• 한국안전학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.50-55
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• 2003

Radiation degradation of crosslinked polyethylene(XLPE) was investigated using thermogravimetric analysis(TGA), The results of TGA were compared with FT-IR, melting temperature, oxidation induction time, and elongation at break on the XLPE exposed by $\gamma$-ray. 5% decomposition temperature of $\gamma$-ray irradiated XLPE showed similar tendencies with the case of elongation at break. Both properties agreed below 1000 KGy, however, did not show any remarkable characteristics above 1000 kGy, these properties can be useful to evaluate the radiation degradation of XLPE for only low irradiated region. Above 1000 kGy, the thermal decomposition activation energy showed decreased, on the contrary, increasing below 1000 kGy. Compared with FT-IR spectrum of irradiated XLPE, it was confirmed that the oxidation reaction was still occurring below 1000 kGy. Radiation degradation of XLPE was dependent upon the irradiation doses, TGA can be a useful tool to evaluate the degradation.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.317-322
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• 2009

To investigate degradation mechanism of PEMFC operated with repetitive startup/shutdown cycling, i-V characteristics, impedance, cyclic voltamograms were measured. OCV decreased from 0.967 to 0.951 V while the cell voltage at 800mA/$cm^2$ from 0.657 to 0.563V, implying that the electrodes rather than membrane electrolyte was damaged during the cycling operation. Electrochemical analyses supported that the performance degradation could be mainly attributed to degradation of the electrodes such as a decrease in electrochemical active surface area rather than degradation of membrane.

• Current Photovoltaic Research
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.69-73
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• 2018

PV system is consisted with PV module, inverter and BOS(balance of system). To have robustic operation more than 20 years, the expected and guaranteed durability and reliability of products should be met. Almost components of PV system are qualified through IEC standards at test laboratory. But the qualification certificate of product does not ensure long-term nondefective operation. PV module's expected life time is nowadays more than 20 years and annual maximum power degradation ratio would be less than -1%. But the power degradation ratio is basically based on real data more than several years' record. Developing test method for ensuring annual maximum power degradation ratio is very need because there are many new products every month with new materials. In this paper, we have suggested new test method under continuous artificial light irradiation test condition for analyze expected maximum power drop ratio.

• 방사선산업학회지
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.385-389
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• 2010

In this study, the effect of the concentration of carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) solution on the degradation by irradiation was investigated. The CMC solutions with different concentrations of 3%, 4%, 5%, 6% and 7% were irradiated at the doses of 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 kGy with gamma ray or electron beam, and the viscosity of CMC solution was measured. The viscosity of the CMC solutions was decreased with an increase in the irradiation dose, but the extent of the degradation by an irradiation was found to be decreased with an increase of the CMC concentration in the solution. The dependency of the irradiation sources showed that an electron beam radiation had degraded the CMC less severely than gamma ray.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.60-67
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• 2007

Catalyst coated membrane [CCM] type and catalyst coated substrate [CCS] type of membrane electrode assembly [MEA] were manufactured and evaluated their performance. Degradation test were conducted to find the difference of long term stability in two types of MEA and the factor for performance degradation problem occurred. Performance degradation test of single cell in two different types of MEA were carried out when current density was $200mA/cm^{2}$. The degradation test had proceeded for 230 hours and performance degradation was checked by I-V curve and impedance measurement at regular intervals. Also, MEA before/after operation and changes of catalyst layer were characterized by SEM, TEM, and XRD. Maximum power density of CCM type was higher than that of CCS type. Meanwhile, an increase of particle size of catalyst and an increase of impedance resistance after long term operation were observed. In the case of using CCM type MEA, the performance was deteriorated 38% of initial performance. In the case of using CCS type MEA, the performance was deteriorated 43% of initial performance. In consideration of difference of initial performance, performance of CCM type is higher than that of CCS type but both types had similar problems during degradation test.

• 폴리머
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.508-517
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• 2005

가전제품용 플라스틱 재료의 열화 거동과 신뢰성을 고찰하기 위해 열분해에 따른 동역학적 매개변수를 결정하기 위하여 동역학적 열중량 분석기법을 사용하였고, 촉진 열화시험을 수행하였다. 또한, 플라스틱 재료의 내후성을 고찰하고자 제논 아크 광원을 사용하여 촉진 열화시험을 하였고, 가속 열화시험후 시료의 색차를 컬러 아이 3010 색차분석기를 이용하여 측정하였다. 재료는 중량감소율이 증가함에 따라 열분해 활성화 에너지도 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 플라스틱 재료의 열분해에 관한 기술은 Kim-Park법이 가장 효과적인 분석법으로 나타났다. 플라스틱 재료는 빠른 열화를 진행시키는 자외선에 아주 민감하게 반응하였다.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.279-283
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• 2014

In this paper, we present an economical and practical standard to install a bypass diode in a thin-film PV module. This method helps to reduce heat generation and to prevent module degradation due to excess current from reverse bias. The experimental results confirm that for different numbers of solar cells, there is a relation between the excess reverse current and the degradation of solar cells in a-Si:H modules. The optimal number of solar cells that can be connected per bypass diode could be obtained through an analysis of the results to effectively suppress the degradation and to reduce the heat generated by the module. This technique could be expanded for use in high power crystalline Si PV modules.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2004년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.5 No.1
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• pp.28-32
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• 2004

In this paper, degradation in field-aged PV modules including degradation of interconnect, discoloration of encapsulant and hot spot have been observed and analyzed. From the results, photovoltaic module installed for 6 years shows around 16% drop of electrical properties due to the interconnect degradation and PV module passed 18 years has been found to drop of around 20% mainly by the encapsulant discoloration. Furthermore the difference between low and high temperature of PV array at hot spot goes up to $30^{\circ}C$ and it leads to interconnect degradation. On the other hands, the temperature difference was observed to be around $15^{\circ}C$ at the encapsulant discoloration spot of PV array.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.55-61
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• 2009

This paper reviews the state-of-the art in surface analysis techniques for solar coatings. For analyzing solar coatings and interfaces, surface properties were very important factor for obtaining the information related to the optical degradation processes and microstructure. Various types of analytical techniques for chemical composition, microstructure and surface topography analysis of solar coatings were discussed. In addition, the examples of solar selective coating analysis results for applications were demonstrated. Development and analysis technique of solar coating for energy conservation was felt to be necessary at this time.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 1992

식물체 biomass 에너지 생산, 즉 메탄과 에탄올에서 부딪치는 제일 큰 문제는 식물체의 structural components, 즉 lignocellulose가 자연상태에서 발생하는 lactic acid bacteria에 의해 분해되지 않는데 있다. 이에 structural components의 주성분인 lignocellulose를 분해시키기 위해 여러 가지 처리를 가한 High Energy Sorghum에 C. celluluyticum과 B. succinogenes를 주입하여 그 효과를 이 논문에서 규명하였다. 살균한 High Energy Sorghum에 C. celluluyticum을 주입한 경과 cellobiose가 structural components에 생산되었다. 그러나, 살균처리를 안한 샘플에서는 C. celluluyticum가 lactic acid bacteria와 처리범위 내에서는 효과적으로 경쟁하지 못한 것으로 사료된다. 또, B. succinogenes도 High Energy Sorghum의 structural components를 어느 정도 분해시켰다. B. succinogenes에의한 cellobiose의 degradation에서 glucose와 succinte에 의해 inhibition은 없었다.