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A Study on leasing space to install solar power systems Economic Evaluation (임차공간 설치 태양광 발전시스템 경제성 평가에 관한 연구)

  • Seo, Mi-Ja;Lee, Jae-Hwan;Seo, Tae-Won;Han, Myung-Hee;Woo, Je-Teak
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.10 no.12
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    • pp.1373-1380
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    • 2015
  • The rapid spread and various design of solar power plants, development, construction, maintenance technology and business coexist variety and price decline and the recent solar power plants built since the early 2010 despite the decline in the power generation unit main equipment Construction of power plants to stabilize the technology has been continuously promoted. Recently, built in the form of a solar power plant to the construction and leasing the roof and upper structure to replace the limited ground space is increasing. Factory roof, studies such as warehouse and logistics center leased space in the roof installed solar plant status and skills, conducted a study to review and analyze the economy.

Construction and Testing of a radiation-beam powered TA (ThermoAcoustic) washer for grease removal

  • Chen, Kuan;DaCosta, David H.;Kim, Yeongmin;Oh, Seung Jin;Chun, Wongee
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.35 no.1
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    • pp.21-28
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    • 2015
  • A small washer powered directly and solely by thermal radiation was constructed and tested to explore the feasibility of using solar energy or other types of thermal radiation for washing and cleaning. In principle, TA (ThermoAcoustic) washers have the benefits of simpler design and operation and fewer energy conversion processes, thus should be more energy efficient and cost less than electric washing/cleaning systems. The prototype TA converter we constructed could sustain itself with consistent fluid oscillations for more than 20 minutes when powered by either concentrated solar radiation or an IR (infrared) heater. The frequencies of water oscillations in the wash chamber ranged from 2.6 to 3.6 Hz. The overall conversion efficiency was lower than the typical efficiencies of TA engines. Change in water temperature had little effect on the oscillatory flow in the TA washer due to its low efficiency. On the other hand higher water temperatures enhanced grease removal considerably in our tests. Methods for measuring the overall conversion efficiency, frictional loss, and grease removal of the TA washing system we designed were developed and discussed.

Development of a System-Independent Mobile Smart Shelter using Solar Energy (태양광 에너지를 이용한 계통 독립형 이동식 스마트 쉼터 개발)

  • Joo, Jong-Yul;Lee, Young-Jae;Park, Kyoung-Wook;Oh, Jae-Chul
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.1061-1068
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    • 2020
  • This paper presents a system-independent mobile smart shelter using solar energy technology that can be freely installed in various places, such as parks, countryside, event area, construction area and walking tour places where the system power are difficult to use. The proposed smart shelter is equipped with solar power generation and energy storage devices that is combined with IoT technology to collect indoor and outdoor humidity, fine dust and tourist awareness in real time. It is possible to efficiently manage energy by performing the optimal energy operation during the heat- wave, cold-wave situation and the presence of travelers and it is possible to serve as a shelter for as long as possible without system power.

An Analysis of Problems and the Current Status of Renewable Energy System in Buildings (건축물 신재생에너지원의 이용 현황 및 문제점 분석)

  • Jang, Hyang-In;Seong, Yoon-Bok;Cho, Young-Hum;Kim, Yong-Shik;Jo, Jae-Hun
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.32 no.5
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    • pp.75-82
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    • 2012
  • This study aims to investigate the usage of the renewable energy systems installed in buildings and make suggestions for the effective management. In this regard, a questionnaire survey was conducted on 1)design and construction, 2) operation and management, 3) user satisfaction and improvements about the renewable energy systems in buildings. Findings from this study can be summarized as follows; a lack of the basic information about systems, non-use of energy management systems, the differences in the features by energy source, and a lack of expertise of managers. The requirements to resolved these problems include the integrated management of various electric heat sources including a renewable energy source, an operation schedule based on the prediction of production and consumption, and so on. Furthermore the necessity of multiplex energy sources management system was confirmed and the basic data needed to establish the targets of this system were obtained.

