• 전기학회논문지
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• 제65권6호
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• pp.979-986
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• 2016

At present, electric power industry around the world are being gradually changed to a new paradigm, such as electrical energy storage system, the wireless power transmission. Demand for ESS, the core technology of the new paradigm, has been growing worldwide. However, it is essential to estimate the optimal capacity of ESS facilities for frequency regulation because the benefit would be saturated in accordance with the investment moment and the increase of total invested capacity of ESS facilities. Hence, in this paper, the annual optimal mathematical investment model is proposed to estimate the optimal capacity and to establish investment plan of ESS facility for frequency regulation. The optimal mathematical investment model is newly established for each season, because the construction period is short and the operation effect for the load by seasons is different unlike previous the mathematical investment model. Additionally, the marginal operating cost is found by new mathematical operation model considering no-load cost and start-up cost as step functions improving the previous mathematical operation model. ESS optimal capacity is established by use value in use iterative methods. In this case, ESS facilities cost is used in terms of the value of the beginning of the year.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제65권12호
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• pp.2251-2261
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• 2016

The use of renewable energy sources and energy storage systems is increasing due to new policies in the energy industries. However, the increase in distributed generation hinders the reliability of power systems. In order to stabilize power systems, a virtual power plant has been proposed as a novel power grid management system. The virtual power plant plays includes different distributed energy resources and energy storage systems. We define a core virtual power plant technology related to demand response and ancillary service for the cases of Korea, America, and Europe. We also suggest applications of the proposed virtual power plant to the vehicle-to-grid market for restructuring national power industries in Korea.

• International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.352-359
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• 2010

In recent years, the market has shown increasing interest in pump-turbines. The prompt availability of pumped storage plants and the benefits to the power system achieved by peak lopping, providing reserve capacity, and rapid response in frequency control are providing a growing advantage. In this context, there is a need to develop pumpturbines that can reliably withstand dynamic operation modes, fast changes of discharge rate by adjusting the variable diffuser vanes, as well as fast changes from pumping to turbine operation. In the first part of the present study, various flow patterns linked to operation of a pump-turbine system are discussed. In this context, pump and turbine modes are presented separately and different load cases are shown in each operating mode. In order to create modern, competitive pump-turbine designs, this study further explains what design challenges should be considered in defining the geometry of a pump-turbine impeller. The second part of the paper describes an innovative, staggered approach to impeller development, applied to a low head pump-turbine project. The first level of the process consists of optimization strategies based on evolutionary algorithms together with 3D in-viscid flow analysis. In the next stage, the hydraulic behavior of both pump mode and turbine mode is evaluated by solving the full 3D Navier-Stokes equations in combination with a robust turbulence model. Finally, the progress in hydraulic design is demonstrated by model test results that show a significant improvement in hydraulic performance compared to an existing reference design.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전력기술부문A
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.234-240
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• 1999

This paper presents a new approach for large-scale generator maintenance scheduling optimizations. The generator preventive maintenance scheduling problems are typical discrete dynamic n-dimensional vector optimization ones with several inequality constraints. The considered objective function to be minimized a subset of{{{{ { R}^{n } }}}} space is the variance (i.g., second-order momentum) of operating reserve margin to levelize risk or reliability during a year. By its nature of the objective function, the optimal solution can only be obtained by enumerating all combinatorial states of each variable, a task which leads to computational explosion in real-world maintenance scheduling problems. This paper proposes a new priority search mechanism based on each generator's discrete sensitivity value which was analytically developed in this study. Unlike the conventional capacity-based priority search, it can prevent the local optimal trap to some extents since it changes dynamically the search tree in each iteration. The proposed method have been applied to two test systems (i.g., one is a sample system with 10 generators and the other is a real-world lage scale power system with 280 generators), and the results anre compared with those of the conventional capacith-based search method and combinatorial optimization method to show the efficiency and effectiveness of the algorithm.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제61권9호
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• pp.1260-1268
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• 2012

