• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.709-719
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• 2022

Recently, as the importance of environmental protection has emerged, interest in new and renewable energy is also increasing worldwide. In particular, the solar energy sector accounts for the highest production rate among new and renewable energy in Korea due to its infinite resources, easy installation and maintenance, and eco-friendly characteristics such as low noise emission levels and less pollutants during power generation. However, although climate prediction is essential since solar power is affected by weather and climate change, solar radiation, which is closely related to solar power, is not currently forecasted by the Korea Meteorological Administration. Solar radiation prediction can be the basis for establishing a reasonable new and renewable energy operation plan, and it is very important because it can be used not only in solar power but also in other fields such as power consumption prediction. Therefore, this study was conducted for the purpose of improving the accuracy of solar radiation. Solar radiation was predicted by a total of three weather variables, temperature, humidity, and cloudiness, and solar radiation outside the atmosphere, and the results were compared using various models. The CatBoost model was best obtained by fitting and comparing the Boosting series (XGB, CatBoost) and RNN series (Simple RNN, LSTM, GRU) models. In addition, the results were further improved through Time series cross-validation.

• 산업공학
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.441-449
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• 2012

Solar PV(photovoltaic) is paid great attention to as a possible renewable energy source to overcome recent global energy crisis. However to be a viable alternative energy source compared with fossil fuel, its market competitiveness should be attained. Grid parity is one of effective measure of market competitiveness of renewable energy. In this paper, we forecast the grid parity timing of solar PV energy in Korea using two factor learning curve model. Two factors considered in the present model are production capacity and technological improvement. As a result, it is forecasted that the grid parity will be achieved in 2019 in Korea.

• Advances in Energy Research
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.1-28
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• 2016

A grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) system comprised of multicrystalline silicon (mc-Si) modules was installed in a cold climate region in the U.S. This roof-mounted stationary PV system is a real-world application of PV for building energy generation in International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) Climate Zone 5 (and possibly similar climate zones such as 6, 7 and 8), and it served the purposes of research, demonstration, and education. The importance of this work is highlighted by the fact that there has been less emphasis on solar PV system in this region of the U.S. because of climate and latitude challenges. The system is equipped with an extensive data acquisition system capable of collecting performance and meteorological data while visually displaying real-time and historical data through an interactive online interface. Experimental data was collected and analyzed for the system over a one-year period with the focus of the study being on measurements of power production, energy generation, and efficiency. The annual average daily solar insolation incident upon the array was found to be $4.37kWh/m^2$. During the first year of operation, the PV system provided 5,801 kWh (1,264 kWh/kWp) of usable AC electrical energy, and it was found to operate at an annual average conversion efficiency and PR of 10.6 percent and 0.79, respectively. The annual average DC to AC conversion efficiency of the inverter was found to be 94 percent.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.161-166
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• 2007

태양광발전이란 태양에너지를 직접 전기 에너지로 변환시키는 것이다. 지난 5년 동안 태양광발전은 세계적으로 높은 성장률을 보여 왔다. 특히 2006년에는 30%, 이상의 성장을 가져왔으며 앞으로 20년 동안 평균 생산 성장률은 매년 27%-34%가 될 것으로 예상하고 있다. 현재까지는 태양광발전을 이용해 생산된 전력의 가격은 기존 전력발전의 가격보다 높지만 태양광 기술의 발전과 효율의 향상으로 점점 그 가격이 떨어지고 있다. 뿐만 아니라 태양전지용의 실리콘 기판의 대량생산은 점점 더 태양전지의 가격 저하를 가져오고 있다. 태양전지의 변화효율의 한계는 30%이다. 현재에는 결정질 실리콘 태양전지가 주를 이루고 있지만 미래에는 박막 실리콘 태양전지가 주도를 이룰 것이다. 2030년에는 박막 태양전지가 90%이상을 이루고 결정질 태양전지는 10% 이하로 떨어질 것을 예상하고 있다. 성균관대학교에서는 결정질 실리콘 태양전지의 저가화와 고효율화를 주 연구로 수행하고 있다. 현재 성균관대학교에서는 스크린 프린트를 이용해서 16% 이상의 다결정 실리콘 태양전지와 17% 이상의 단결정 실리콘 태양전지를 성공적으로 제작하였다. 제 1세대에서 다음 세대의 태양전지 발전의 과정은 새로운 접근법으로 확대되지만 여전히 실리콘이 지금까지 주된 재료로 쓰이고 있다. 2010년까지 이러한 기술들에 대한 격차는 여전히 있지만 태양광발전을 통한 전력생산의 가격은 60 cent/watt 정도로 예상하고 있다. 태양광발전은 청정에너지로서 재생불가능 하고 고갈되어가고 환경오염을 일으키는 다른 에너지와 비교하여 점점 대체에너지로서의 자리를 확립해 가고 있다.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.27-33
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• 2011

