• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 3th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.669-675
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• 2009

As the use of new and renewable energy is one of the ways by which the exhaustion of fossil fuels and the other existing environmental problems can be addressed, a policy of spreading information regarding it and of conducting R&D related to it is currently being implemented in advanced countries. In the construction field, the concept of "green building" was born, and the application of this concept has increased, with the end in view of achieving energy savings, resource savings, and recycling, and of conserving the natural environment. In this context, the government of Korea amended the "Law on the Development, Use, and Promotion of New and Recycled Energy" in 2004, which contains 11 provisions related to new and renewable energy and their sources, including solar and geothermal energy as well as sunlight, water, rainfall, and organisms. Since solar-energy should be used instead of fossil fuels by converting sunlight directly into electricity, many researches on this subject are in progress. There are few researches, however, employing the economic approach to the subject. Thus, in this study, an economic assessment of the solar-energy system was conducted using both life cycle cost (LCC) analysis and sensitivity analysis. The results of the LCC analysis show that the solar-energy system will become economically better than the fossil fuel system after 16 years, although the initial construction cost of the solar-energy system is higher than that of the fossil fuel system. The results of this study are expected to be used in selecting an eco-friendly and economical solar-energy system when the construction of a green building is planned.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제11권12호
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• pp.5712-5728
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• 2017

Recently, there are many studies, that considering green wireless cellular networks, have taken the energy consumption of the base station (BS) into consideration. In this work, we first introduce an energy consumption model of multi-mode sharing BS powered by multiple energy sources including renewable energy, local storage and power grid. Then communication load requests of the BS are transformed to energy demand queues, and battery energy level and worst-case delay constraints are considered into the virtual queue to ensure the network QoS when our objective is to minimize the long term electricity cost of BSs. Lyapunov optimization method is applied to work out the optimization objective without knowing the future information of the communication load, real-time electricity market price and renewable energy availability. Finally, linear programming is used, and the corresponding energy efficient scheduling policy is obtained. The performance analysis of our proposed online algorithm based on real-world traces demonstrates that it can greatly reduce one day's electricity cost of individual BS.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.145-174
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• 2024

Addressing climate change necessitates evidence-based policies grounded in science. The use of forest biomass for energy production is based on a broad scientific consensus at the international level. However, some environmental groups in South Korea are opposing this system of energy production. Through this study, the authors aim to reduce unnecessary confusion and foster an atmosphere conducive to meaningful evidence-based policies. We have classified the issue into eight categories: biological carbon cycle, carbon debt, nature-based solutions, air emissions, cascading principles and sustainability certification, forest environmental impacts, climate change litigation, and the behavior of environmental groups and public perception. Consequently, the following key points were derived: (1) the actions of some environmental groups seem to follow a similar pattern to denialist behavior that denies climate change and climate science; (2) the quality of evidence for campaigns that oppose the use of forest biomass for energy production is low, with a tendency to overgeneralize information, high uncertainty, and difficulty in finding new claims.; (3) most of the public believes that forest biomass energy is necessary, and the governments of major countries are aware of its importance. Significantly, Forest biomass for energy is based on an overwhelming level of scientific consensus recognized internationally.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제46권5호
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• pp.577-596
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• 2018

ASEAN 국가는 광대한 연안과 수 천 개의 섬들로 이루어져 있어 기후변화로 인한 해수면 상승은 국가의 존립에 큰 위기요인이다. 이로 인해 ASEAN 각 국가가 입게 되는 피해를 최소한으로 줄이기 위해서는 범국가적인 온실가스 배출량을 감축하기 위한 노력이 중요하다. 기후변화에 대비하기 위한 다양한 방안 중 하나인 바이오연료는 이를 화석연료를 대체함으로써 환경에 미치는 영향을 최소화하고 온실가스 감축 효과를 불러올 수 있다. 바이오연료 선진국인 유럽과 미국, 브라질은 이 분야에 대한 연구와 개발 및 투자가 이전부터 활발하게 진행되고 있었던 반면 ASEAN 국가에서 관련 정책이 제정 된 것은 긴 시간이 지나지 않았다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 바이오연료 선진국 중, 바이오에탄올 중심의 미국과 브라질, 바이오디젤 중심의 유럽 연합(EU)의 의무혼합제도와 바이오연료 보급 정책을 각각 살펴보았다. 또한 이를 바탕으로 현재 시행되고 있는 ASEAN 국가의 바이오연료 활용방안과 전망을 모색하였다.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.33-43
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• 2013

