• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.432-441
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• 2016

Solar energy is the ideal power choice for long-endurance stratospheric airships. The output performance of solar array on stratospheric airship is affected by several major factors: flying latitude, flight date, airship's attitude and the temperature of solar cell, but the research on the effect of these factors on output performance is rare. This paper establishes a new simplified analytical model with thermal effects to analyze the output performance of the solar array. This model consisting of the geometric model of stratospheric airship, solar radiation model and incident solar radiation model is developed using MATLAB computer program. Based on this model, the effects of the major factors on the output performance of the solar array are investigated expediently and easily. In the course of the research, the output power of solar array is calculated for five airship's latitudes of $0^{\circ}$, $15^{\circ}$, $30^{\circ}$, $45^{\circ}$ and $60^{\circ}$, four special dates and different attitudes of five pitch angles and four yaw angles. The effect of these factors on output performance is discussed in detail. The results are helpful for solving the energy problem of the long endurance airship and planning the airline.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2004년도 전력전자학술대회 논문집(2)
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• pp.484-488
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• 2004

The output of solar array is changed non-linearly by variation of insolation and temperature. Hence, as varying insolation and temperature, Maximum Power Point Tracking(WPPT) is necessary to increase generation efficiency of solar array. This paper presented WPPT algorithm using position control of output voltage and current of solar array and implemented hardware MPP tracker which is appropriate and inexpensive for low power system$(tens\~hundreds\;watt)$. Finally, those were verified through simulation.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2007년도 제38회 하계학술대회
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• pp.1211-1212
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• 2007

In the PV power system, output of the PV array must contain inherent ripples due to the single-phase inverter. So, the function of maximum power point tracking to increase the output efficiency of PV system is degraded. Therefore, to overcome this problem, this paper presents a control strategy for the reducing ripples of the PV array output in grid-connected photovoltaic power system. The proposed control system consists of two loops; the maximum power point tracking loop using the perturbation and observation method is used to calculate the reference solar array terminal voltage(Vref) for reducing ripples of the PV array output and the PI control loop is used to regulate the solar array output voltage according to the Vref. The performance of proposing control strategy is analyzed by means of the PSCAD/EMTDC simulation and experiment. As a result, we may obtain the high performance of the proposed control strategy.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제47권12호
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• pp.890-896
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• 2019

지구 주위 궤도를 공전하는 위성체가 지구 지향 자세를 유지할 경우, 위성체에 장착된 태양전지판이 태양지향을 할 수 없기 때문에 태양전지판구동기를 장착하여 태양전지판이 태양을 지향하도록 운용한다. 이 때 태양 주변을 공전하는 지구 공전궤도의 이심율과 지구 자전축의 기욺으로 인해 태양전지판이 태양을 지향하는 위치가 계절에 따라 변경되어 균시차가 발생하는데 본 논문에서는 자세안정화 요구조건에 따라 두 개의 속도로 운용하는 태양전지판구동기 운용의 경우에 대해 균시차로 인한 태양지향 오차를 효과적으로 보상하는 운용 방안에 대해서 기술하고 실제적인 시뮬레이션을 통해 검증한 결과를 제시한다.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2001년도 Proceedings ICPE 01 2001 International Conference on Power Electronics
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• pp.687-691
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• 2001

With today's global environmental and energy problems, high expectations exist for solar power generation to reduce carbon dioxide generated by the consumption of fossil fuels. On the other hand, power consumption in residential homes is increasing every year. Among the many household appliances, the power demand for air conditioners increases dramatically during the summer, particularly in the afternoons. As this pattern closely matches the output pattern of solar cells, it should be possible to combine a photovoltaic array with an air conditioner to decrease the energy consumption within the home. We have developed a residential solar-powered air conditioner that operates through a combination of photovoltaic array and commercial power. In this paper, the configuration and specification of the residential solar-powered system are described to a novel high efficiency inverter using a ZVCS boost converter. And the performance evaluations of the solar-powered air conditioner are examined by the analysis of a new tracking controller with a maximum power $P_{max}$ detection of solar cell.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1992년도 하계학술대회 논문집 B
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• pp.1041-1044
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• 1992

A solar cell should be operated at the maximum output point on the I-V characteristic curve with constant current and constant voltage in order that the solar energy be fully utilized. According to, in this paper, we describes a controller which can track the maximum power point of a solar arry using current and voltage ripple variation of step up chopper system. The control circuit is desinged such that actual current and voltage are sensed directly from the solar cell array. These two signal are then holded sampling and multiplies by a single chip multiplier.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제38권10호
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• pp.1310-1317
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• 2014

