• Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.63-71
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• 2015

Soiling is the accumulation of dirt on photovoltaic (PV) modules and can reduce the performance of the PV power plant depending on the site location. Nevertheless, the reason which can not be the great interest to researchers of PV reliability is the phenomenon of performance loss caused by external environmental factors, not the internal degradation of the PV module. In this paper, we provide the phenomenon, history, research overview and mitigation method in order to help understanding of the soiling.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2015.11a
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• pp.31-32
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 전하 균등화를 해주는 동시에 차동전력조절 방식(Differential Power Processing, DPP)을 추가하여 최대 전력점(Maximum Power Point, MPP)을 추종하는 회로를 제안한다. 이를 통하여 본 논문에서는 PV모듈을 제어를 하고, 동시에 벅-플라이백 컨버터를 이용하여 전하 균등화를 할 수 있다. 본 논문에서의 전력조절기는 포워드컨버터로 구성 되어 있고, 주 컨버터인 전하균등화회로는 벅-플라이백컨버터로 구성하였다. 컨버터의 입력은 PV모듈을 직렬로 연결, 출력은 배터리를 직렬로 연결하여 제안한 기능을 구현하였다. 이에 따른 조건을 수식으로 증명하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2016.11a
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• pp.21-22
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 차동전력조절방식을 추가하여 최대 전력점을 추종하는 동시에 출력단에 직렬로 연결된 부하가 전하 균등화 기능을 수행하는 회로를 제안한다. 제안하는 회로는 각각의 PV모듈을 제어를 하고, 이를 상태공간평균화기법을 이용하여 해석하였다. 본 논문에서의 전력조절기는 포워드컨버터로 구성 되어 있고, 주 컨버터인 전하균등화회로는 벅-플라이백컨버터로 구성하였다. 컨버터의 입력은 PV모듈을 직렬로 연결, 출력은 배터리를 직렬로 연결하여 제안한 기능을 구현하였다. 이에 따른 조건을 수식으로 증명하고, MATLAB과 모의 시뮬레이션 프로그램인 PSIM의 Bode plot을 비교하여 이를 검증하였다.

• 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.57-62
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• 2008

Building Integrated PV(BIPV) is one of the best fascinating PV application technologies. To apply PV module in building, various factors should be reflected such as installation position, shading, temperature, and so on. Especially the installation condition should be considered, for the generation performance of PV module is changed or the generation loss is appeared according to installation position, method, and etc. This study investigates variation of electrical characteristics of a PV module according to the change of irradiance and temperature. From this experimental study, we confirmed that the irradiance, the temperature variation and the generation performance of a PV module were appeared differently according seasonal variation. Actually the PV module installed in building facade showed high-generation performance in winter.

• 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.04a
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• pp.263-268
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• 2008

Building Integrated PV(BIPV) is one of the best fascinating PV application technologies. To apply PV module in building, various factors should be reflected such as installation position, shading, temperature, and so on. Especially a temperature should be considered, for it affects both electrical efficiency of a PV module and heating/cooling load in a building. This study investigates a semitransparent PV module that is designed as finished material for windows. Therefore it needs to considerate about the optical characteristics of the transparent module. It reports the effect of thermal and optical characteristics of the PV module on generation performance. The study was performed by measuring sun spectrum and luminance through the PV modules and by monitoring the temperature and experiment. The results showed that 1 degree temperature rise reduced about 0.48% of output power.

• 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.86-91
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• 2009

In this paper, we analyze the Transition of Isc by natural solar spectrum of c-Si and a-Si PV module. Commonly, performance of photovoltaic (PV) module is estimated under the standard test condition (STC). That is, solar irradiance $1kW/m^2$, solar spectrum distribution: AM1 5G, module temperature $25^{\circ}C$ This means it rarely meets actual outdoor conditions. The solar spectrum always changes. So it is rare to fit the standard solar spectrum AM1 5G defined in ASTM G173-03 or IEC 60904-3. Thus spectral response of PV module is different depending on the material. so we estimated the variation of Isc at every minutes by comparing c-Si PV module with a-si PV module for outdoor conditions.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.60.1-60.1
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• 2011

태양광 모듈의 효율 증가를 위한 고효율태양전지개발, 광투과율향상, 모듈의 대형화 등 많은 연구개발이 이루어지고 있다. 이중 우리는 태양광 모듈의 후면 sheet인 Back sheet의 특성 및 온도 변화에 따른 모듈의 전기적 출력 특성 변화에 대한 연구를 실시하였다. Back sheet의 두께, 재질, 색상 등 종류는 다양하다. 여기서는 백시트의 색상을 중점으로 White, Blue, Black 3가지와 Glass까지 총 4가지 종류를 가지고 반사율을 측정하고, 모듈화 했을 때 출력을 비교하였다. 그리고 온도별로 효율값을 측정하여 백시트의 색상 종류에 따라서 어떠한 차이가 있는지 비교하였다.

• KIEAE Journal
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.69-73
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• 2011

In general, there are two types of PVT module depending on the existence of the glass in front of PV module: glazed and unglazed. On the other hand, the water-type PVT modules can be classified into two types, according to absorber type: the sheet-and-tube absorber PVT module and the fully wetted absorber PVT module. The aim of this study is to analyze the electrical and thermal performance of a water-type PVT module with fully wetted absorber. For this study, a prototype of unglazed PVT module with fully wetted absorber was designed and built, and both the thermal and electrical performances of the prototype module were measured in outdoor conditions. A conventional mono-crystalline Si PV module was tested alongside the PVT module for their electrical performance comparison. The results showed that the thermal efficiency of the PVT module was average 51% and its electrical efficiency was average 14.3% in mean fluid temperature $10-40^{\circ}C$, whereas the electrical efficiency of the conventional PV module was average 12.6%. It is found that the electrical efficiency of the PVT module was improved by approximately 14% compared to that of the PV module. The temperature of PVT module becomes lower due to the cooling effect by the fluid of the absorber. The results proved that the electrical efficiency was higher when the mean fluid temperature was lower.

• Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.125-130
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• 2010

Normally, PV system is designed using local weather condition like lowest and highest temperature and irradiance. But this might give misleading results because it is not realistic data of PV module itself. To give more specific description of PV system, we tested photovoltaic(PV) modules' temperature, irradiance and maximum power generation characteristics from January to December in 2008 for 3kW PV system. From this, we could deeply analyze the accumulation temperature, electrical characteristics of PV module in various condition. So precise approach to PV system design can be done. The detail description is specified as the following paper.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2014.11a
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• pp.107-108
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 디커플링 회로가 포함된 PV-AC 모듈형 플라이백 인버터의 전류 센서리스(Sensorless) MPPT(Maximum power point tracking) 제어기법을 제안한다. 기존의 MPPT제어는 각 모듈의 입력단에 존재하는 전압과 전류 센서를 이용하여 최대 전력점을 추종하였다. 본 논문에서는 전력 변환장치의 저 가격화를 위해 MPPT 제어에 요구되는 전류 센서를 사용하지 않는 센서리스 MPPT 기법을 제안한다. 제안한 기법은 시뮬레이션과 실험을 통해 검증하였다.