To find effective way of the production of distilled water for drought and flood with solar radiation, three boxes were made same base each 1000mm ${\times} $1000mm and tops are 45 degree. Individual boxes contained the sea water, rain water and surface water were placed at the same location and same time. Condensation of each box has been compared. On clear day production of distilled water in the box with sea water was 36% and 32% less than boxes with rain water and surface water. The maximum condensation reached when the temperature of the top and bottom parts are equal. As concentration of sea water increased production of distilled water was decreased. In the box with sea water, the surface temperature was lower than 3cm below the surface. Optimum collector area for producing distilled water 2000ml of these three boxes were $3.75m^2$

• 신재생에너지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.40-49
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• 2021

This paper explains the development process of methane decomposition to hydrogen and carbon black using solar thermal energy. It also demonstrates the advantages and disadvantages of five different reactors for each development stage, including the reactor's experimental results. Starting with the initial direct heating type reactor, the indirect heating type reactor was developed through five modifications. The 40-kWth solar furnace installed at the Korea Institute of Energy Research was used for the experiment. In the experiment using the developed indirect heating reactor, an 89.0% methane to hydrogen conversion rate was achieved at a methane flow rate of 40 L/min, obtained at about twice the flow rate compared to previous advanced studies.

• 태양에너지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.3-18
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• 1998

1994년부터 발효된 UN 기후변화협약은 지구온난화의 방지를 위해서 각국의 자발적인 이산화탄소 배출 저감을 의무 사항으로 규정하고 있다. 우리 나라도 21세기에 들어서면 본격적으로 이산화탄소 배출 저감을 추진해야 할 것으로 예상되지만 에너지 절약의 측면에서나 대체에너지 개발의 측면에서 다른 나라들보다 상황이 크게 불리한 입장에 있다. 기후변화협약에 대비하는 한 대안으로 태양에너지를 이용할 필요성이 상당히 증대될 것이기 때문에 앞으로 태양에너지 관련 기술에 대한 수요는 현재보다 상당히 높아질 것으로 예상된다. 이런 점을 감안해서 본고에서는 먼저 기후변화협약의 내용들을 살펴보고 이에 대응하는 수단으로서 태양에너지 기술 개발의 전망을 포괄적으로 검토하였다. 특히 우리 나라에서는 고효율 태양전지의 대량 생산 기술과 태양열 이용 온수기 및 난방 시설의 효율 증진 기술 등이 유망하다고 전망되었다.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.399-407
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• 1991

In Korea, the cultivation area under the plastic greenhouse was 1,746 ha in 1975, and 36,656 ha in 1989, it shows that the greenhouse cultivation area was increased by 21 times during last 14 years. The greenhouse cultivation area of 90~93% has been kept warm with double layers of plastic film and thermal curtain knitted with rice straw, and the rest area of 7~10% has been heated by fossil fuel energy. The use of rice straw thermal curtain is inconvenient to put it on and off, on the other hand the use of fossil fuel heating system results in the increase of production cost. To solve these problems, at first the heating load and the storable solar energy in greenhouse during the winter season were predicted to design solar utilization system, secondly a solar thermal storage system filled with latent heat storage materials was developed in this study. And then finally the thermal performance of greenhouse-solar energy storage system was analyzed theoretically and experimentally.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제27권2_1호
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• pp.277-285
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• 2024

Hydrogen is considered a key energy source to achieve carbon neutrality through the global goal of 'net zero'. Due to limitations in producing green hydrogen domestically, Korean companies are interested in importing green hydrogen produced overseas. The Middle East has high-quality solar energy resources and is attracting attention as a region producing green hydrogen using renewable energy. To build a green ammonia plant, optimization of the production facility configuration and economic feasibility analysis are required. It is expected that it will contribute to reviewing the economic feasibility of constructing overseas hydrogen production plants through preliminary economic feasibility analysis.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.324-332
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• 2004

According to the rapid depletion of the fossil fuels, the electricity and hydrogen will gradually take charge of the future energy supply. Especially, in order to control the supply and demand of electricity, energy storage medium is necessary and this could be solved by the combination of water electrolysis and fuel cell. Although electricity can be generated from such alternative energies as hydropower, nuclear, solar, and wind-power resources, alternative energy storage medium is also required since regenerative energies, solar and wind-powers, are intermittent energy resources. In this regard, hydrogen production from water electrolysis was recognized as a superb method for electricity storage. In this work, the current development and economic status of alkaline, solid polymer, and high temperature electrolysis were reviewed, and then the practical use of water electrolysis technology were discussed.