을 위한 슬롯-다이코팅 방법)

  • Oh, Ju-young;Ha, Jae-jun;Lee, Dong-geun
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.21 no.12
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    • pp.918-925
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    • 2021
  • The perovskite solar cell is a next-generation solar cell that replaces the existing silicon solar cell. It is a solar cell device using an organic-inorganic hybrid material having a perovskite structure as a photoactive layer. It has advantages for the process and has shown rapid efficiency improvement over the past decade. In the process of commercialization of such perovskite solar cells, research and development for a large-area coating method should be carried out. As one of the large-area perovskite solar cell large-area coating methods, the slot-die coating method was studied. By using a meniscus to pass over the substrate and coating the solution, the 3D printer was equipped with a meniscus so that it could be coated. Variables that act during coating include bed temperature, coating speed, N2 blowing interval, N2 blowing height, N2 blowing intensity, etc. By controlling these, the perovskite absorption layer was manufactured and the coating conditions for manufacturing large-area devices were optimized.

Carbon nanotube/silicon hybrid heterojunctions for photovoltaic devices

  • Castrucci, Paola
    • Advances in nano research
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.23-56
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    • 2014
  • The significant growth of the Si photovoltaic industry has been so far limited due to the high cost of the Si photovoltaic system. In this regard, the most expensive factors are the intrinsic cost of silicon material and the Si solar cell fabrication processes. Conventional Si solar cells have p-n junctions inside for an efficient extraction of light-generated charge carriers. However, the p-n junction is normally formed through very expensive processes requiring very high temperature (${\sim}1000^{\circ}C$). Therefore, several systems are currently under study to form heterojunctions at low temperatures. Among them, carbon nanotube (CNT)/Si hybrid solar cells are very promising, with power conversion efficiency up to 15%. In these cells, the p-type Si layer is replaced by a semitransparent CNT film deposited at room temperature on the n-doped Si wafer, thus giving rise to an overall reduction of the total Si thickness and to the fabrication of a device with cheaper methods at low temperatures. In particular, the CNT film coating the Si wafer acts as a conductive electrode for charge carrier collection and establishes a built-in voltage for separating photocarriers. Moreover, due to the CNT film optical semitransparency, most of the incoming light is absorbed in Si; thus the efficiency of the CNT/Si device is in principle comparable to that of a conventional Si one. In this paper an overview of several factors at the basis of this device operation and of the suggested improvements to its architecture is given. In addition, still open physical/technological issues are also addressed.

Electrochemical Analysis of CdTe Deposition Using Cyclovoltammetric Method for Hybrid Solar Cell Application (나노복합 태양전지를 위한 CdTe 전착 거동의 순환전류법을 이용한 전기화학적 분석)

  • Kim, Seong-Hun;Han, Wone-Keun;Jin, Hong-Sung;Lee, Jae-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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    • v.42 no.5
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    • pp.197-202
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    • 2009
  • The electrodeposition in acidic aqueous electrolyte bath of cadmium telluride on gold electrodes has been studied by electrochemical analysis. Conventional cyclic voltammetry using potentiostat is considered as a reliable method to study electrochemical behavior of electrodeposition of CdTe. In this paper, the mechanism of CdTe deposition and its cyclic voltammetry were studied with the Te ion concentration, temperature, potential, and scan rate. We also investigated surface morphologies using FESEM and atomic composition of Cd and Te using EDS. Atomic composition of Cd and Te were varied with Te ion concentration in the electrolyte.

Increasing Flight Endurance of MAVs using Multiple Quantum Well Solar Cells

  • Hassanalian, Mostafa;Radmanesh, Mohammadreza;Sedaghat, Ahmad
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.212-217
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    • 2014
  • Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) are useful devices to assess new features that may be utilized in a full size aircraft to enhance performance or to increase endurance. In this article, sources for energy saving in the micro air vehicles are initially addressed. Then, by specifying the important parameters on energy consumption of an aircraft, a feasibility study is conducted to assess the benefit of using solar cells to increase flight endurance. Next, a new solar cell has been designed and optimized for MAVs. This cell consists of a multiple quantum wells for which the quantum factor and the absorption coefficient are calculated by solving the Shrodinger equation using MATLAB software. Then, the manner and influence of MAVs parameters using the solar cells are examined to suggest optimal planform for different purposes. In order to increase flight endurance, it is noted that by using appropriate planform and the optimized solar cells, flight endurance can be increased by more than 30 percent.

