• 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.

• 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.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2010.06a
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• pp.64-64
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• 2010

This paper presents the results of changes of optical properties of front materials in crystalline PV modules. If PV modules on the outdoor, transmittance of front materials is reduced by solar light. That is UV, IR included Solar spectrum will have change the properties of glass. Therefore decrease in transmittance leads to loss of the PV modules output. All the PV modules showed the loss in Isc by 1~5% within few hors. To investigate the changes we are analyzed using spectrophotometer from raw glass to laminated glass.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2018.07a
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• pp.135-137
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• 2018

양방향 플라이백 컨버터는 1, 2차 간 절연이 가능하고, 양방향 전력전달을 할 수 있으며, 전력밀도가 높기 때문에 PV 용 차동 전력 조절기 (DPP) 모듈의 응용분야에 적합하다. 차동 전력 조절기 모듈 용 플라이백 컨버터는 양방향 동작을 위해 1, 2차 측 모두 능동 소자 및 스너버 회로로 구성 되어있다. 그러나 양방향 동작을 위해 추가된 회로는 플라이백 컨버터의 효율을 감소시키기 때문에 고효율의 양방향 플라이백 컨버터를 설계하기 위해서는 기존의 플라이백 컨버터와는 다른 설계 고려 사항들이 존재한다. 본 논문에서는 양방향 플라이백 컨버터의 각 소자별 손실을 고려하여 정격 부하 시 정방향 동작과 역방향 동작의 최대 효율을 얻을 수 있는 변압기의 자화 인덕턴스의 값을 제시한다. 본 설계 방법은 25 W 급 양방향 플라이백 컨버터 시작품을 이용하여 정격부하에서 전력변환 효율과 설계의 타당성을 실험적으로 검증하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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• v.39 no.5
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• pp.1-10
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• 2019

Recently, the installation capacity of PV (photovoltaic) systems has been increasing not only field installation but also floating PV, farm land, BIPV/BAPV. For this reason, the new design and materials of PV module are needed. In particular, in order to apply a PV system to a building, lightweight of the PV module is essential. PV modules made of generally used texturing glass are excellent in output and reliability, but there is a limit to the weight that can be reduced. For the lightweight of the PV module, it necessary to use a film instead of a glass. However, the application of film rather than a glass may cause various problems such as decrease in photocurrent by decrease in transmittance and a increase of CTM (cell to module) loss, a degradation of the reliability, and so on. In this paper, PV modules using Ultra barrier film, which is recently a lot of interest as a substitute for a glass, its characteristic analysis and reliability test were conducted. The transmittance and UV characteristics of each material were verified, and the output of the fabricated 1 cell PV module was measured. In addition, 24 cell PV modules were fabricated at the lab-scale and its reliability tests were conducted. As a result of the experiment, the reliability characteristics of the ultra barrier film PV module were excellent, and it was confirmed that it could be used as the front material of the PV module instead of glass

• 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.36 no.2
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• pp.65-72
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• 2016

PV module is installed in various outdoor conditions such as solar irradiation, ambient temperature, wind speed and etc. Increase in solar cell temperature within PV module aggravates the behaviour and durability of PV module. It is difficult to measure temperature among respective PV module components during PV module operating, because the temperature within PV module depends on thermal characteristics of PV module components materials as well as operating conditions such as irradiation, outdoor temperature, wind etc. In this paper, simulation by using finite element method is conducted to predict the temperature of each components within PV module installed to outdoor circumstance. PV module structure based on conventional crystalline Si module is designed and the measured values of thickness and thermal parameters of component materials are used. The validation of simulation model is confirmed by comparing the calculated results with the measured temperatures data of PV module. The simulation model is also applied to estimate the thermal radiation of PV module by front glass and back sheet.