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Electrospinning Technology for Novel Energy Conversion & Storage Materials

  • Jo, Seong-Mu;Kim, Dong-Yeong
    • Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2011.10a
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    • pp.1.1-1.1
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    • 2011
  • Electrospinning has known to be very effective tool for production of versatile one-dimensional (1D) nanostructured materials such as nanofibers, nanorod, and nanotubes and for easily assembly to two-, three-dimensional(2D, 3D) nanostructures such as thin film, membrane, and nonwoven web, etc. We have studied on the electrospinning technology for novel energy storage and conversion materials such as advanced separator, dye sensitized solar cell, supercapacitor, etc. High heat-resistive nanofibrous membrane as a new separator for future lithium ion polymer battery was prepared by electrospinning of PVdF based composite solution. The novel nanofibrous composite nonwovens have tensile strength of above 50 MPa and modulus of above 1.3 GPa. The internal structure of the electrospun composite nanofiber with a diameter of few hundreds nanometer were composed of core-shell nanostructure. And also electrospun $TiO_2$ nanorod/nanosphere based dye-sensitized solar cells with high efficiency are successfully prepared. Some battery performance will be introduced.

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Batteries for Photovoltaic Applications (태양전지용 축전지)

  • Kim, D.S.;Ebong, A.U.;Lee, S.H.
    • Solar Energy
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.43-53
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    • 1997
  • Characteristics and properties of batteries applicable to the photovoltaic system are described in this paper. The use of a number of different types of batteries and designs depends on the many and varied requirements for battery power and the different environmental and electrical conditions under which they must operate. Most of the batteries used in PV systems are lead/acid batteries, though nickel/cadmium batteries are used for small applications in locations with extreme climates or where high reliability is essential such as spacecraft. The vanadium redox battery has been acknowledged as a promising energy storage system for a wide range of applications.

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A study on the development of DC-DC converter for low-power DSC

  • Park, Sung-Joon;Kim, Whi-Young
    • Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.52-56
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    • 2009
  • In this research, we have studied the development of dc-dc converter suitable for the driving of mobile instruments by using a dye-sensitized solar cell(DSC). We also have designed a interlocking circuit. The circuit makes power generation be saved in one battery and concurrently be discharged in the other battery. As this application, mobile devices such as MP3, cellular phone are operated by using power generator from DSC during the daytime and they can be operated by using the saving energy of the daytime during the night. Consequently, it has a simple and robust circuit configuration. Besides, we designed dc-dc converter circuit to drive low power instruments by using NMOS switch and PMOS rectifier. Operational modes are analysed, and then validity of the proposed interface circuit is verified through DCS.

Implementation of the Stand-Alone PV Generation System for the LED Road Sign (LED 교통 표지판용 독립형 태양광 발전 시스템의 구현)

  • Lee S. R.;Jeon C. H.;Shin Y. C.;Lee K. M.
    • Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.206-209
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    • 2003
  • This paper deals with stand-alone PV power generation system with charge and discharge controller for the LED road sign. Main power source of PV system are generally solar cell and battery. Therefore PV system can be classified into variable types in accordance with connection type between battery and solar sell. Mainly used on of them is direct connection type which has advantage such as simple structure and simple controller. To verify the proposed PV generation system for the LED road sign, the detail simulation and experiment results indicate that operating characteristics are verified by experiment with a laboratory prototype in this paper.

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Charging and Discharging Characteristics of Electric Double Layer Capacitors used for a Storage Battery of Solar Energy

  • Sung, Youl-Moon
    • Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.97-102
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    • 2007
  • The charging/discharging characteristics of electric double layer capacitors (EDLCs) for an electric power storage device application were investigated. The specific area of the carbonaceous electrode surface by the BET method was in the range of $1800{\sim}2000\;m^2/g$. The charge distributions during charging and discharging were measured by means of a pulsed-electro-acoustic (PEA) method, and the voltage characteristics of EDLCs connected to solar cells were evaluated. The results showed that the distributions of positive and negative charges were spatially uneven, which was due to the mobility of the positive and negative charges in the carbonaceous electrode surface of the EDLCs. The charge accumulation region concentrated on central part of the carbonaceous electrode and the required times for charging and discharging were almost same.