The analysis of the renewable energy supply ratio for the school building applied PV system (PV 시스템이 설치된 대학건물의 전력 생산에 따른 신재생에너지 공급비율 분석)

  • Kang, Su-Hyun;Lee, Yong-Ho;Hwang, Jung-Ha;Cho, Young-Hum
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.50-57
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    • 2012
  • Recently the renewable energy has been used widely and the importance of renewable sources is bigger than before. And the government enforced a law to the public buildings to install the renewable energy facilities. The capacity of facilities was 5% of total construction cost until April 13, 2011. Since then, the government changed the law from 5% of total construction cost to 10% of predicted energy usage for the resonable use of the renewable energy facilities. In this study, the comparative analysis is conducted according to the law to the building installed PV system through the Energy Plus simulation. And the method for improving renewable energy supply ratio was analyzed using existing PV array. Adjusting the PV array angle is the best way to generate more electric power without additional fee. When applying the month optimum angle, 3,600kWh of electric power are more generated compared to the existing angle.

The Analysis on Energy Performance according to Characteristics of Glazing in High-rise Office Buildings (Glazing 특성에 따른 고층 오피스 건물의 에너지성능 분석)

  • Hwang, Woo-Jin;Kim, Kyo-Joon;Choi, Won-Ki
    • 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.04a
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    • pp.156-161
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    • 2011
  • In case of newly constructed buildings, the construction type is almost Curtain-wall system or large window in building skin. However, these kind of buildings have problems with regulations on building energy efficiency. And national regulations on building energy efficiency limit only the V-factor of window(except infiltration), it is hard to predict energy consumption of Curtain-wall buildings which gain large solar energy in summer. In this study, the influence of LSG(Light to Solar Gain) on energy performance was theoretically analyzed with simulation. LSG is the value of VLT divide SHGC and represents the optical performance of the glass or glazing. The Window & Therm program developed in LBNL was used to analyze window systems and EnergyPlus was used to building energy. Cases of glazing are three types; single coated Low-e clear glazing, tripple coated Low-e clear glazing, tripple coated Low-e tinted glazing. The results of this study are follows; 1) The building energy consumption of Alt-l, 2, 3 were about 300, 253, $259kWh/m^2{\cdot}yr$ respectively. Therefore, improvement of LSG could save the energy up to 16%. 2) The saved energy could be converted 1 billion won as annual benefit of total energy costs 3) SHGC and LSG more influence on cooling energy than heating energy in office buildings.

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A Comparative Experimental Study on Thermal Performance of Box-typed Double Skin and Curtain Wall in Cooling Period (박스형 이중외피와 커튼월의 냉방기 열적성능에 관한 비교실험 연구)

  • Park, Chang-Young;Lee, Keon-Ho;Yoon, Yong-Sang;Choi, Chang-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.111-119
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    • 2007
  • The annual mean temperature of South Korea has risen by $1.3^{\circ}C$ for last 100 years by urbanization and industrialization. Especially, the frequency of unusual hot weather in summer increases for a long time and the frequency of unusual cold weather in winter clearly decreases. In recently, The considerable portion of curtain wall system is appled to building skin in domestic. As related to this, the Korea Institute of Construction Technology devised the box typed double skin facade(It is occasionally called as FDFS : Functional Double Facade System) as an alternative that reflects the distinctive local climate and saves cooling energy. Two mock-ups($49m^*4.9m$) applied to single skin(curtain wall) and double skin each were monitored under the outdoor condition. Therefore, the characteristics of natural ventilation and cooling energy consumption of each window had been analyzed in real time. The results of this study are summarized as follow, Analysis of the experiment on an air conditioner: the indoor temperature of the chamber with FDFS is lower than that of the chamber with single skin facades by $3{\sim}6$ degrees(C). A temperature variation of about $1{\sim}2$ degrees between the 0.2m and 1.7m height of the mock-up occurs in FDFS, while that of about maximum 7 degrees occurs in single skin facade at noon with abundant intensity of solar accident. Also, 67 percent of energy consumption for air conditioning has been saved.

