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Development of Hybrid Propulsion System and Ground Verification Test for Solar-powered UAV (태양광 기반 UAV의 복합추진시스템 개발 및 지상통합시험)

  • Nam, Yoonkwang
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.133-140
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    • 2018
  • Recently, environmentally friendly aviation propulsion systems have received a lot of attention. Therefore, many studies have been conducted on the development of UAVs and propulsion systems that can perform missions while relying on a combination of various power sources. In this paper, we show the design results of a hybrid propulsion system based on solar-power generation. It integrates a single system to test reliability and performance. Finally, a verification test is conducted on the aircraft to confirm the function and normal operation of the system before a flight test.

KF Post Deposition Treatment Process of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Thin Film Effect of the Na Element Present in the Solar Cell Performance (KF 후열처리 공정시 CIGS 박막의 Na 원소 존재가 태양전지 셀성능에 미치는 영향)

  • Son, Yu-Seung;Kim, Won Mok;Park, Jong-Keuk;Jeong, Jeung-hyun
    • Current Photovoltaic Research
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    • v.3 no.4
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    • pp.130-134
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    • 2015
  • The high efficiency cell research processes through the KF post deposition treatment (PDT) of the $Cu(In,Ga)Se_2(CIGS)$ thin film has been very actively progress. In this study, it CIGS thin film deposition process when KF PDT 300 to the processing temperature, 350, $400^{\circ}C$ changed to soda-lime glass (SLG) efficiency of the CIGS thin film characteristics, and solar cell according to Na presence of diffusion from the substrate the effects were analyzed. As a result, the lower the temperature of KF PDT and serves to interrupt the flow of current K-CIGS layer is not removed from the reaction surface, FF and photocurrent is decreased significantly. Blocking of the Na diffusion from the glass substrate is significantly increased while the optical voltage, photocurrent and FF is a low temperature (300, $350^{\circ}C$) in the greatly reduced, and in $400^{\circ}C$ tend to reduce fine. It is the presence of Na in CIGS thin film by electron-induced degradation of the microstructure of CIGS thin film is expected to have a significant impact on increasing the hole recombination rate a reaction layer is formed of the K elements in the CIGS thin film surface.

Power Characteristic Variation Simulation of Hybrid Electric Propulsion System for Small UAV (소형 무인기용 하이브리드 전기추진시스템 전력 특성변화 시뮬레이션)

  • Lee, Bo-Hwa;Park, Poo-Min;Kim, Chun-Taek;Yang, Soo-Seok;Ahn, Seok-Min
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.39 no.11
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    • pp.1052-1059
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    • 2011
  • It is conducted that power characteristic variation simulation of electric propulsion system that uses fuel cells, solar cells and a battery as power sources. Combining each power source, 400W electric propulsion system have been modeled and verified. In result, without active control logic, it is confirmed that battery's power response is faster than other power sources at starting and transient condition, fuel cell and solar cell are a major electrical power during cruise condition. After completing flight, SOC is 24.2% at the winter solstice and is 93% at the summer solstice, It is revealed that active power control for sustaining proper SOC is necessary as a securing the system safety and effective power distribution.

A Research for Energy Harvest/Distribution/Control of HALE UAV based on the Solar Energy (태양 일조량 변화에 따른 HALE UAV의 동력 수집/분배/제어 특성 연구)

  • Nam, Yoonkwang;Park, To Soon
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.77-84
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    • 2015
  • Recently, as the needs for eco-friendly aero propulsion system increase gradually, many study works have been conducted to develop the hybrid propulsion system for High Altitude Long Endurance(HALE) UAV. In this study, we analyzed both suitable energy distribution and management methodology among the total energy collected from solar cell and the total required energy of aerial vehicle and required energy of the regenerative fuel cell(RFC) for driving in the night time and optimized the energy balance mechanism based on the ascribed mission profile.

