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Analysis of Environmental Sustainability in South Korean Inland Windfarms (한국 육상풍력발전사업의 환경적 지속가능성 평가 연구 - 58개 환경영향평가서 사례에 대한 정량적 분석 -)

  • Jeong, Eunhae
    • Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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    • v.31 no.1
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    • pp.47-62
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    • 2022
  • Wind power has been rapidly growing over last decade in the world as well as in South Korea as a feasible renewable energy source. Providing sustainable energy to all while securing environmental sustainability requires evidence based policy making and innovative solutions. Through analysis of 58 cases of South Korean Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report, this paper seeks to identify answers to the following two questions. What are the key characteristics for inland windfarm? Is there a way of measuring environmental sustainability to compare each location to reduce negative environmental impact? Variables related to environmental sustainability of each windfarm case were collected from EIA report and the factor analysis of environmental variables was conducted to calculate the weight for each variable to build environmental sustainability index (ESI) to provide as evidence-based tools for decision making on the location of inland windfarm. 58 cases were categorized as three types 1) Mountain type 2) Ranch Type and 3) Coastal Type depending on their height and degree of naturalness. For analytical research, first, it was successfully calculated environmental sustainability of each windfarm case ranging from 1.04 (#33, Ranch type) to -1.44 (#55, Mountain type). Second, the analysis results showed that ranch type is most environmentally sustainable (Average ESI = 0.4551), followed by coastal type (Ave ESI = 0.3712) and lastly mountain type (Average ESI = -0.3457). These findings are consistent with the previous researches on inland windfarms and provides substantive policy implication on the renewable energy policies.

Verification of The Variable-Speed Wind Turbine Control System by Using the Simulator (시뮬레이터를 이용한 가변속 풍력발전기 제어시스템 검증)

  • Cha, Sam-Gon;Han, Sang-Yul;Cha, Jong-Hwan;Choi, Won-Ho;Lee, Seung-Kuh
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.06a
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    • pp.370-373
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    • 2007
  • For the development of wind turbine, generally simulator is used. Simulator include wind turbine components. e.g blades, pitch and pitching method, rotor, yaw system, tower, drive train and so on. Few the more, it include a external circumstance. e.g wind speed, wind direction, air density. these basic parameters be used for the control of wind turbine by wind turbine controller in wind turbine simulator. The wind turbine controller can be designed in the wind turbine simulator. But a developer must make the real control system that will be made using PLC or PC or other processor. The developer must verify the function of control system. that is control algorithm , I/O function, communication, sequence and so on. This verification is possible if we substitute the real wind turbine control system for wind turbine controller in the simulator.

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Static VAR Compensator-Based Voltage Regulation for Variable-Speed Prime Mover Coupled Single- Phase Self-Excited Induction Generator

  • Ahmed, Tarek;Noro, Osamu;Sato, Shinji;Nakaoka, Mutsuo
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • v.3 no.3
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    • pp.185-196
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    • 2003
  • In this paper, the single-phase static VAR compensator (SVC) is applied to regulate and stabilize the generated terminal voltage of the single-phase self-excited induction generator (single-phase SEIG) driven by a variable-speed prime mover (VSPM) under the conditions of the independent inductive load variations and the prime mover speed changes The conventional fixed gain PI controller-based feedback control scheme is employed to adjust the equivalent capacitance of the single-phase SVC composed of the fixed excitation capacitor FC in parallel with the thyristor switched capacitor TSC and the thyristor controlled reactor TCR The feedback closed-loop terminal voltage responses in the single-phase SEIG coupled by a VSPM with different inductive passive load disturbances using the single-phase SVC with the PI controller are considered and discussed herem. A VSPM coupled the single-phase SEIG prototype setup is established. Its experimental results are illustrated as compared with its simulation ones and give good agreements with the digital simulation results for the single-phase SEIG driven by a VSPM, which is based on the SVC voltage regulation feedback control scheme.

A Sensorless MPPT Control Using an Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Logic for PV Battery Chargers (태양광 배터리 충전기를 위한 적응형 신경회로망-퍼지로직 기반의 센서리스 MPPT 제어)

  • Kim, Jung-Hyun;Kim, Gwang-Seob;Lee, Kyo-Beum
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.349-358
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    • 2013
  • In this paper, the sensorless MPPT algorithm is proposed where the performance of varied duty ratio change has been improved using multi-layer neuro-fuzzy that aligns with neuro-fuzzy based optimized membership function. Since the change of duty ratio of sensorless MPPT is varied by using the neuro-fuzzy, the MPPT response speed is faster than the convectional method and is able to reduce the steady-state ripple. The neuro fuzzy controller has the response characteristics which is superior to the existing fuzzy controller, because of the usage of the optimal width of the fuzzy membership function. The effectiveness of the proposed method has been verified by simulations and experimental results.