Recently, lack of power reserve margin was observed quite often. In this paper, we studied the method to secure power source for a short time, to cut the utility power peak load, and to reduce the users electricity bills. Emergency diesel generator of an office building is to be converted into a dual-fuel engine generator which is responsible for a portion of the peak load. Compared to the conventional diesel fuel generator, the proposed dual-fuel engine is able to reduce the generation power cost by dual-fuel combustion, and it also mitigates the building's utility power peak load by charging the building's peak load. If the dead resources (a group of emergency dual-fuel engine generators), as a Virtual Power Plant, are operating in peak time, we can significantly reduce future large power development costs. We investigated the current general purpose electricity bills as well as the records of the building electric power usage, and calculated diesel engine generator renovation costs, generation fuel costs, driving conditions, and savings in electricity bills. The proposed dual-fuel engine generation method reduces 18.1% of utility power peak load, and turned out to be highly attractive investment alternative which shows more than 27% of IRR, 76 million won of NPV, and 20~53 months of payback periods. The results of this study are expected to be useful to developing the policy & strategy of the energy department.

• KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.249-254
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• 2021

As the spreading speed of electric vehicles increases rapidly, those are expected to be able to use them as flexible resources in the power system beyond the concern for the supply of its charging power. Especially when the Renewable Energy sources (RES) which have no intrinsic control capability have replaced the synchronous generators more and more, the power system needs to secure the additional frequency control resources to ensure its stability. However, the feasibility of using electric vehicles as the frequency control resources should be analyzed from the perspective of the power system operation and it requires the existing simulation frameworks for the power system. Therefore, this paper proposes the grid connected modeling of the primary frequency control provided by electric vehicles which can be integrated into the existing power system model. In addition, the proposed model is implemented considering technical performances constrained by the characteristics of the Vehicle-Grid Integration (VGI) system so that the simulation results can be accepted by the power utilities operating the power system conservatively.

• 벤처창업연구
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.35-44
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• 2012

본 논문은 경영환경이 어려워지고 있는 우리나라 대학부속 한방병원의 수익변화를 재무제표 분석을 통해 살펴봄으로써 한방병원 경영자 및 관계자들에게 의사결정에 필요한 정보를 제공하고자 한다. 2008년과 2010년을 비교한 결과, 조사대상 한방병원의 총자산 감소, 부채증가 그리고 총의료수익 감소와 지속적인 병원적자 등을 알 수 있었으며, 자기자본비율이 높고 차입금의존도가 낮아 전체적으로 경영상태가 양호한 것으로 나타나지만 일부 병원은 심각한 경영난을 겪었으며 이를 일시적으로 극복하기 위하여 단기차입금에 의존하고 있음이 파악되었다. 총자본수익률과 고유목적사업적립금 및 전출금 등이 고려된 총자본의료이익률은 시중금리 수준이었으나 병원간 편차가 심하며 3년 연속 (-)인 병원이 6개, 매출액의료이익률이 (-)인 병원도 10개로 나타나 수익성에 문제가 있음을 알 수 있었다. 한편 대학부속 한방병원 중 총자본과 자기자본이 감소한 병원이 늘어났고 병원 간에도 큰 차이가 있었다. 병원의 자기자본이 감소한 것은 한방병원의 성장이 크게 위축되고 있음을 의미한다. 총자본회전수는 우리나라 한방병원과 3차 의료기관 보다도 낮아 대학부속 한방병원의 활동성이 떨어짐을 보였다. 자기자본회전수는 총자본회전수보다 높았고, 타인자본 비율은 높지 않았으나 병원 간 편차가 컸다.