In our daily life, the need of energy increases day by day. However, the amount of natural resources on the earth is limited and thus gaining renewable energy as an energy resource is one of the important and urgent problems. Solar energy is one of the most popular available energy sources that can be converted into electricity by using solar panels. In order for solar panels to produce maximal output power, the incident angle of the sunlight needs to be persistently perpendicular to the solar panel. By the way, most of the solar panels are installed at fixed position and direction. Therefore, as the sun's position changes, it is impossible to produce maximal output power inevitably. To improve this problem, in this paper, a sun tracking system using two degree-of-freedom (DOF) active sensor array is proposed so that the solar panel may always direct sunlight perpendicularly. And also a series of software, such as a search mode and a holding mode, which can control the developed sun tracking system is developed. Several experiments using the implemented sun tracking system are executed and the effectiveness of the system is verified from the experimental results.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.507-517
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• 2010

대한항공 기술연구원은 한국과학기술원 인공위성연구센터의 과학기술위성 2호 태양전지 배열기 비행모델을 순수 국내기술로 개발하고, 그 성능을 발사환경시험, 궤도환경시험 그리고 모사 태양광 조사 시험을 통해 검증하였다. 개발된 태양전지 배열기가 탑재된 과학기술위성 2호는 국내 최초의 소형위성 발사체인 KSLV-I에 탑재되어 2010년 5월 나로우주센터에서 발사될 예정이며, 발사 후 위성 운용 데이터를 통해 저궤도에서의 개발된 국산 태양전지 배열기의 우주 인증을 수행할 예정이다. 본 연구에서는 과학기술위성 2호 태양전지 배열기의 전력 성능에 영향을 미치는 요소들을 태양전지 등가모델에 적용하여 태양전지 배열기의 전력 특성을 나타내는 전류-전압 곡선을 도출하고, 이를 모사 태양광 조사를 통한 성능 시험 결과와 비교함으로써 태양전지 등가 모델 및 전력 성능 시뮬레이션의 적합성을 검증하였다. 본 논문의 태양전지 배열기 등가 모델 및 전력 성능 시뮬레이션은 과학기술위성 2호의 관제 운용에 있어, 전 임무기간 동안 생성 전력용량에 따른 최적의 부하운용에 사용될 수 있을 것으로 예상된다.

• 예술인문사회 융합 멀티미디어 논문지
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.865-872
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• 2019

본 논문은 한국교통대학교 태양광 자작 자동차 동아리 늘해랑에서 WSC(World Solar Challenge)에 참가하기 위해 제작한 Solar Car 구동시스템에 대하여 서술한다. WSC는 세계 최대의 태양광 자동차 경주 대회로 별도의 자동차 규정을 가지고 있어 태양전지 면적이나 배터리 용량등에 제약을 두기 때문에, 제한된 규정내에서 최대 에너지 효율을 가지도록 구동시스템을 설계하는 것이 가장 중요한 기술적인 팩터이다. Solar car의 구동시스템은 태양광 에너지를 전기 에너지로 변환해주기 위한 solar array, 변환된 전기에너지를 최대 출력으로 추적하기 위한 MPPT(Maximum Power Point Tracker) controller, 생산된 전기에너지를 저장하기 위한 battery, 전기에너지를 역학에너지로 변환하여 차량 구동을 위한 BLDC(Brushless DC) motor, BLDC motor를 제어하기 위한 motor controller 등으로 구성되어 있다. 본 연구에서는 최적 구동 시스템을 위해 태양전지 에너지 변환 시스템과 배터리, 모터로 구성된 전기 구동시스템 설계에 대한 내용을 포함하고 있다.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.65-69
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• 2017

This paper presents a Technology-CAD (TCAD) simulation of the characteristics of crystalline Si pillar array solar cells. The junction depth and the surface concentration of the solar cells were optimized to obtain the targeted sheet resistance of the emitter region. The diffusion model was determined by calibrating the emitter doping profile of the microscale silicon pillars. The dimension parameters determining the pillar shape, such as width, height, and spacing were varied within a simulation window from ${\sim}2{\mu}m$ to $5{\mu}m$. The simulation showed that increasing pillar width (or diameter) and spacing resulted in the decrease of current density due to surface area loss, light trapping loss, and high reflectance. Although increasing pillar height might improve the chances of light trapping, the recombination loss due to the increase in the carrier's transfer length canceled out the positive effect to the photo-generation component of the current. The silicon pillars were experimentally formed by photoresist patterning and electroless etching. The laboratory results of a fabricated Si pillar solar cell showed the efficiency and the fill factor to be close to the simulation results.