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ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF THE SOLAR-ENERGY SYSTEM USING LIFE CYCLE COST ANALYSIS

  • Chang-Yoon Ji;Dong-Won Jang;Taehoon Hong;Chang-Taek Hyun
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2009.05a
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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.

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A Study on Solar Heating System Technology Combining Multiple Technology with Mutual-Complementary Method - Low-cost, high efficiency, large-scale use of solar heating system - (다원기술 상호보완식 태양열 난방기술 - 저원가 고효율 규모화 태양열 난방 방안 -)

  • Nan, Bao-Xuan
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.28 no.6
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    • pp.15-23
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    • 2008
  • The article deals with system technology of a new solar heating system which systematically combines exiting solar collector technology, auxiliary electrical water heating, floor heating system and well insulated construction method and its application of this system to apartment house heating system in the cold region, and also analyzed performance of the new system in terms of technical and economic feasibility. Results shows that energy efficiency approaches up to 50% of the energy consumption of local construction from 1980 to 1981. The implementation of "DQ technology" to floor heating system achieved from 79% to 85% of the energy-saving benefits comparing to other housing units which were supplied by the local district heating plant.

The Greenhouse-Gas Mitigation Potential analysis by Distribution of Solar Thermal System in Housing Sector (태양열난방시스템 도입에 따른 주거부문에서의 온실가스 감축 잠재량 분석)

  • Jeong, Young-Sun;Mun, Sun-Hye;Yu, Ki-Hyung
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.32-39
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    • 2012
  • New and renewable energy systems(solar thermal system, photovoltaic system, geothermal system, wind power system) are environmentally friendly technologies and these in South Korea are very important measures to reduce greenhouse-gas(GHG) and to push ahead with Green Growth. The purpose of this paper is to analyze GHG mitigation potential by distribution of solar thermal system in housing sector with bottom-up model called 'Long-range Energy Alternative Planning system'. Business as usual(BAU) was based on energy consumption characteristic with the trend of social-economic prospects and the volume of housing. The total amount of GHG emission of BAU was expected to continuous increase from 66.0 million-ton $CO_{2e}$ in 2007 to 73.1 million-ton $CO_{2e}$ in 2030 because of the increase of energy consumption in housing. The alternative scenario, distribution of solar thermal system in housing sector had GHG mitigation potential 1.54 million-ton $CO_{2e}$ in 2030. The results of this study showed that new and renewable energy systems made a contribution of reducing the use of fossil fuel and the emission of greenhouse-gas in building.

Estimation of energy self-sufficiency in municipal wastewater treatment plant using simulated solar photovoltaic performance (태양광발전시스템 성능 시뮬레이션을 통한 하수처리장 에너지자립율 산정)

  • An, Young-Sub;Kim, Sung-Tae;Chae, Kyu-Jung;Kang, Ji-Hoon;Yang, Hee-Jung
    • 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.11a
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    • pp.291-296
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    • 2011
  • This paper presents energy self-sufficiency simulated in municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) by adopting solar energy production systems that vary with installation conditions. Relative to the national average energy consumption in WWTPs, the employment of 100 kW photovoltaics (PVs) was simulated to achieve 2.75% of energy self-sufficiency. The simulated results suggested that the installation of PVs toward South or South west would produce the highest energy self-sufficiency in WWTPs. When super-hydrophilic coating was employed in the conventional PVs, 5% of additional solar energy production was achievable as compared to uncoated conventional PVs. When 100 kW of PVs were installed in a future test-bed site, Kihyeung Respida located in Yougin, Sourth Korea, the energy self-sufficiency by solar energy was simulated to be 1.77% (2010). The simulated energy self-sufficiency by azimuth(direction) will be useful reference for practitioners in designing the solar PV systems in the WWTPs.

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Best Practices Research Use of Solar Energy For Low Carbon Green City (저탄소 녹색도시를 위한 태양에너지 이용 선진사례 조사)

  • Kim, Ji-Su;Lee, Eung-Jik;Lee, Chung-Sik
    • 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.04a
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    • pp.37-42
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    • 2009
  • We are in search for many method at 21th century thinking about the environment internationally. One is among them low carbon green city. Consequently this dissertation put a system solar energy key point of low carbon green city and purpose of low carbon green city Besides system and technique about the solar energy best practices try to do the investigation analysis. It's important of low carbon green city's environmental friendly system such as solar heat system, solar power generation, ecological greening, All these systems are connected each other and organize low carbon green city. A solar energy system uses pure energy of the situation directly most among the environmental friendly system. Energy saving and environment-friendly city in the world must do not a choice. However, recognition conversion and infrastructure of the Korea still has not come true. But South Korea and the international best practices is not the same system. But plan to solar city, the concept of green city in Cheongju, Deagu local government. And many meetings are in progress.

