• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.25-31
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• 2011

LEDs are becoming the most suitable candidate replacing traditional fluorescent street-light lamps because of its energy efficiency and high brightness. Furthermore, most countries are urging to pursue energy savings in conjunction with IT and sensor network. In order to conserve energy of LED lamp and ensure the safety of pedestrian, we propose a new smart control method for LED light system based on USN using compound sensors, such as illuminance, motion, temperature and humidity sensor. An elaborate simulation shows that the proposed system with a smart control based switching can reduce the energy by 40%, compared to the previous street-light system with a fixed time based switching.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제35권9B호
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• pp.1381-1389
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• 2010

동적인 전력 공급을 통해 에너지 효율을 높여줄 것으로 기대되는 스마트 그리드 기술은 최근 전기자동차 기술의 발달과 함께 차량의 배터리를 가정용 축전지로 활용하는 Vehicle-to-Grid(V2G) 기술에 대한 관심으로 이어지고 있다. 한편, 무선으로 전력을 공급해주는 비접촉 충전 방식은 직접 사용자가 전기 플러그를 콘센트에 꽂지 않고도 자기장 유도 기반으로 전력을 공급해줌으로써 사용자의 안전과 편의성을 보장해 줄 수 있다. 더욱이 이러한 무선 충전과 동시에 자기장을 활용한 통신 시스템이 구축되면 스마트 그리드의 동적 전력 공급의 영역을 이동하는 전기자동차까지 확장함으로써 보다 실용적인 V2G 기술을 제공할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 이를 위한 자기장 통신 시스템을 제안한다. 자기장 통신 시스템은 데이터 통신 기능과 위치 인식 기능을 제공하며 비접촉식 충전인프라를 그대로 활용할 수 있는 장점이 있기 때문에 V2G 활용에 있어서 핵심적인 기술이라고 할 수 있다. 제안하는 시스템의 데이터 통신을 전력 공급 관련 정보를 패킷화하여 송수신하고, 위치 인식을 통해 차량과 충전인프라의 위치에 따른 충전 효율 및 통신 성능을 향상시킨다. 또한 테스트 베드를 개발하여 다양한 환경에서 성능 검증을 수행하였다.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제20권9호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2021

Recently, the repair and recycling of damaged mechanical parts via metal additive manufacturing processes have been industrial points of interest. This is because the repair and recycling of damaged mechanical parts can reduce energy and resource consumption. The directed energy deposition(DED) process has various advantages such as the possibility of selective deposition, large building space, and a small heat-affected zone. Hence, it is a suitable process for repairing damaged mechanical parts. The shaft is a core component of various mechanical systems. Although there is a high demand for the repair of the shaft, it is difficult to repair with traditional welding processes because of the thermal deformation problem. The objective of this study is to propose a repair procedure for a damaged shaft using the DED process and discuss its applications. Three types of cases, including a small shaft with a damaged surface, a medium-size shaft with a worn bearing joint, and a large shaft with serious damage, were repaired using the proposed procedure. The microstructure and hardness were examined to discuss the characteristics of the repaired component. The efficiency of the repair of the damaged shaft is also discussed.

• 한국지열·수열에너지학회논문집
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.19-30
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• 2022

In this study, comparative analysis of energy performance in Taebaek city, a test area, by applying hydrothermal, geothermal source and hybrid heat pump system to office, school and smart farms with different internal heat loads. The conclusion is as follows. In the load characteristics by use of buildings, it was found that office had a large cooling load compared to heating load, school had a large heating load compared to cooling load, and smart farm had only cooling load year-round. Performance analysis of the heat pump system in office shows that the cooling COP of the hydrothermal source is 5.12% and the heating COP is 3.22% lower based on the geothermal source, the cooling COP of the hybrid is 0.41% higher, and the heating COP is the difference in performance appeared sparsely. The performance analysis of the heat pump system in school showed that the cooling COP of the hydrothermal source was 10.44% and the heating COP 3.22% lower based on the geothermal source, and the performance difference between the hybrid cooling and heating COP was insignificant. Heat pump system performance analysis in smart farm only occurred with cooling load. Based on geothermal sources, the cooling COP of the hydrothermal source was 46% and the cooling COP of the hybrid was 19.65%, respectively.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.382-390
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• 2007

To check the feasibility of SMART(Steam Methane Advanced Reforming Technology) system, an experimental investigation was performed. A fluidized bed reactor of diameter 0.052m was operated cyclically up to 10th cycle, alternating between reforming and regeneration conditions. FCR-4 catalyst was used as the reforming catalyst and calcined limestone(domestic, from Danyang) was used as the $CO_2$ absorbent. Hydrogen concentration of 98.2% on a dry basis was reached at $650^{\circ}C$ for the first cycle. This value is much higher than $H_2$ concentration of 73.6% in the reformer of conventional SMR (steam methane reforming) condition. The hydrogen concentration decreased because the $CO_2$ capture capacity decreased as the number of cycles increased. However, the average hydrogen concentration at 10th cycle was 82.5% and this value is also higher than that of SMR. Based on these results, we could conclude that the SMART system can replace SMR system to generate pure hydrogen without HTS (high tempeature shift), LTS (low temperature shift) and $CO_2$ separation process.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2008년도 제39회 하계학술대회
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• pp.1921-1922
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• 2008

