• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제31권
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• pp.17.1-17.7
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• 2016

Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between residential district of people, such as power plant, steel-mill and petrochemical industries, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Methods Using a cross-sectional study design, we randomly recruited participants for our study from industrial areas (thermoelectric power plant, steel-mill, petrochemical industry) and rural areas. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify the relationships between Euro quality of life-5 dimension (EQ-5D) scores and living region, while controlling for sociodemographic characteristics. Results In adjusted model, quality of life decreased with increasing category of age and were lower for females than males. EQ-5D scores of people living in the vicinity of thermoelectric power plant were significant lower than those of people living the vicinity of comparison region (odds ratio, 1.59; 95% confidence interval, 1.00 to 2.53). Conclusions Living region of thermoelectric power plant, was strongly associated with scores on the EQ-5D. More research is needed to elucidate the mechanisms which makes the relationship with the living regions and HRQoL.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.784-791
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• 2010

In this paper, a resonant pulse power converter (RPPC) is proposed. The proposed RPPC transfers the pulse-shape power from a DC source to a load periodically. The RPPC consists of a resonant circuit and a resonant pulse converter driven by a self-switching circuit. Depending on the magnitude difference between the input and output voltages, the operations of the RPPC are divided into 4 modes; boost mode, hybrid mode, direct mode and cut-off mode, respectively. The main switch of the RPPC turns on in the ZCS condition and off in the ZVS condition spontaneously. The operational principles of a RPPC using the self-switching technique are analyzed and verified in experiments. An example of a RPPC application is demonstrated in the area of thermoelectric energy harvesting.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제18권10호
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• pp.777-784
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• 2017

일반적으로 열전발전 소자를 사용하여 에너지 하베스팅을 하는 경우, 시스템의 작동환경에 의해 주어지는 온도구배를 활용하게 된다. 따라서 열전소자의 특성상 큰 온도구배를 기대하기 어려운 작동환경에서는 원하는 출력을 얻을 수 없으며, 작동 온도가 높을 때 얻어지게 되는 최적의 발전효율을 기대하기 힘들다. 자연환경에서 얻을 수 있는 태양에너지를 활용한 신재생 에너지의 활용은 그 동안 태양광발전이나 태양열발전에 국한되어 왔다. 태양광발전은 태양광의 일정 파장대만 사용하고 빛의 산란에 의해 발전효율이 낮아지는 단점이 있으며, 태양열발전은 일반적으로 대규모 설비를 갖춰야 하는 공간상의 제약이 있다. 본 연구에서는 태양열을 집광하여 열전소자에 조사함으로서 큰 온도구배를 형성하여 상용 열전소자의 출력을 향상시킬 수 있는 간단한 소형 발전시스템을 설계 및 제작하였다. 장시간 태양열 집중을 위해 태양 추적 장치를 설치하였으며, 열전소자 하부에 고온의 태양열이 전달되어 온도 편차가 줄어드는 현상을 막기 위해 액체 순환식 냉각기를 설치하여 큰 온도구배를 유지할 수 있도록 설계한 후, 일련의 실험으로 시험하여 그 유용성과 타당성을 검증하였다.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.49-54
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• 2010

n형 $Bi_2(Te,Se)_3$ 분말을 용해/분쇄법으로 제조하여 가압소결 후, 가압소결체의 열전특성을 $Bi_2(Te,Se)_3$ 잉곳과 비교하였으며, $Bi_2(Te,Se)_3$ 열전분말의 기계적 밀링처리가 가압소결체의 열전특성에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. $Bi_2(Te,Se)_3$ 잉곳은 $24.2{\times}10^{-4}W/m-K^2$의 power factor를 나타내었으며, 이를 가압소결함으로써 power factor가 $27.3{\sim}32.3{\times}10^{-4}W/m-K^2$로 향상되었다. 기계적 밀링처리한 분말로 제조한 $Bi_2(Te,Se)_3$ 가압소결체는 $100^{\circ}C$에서 1.02의 무차원 성능지수를 나타내었으며, $130^{\circ}C$에서 외인성-내인성 천이거동을 나타내었다.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.66-69
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• 2017

