• KIEAE Journal
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.45-51
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• 2015

The Purpose of this study is to analyze the green design strategies in residential building, based on case study of Solar Decathlon in USA. This study could provide the basic reference data and theocratical foundation for finding new green design strategies and applicability of green design for korea. The Solar Decathlon is an green design competition that challenges collegiate teams to design, build, and operate the green residential building with optimal energy production and maximum efficiency. As a result of the analysis of this study, the green design strategy is identified and analyzed design issues related in energy, materials, and indoor/outdoor environment. Also, it is useful to find best green design strategy with more economical and environmental benefits presented by renewable energy and design solutions. This study is based on selected 18 green housings of Solar Decathlon from 2002 to 2013. This result is helpful to understand the green design strategies for green residential building's design of modern residential building, and expect future green residential building design approach.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.123-133
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• 1982

The tropic structure and the function of a small pone ecosystem under the tree stand were studied in terms of energy flow. About 28% of total solar radiation was intercepted by the tree canopy over the pond. Primary producers converted 1.1%(3,382 kcal$\cdot$$m^{-2}$$\cdot$$y^{-1}$) of solar radiation (320,000 kcal$\cdot$$m^{-2}$$\cdot$$y^{-1}$) into gross primary production. The amount of energy availble to the pond snail was 1,683 kcal.m-2.y-1 of the net production by primary producers and 1,033 kcal$\cdot$$m^{-2}$$\cdot$$y^{-1}$ of the litter fallen into the pond. The amount of gross secondary production by the pond snail was 245 kcal$\cdot$$m^{-2}$$\cdot$$y^{-1}$. Judging from these, supply of both net primary production and the litter was indispensable for the maintenance of the pond ecosystem. The total amont of energy as gross primary production plus litter was 4,415 kcal$\cdot$$m^{-2}$$\cdot$$y^{-1}$(100%). Since the total respiration loss was calculated to be 1,917 kcal$\cdot$$m^{-2}$$\cdot$$y^{-1}$(43.4%), the rate of energy accumulation in the pond estimated to 56.6%.

• 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국태양에너지학회 2008년도 추계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.294-299
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• 2008

Steam reforming of methane is the most wide spread method for hydrogen production. It has heed studied more than 60 years. methane reforming has advantages in technological maturity and economical production cost. Using a high-temperature solar thermal energy is an advanced technology in Steam reforming process. The synthesis gas, the product of the reforming process, can be applied directly for a combined cycle or separated for a hydrogen. In this paper, hydrogen conversion rate of a solar chemical reactor is calculated using commercial CFD program. 2 models are considered. Model-1 is original model which is designed from the former researches. And model-2 is ring-disk set of baffle is inserted to enhance the performance. The solar chemical reactor has 3 inlet nozzle at the bottom of the side wall near quartz glass and an exit is located at the top. Methane and steam is premixed with 50:50 mole fraction and goes into the inside. Passing through the porous media, the reactants are conversed into hydrogen and carbon monoxide.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제6권6호
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• pp.451-476
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• 2015

Membrane distillation (MD), which can utilize low-grade thermal energy, has been extensively studied for desalination. By incorporating solar thermal energy, the solar membrane distillation desalination system (SMDDS) is a potential technology for resolving the energy and water resource problems. Small-scale SMDDS (s-SMDDS) is an attractive and viable option for the production of fresh water for small communities in remote arid areas. The minimum-cost design and operation of s-SMDDS are determined by a systematic method, which involves a pseudo steady state approach for equipment sizing and the dynamic optimization using overall system mathematical models. The s-SMDDS employing three MD configurations, including the air gap (AGMD), direct contact (DCMD) and vacuum (VMD) types, are optimized. The membrane area of each system is $11.5m^2$. The AGMD system operated for 500 kg/day water production rate gives the lowest unit cost of $5.92/m^3$. The performance ratio and recovery ratio are 0.85 and 4.07%, respectively. For the commercial membrane employed in this study, the increase of membrane mass transfer coefficient up to two times is beneficial for cost reduction and the reduction of membrane heat transfer coefficient only affects the cost of the DCMD system.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.53-62
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• 2011

Heliostat in the tower type solar thermal power plant is a sun tracking mirror system to reflect the solar energy to the receiver and the optical performance of it affects to the efficiency of whole power plant most significantly. Thus a proper design of structure of the heliostat reflective surface could be the most important step in the construction of such power plant. The work presented here is a design of structure of optical surface of heliostat, which will be used in 200kW solar thermal power plant. The receiver located at 43(m) high from ground in tower has $2{\times}2$(m) rectangular shape. We first developed the software tool to simulate the energy concentration characteristics of heliostat using the ray tracing technique. Then, the shape of heliostat reflective surface is designed with the consideration of heliostat's energy concentration characteristics, production cost and productivity. The designed heliostat's reflective surface has a structure formed by canting four of $1{\times}1$(m) rectangular flat plate mirror facet and the center of each mirror facet is located on the spherical surface, where the spherical surface is formulated by the mirror facet mounting frame.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.334-337
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• 2019

현재 계속해서 늘어나는 에너지 수요량에 대해 세계적으로 화석연료를 대체할 차세대 에너지의 연구개발이 활발하게 이루어지고 있다. 그 중, 무한정, 무공해의 태양에너지를 사용하는 태양광 발전 시스템의 비중이 커지고 있지만, 일사량에 따른 발전량 편차가 심해 안정된 전력공급이 어렵고 전력 생산량 자체가 지역별 일사량에 의존하는 문제가 존재한다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해 실제의 지역별 일사량, 강수량, 온도, 습도 등의 기상데이터를 수집하여 로직 기반의 퍼지 뉴럴 네트워크를 이용한 태양광 발전 출력 예측 시스템을 제안하였다.

