• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.664-671
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• 2018

일반적으로 감지식 태양광 추적 시스템은 태양의 위치를 추적하기 위해 광센서를 사용하여, 최대 전력을 생산한다. 광센서 채택은 시스템 제작 가격을 상승시키고, 오동작에 의한 성능 저하를 초래할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 IoT플랫폼 기반의 원격무선 모니터링이 가능하고, 광센서가 없는 새로운 태양광 추적 시스템을 제안한다. 태양광 발전을 위해 사용되는 여러 개의 태양광 패널의 출력 전류량을 비교하여 태양 위치를 광센서 없이 추적한다. 추적 성능의 검증을 위해서 12[V] 20[W] 태양광 발전 시스템을 제작하여 실험을 수행하였다. 본 논문에서 제안한 시스템은 IoT 플랫폼을 사용하여 원격모니터링이 가능하기 때문에 기존 태양광 추적 시스템에 비해 설치, 유지 보수 및 기능 확장의 장점이 있다.

• 에너지공학
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.353-357
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 AVR 마이크로 컨트롤러를 사용하여 임베디드 태양추적장치를 개발하였다. 본 시스템은 Atmega128 마이크로 컨트롤러, 스텝 모터, 스텝 드라이브 모듈, CdS 센서 그리고 GPS 모듈 및 기타 부품들로 구성되어 있다. 태양추적장치는 광학적 방법과 천문학적인 방법에 의해 작동된다. 최초 태양추적은 천문학적인 계산방법에 의해 얻어진 결과에 따라 이루어지고 CdS에 의해 미세 조정이 이루어진다. 태양추적장치가 설치된 지점에서 GPS는 UTC(Universal Time Coordinated)와 위도 및 경도 데이터를 마이크로 컨트롤러에 전송한다. 전송되어진 데이터에 의해 실시간으로 태양위치, 일출 및 일몰시간이 계산되어 진다. 태양 추적에 필요한 데이터들은 범용 비동기화 송수신기(UART)를 통하여 컴퓨터로 전송 받을 수 있다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.2134-2143
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• 2018

This work introduces a fault diagnosis method for transformer based on self-powered radio frequency identification (RFID) sensor tag and improved Hilbert-Huang transform (HHT). Consisted by RFID tag chip, power management circuit, MCU and accelerometer, the developed RFID sensor tag is used to acquire and wirelessly transmit the vibration signal. A customized power management including solar panel, low dropout (LDO) voltage regulator, supercapacitor and corresponding charging circuit is presented to guarantee constant DC power for the sensor tag. An improved band restricted empirical mode decomposition (BREMD) which is optimized by quantum-behaved particle swarm optimization (QPSO) algorithm is proposed to deal with the raw vibration signal. Compared with traditional methods, this improved BREMD method shows great superiority in reducing mode aliasing. Then, a promising fault diagnosis approach on the basis of Hilbert marginal spectrum variations is brought up. The measured results show that the presented power management circuit can generate 2.5V DC voltage for the rest of the sensor tag. The developed sensor tag can achieve a reliable communication distance of 17.8m in the test environment. Furthermore, the measurement results indicate the promising performance of fault diagnosis for transformer.

• 천문학회보
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.66.3-66.3
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• 2017

Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) is developing a coronagraph in collaboration with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) which will be installed on the International Space Station (ISS). The coronagraph can measure speed and temperature by using four filters approximately 400 nm and polarization filter in three different angles, differently with older coronagraphs. For the successful mission, it has development and experiment progress in three phases; total solar eclipse experiment in 2017, balloon experiment in 2019, and the ISS installation in 2021. As a first experiment, we developed a coronagraph without an occulter named with Diagnostic Coronagraph Experiment (DICE) for experiment for filter system and imaging sensor. We designed optics with a field of view from 2.5 to 15 solar radii. It has four filters approximately 400 nm and polarizer to measure speed and velocity of the solar corona. For the selection of filter or polarization angle, it has two mechanism parts; filter wheel assembly and a polarizer wheel assembly. Especially we used Core Flight System (CFS) platform which was developed by NASA, when we develop the coronagraph operation software. It provides us stability, reusability, and compatibility.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.56-66
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• 2014

