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Eco-friendly vehicle preferences by consumer characteristics (운전자 특성에 따른 친환경 자동차에 대한 선호도 분석)

  • Won, Doohwan
    • Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.281-304
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    • 2014
  • This research presents that exogenous characteristics of consumers affect eco-friendly vehicle preference. The car consumers are classifies into two groups by their characteristics - sex, age, and fuel expense. To find differences in the preference for eco-friendly vehicle, marginal utilities and compensate variations of vehicle attributes are estimated. The results suggest that there are significant differences in marginal utilities and compensate variations. However, the compensate variation is more reliable standard to test the preference differences because utility is a subjective measure. Men and old people have stronger preference for the fuel efficiency than women and young people. High fuel expense people have more preference for short time charging vehicles than low fuel expense people. In addition, gasoline vehicles are more attractive to young people than old people.

Exchange Rate Changes Cause Conflicting Effects on Improving the Quality and Increasing Market Share of Eco-friendly Vehicles (환율 변화의 친환경 자동차 품질 향상과 시장점유율 확대에 대한 상충효과)

  • Seo, Cheong-Seog
    • Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.313-333
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    • 2020
  • This paper shows that when the exchange rate changes, there are conflicting effects on improving the quality and increasing market share of eco-friendly vehicles. In a vertically differentiated duopoly model consisting of high quality clean cars and low quality internal combustion engine cars, I set up a two-stage noncooperative game under perfect information that the quality levels and the prices of the cars are competitively determined. The vehicles are assumed to be produced in countries that use distinct currencies. When the exchange rate of the country that produces low quality cars rises, the producer prefers to intensify competition due to the relatively lowed cost, and the incentive for quality improvement arises from the intension of attempting to reduce the degree of differentiation of quality level. At this time, the clean car manufacturing firm tries to avoid competition due to weakened competitiveness, and increases the quality level to expand quality differentiation. However, in this case, the market share of eco-friendly vehicles shrinks. On the other hand, if the exchange rate changes in the opposite direction, the market share of eco-friendly vehicles is expected to increase, but the quality of both cars are deteriorated, causing a conflict effect.

Actual Cases and Analysis of IT Convergence for Green IT (그린 IT를 위한 IT 컨버전스 사례 분석에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Seong-Hoon
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.6 no.6
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    • pp.147-152
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    • 2015
  • Eco-friendly or green is a key word which we use in our life. There are examples such as eco-friendly laundry detergent and agricultural products or green car and home, Due to the indiscriminate development, it was caused severe environmental pollution. Green IT is a necessary technology to solve the energy and environmental problems and to increase the productivity of corporations. Therefore, we studied contents related with green IT. The history for green IT has changed from 'Green of IT' to 'IT for Green'. Studies for 'IT for Green' progress extensively on today. In this paper, we described a transition progress and characteristics of green IT. Lastly, we analyzed smart work in the examples of the top.

Preferences Factors Analysis for Car-sharing (카쉐어링의 선호 요인 분석연구)

  • Kim, SukHee;Lee, Kyujin;Choi, Keechoo
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.34 no.4
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    • pp.1241-1249
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    • 2014
  • This study presents preferences factors analysis of Car-sharing in Suwon. Approximately, 60% of the citizens prefer car-sharing and consider using it. The results of analysis by factors show higher preferences in these groups of travelers: man, younger, a resident of detached house and efficiency apartment, user of public transportation who finds it uncomfortable, traveler without vehicles, and traveler using car 1 to 3 times a week. The potential demand for car-sharing was highest in the residential areas and around the stations. Travelers prefer to pay the fee by the hour, which the fair value was 7,967 won. For the trip purpose of business, shopping and leisures, car-sharing is more preferred than taxi and rental cars. Findings will contribute to determining the direction of policy for the car-sharing.

A Study on Structural Analysis for Improving Driving Performance of Agricultural Electric Car (농업용 전기운반차의 주행성능 향상을 위한 구조해석에 관한 연구)

  • Jo, Jae-Hyun;Lee, Sang-Sik
    • The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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    • v.13 no.6
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    • pp.556-561
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    • 2020
  • The aging and declining agricultural population in the modern society requires improvement of the agricultural environment and is one of the representative problems. And since most of the work systems always require a transport work, the ratio of labor consumed in the transport work is very high. Accordingly, many types of transport vehicles are being developed and sold, and in the early days, most of them are powered transport vehicles using fossil fuels. However, it is paying attention to next-generation eco-friendly energy such as hydrogen, fuel cells, solar power, and bio due to the strengthening of international environmental regulations such as global warming and the Convention on Climate Change and the depletion of fossil fuels. Therefore, in this study, the ultimate goal is to develop an eco-friendly, easy-to-operate, safe agricultural electric vehicle that replaces fossil fuels. It was designed with a focus on controlling a wide range of vehicle speeds and securing stability of electric agricultural vehicles. Considering the performance and design, it is composed of a frame, a driving part, a steering part, and a controller system, and we are going to review and manufacture each part. It is believed that the manufactured electric vehicle for agriculture can be easily and conveniently operated in an agricultural society where young manpower is scarce, and can be helpful to the agricultural society through high efficiency.