• Advances in Energy Research
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.179-205
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• 2017

This research presents an in-depth analysis of location planning of the solar-hydrogen power plants for electricity production in different cities situated in Kerman province of Iran. Ten cities were analyzed in order to select the most suitable location for the construction of a solar-hydrogen power plant utilizing photovoltaic panels. Data envelopment analysis (DEA) methodology was applied to prioritize cities for installing the solar-hydrogen power plant so that one candidate location was selected for each city. Different criteria including population, distance to main road, flood risk, wind speed, sunshine hours, air temperature, humidity, horizontal solar irradiation, dust, and land costare used for the analysis. From the analysis, it is found that among the candidates' cities, the site of Lalezar is ranked as the first priority for the solar-hydrogen system development. A measure of validity is obtained when results of the DEA method are compared with the results of the technique for ordering preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS). Applying TOPSIS model, it was found that city of Lalezar ranked first, and Rafsanjan gained last priority for installing the solar-hydrogen power plants. Cities of Baft, Sirjan, Kerman, Shahrbabak, Kahnouj, Shahdad, Bam, and Jiroft ranked second to ninth, respectively. The validity of the DEA model is compared with the results of TOPSIS and it is demonstrated that the two methods produced similar results. The solar-hydrogen power plant is considered for installation in the city of Lalezar. It is demonstrated that installation of the proposed solar-hydrogen system in Lalezar can lead to yearly yield of 129 ton-H2 which covers 4.3% of total annual energy demands of the city.

• 청정기술
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.191-200
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• 2013

미래의 무한 청정 에너지원으로 고려되고 있는 태양에너지를 활용하여 수소를 생산할 수 있는 광촉매재료에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 본 총설에서는 태양광을 이용한 물분해 수소생산용 광촉매재료들에 대하여 알아보고, 현재까지 보고된 다양한 광촉매재료의 특성들을 검토하고자 한다. 또한, 다양한 광촉매재료를 활용하여 수소생산 효율을 높이기 위해서 시행되었던 촉매재료 개질 방법들을 통하여 향후 지속적으로 진행될 연구방향을 모색해 보고자 한다. 각각의 광촉매재료들이 활성을 가질 수 있는 빛의 영역을 알아보고, 광촉매 작용에 필수적인 광원, 광밀도, 파장영역 등의 중요성에 대해서도 토론한다.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제26권4_2호
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• pp.715-724
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• 2023

Solar energy forecasting is essential for (1) power system planning, management, and operation, requiring accurate predictions. It is crucial for (2) ensuring a continuous and sustainable power supply to customers and (3) optimizing the operation and control of renewable energy systems and the electricity market. Recently, research has been focusing on developing solar energy forecasting models that can provide daily plans for power usage and production and be verified in the electricity market. In these prediction models, various data, including solar energy generation and climate data, are chosen to be utilized in the forecasting process. The most commonly used climate data (such as temperature, relative humidity, precipitation, solar radiation, and wind speed) significantly influence the fluctuations in solar energy generation based on weather conditions. Therefore, this paper proposes a hybrid forecasting model by combining the strengths of the Prophet model and the GRU model, which exhibits excellent predictive performance. The forecasting periods for solar energy generation are tested in short-term (2 days, 7 days) and medium-term (15 days, 30 days) scenarios. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed approach outperforms the conventional Prophet model by more than twice in terms of Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) and surpasses the modified GRU model by more than 1.5 times, showcasing superior performance.

• 태양에너지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.18-27
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• 1990

태양열과 프레온 R-12 기체 압축열 복합온수기를 개발하여 실용화할 수 있도록 했으며 개발 내용은 다음과 같다. 가. 라디에타형 집열기와 평판형 집열기를 고안하여 프레온 R-12 기체와 액체가 상변이를 하면서 순환하여 태양복사열과 간접복사열을 흡수하고 대기의 대류접촉전열을 통해 대기열을 효과적으로 흡수하도록 개발했다. 나. 저장조하부에 압축기를 위치하도록 하고 압축기 가동시 발생하는 압축기의 표면열과 압축기에서 발생된 기체열이 가장 효과적으로 저장조내에 주입되도록 압축기와 저장조내에 위치한 열교환기의 연결관을 축소화했다. 다. 저장조내에 압축된 기체로부터 열교환을 더욱 효과적으로 하기 위해 열교환기를 새로 고안하여 개발했다. 라. 2801, $50^{\circ}C$ 온수를 매일 생산하도록 하여도 혹한기에 월 6,000원 이하의 전기료가 소요됨을 실측했다. 마. 프레온 R-12 순환시스템으로 우리나라의 기후에서 태양열온수기 제작에 최대 장애요인인 동파문제를 완전제거 할 수 있었고 조작이 완전자동이며 하자 발생요인이 거의 없고 수명이 길며 제작단가가 낮아 보급에 큰 잇점이 있을 것임을 확인했다.