The objective of this paper is to provide a review on the latest development on the main initiative and approaches for the sustainability criteria for biofuels. A large number of national and international initiative lately experienced rapid development in the review of the biofuels targets announced in the European Union (EU), United States (US) and other countries worldwide. The global biofuel targets are likely to have a strong impact on land use and agricultural markets. Although biofuels production provides new options for using agricultural crops, there are environmental, social and economic concerns associated with biofuel production. The diversity of feedstock, large number of biofuels pathway an their complexity lead to a high uncertainty over the greenhouse gas (GHG) performances of biofuels, in terms of GHG emission reductions compared to the fossil fuels, expecially if land use change is involved. This paper describes an overview of current status of ongoing certification initiative in Europe and worldwide for biofuels sustainability. It also provides mandatory requirements as part of an sustainability scheme in EU, United Kingdom, US and international approaches and should be reviewed to introduce based on global trends in Korea.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2006년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.226-229
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• 2006

현재 직면하고 있는 고유가 고착화, $CO_2$ 저감 의무화에 대비하기 위해서는 신재생에너지 보급 확대는 필수적이며, 현재로서는 신재생에너지 시설중 보급효과가 큰 분야가 바로 태양열시스템이다. 그런데 태양열시스템 보급을 확대하기 위해서는 시스템의 신뢰성 향상은 물론이고 보급이 효과적으로 확대될 수 있는 분야에 대한 시스템 적용기술의 개발에 따른 산업화이다. 여기서는 지금까지의 보급문제점, 기술개발 현황 및 산업육성 정책 분석을 통해 국내 태양열산업 발전방향을 살펴보았다.

• 한국도로학회논문집
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.37-44
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• 2012

세계각국에서 홍수, 태풍과 같은 자연재해가 많이 발생하고 있다. 이러한 자연재해가 발생하는 원인으로는 지구온실가스 배출 증가에 따른 지구온난화 현상 때문이다. 지구온난화를 막기 위해, 많은 연구진들이 신재생에너지에 대한 연구를 진행하고 있다. 정부는 온실가스배출량을 감축하여 지구온난화를 막기위해 "저탄소 녹색성장"의 국가정책 하에서 신재생에너지와 같은 친환경적인 녹색산업에 많은 관심과 투자에 집중하고 있다. 연구팀들은 도로를 주행하는 차량으로부터 전달되는 역학전 에너지를 이용하여 신재생에너지를 생산하는 연구를 진행하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 압전세라믹의 크기와 연결방식에 따른 연구 결과를 나타내고 있다. 또한 실험변수에 따른 압전세라믹의 파워특성을 측정하여 분석을 하였다.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제99권5호
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• pp.706-710
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• 2010

Understanding of chemical composition and energy contents in tree is important to develope strategies of renewable energy policy to cope with climate change. Residual biomass as renewable energy source was evaluated and focused on the bark-containing branches. Chemical analysis studies were conducted for different part of yellow poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera), which were partitioned to inner bark, outer bark, small branches, medium branches, big branches and trunk. The variations in hydrophobic extractives, hydrophilic extractives, lignin, carbohydrate compositions, energy contents (higher heating value) and the ash content were determined. The inner and outer bark had higher ash content, hydrophobic and hydrophilic extractives content, and higher energy content than those of tree trunk. Polysaccharides content in inner and outer bark was quite lower than those of stem or branches. Based on the energy content of residual biomass, replacement of fossil fuel and greenhouse gas emission abatement were calculated.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2022

This study analyzed the anticipated supply-and-demand of forest biomass energy (through wood pellets) until 2050, in South Korea. Comparing the utilization rates of forest resources of five countries (United Kingdom, Germany, Finland, Japan, and S. Korea), it was found that S. Korea does not nearly utilize its forest resources for energy purposes. The total demand for wood pellets in S. Korea (based on a power generation efficiency of 38%) was predicted to be 3,629 and 4,371 thousand tons in 2034 and 2050, respectively. The anticipated total wood pellet power generation ratio to target power consumption is 1.13% (5,745 GWh), 1.17% (6,336 GWh), and 1.25% (7,631 GWh) in 2020, 2030, and 2050, respectively. Low value-added forest residues left unattended in forests are called "Unused Forest Biomass" in S. Korea. From the analysis, the total annual potential amount of raw material, sustainably collectible amount, and available amount of wood pellet in 2050 were estimated to be 6,877, 4,814, and 3,370 thousand tons, respectively. The rate of contribution to Nationally Determined Contributions was up to 0.64%. Through this study, the authors found that forest biomass energy will contribute to a carbon neutral society in the near future at the national level.

• 한국기후변화학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.143-151
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 기후변화 협약 및 국내외 신재생에너지 지원정책을 분석하고, 환경적으로 미치는 악영향을 최소화시키는 건전하고 지속가능한 개발의 필요성을 확인하였다. 신재생에너지 도입을 통한 저탄소 도시개발로서 지구온난화의 주범인 온실가스를 원천적으로 줄일 필요가 있다. 사례연구를 통해 신재생에너지 도입구상을 기초로 하여 기후변화대응을 위한 실천적 방향을 확인하였으며, 타 신규택지개발사업도 신재생에너지 설비도입으로 인한 온실가스감축과 CDM 사업으로 인한 경제적 이익을 얻을 수 있는 기초모델로서의 역할을 할 수 있을 것이다.