A Study on The Test Results of Dynamic Stress of Rubber Tired AGT (고무차륜형식 경량전철 차량 동응력 측정 결과 분석 및 결과 고찰)

  • Kwon, Tae;Kim, Young-Sik;Nam, Yang-Hee;Park, Hee-Chul
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2011.10a
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    • pp.2615-2625
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    • 2011
  • Recently in worldwide and Korea domestically, the LRT vehicles are introduced as reputable urban transit system, in a view of energy saving, punctuality and eco-friendly as well as transport efficiency. At first time in Korea, the Busan metro Line 4 was applied with AGT system which is a kind of LRT using the Rubber tired AGT vehicle and developed from 1999 to 2004 in charge of Korean government. Busan selected the AGT system for Metro Line 4 as the solution of traffic jam and networking the intercity. At present, Busan Metro Line 4 has been running since opened at March 30, 2011. The vehicle of Busan metro line 4 is aiming the maximization of LRT vehicle advantage that is the lightness of vehicle size and vehicle weight. So, it did size downed and weight downed by lightened the weight of car frame and bogies and by the compactness of electrical on-board equipments. The study carried out the structure analysis to verify and safety and performance of car body and bogie frame of Busan Metro Line 4 vehicles. In this study, it was analyzed the stress of main load and verified the fatigue strength. And measured the dynamic stress sending to body structure and bogie frame while running on main line and analyzed the fatigue stress. As a result, it verified the safety and life cycle of car body and bogie frame.

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A Study on Development of Brake System of Light Eco-Friendly Car Considering Heat Load and Regenerative Braking Characteristic (열부하 및 회생 제동 특성을 고려한 경형 친환경차의 제동시스템 개발에 관한 연구)

  • Shim, J.H.;Shin, U.H.;Lee, J.H.;Hwang, S.R.;Yim, W.S.;Kim, B.C.
    • Journal of Auto-vehicle Safety Association
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.7-13
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    • 2020
  • Recently, there is a big issue of downsizing on brake system according to fuel efficiency and regenerative braking cooperation control. Especially, small cars have improved in a variety ways such as electric vehicle and smart car compared to previous small cars. So, small brake system is strongly required in the car industry. A new small brake system for light compact vehicles was proposed in this paper. For this system, the solid type disc and caliper were newly developed. And the important design factors were considered to reduce brake size. First, we calculated the temperature rise of disc through heat capacity formula and CAE analysis. Second, we analyzed the housing and carrier stiffness of caliper to select the reasonable condition. Finally, the superiorities of the developed brake system were verified by heat capacity, consumption liquid level, braking feeling, judder, wear test and regenerative braking cooperation control analysis. A developed brake system is expected to be useful for brake system of light compact platform.

Conceptual Design for Fully Electrified Car Ferry Powered by Removable Battery System (이동식 전원공급장치 기반 전기추진차도선의 개념설계 연구)

  • Lee, Jun-Ho;Jang, Dong-Won;Jin, Song-Han;Shin, Seung-Woo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.27 no.6
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    • pp.856-866
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    • 2021
  • The increasing international awareness regarding air pollutant reduction has resulted in increasing demand for eco-friendly ships; hence, electric ships are being actively developed by various countries. Presently, studies on electric ships are mainly focused on electric propulsion systems and electric motors. However, from the ship perspective, there are no studies on conceptual designs for coastal car ferries powered by removable power supply systems. In the present study, the main research consideration is regarding the conceptual design of a fully electrified car ferry using a battery-based removable system as the main power source. By analyzing the dimensions of more than 100 domestic coastal car ferries, the main criteria satisfying the requirements for developing a suitable vessel were derived, and a study on intact/damage stability was conducted considering the application of a removable battery truck. Further analyses of the problems concerning the conceptual design were also performed to derive solutions.

A Study on Analysis of Development Effectiveness of Composite Brake through Real Car Comparison and Verification (실차 비교 및 검증을 통한 복합재 브레이크의 개발 효용성 분석에 관한 연구)

  • Shim, J.H.;Kwon, Y.U.;Lee, J.H.;Shin, U.H.
    • Journal of Auto-vehicle Safety Association
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.41-47
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    • 2022
  • Composite material is recently very important material for eco-friendly vehicles because of its excellent mechanical property and lightweight effect. So, many research results have been recently published for developing the composite material to apply vehicles. In this paper, new brake system is presented using composite material to response this situation. And advantages in terms of performance compared to competitive company will be discussed in depth to verify superiorities of the new composite brake. To do so, composite brake systems which have the same size as the competitive company to the same vehicle is applied. And superiorities through a variety of test results are presented. First, normal braking performances are compared with competitive company through braking effect, heat capacity and friction test, Second, circuit driving and high speed fade test are also verified with competitive company to confirm harsh braking performances for the new composite brake system. Finally, the effects of applying the composite brake to automobile industry like electric car are analyzed.

A Study on Construction and Quality in accordance with the Field Application of Hwangto Concrete (황토콘크리트의 현장적용에 따른 시공 및 품질 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Hwang, Hey Zoo;Moon, Je Chun;Kang, Nam Yi
    • KIEAE Journal
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.91-97
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    • 2009
  • In this thesis presents the application to the field of Hwangto-used concrete highlighted as an eco-friendly material and performs an experiment in the aspect of construction and quality on the construction for all parts of buildings, rather than for some parts of buildings as shown from existing application and got the conclusion as followings. 1) It was turned out that Hwangto concrete showed lower hydrated heat and arid contraction comparing to those of cement concrete. And this phenomenon is judged to appear high when applied to mass building and huge span structures. 2) The construction of Hwangto concrete is judged to be possible in applying to constructions since the mechanical construction seems to be possible by using pump car and ready-mixed concrete which are used at the practical sites at the moment. 3) The pockmarks appearing on the exposure surface were about 2% of total area. This has great cohesion by Hwangto concrete but is judged that it will be improved through enough vibration stamping. Through the experiments of quality and construction of Hwangto concrete as environment-friendly construction materials, it is possible to judge modernized application of Hwangto concrete. It is in need of more studies about economical efficiency, structural stability, design application, etc. afterwards.