In recent year, energy harvesting technologies from the ambient environments such as light, motion, wireless waves, and temperature again a lot of attraction form research community [1-5] due to its efficient solution in order to substitute for conventional power delivery methods, especially in wearable together with on-body applications. The drawbacks of battery-powered characteristic used in commodity applications lead to self-powered, long-lifetime circuit design. Thermoelectric generator, a solid-state sensor, is useful compared to the harvesting devices in order to enable self-sustained low-power applications. TEG based on the Seebeck effect is utilized to transfer thermal energy which is available with a temperature gradient into useful electrical energy. Depending on the temperature difference between two sides, amount of output power will be proportionally delivered. In this work, we illustrated a low-input voltage energy harvesting circuit applied discontinuous conduction mode (DCM) method for getting an adequate amount of energy from thermoelectric generator (TEG) for a specific wearable application. With a small temperature gradient harvested from human skin, the input voltage from the transducer is as low as 60mV, the proposed circuit, fabricated in a $0.6{\mu}m$ CMOS process, is capable of generating a regulated output voltage of 4.2V with an output power reaching to $40{\mu}W$. The proposed circuit is useful for powering energy to battery-less systems, such as wearable application devices.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.119-126
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• 2019

18쌍의 Bi₂Te₃계 p-n 가압소결체 열전레그들로 구성되어 있으며 상하부 기판이 없고 내부는 polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)로 충진되어 있는 유연열전모듈을 형성하고, 이의 발전특성과 굽힘특성을 분석하였다. 유연열전모듈을 팔목에 부착하였을 때 서있는 정적인 상태에서는 2.23 mV의 open circuit 전압과 1.69 ㎼의 최대출력전력이 얻어졌으며, 걸어가는 동적인 상태에서는 3.32 mV의 open circuit 전압과 3.41 ㎼의 최대출력전력이 얻어졌다. 유연열전모듈에 굽힘곡률반경 25 mm로 30,000회까지 반복굽힘 싸이클을 인가하여도 저항변화율이 1% 미만으로 유지되었다.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제29권11호
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• pp.855-862
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• 1992

Thermoelectric power, electrical conductivity and Hall effect were measured, as functions of temperature in the range of 100 to 600 K, on polycrystalline Bi4/3Sb2/3Te3 which had been prepared via uniaxial hot-pressing at different temperatures in the range of 373 K to 773 K, aiming at searching a profitable processing route to a polycrystalline thermoelectric material, a promising, viable alternative to a single crystalline one. It was found that, with increasing temperature of pressing under a fixed pressure, the material, normally a p-type prior to being hot-pressed, underwent a transition to n-type. This transition was confirmed to be due to plastic deformation during hot-pressing and interpreted as being attributed to the change of the major ionic defect BiTe' into TeBi˙at temperature high enough for structure elements mobility. Thermoelectric figure-of-merit of the hot-pressed material was discussed in connection with the p-n transition in addition to microstructure.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2007년도 춘계학술대회A
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• pp.1455-1458
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• 2007

In this research, a polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) film layer for micro thermoelectric generator (TEG) was fabricated. The fabrication process of the thermoelectric poly-Si film layer is explained. The P-type and N-type poly-Si films were fabricated on a tetra ethoxy silane (TEOS) layer with a supporting Si wafer. Seebeck coefficient and electrical conductivity were measured, including the transport properties such as the hall coefficient, hall mobility and carrier concentration. The design parameters for a rapid thermal process (RTP) were decided based on the experimental results. The measured power factors of the P-type and N-type were $21.2\;{\mu}Wm^{-1}K^{-2}$ and $26.7\;{\mu}Wm^{-1}K^{-2}$, respectively.

• 전자공학회논문지A
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• 제32A권1호
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• pp.159-165
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• 1995

A double-heterostructure mesa-stripe-geometry laser diode integrated with thermoelectric Peltier cooler has been designed and fabricated. Epi-layers have been grown by metal organic chemical vapor deposition(MOCVD) method. Peltier cooling effect has been measured for devices with a mesa width of 14$\mu$m and a cavity length of 380$\mu$m. The effects of thermoelectric cooling could be shown by measuring the optical output of the laser with the increase of the current in the thermoelectric cooler. While the input courrent of the laser was maintained at 250mA, the optical output was decreased from 4.8mW to 3.8mW due to heating, but with the thermoelectric cooler on the optical output power was recovered by more than 40%. The results show that the complicated cooling device is not needed since the cooling can be achevied by the developement of the fabrication processing.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.671-679
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• 1999

본 논문에서는 습도를 세어하기 위해 습도센서를 사용하여 습도를 측정 제습 입력값과 비례 제어를 위해 범용 $\mu$-processorPIC16C54와 Thermoelectric module을 사용하여 구현하였다. Pottier Module 모델에 따라 크기와 특성이 다양하고 Module의 종류에 따라 그에 따른 적절한 열저항을 유지할 수 있도록 하는 방열판 선택 또한 매우 중요한 설계 요소이다. 열전소자를 사용하여 전자제습기를 구현함으로써 국부공간의 무소음, 무진동, 저에너지 소모에 의한 효과적인 제습을 할 수 있음을 확인할 수 있었다.