• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.908-912
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• 2013

Because of their longer operating times and larger size relative to conventional fans, the cooling fans mounted in buses consume larger amounts of energy. Most of the cooling fans mounted in a bus are connected to the engine by a viscous clutch. A viscous cooling fan's speed is determined by its fluid temperature, which is affected by the air flow through the radiator. The fan does not react immediately to the coolant temperature and in doing so causes unnecessary energy consumption. Therefore, the fuel economy of buses using viscous fans can be improved by changing to an electric cooling fan design, which can be actively controlled. In addition, electric power consumption is increased by using electric cooling fans. Thus, when electric fans are applied in conjunction with the alternator management system (AMS), the fuel economy is further enhanced. In this study, simulations were performed to predict coolant temperature and cooling fan speeds. Simulations were performed for both viscous and electric cooling fans, and power consumption was calculated. Additionally, fuel economy was calculated applying both the alternator management system and the electric cooling fan.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.69-77
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• 2006

Photovoltaic is an attractive technology to remote power applications, because of its reliability, low maintenance, and zero fuel requirements. In this paper represents residential PV system based on BESS(battery energy storage system) for managing the electric power, a pattern of daily operation considering the load characteristics of the house, the generation characteristics of PV power, and utility power leveling. For apply to control algorithm, we consider the load on monthly power consumption trend and daily usage pattern. As for the control of the proposed system, to increase the conversion efficiency of the PV power, bidirectional converter is used for MPPT and SPWM inverter. An experimental system is implemented, and some experimental results are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed system.

• Integrative Medicine Research
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.254-259
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• 2017

Background: Those classified as Tae-Eum (TE)-type people in Sasang constitutional medicine (SCM) are prone to obesity. Although extensive clinical observations have confirmed this tendency, the underlying physiological mechanisms are unknown. Here, we propose a novel hypothesis using integrative physiology to explain this phenomenon. Methods: Hypoactive lung function in the TE type indicates that respiration is attenuated at the cellular level - specifically, mitochondrial oxygen consumption. Because a functional reduction in cellular energy metabolism is suggestive of intrinsic hypoactivity in the consumption (or production) of metabolic energy, we reasoned that this tendency can readily cause weight gain via an increase in anabolism. Thus, this relationship can be derived from the graph of cellular metabolic power plotted against body weight. We analyzed the clinical data of 548 individuals to test this hypothesis. Results: The statistical analysis revealed that the cellular metabolic rate was lower in TEtype individuals and that their percentage of obesity (body mass index >25) was significantly higher compared to other constitutional groups. Conclusion: Lower cellular metabolic power can be an explanation for the obesity trend in TE type people.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제32권7B호
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• pp.411-421
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• 2007

무선 센서 네트워크에서 가장 큰 문제 중의 한 가지는 네트워크를 구성함에 있어 에너지 소모를 최소화하는데 있다. 센서 네트워크에서 에너지를 효율적으로 사용하기 위해서 주로 다음과 같은 두 종류의 방식을 사용한다. 한 가지는 동적 전력 관리를 사용하는 것이며, 다른 한 가지는 에너지 효율적인 프로토콜을 사용하는 것이다. 전자의 경우 전원 관리자는 해당하는 이벤트들에 대해서 CPU와 해당 I/O들의 적절한 전원 상태를 관리할 책임이 있다. 하지만, 주어진 프로토콜의 내부 동작에 대해서는 관여하지 못한다. 그것은 충돌 등으로 인한 통신 상태에서의 지연에 의한 불필요한 에너지를 낭비할 가능성이 크다. 반면에 에너지 효율적인 프로토콜들은 단지 무선 모뎀의 전원 상태만을 고려한다. 본 논문에서 우리는 통신 이벤트 기반의 전력 관리를 통한 무선 센서 노드들의 불필요한 전력 소비를 충분히 줄일 수 있는 에너지 효율적인 전력 관리 방안을 제안하고, 시뮬레이션을 통해 제안하는 전력 관리 방식이 상당한 에너지를 절약 할 수 있음을 보인다.

• 전기학회논문지P
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• 제66권1호
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• pp.7-14
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• 2017

Recently, the power consumption of industrial consumer has increased rapidly, causing problems such as lack of power reserve margin in summer and winter, and therefore there is a growing need for maximum demand power management to consumers. In this paper, we studied small microgrid system consisting of battery ESS and photovoltaic power system, applied to small and medium sized factories to reduce the maximum demand power of daily industrial power load. To verify the validity of the study, we simulated a small microgrid system using Matlab/Simulink software. As a result of applying the simulation to small and medium sized plants that consume a lot of power, it is confirmed that there is a 13% reduction in demand compared to the existing maximum demand power. This result is expected to contribute to the improvement of the power reserve margin.