Effects of Ligand-exchanged Cadmium Selenide Nanoparticles on the Performance of P3HT:PCBM:CdSe Ternary System Solar Cells

  • Park, Eung-Kyu;Fu, Honghong;Choi, Mijung;Luan, Weiling;Kim, Yong-Sang
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.34 no.8
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    • pp.2321-2324
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    • 2013
  • An improved hybrid solar cell was obtained by focusing on the effects of ligand for CdSe nanoparticles, in the active layers. The performance was compared by mixing nanoparticles capped with pyridine or oleic acid for the acceptor material into poly(3-hexylthiophene):[6,6]-phenyl C61 butyric acid methyl ester based active layer. The solar cells with pyridine capped CdSe nanoparticles showed a power conversion efficiency of 2.96% while oleic acid capped CdSe nanoparticles showed 2.85%, under AM 1.5G illumination. Formation of percolation pathways for carrier transport and a reduction in the hopping event resulted in better performance of pyridine capped nanoparticles.

Development of Portable Hybrid Water Purifier System (재난·재해용 포터블 하이브리드 정수시스템 개발)

  • Ryu, Ji-Hyeob;Choi, Rang-Kyu;Park, Hun
    • Journal of Korean Society of societal Security
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.47-55
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    • 2010
  • It was developing of portable hybrid water purification system for clean water production in the disaster area. because there are no way to supply a drinking water to the victims of calamity. currently, the government has been supplying bottled water to victims. but it is a limit to the reserves. It is composed of a filter, a feed pump, a solar-cell, a controller, and a case and is possible supplying a drinking water not to limit time and a place. Field test was carried out to developed portable water purification system and the purified water was satisfied a criterion for a drinking water.

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The study of proton exchange membrane fuel cell and Li-poly battery hybrid system (로봇용 연료전지 이차전지 하이브리드 시스템 개발)

  • Kwon, O-Sung;Lee, Sang-Cheol;Lee, Sang-Woo;Lee, Dong-Ha
    • 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2012.03a
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    • pp.229-233
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    • 2012
  • Proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) is the most promising energy source for the robot applications because it has unique advantages such as high energy density, no power drop during operating, and easy to make compact size. However, PEMFC has intrinsic disadvantages which are delay to start up and difficulty to correspond drastic load changes. These disadvantages can be compensated by hybrid operating with a Li-poly battery. This study is focus to build and understand the hybrid system for the robot system. In this study, we build the PEMFC hybrid system using EOS-320 PEMFC stack, Li-poly battery and G-Philos FDX1-250BU dc-dc converter. The hybrid system is accurately monitored by CAN and RS485. The system was studied under two conditions such as non-loaded and loaded operating conditions. The results show that the system has delay to start up without hybrid operating and it can be compensated with the hybrid operating.

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Eutectic structure evolution of Al2O3-ZrO2-Y2O3 system for apotential hybrid solar cell application

  • Han, Young-Hwan;Yun, Jon-Do;Harada, Yohei;Jeong, Young-Keun;Makino, Taro;Kim, Kwang-Ho;Kwon, Se-Hun;Kim, Young-Moon;Kakegawa, Kazuyuki
    • Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2009.11a
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    • pp.11.1-11.1
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    • 2009
  • Ternary Al2O3.ZrO2.Y2O3 samples with a eutecticcomposition were prepared by slow cooling. The microstructural evolution wasobserved with X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM). TheSEM observation of the ternary samples agreed with the XRD with a completion ofcrystallisation by slow cooling. The target materials commonly have 'cantaloupe skin' microstructures as shown inthe previous studies by Han et al. The nanocomposite may have experienceddifferent cooling rates with two different microstructures, near the surfacehaving experienced optimal conditions for the eutectic reaction during theircooling and thus formed the eutectic microstructure, near the centre havingexperienced a slower cooling rate. The crystallised eutectic ternary Al2O3.ZrO2.Y2O3 system had three different phaseswith a 3Y2O3. 5Al2O3 (yttrium.aluminiumgarnet phase), an alumina phase formed by the eutectic reaction, and a solidsolution of ZrO2 and Y2O3.

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