Electrochemical Characterization of Hybrid Semiconductor-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (혼성반도체로 제조된 염료감응형 태양전지의 전기화학적 특성)

  • Lee, Sung-Kyu;Jeong, Eui-Gyung;Im, Ji-Sun;Lee, Young-Seak
    • Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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    • v.49 no.2
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    • pp.175-180
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    • 2011
  • In this study, the $TiO_{2}/V_{2}O_{5}$ hybrid semiconductors were prepared by mixing $TiO_{2}$ and $V_{2}O_{5}$, and a subsequent smash process to reduce the recombination of electron and improve the efficiency of solar cells. Dye-sensitized solar cells were constructed using the resultant hybrid semiconductor, and their electrochemical properties were also investigated. The photocurrent-voltage curve obtained with the cells indicated a significant increase in the efficiency from 2.9 to 5.7% by the factor of 2 compared to the result obtained only with $TiO_{2}$. It is believed that the introduction of $V_{2}O_{5}$ effectively transport electrons in the $TiO_{2}$ conduction band to FTO glass and suppress recombination with the dye and/or the electrolyte, thus yielding an efficient performance of the dye sensitized solar cell. The impedance values also indicated a decrease of resistance in the interface of $TiO_{2}$/dye/electrolyte supporting the constructive contributions of the smashed $TiO_{2}/V_{2}O_{5}$ hybrid semiconductors for the efficiency.

CdSe Nanocrystal Quantum Dots Based Hybrid Heterojunction Solar Cell

  • Jeong, So-Myung;Eom, S.;Park, H.;Lee, Soo-Hyoung;Han, Chang-Soo;Jeong, So-Hee
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2010.02a
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    • pp.93-93
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    • 2010
  • Semiconductor nanocrystal quantum dots (NQDs) have recently attracted considerable interest for use in photovoltaics. Band gaps of NQDs can be tuned over a considerable range by varying the particle size thereby allowing enhance absorption of solar spectrum. NQDs, synthesized using colloidal routes, are solution processable and promise for a large-area fabrication. Recent advancements in multiple-exciton generation in NQD solutions have afforded possible efficiency improvements. Various architectures have attempted to utilize the NQDs in photovoltaics, such as NQD-sensitized solar cell, NQD-bulk-heterojuction solar cell and etc. Here we have fabricated CdSe NQDs with the band gap of 1.8 eV to 2.1 eV on thin-layers of p-type organic crystallites (1.61 eV) to realize a donor-acceptor type heterojuction solar cell. Simple structure as it was, we could control the interface of electrode-p-layer, and n-p-layer and monitor the following efficiency changes. Specifically, surface molecules adsorbed on the NQDs were critical to enhance the carrier transfer among the n-layer where we could verify by measuring the photo-response from the NQD layers only. Further modifying the annealing temperature after the deposition of NQDs on p-layers allowed higher conversion efficiencies in the device.

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Vibration Control of the Hybrid Type Solar Cell Substrate Handling Robot (하이브리드 타입 솔라셀 기판 이송용 로봇 진동 제어)

  • Park, Dong Il;Park, Cheolhoon;Park, Joo Han;Cheong, Kwang Cho
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.30 no.9
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    • pp.909-913
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    • 2013
  • Various types of large substrate handling robots are used in the thin file solar cell manufacturing line as well as LCD or PDP production line. Because the robot handles the heavy substrate at high speed, there are some issues such as vibration control and the optimal design of arms and forks. As the substrate becomes larger and heavier, robot systems are also larger and the vibration issue of the robot end-effector becomes more important. In the paper, we established the robot modeling and the control architecture including the flexible part such as forks. Then, we performed dynamic simulation in the various condition and analyzed the characteristics of the fork vibration. We can reduce the vibration using the trajectory planning and input shaping algorithm and it was proved by experiment.

Appliction of Separate-Excitation Inverter for Photovoltaic Power Generation System (타여식 인버터의 태양광발전시스템의 응용)

  • Yu, Gwon-Jong;Jeon, Hong-Seok
    • Solar Energy
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    • v.13 no.2_3
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    • pp.140-150
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    • 1993
  • This paper describes technical details of Separate Excitation Inverter(SEI) application for the photovoltaic system. Depending on the output characteristics of solar cell modules, optimum control for the maximum electricity generation of photovoltaic system could be determined. New control mechanism of Separate Excitation Inverter for the Photovoltaic-Diesel Hybrid Generator was tested and examined. Results of this paper describe that maximum out of solar cell array could be obtained at two points. Therefore the two point control method was applied and verified between, the theory and the experiment.

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