Preliminary Design of a Power Control and Distribution Unit for a Small LEO Satellite Application (소형 저궤도 위성적용을 위한 전력조절분배기 예비설계)

  • Park, Sung-Woo;Park, Hee-Sung;Jang, Jin-Baek;Jang, Sung-Soo
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2005.07b
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    • pp.1438-1440
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    • 2005
  • A power control and distribution unit(PCDU) plays roles of protection of battery against overcharge by active control of solar array generated power, distribution of unregulated electrical power via controlled outlets to bus and instrument units, distribution of regulated electrical power to selected bus and instrument units, and provision of status monitoring and telecommand interface allowing the system and ground operate the power system, evaluate its performance and initiate appropriate countermeasures in case of abnormal conditions. In this work, we perform the preliminary design of a PCDU scheme for the small LEO Satellite applications. The main constitutes of the PCDU are the battery interface module, the auxiliary supply modules, solar array regulators with maximum power point tracking(MPPT) technology, heater power distribution modules, internal converter modules for regulated bus voltage generation. and instrument power distribution modules.

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A Efficient MPPT Control Algorithm for LED Street Lighting System using Photovoltaic Systems (태양광을 이용한 LED가로등 시스템을 위한 효율적인 MPPT 충전제어 알고리즘)

  • Kim, Byun-gon;Jeong, Dong-su
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2014.10a
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    • pp.675-676
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    • 2014
  • Photovoltaic (PV) systems bosed on solar energy offer an environmentally friendly source of electricity. A key feature of such PV sysem is the efficiency of conversion at which the power converter stage can extract the energy from the PV arrays and deliver to the load. The Maximum power point tracking (MPPT) of the PV output for all sunshine conditions allows reduction of the cost installation and maximizes the power output from the PV panel. The proposed algorithm is to control the width of the pulse for battery charging based on the open voltage of the PV panel. As a lab results, the proposed system was implemented functions to adapt to the changes of the PV open voltage, and improved the charging efficiency.

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A Photovoltaic Energy Harvesting Charger with Battery Management (배터리 관리 기능을 갖는 빛 에너지 하베스팅 충전기)

  • Kim, Kook-dong;Park, Sa-hyun;Kim, Dae-kyung;Yang, Min-Jae;Yoon, Eun-jung;Yu, Chong-gun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2014.10a
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    • pp.561-564
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    • 2014
  • In this paper a photovoltaic energy harvesting charger with battery management circuit is proposed. The proposed circuit harvests maximum power from a solar cell by employing MPPT(Maximum Power Point Tracking) control and charges an external capacitor battery with the harvested energy. The charging state of the battery is controlled according to the signals from the battery management circuit. The proposed circuit is designed in a 0.35um CMOS process technology and its functionality has been verified through extensive simulations. The maximum efficiency of the designed entire system is 84.8%, and the chip area including pads is $1350um{\times}1200um$.

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A Study on the Optimization of Power Consumption Pattern using Building Smart Microgrid Test-Bed (Building Smart Microgrid Test-Bed를 이용한 전력사용량 패턴 최적화방안 연구)

  • Lee, Sang-Woo;Kang, Jin-Kyu;Lee, Dong-Ha
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.34 no.4
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2014
  • The microgrid system is the combination of photovoltaic(PV) array, load, and battery energy storage system. The control strategies were defined as multi-modes of operation, including rest operation without use of battery, power charging, and power discharging, which enables grid connected mode or islanded mode. Photovoltaic power is a problem of the uniformity of power quality because the power generated from solar light is very sensitive to variation of insolation and duration of sunshine. As a solution to the above problem, energy storage system(ESS) is considered generally. There fore, in this study, we did basic research activities about optimization method of the amount of energy used, using a smart microgrid test-bed constructed in building. First, we analyzed the daily, monthly and period energy pattern amount of power energy used, and analyzed PV power generation level which is built on the roof. Utilizing building energy pattern analysis data, we was studied an efficient method of employing the ESS about building power consumption pattern and PV generation.

A Study on Hybrid Control Unit Using a Smart Control (스마트 제어를 이용한 하이브리드 형 제어장치 연구)

  • Kim, Hee-Chul
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.11 no.11
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    • pp.1093-1100
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    • 2016
  • This study is to demonstrate the superiority and stability of the solar - wind power hybrid power generation system for street lamps using super capacitor EDLC(:Electric Double Layer Capacitor). It is aiming to apply the lighting device using LED light source as the load of solar-wind power hybrid power generation system for independent power source and to develop the street light system device with high output power generation system. Unlike conventional controllers, EDLC, which is used as an auxiliary device for storing the developed power in the battery, can guarantee the high output and long life of the battery.