• 에너지공학
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.67-73
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• 2015

유연탄 및 원자력과 같은 기저 발전원은 대부분 수요지와 떨어진 곳에 위치해 있어 대규모 송전시설을 필요로 하는데, 이러한 송전시설은 다양한 사회적 비용을 야기하고 있다. 반면에 집단에너지사업 열병합발전과 같은 분산형 전원은 주로 수요지 인근에 설치되어 대규모 송전시설을 필요로 하지 않기에 송전시설로 인한 피해를 회피하는 편익을 창출한다. 이에 본 논문에서는 분산형 전원의 송전망 피해 회피편익을 추정하고자 한다. 이를 위해 무작위로 추출된 전국 1,000 가구를 대상으로 조건부 가치측정법을 적용한다. 보다 구체적으로는, 현재 발전량 비중이 가장 큰 유연탄 화력발전을 통해 생산된 전력을 분산형 전원인 집단에너지사업 열병합발전을 통해 생산된 전력으로 교체하여 사용하는 것에 대한 일반 국민의 지불의사액을 추정한다. 분석결과 유연탄 화력발전 대비 집단에너지사업 열병합발전의 송전망 피해 회피편익은 41.4(원/kWh)로 추정되었으며 유의수준 1%에서 통계적으로 유의하였다. 이 값은 2014년 기준 주택용 전력 평균가격의 33%에 해당하는 값으로 분산형 전원으로서의 집단에너지사업 열병합발전의 외부편익이 작지 않음을 시사한다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.299-312
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• 2012

The authors' research efforts recently led to the development of a customized wireless control unit which receives the real-time feedbacks from the sensors, and elaborates the consequent control signal to drive the actuator(s). The controller is wireless in performing the data transmission task, i.e., it receives the signals from the sensors without the need of installing any analogue cable connection between them, but it is powered by wire. The actuator also needs to be powered by wire. In this framework, the design of a power management unit is of interest only for the wireless sensor stations, and it should be adaptable to different kind of sensor requirements in terms of voltage and power consumption. In the present paper, the power management efficiency is optimized by taking into consideration three different kinds of accelerometers, a load cell, and a non-contact laser displacement sensor. The required voltages are assumed to be provided by a power harvesting solution where the energy is stored into a capacitor.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.241-245
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• 2009

도심지의 열섬(Heat Island)현상과 연안지역의 해풍(海風)의 영향 때문에, 부산, 인천, 목포 등 연안도시의 도심지역과 연안지역의 각 외기 상태가 서로 다르게 나타난다. 이러한 외기조건은 건물의 냉방부하, 난방부하, 전력소비량 등에 직접적인 영향을 미치기 때문에, 에너지절약을 위한 건물설계와 운전방법개발을 위해서는 각 지역에 위치한 건물의 에너지소비특성을 파악해야만 한다. 본 연구에서는 연안지역 아파트의 전력소비량에 주목하였고, 부산광역시 영도구에 위치한 세대수가 100세대 이상인 22개 아파트 단지를 대상으로 기간별, 기능별 전력소비량을 조사하였다. 22개 아파트 전체의 세대내 최대전력소비량은 8월에 발생하고 있으나, 공용 최대전력소비량은 1월에 발생하고 있음을 알수 있었다. 한편 연안지역에서는 여름철에 해풍에 의한 자연환기로 인해 냉방용 전력소비가 감소할 것으로 예상하였으나, 조사결과에서는 여름철에 최대부하가 발생하였는데, 이는 해풍에 포함된 염분의 피해를 예방하기 위해 창문을 닫고 전기구동 에어컨으로 냉방하기 때문인 것으로 파악되었다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권6호
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• pp.2056-2065
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• 2021

The transition toward clean energy is an issue of great importance with growing debate in climate change mitigation. The complex nature of nuclear energy-CO₂ emissions nexus makes it difficult to predict whether or not nuclear acts as a clean energy source. Hence, we examined the relationship between nuclear energy consumption and CO₂ emissions in the context of the IPAT and Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) framework. Dynamic Auto-regressive Distributive Lag (DARDL), a newly modified econometric tool, is employed for estimation of long- and short-run dynamics by using yearly data spanning from 1971 to 2018. The empirical findings of the study revealed an instantaneous increase in nuclear energy reduces environmental pollution, which highlights that more nuclear energy power in the Indian energy system would be beneficial for climate change mitigation. The results further demonstrate that the overarching effect of population density in the IPAT equation stimulates carbon emissions. Finally, nuclear energy and population density contribute to form the EKC curve. To achieving a cleaner environment, results point out governmental policies toward the transition of nuclear energy that favours environmental sustainability.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.7-12
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• 2018

The spread of IoT (Internet of Things) technology that connects objects based on wired / wireless networks is accelerating, and IoT-based smart home technology that constitutes a super connected network connecting sensors and home appliances existing inside and outside the home is getting popular. In addition, demand for alternative energy technologies such as photovoltaic power generation is rapidly increasing due to rapid increase of consumption of energy resources. Recently, small solar power systems for general households as well as large solar power systems for installation in large buildings are being introduced, but they are effectively implemented due to limitations of small solar panels and lack of power management technology. In this paper, we have studied smart home structure and IoT / IoL device discovery algorithm for energy harvesting system based on photovoltaic power generation, It is possible to construct an efficient smart home system for device control.