Performance Analysis of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell/Micro Gas Turbine Hybrid System (고체산화물 연료전지/마이크로 가스터빈 하이브리드 시스템의 성능 해석)

  • Yang, Jin-Sik;Song, Tae-Won;Kim, Jae-Hoon;Sohn, Jeong-Lak;Ro, Sung-Tack
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.273-276
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    • 2005
  • Performance analysis of a solid oxide fuel cell/micro gas turbine hybrid system is conducted at design-point and part-load conditions and its results are discussed in this study. With detailed considerations of the heat and mass transfer phenomena along various flow streams of the SOFC, the analysis based on a quasi-2D model reasonably predicts its performance at the design-point operating conditions. In case of part-load operations, performance of the hybrid system to three different operation modes(fuel only control, speed control, and VIGV control) is compared. It is found that the simultaneous control of both supplied fuel and air to the system with a variable MGT rotational speed mode is the optimum choice for the high performance operation. And then, the dynamic characteristics of a solid oxide fuel cell are briefly introduced.

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Optimizing Performance of Wind Turbines

  • Kusiak, Andrew
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.06a
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    • pp.467-470
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    • 2009
  • Variable loads along the drive-train are attributed to frequent failures of gears, bearings, and other components. Wind parameters cannot be controlled and therefore any turbine load-reducing remedies must be established based on proper insights into the wind-turbine interactions. A novel control concept to performance optimization of wind turbines is presented. This proposed concept is based on analysis of the turbine status reflected in the SCADA data. Modern computational techniques are used to optimize performance of a wind turbine from tree basic perspectives: drive-train, power output, and power quality. The proposed approach demonstrates that gains in the metrics representing the three perspectives and the corresponding control goals can be significantly improved for any wind turbine. The solution is applicable different turbine types operating in different wind regimes, e.g., winds of different speeds and variability. Simple and transparent parameters allow an operator to determine a balance between the operations and maintenance, technical, business objectives. The proposed modeling framework was embedded in software. The software tool has been tested on the data collected from 1.5 MW wind turbines.

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An Application of Optimization method for Efficient Operation of Micro Grid (마이크로그리드의 효율적 운영을 위한 최적화기법의 응용)

  • Kim, Kyu-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.26 no.12
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    • pp.50-55
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    • 2012
  • This paper presents an application of optimization method for efficient operation in micro grid. For operational efficiency, the objective function in a diesel generator consists of the fuel cost function similar to the cost functions used for the conventional fossil-fuel generating plants. The wind turbine generator is modeled by the characteristics of variable output. The cost function of fuel cell plant considers the efficiency of fuel cell. Particle swarm optimization(PSO) and sequential quadratic programming(SQP) are used for solving the problem of microgrid system operation. Also, from the results this paper presents the way to attend power markets which can buy and sell power from upper lever grids by connecting a various generation resources to micro grid.

A Stochastic Analysis of a Wind Power Investment (풍력자원의 불확실성을 고려한 사업자측면에서의 투자타당성)

  • Lee, Jae-Gul;Park, Min-Hyug;Lee, Yun-Kyoung;Kim, Jung-Ju
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.11a
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    • pp.357-360
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    • 2007
  • Any investment analysis has to deal with the uncertainty that arises over the course of operating the invested project. When it comes to an wind power, such analysis gets even more complicated, as the wind resource or the current is inherently unstable and unpredictable. Different from predecessors in the field of analyzing wind power economics, this paper proposes a stochastic methodology of analyzing the economic efficiency of an investment in wind power to explicitly address those uncertainties or risks. A probability distribution is assigned to each variable to generate a probability distribution of the economic value of an investment through a Monte-Carlo simulation

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Analysis of Electrical Properties for Optimal Operating Conditions of Mono-crystalline Si Solar Cell (단결정 실리콘 태양전지 최적 운전조건을 위한 전기적 특성 분석)

  • Kim, Ji-Woong;Choi, Yong-Sung;Lee, Kyung-Sup;Cho, Soo-Young;Hwang, Jong-Sun
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.24 no.8
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    • pp.654-658
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    • 2011
  • This paper was investigated the electrical properties for optimal operating conditions of monocrystalline silicon solar cell. The output of electricity for monocrystalline solar cell was investigated according to the distances between solar cell and halogen lamp and to the resistances by the variable resistor.

750kW Gearless Type Wind Turbine Generator System (750kW급 Gearless형 국산화 풍력발전시스템)

  • Ryu, Ji-Yoon;Park, Jin-Il;Kim, Dae-Hyun;Hwang, Jin-Su;Kim, Doo-Hoon
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.06a
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    • pp.245-248
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    • 2006
  • The first of korean 750kW gearless type wind turbine is developed. The wind turbine is designed, manufactured and tested by GE regulation and obtained the design certificate by GL. And the performance test is being performed at the demonstration site now. This paper presents the history of development and performance test for 750kW gearless type wind turbine.

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