태양광 발전에 있어서 태양전지는 일사량, 온도와 부하에 의해 크게 변동하기 때문에 태양전지에 대한 특성 해석이 필요하다. 또한 태양광 발전에 있어서 가능한 많은 에너지를 얻기 위해서는 환경변화에 따른 태양의 위치추적이 필요하며 태양전지의 출력을 항상 최대로 제어할 필요가 있다. 센서와 마이크로프로세서 칩으로 구현된 본 시스템의 실험 결과는 Boost 컨버터의 승압율은 167[%], 소용량에서 에너지 Harvesting 개념과 위치추적 방식의 태양광 발전 구현 가능성을 제시하였다.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.306-314
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• 2018

In maritime environment, it is necessary to understand the characteristics of sunglint since it may degrade the target detection performance of the infrared sensor mounted weapons. In this paper, sunglint in LWIR band is modeled using the slope distribution of the sea surface, and is verified by comparing the radiance of a simulated result with that of the real world. According to the simulation, sunglint is critical when the solar zenith angle is over $60^{\circ}$. The peak radiance of sunglint grows as the solar zenith angle increases until it reaches $83^{\circ}$ and has a large difference depending on the solar zenith angle when the wind speed is small. Finally, seasonal and temporal characteristics of sunglint effects are analyzed. In summer, sunglint is dominant in the horizon near the solar azimuth right after sunrise and before sunset. However, in winter, the influence of sunglint lasts even during the daytime since the elevation of the sun is much lower than in summer.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제34권9호
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• pp.60-66
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• 2006

현재 개발 중인 통신해양기상위성은 남쪽면에만 태양전지판이 장착되어 있기 때문에 태양복사압에 의하여 누적되는 모멘텀을 줄이기 위해 휠오포로딩을 정기적으로 수행해야 한다. 일반적으로 정지궤도 위성은 경도와 이심률을 보정하기 위해서 2번의 위치유지 기동을 매 주기마다 수행하는데, 본 논문에서는 기상센서와 해양센서의 충분한 관측시간을 확보하기 위해서 2번의 동서위치보정 기동 중 1번의 기동을 휠오포로딩과 동시에 수행될 수 있다. 선형 궤도기동 방정식을 적용하여 기동시각과 기동크기를 얻었다. 이렇게 구한 기동을 적용하여 수치적분으로 시뮬레이션을 수행하였다. 또한 이를 휠오프로딩과 동시에 수행하지 않는 일반적 방법과 비교 검토 하였다.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제64권12호
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• pp.1761-1767
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• 2015

This paper deals with the solar tracking performance using a small heliostat, the light reduction rate of the sun light, and the performance of uniform irradiation of LED light for a plant factory. A high precision encoder is attached to the heliostat to improve tracking accuracy. As a result, our heliostat-based solar tracking systems track efficiently the movement of the sun light in experimental tests. The reduction rate of the sun light in the plant factory is then measured by using an illumination sensor. The average reduction rate is 4.29%, which represents lower light reduction rates. In uniform irradiation tests of LED light, sixteen points are measured, and overall deviations of irradiation were within eight percents.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.519-533
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• 2023

This paper implements a simultaneous solar and thermal energy harvesting system, as a hybrid energy harvesting (HEH) system, to convert ambient light into electrical energy through photovoltaic (PV) cells and heat absorbed in the body of PV cells. Indeed, a solar panel equipped with serially connected thermoelectric generators not only converts the incoming light into electricity but also takes advantage of heat emanating from the light. In a conventional HEH system, the diode block is used to provide the path for the input source with the highest value. In this scheme, at each time, only one source can be handled to generate its output, while other sources are blocked. To handle this challenge of combining resources in HEH systems, this paper proposes a method for collecting all incoming energies and conveying its summation to the load via the current mirror cells in an approach similar to the maximum power point tracking. This technique is implemented using off-the-shelf components. The measurement results show that the proposed method is a realistic approach for supplying electrical energy to wireless sensor nodes and low-power electronics.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2008년도 심포지엄 논문집 정보 및 제어부문
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• pp.217-218
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• 2008

In this paper proposed the solar tracking system to use a fuzzy based on PC in order to increase an output of the PV array. The solar tracking system operated two DC motors driving by signal of photo sensor. The control of dual axes is not an easy task due to nonlinear dynamics and unavailability of the parameters. The fuzzy control made a nonlinear dynamics to well perform and had a robust and highly efficient characteristic about a parameter variable as well as a nonlinear characteristic. Hence the fuzzy control was used to perform the tracking system after comparing with error values of setting-up, nonlinear altitude and azimuth. In this paper designed a fuzzy controller for improving output of PV array and evaluated comparison with efficient of conventional PI controller. The data which were obtained by experiment were able to show a validity of the proposed controller.