전 세계적인 환경에 대한 요구를 충족시키기 위한 노력 및 정책에 따라 전력 에너지 산업 또한 커다란 변화의 요구에 부응하고 있다. 즉, 기존의 전력망에 IT를 접목하고 새로운 종류의 연료를 사용하는 전력원의 개발, 그리고 새로운 방법의 고객 참여 등을 통한 효율적인 에너지의 사용을 골자로 하는 정책들이 그것이다. 대표적인 정책은 바로 미국 의회가 지난 2007년 12월 '스마트그리드(Smart Grid)'라는 프로젝트를 법제화하여 지원방안을 연방법안으로 통과시킴으로서 주목을 받고 있는 'The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007'이다. 법안은 2008년부터 2020년까지 스마트그리드에 대한 연구개발, 시범사업 등을 국가 정책사업으로 추진한다는 내용을 담고 있으며, 매칭 펀드 등 자금지원 내용도 포함하고 있다. 스마트그리드는 IT를 기존 전력기술에 적용해 송전, 배전망(파워그리드)을 지능형으로 만들자는 개념으로, 2003년 DOE(Development of Energy)가 발표한 2030년까지의 전력인프라 발전 계획인 '그리드2030(Grid2030)'의 실천 전략으로 볼 수도 있다. 이러한 미국의 정책 방향에 따라 각 주마다 다양한 스마트그리드 관련 기술들을 적용하고, 요소 기술들을 축적시키고 있다. 본 논문에서는 Xcel Energy가 미국 최초로 추진하는 'Smart Grid City' 내용을 토대로 관련 기술과 추진전략 등을 살펴보기로 한다.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.155-165
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• 2020

In this paper, we propose a smart thermostat temperature set-point control method based on machine learning and rule engine, which controls thermostat's temperature set-point so that it can achieve energy savings as much as possible without sacrifice of occupants' comfort while users' preference usage pattern is respected. First, the proposed method periodically mines data about how user likes for heating (winter)/cooling (summer) his or her home by learning his or her usage pattern of setting temperature set-point of the thermostat during the past several weeks. Then, from this learning, the proposed method establishes a weekly schedule about temperature setting. Next, by referring to thermal comfort chart by ASHRAE, it makes rules about how to adjust temperature set-points as much as low (winter) or high (summer) while the newly adjusted temperature set-point satisfies thermal comfort zone for predicted humidity. In order to make rules work on time or events, we adopt rule engine so that it can achieve energy savings properly without sacrifice of occupants' comfort. Through experiments, it is shown that the proposed smart thermostat temperature set-point control method can achieve better energy savings while keeping human comfort compared to other conventional thermostat.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제65권3호
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• pp.404-410
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• 2016

This paper proposed a program of an energy storage system(ESS) for peak shaving of high-speed railway substations The peak shaving saves cost of equipment and demand cost of the substation. To reduce the peak load, it is very important to know when the peak load appears. The past data based load profile forecasting method is easy and applicable to customers which have relatively fixed load profiles. And an optimal scheduling method of the ESS is helpful in reducing the electricity tariff and shaving the peak load efficiently. Based on these techniques, MS. NET based peak shaving program is developed. In case study, a specific daily load profile of the local substation was applied and simulated to verify performance of the proposed program.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제64권3호
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• pp.375-383
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• 2015

The virtual power plant (VPP) is a new technology to achieve flexibility as well as controllability, like traditional centralized power plants, by integrating and operating different types of distributed energy resources (DER) with the information communication technology (ICT). Though small-sized DERs may not be controlled in a centralized manner, these are more likely to be utilized as power plants for centralized dispatch and participate in the energy trade given that these are integrated into a unified generation profile and certain technical properties such as dispatch schedules, ramp rates, voltage control, and reserves are explicitly implemented. Unfortunately, the VPP has been in a conceptual stage thus far and its common definition has not yet been established. Such a lack of obvious guidelines for VPP may lead to a further challenge of coming up with the business model and reinforcing the investment and technical support for VPP. In this context, this paper would aim to identify the definition of VPP as a critical factor in smart grid and, at the same time, discuss the details required for VPP to actively take part in the electricity market under the smart grid paradigm.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제63권1호
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• pp.27-34
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• 2014

The paper proposed a sizing method of an energy storage system(ESS) for peak shaving of high-speed railway substations based on load profile patterns of substations. A lithium based battery ESS was selected since it can produce high-power at high speed that peak shaving requires, and also takes up a relatively smaller space for installation. Adequate size of the ESS, minimum capacity which can technically meet a peak shaving target, was determined by collectively considering load patterns of a target substation, characteristics of the ESS to be installed, and optimal scheduling of the ESS. In case study, a local substation was considered to demonstrate the proposed sizing method. Also economic analysis with the determined size of ESS was performed to calculate electricity cost savings of the peak shaving ESS, and to offer pay-back period and return on investment.