A Study on the Application of the Solar Energy Seasonal Storage System Using Sea water Heat Source in the Buildings (해수냉열원을 이용한 태양열계간축열시스템의 건물냉방 적용에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Myung-Rae;Yoon, Jae-Ock
    • 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.11a
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    • pp.56-61
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    • 2009
  • Paradigm depending only on fossil fuel for building heat source is rapidly changing. Accelerating the change, as it has been known, is obligation for reducing green house gas coming from use of fossil fuel, i.e. reaction to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. In addition, factors such as high oil price, unstable supply, weapon of petroleum and oil peak, by replacing fossil fuel, contributes to advance of environmental friendly renewable energy which can be continuously reusable. Therefore, current new energy policies, beyond enhancing effectiveness of heat using equipments, are to make best efforts for national competitiveness. Our country supports 11 areas for new renewable energy including sun light, solar heat and wind power. Among those areas, ocean thermal energy specifies tidal power generation using tide of sea, wave and temperature differences, wave power generation and thermal power generation. But heat use of heat source from sea water itself has been excluded as non-utilized energy. In the future, sea water heat source which has not been used so far will be required to be specified as new renewable energy. This research is to survey local heating system in Europe using sea water, central solar heating plants, seasonal thermal energy store and to analyze large scale central solar heating plants in German. Seasonal thermal energy store necessarily need to be equipped with large scale thermal energy store. Currently operating central solar heating system is a effective method which significantly enhances sharing rate of solar heat in a way that stores excessive heat generating in summer and then replenish insufficient heat for winter. Construction cost for this system is primarily dependent on large scale seasonal heat store and this high priced heat store merely plays its role once per year. Since our country is faced with 3 directional sea, active research and development for using sea water heat as cooling and heating heat source is required for seashore villages and building units. This research suggests how to utilize new energy in a way that stores cooling heat of sea water into seasonal thermal energy store when temperature of sea water is its lowest temperature in February based on West Sea and then uses it as cooling heat source when cooling is necessary. Since this method utilizes seasonal thermal energy store from existing central solar heating plant for heating and cooling purpose respectively twice per year maximizing energy efficiency by achieving 2 seasonal thermal energy store, active research and development is necessarily required for the future.

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A Comparative Study on the Thermal Performance Changes by the Insulating Construction Types of Exterior Walls in Residential Buildings (주거용(住居用) 건물(建物) 외벽(外壁)의 단열공법별(斷熱工法別) 열성능(熱性能) 변동(變動)에 관한 비교(比較) 연구(硏究))

  • Kim, Moon-Han;Cho, Kyun-Hyong;Kim, Kwang-Woo
    • Solar Energy
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.22-32
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    • 1988
  • It is known that the energy consumption and indoor thermal comfort in residential buildings are affected by the thermal performance of building envelopes. The thermal performance of building envelopes varies with their design methods. In this study, the thermal performance changes by the insulating construction types of exterior walls were analyzed, 1) by varing the thickness of the insulation 2) by varing the location of the insulation 3) by varing the location of the plane airspace The analyzed results are presented and the thermal performance evaluating factors were compared and discussed.

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Development of Solar Tracking using a Photovoltaic Sensor (광센서를 이용한 태양위치 추적장치 개발)

  • Chang, Hyun-jin;Jin, Taeseok
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2012.10a
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    • pp.1023-1025
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    • 2012
  • Solar energy is rapidly gaining notoriety as an important means of expanding renewable energy resources. As such, it is vital that those in engineering fields understand the technologies associated with this area. My project will include the design and construction of a microcontroller-based solar panel tracking system. Solar tracking allows more energy to be produced because the solar array is able to remain aligned to the sun. This system builds upon topics learned in this course. Performance and usefulness of a solar tracking device that was designed and produced in this study was confirmed through experiments.

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