• 플랜트 저널
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.47-53
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• 2014

1887년 경복궁 건천궁에서 최초로 전기점등 행사를 시행한 이후 2012년 11월 기준의 대한민국 발전설비 용량은 81,737 MW, 그리고 2012년도 최대전력 수요는 71,230 MW로 이전기록을 경신한 바 있다. 이렇게 급속하게 증가하는 전력수요를 충족하기 위하여 정부에서는 대용량 유연탄 화력과 원자력발전소를 건설하여 운영 중에 있으나 전력수요는 주중에 집중되고 주말에는 급감하여 주말의 예비률이 40% 이상을 상회하고 있어 양수발전기를 이용하여 주말수요를 창출하는 한편 감소된 주말의 전력수요에 맞추어 서울화력발전소을 포함한 고원가 발전소에 대한 주말정지를 시행하고 있다. 서울화력발전소는 전력수요지의 중심지인 수도 서울에 위치하였음에도 발전원가가 높아 2008년도 이후 매년 30회 이상의 주말정지를 시행함으로 기동정지 과정에서 많은 비용을 지출하고 있어 본 연구에서는 1969년 준공하여 열병합설비로 개조한 서울화력발전소 제5호기를 대상으로 온간기동 과정에서 보일러 강제순환펌프 입구 관수온도 상승률을 증가시켜 온도상승 공정에 소요되는 시간을 약 35% 단축하고 기동시간 종합관리 프로그램을 구성하여 운영함으로써 전체적으로 온간기동 시간을 23% 단축할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 정보과학회 컴퓨팅의 실제 논문지
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• 제23권7호
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• pp.452-457
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• 2017

리눅스는 범용 운영체제로써 다양한 스케줄러를 지원하며, 서로 다른 스케줄러가 런타임 시에 혼재하는 상황을 허용한다. 또한, 리눅스는 Control Group(cgroup)을 활용하여 데드라인 스케줄러(SCHED_DEADLINE)를 제외한 실시간(SCHED_FIFO, SCHED_RR) 및 비실시간(SCHED_NORMAL) 스케줄러 정책을 따르는 태스크들에 대해서 그룹 단위의 CPU 자원 예약을 지원한다. cgroup은 스케줄링 가능성 분석을 수행하여 예약된 CPU 자원을 최대한 보장하려고 한다. 하지만 현재 리눅스의 실시간 태스크 그룹에 대한 스케줄링 가능성 분석은 데드라인 태스크와 실시간 태스크를 구분하지 못하는 문제에 의해서 두 스케줄러를 사용하는 태스크가 혼재할 때 실시간 태스크 그룹의 자원예약을 거부하는 경우가 발생한다. 본 논문은 리눅스 cgroup의 실시간 태스크 그룹에 대한 스케줄링 가능성 분석에서 발생하는 문제를 분석하고, 이를 해결하는 커널 패치를 제안한다.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.267-273
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• 2014

Purpose: This study was conducted to develop a web-based business management system to ensure the efficient operation and transparent management of government-subsidized agricultural machinery rental businesses. Methods: An MS_SQL2000 database management system (DBMS) solution was utilized in the system for high system compatibility and integrated management. This system was targeted to be compatible with Internet Explorer 6.0 or later and to ensure security and seamless web operations. The system administrator is able to manage a fleet of agricultural machinery, including various inventory codes, release and return, fleet registry, and business performance. Users (farmers) may search the database of rental machinery and reserve them. Results: With respect to rental reservations, the system administrator can manage the fleet by setting the rental status to Approved, Released, or Returned. Through the web, the administrator can also create a database that includes machinery specifications, features, and rental rates. In addition, business performance data can be analyzed using a diverse array of tools to streamline the rental business. Without having to go to the rental office, users can save time and money by searching for and renting agricultural machinery through the information available on the website, including availability, specifications, and rental fees. After deploying the system, the time required to analyze monthly performance and create reports was dramatically reduced from 20 days per person to one day per person. Conclusions: Since 2014, AMRB has been installed and is operating in agricultural machinery rental businesses in 31 cities and counties in South Korea. This study recommends continued expansion and dissemination of AMRB for the systematic and efficient management of agricultural machinery rental businesses.