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Lessons Learned during the Early Phases of a Modular Project: A Case Study of UNLV's Solar Decathlon 2020 Project

  • Choi, Jin Ouk;Lee, Seungtaek;Weber, Eric
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2022.06a
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    • pp.543-550
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    • 2022
  • The U.S. Department of Energy conducts the Solar Decathlon competition as a student-based achievement that encourages sustainable design with energy efficiency and solar energy technologies. In the 2020 competition, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) team designed, fabricated, and constructed a net-zero modular house that applies innovative and highly efficient building technologies. This paper focused on the lessons learned during the early phases of this ongoing modular project. The research methodology included obtaining feedback from key project participants using a well-structured questionnaire. The results showed that the major items/challenges in the project's planning phase included selecting the modular size, planning the construction system, planning the materials and procurement, estimating costs and duration, selecting a fabricator, collaboration and communication, safety, and planning module transportation. These findings will help modular practitioners and future Solar Decathlon competition participants better understand how and what factors they should consider most during the early phases through the lessons learned.

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A Study on the Field Test of the Solar Heating System with Parabolic Solar Collectors Integrated the Roof of a Residential Building (지붕대체형 집광집열기를 이용한 태양열 난방시스템의 동절기 성능 평가)

  • Kim, Yong-Ki;Lee, Tae-Won;Yoon, Kwang-Eun
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.61-69
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    • 2007
  • The final energy consumption in the building sector in Korea represents almost 20% of the total energy consumption. Besides, Space heating and hot water generation in Korea are based on fossil fuels, with a serious environmental impact. Despite the popularity of simple solar domestic hot water systems, active solar space heating remains, for various reasons, marginal. And thus, the aim of this paper is to demonstrate potentialities of solar assisted space heating systems, both technically and economically. From this study found that the solar heating system with CPC solar collectors integrated the roof of a single-story residential building shares $50{\sim}55%$ of the annual heating load.

A Methodology of Optimal Design for Solar Heating and Cooling System Using Simulation Tool

  • Lee, Dongkyu;Nam, Hyunmin;Lee, Byoungdoo
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2015.10a
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    • pp.540-543
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    • 2015
  • Solar energy is one of the most important alternative energy sources which have been shown to meet high levels of heating and cooling demands in buildings. However, the efficiencies to satisfy these demands using solar energy significantly vary based on the characteristics of individual building. Therefore, this paper is focused on developing the methodology which can help to design optimal solar system for heating and cooling to be in cooperated within the existing buildings according to their load profiles. This research has established the Solar Heating and Cooling (SHC) system which is composed of collectors, absorption chiller, boiler and heat storage tank. Each component of SHC system is analyzed and made by means of Modelica Language and Pistache tool is verified the results. Sequential approximate optimization (SAO) and meta-models determined to 15 design parameters to optimize SHC system. Finally, total coefficient of performance (COP) of the entire SHC system is improved approximately 7.3% points compared to total COP of the base model of the SHC system.

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Economic Analysis of Solar Light Energy Systems in Public Facilities (공공시설물 태양광조명 에너지 시스템의 경제성 분석)

  • Yang, Jin-Kook;Shin, Sung-Joon;Park, Seung-Hwan;Lee, Min-Hyeon;Jo, Hyeon-Taek
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2014.05a
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    • pp.304-305
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    • 2014
  • New and Renewable eco-friendly energy technique can be to enable rational use of resources, as well as securing economic efficiency. Therefore, most of the public facilities must apply eco-friendly energy systems. In this study was applied the solar light energy system to the construction projects. As a result, the proposed system was implemented various effect such as the power cost savings in public facilities. In addition to, the proposed system was improved functional aspects such as improving space utilization.

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A Study on the Energy Harvesting according to the porosity of Perforated Panel (타공 패널의 다공률에 따른 에너지 하베스팅에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Ha-Jun;Lee, Min-Hyup;Yoo, Moo-Young
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2023.11a
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    • pp.113-114
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    • 2023
  • As the available resources are gradually depleted, interest in renewable energy is increasing. Various energy harvesting technologies are emerging, and energy harvesting using solar, solar, and wind power is used in the highest range. Depending on the abnormal climate, solar heat and solar power differ in energy harvest, but the wind is fixed compared to the sun. Therefore, it was intended to maximize the effect of energy harvesting by using the venturi effect, which has a change in wind speed according to the turbine used for wind power generation and wind pressure. Therefore, in this paper, we want to see the difference in the amount of power generated by the turbine after increasing the wind speed using the venturi effect.

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