• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.42 no.6
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• pp.468-477
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• 2014

In this research, how a solar powered HALE (high altitude long endurance) UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) can climb and reach mission altitude, 18km, starting from the ground using only solar energy. A glider type aircraft was assumed as a baseline configuration which has wing area of $35.98m^2$ and aspect ratio of 25. Configuration parameters, lift and drag coefficients were calculated using OpenVSP and XFLR5 that are NASA open source programs, and climb flights were predicted through energy balance between available energy from solar power and energy necessary for a climb flight. Minimum time climb flight was obtained by minimizing flight velocities at each altitude and total time and total energy consumption to reach the mission altitude were predicted for different take off time. Also, aircraft moving distances due to westerly wind and flight speed were calculated.

• Journal of the Korean earth science society
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.190-199
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• 2011

A photovoltaic energy map that included a topography effect on the Korean peninsula was developed using the Gangneung-Wonju National University (GWNU) solar radiation model. The satellites data (MODIS, OMI and MTSAT-1R) and output data from the Regional Data Assimilation Prediction System (RDAPS) model by the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) were used as input data for the GWNU model. Photovoltaic energy distributions were calculated by applying high resolution Digital Elevation Model (DEM) to the topography effect. The distributions of monthly accumulated solar energy indicated that differences caused by the topography effect are more important in winter than in summer because of the dependency on the solar altitude angle. The topography effect on photovoltaic energy is two times larger with 1 km resolution than with 4 km resolution. Therefore, an accurate calculation of the solar energy on the surface requires high-resolution topological data as well as high quality input data.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.39 no.10
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• pp.927-934
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• 2011

Design parameter analysis is performed for a solar-powered UAV, storing potential energy by climb flight. Parameters related to the flight for saving potential energy, i.e. minimum & maximum altitudes for level flight, gliding & climbing angle, design point speed & altitude, gliding & climbing start time are investigated as design parameters. Weight and size of the UAV are determined using a weight model for the components of the solar-powered UAVs. Produced energy and consumed energy are calculated using these weight and size, yielding the required weight of the battery for a given mission. Relationship between the total weight of the UAV and each parameter is investigated. For the parameters listed above, there exist their ranges only where the design is possible. And there exist optimal values of these parameters minimizing the total weight.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.233-241
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• 2011

Currently, solar module is using the two methods such as a glass-filled method or a super-straight method. The common point of these methods is to use glass structure on the front of solar module. However, the reflectance of the solar module is high depending on the height of the incident sunlight due to the flat surface of the module front glass. Purposed to solve these problems, AG (anti-glare) structures were formed on the glass surface. Next is fabrication methods of AG structure. First, uneven structure made by micro blaster equipment was dipped in Hydro-fluidic acid (HF) acid. HF acid process was carried out to remove particles and to make high transmittance. The reflectance and transmittance of the anti-glare glass was compared to those of the bare glass. The reflectance of anti-glare glass decreased approximately 1% compared with bare glass. The transmittance of anti-glare glass was similar to bare glass. According to the sample angle, the difference of the reflectance between bare glass and the anti-glare glass was about 19%. Isc and efficiency value of anti-glare glass on bare solar cell appeared about 3.01 mA and 0.228% difference compared with bare glass. Anti-glare glass on textured solar cell appeared about 9.46 mA and 0.741% difference compared with bare glass. As a result, the role of anti-glare in the substrate is to reduces the loss of sunlight reflected from the surface. In this study, therefore, AG structure on the solar cell was used to improve the efficiency of solar cell.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.31 no.10
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• pp.40-50
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• 2003

The operational orbit evolution of the KOMPSAT-l over 3 years was analyzed. During LEOP, four orbit maneuvers were performed to obtain the optimized orbit and eight safe-hold modes happened. The effects of unpredictable occurrence of the safe-hold mode and the highest solar activity on the orbit evolution during the mission life were analyzed. The comparison of orbital elements between long-term predicted orbit and determined orbit from observed data was also performed. The operational orbit started from the optimized one was evolved within the boundary of the designed mission orbit except altitude and it was verified the sun-synchronous orbit was successfully maintained.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.28.3-28.3
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• 2010

위성이 궤도를 운용함에 있어서 원으로 운용되는 저궤도(LEO)에서는 대기저항(Drag)에 의한 섭동 영향이 가장 크게 미친다. 이 연구에서는 대기저항 섭동에 의해 감소되는 위성의 고도를 전기추력기를 이용하여 고도를 유지할 때 이를 해석적인 측면에 대해 살펴보고 지구 관측 위성에서 많이 쓰이는 태양 동기 궤도(SSO)에 적용하여 궤도를 유지하는 방법에 대해 알아보았다. 태양활동에 의한 대기의 밀도변화를 John kennewell의 모델을 통해 예측하여 대기저항에 의해 감소되는 고도량을 구하고 위성에서 추력(thrust)을 줄 때는 Gaussian Variation of Parameters식을 이용하여 해석적인 방법으로 궤도 장반경의 증가량을 구하였다. 위성에 추력을 줄때 이심률이 증가하게 되는 문제는 구속조건으로 이심률 값의 최대 허용치를 정하여 증가하는 것을 방지하도록 하였다. 또한 $J_2$ 섭동에 의해 가장 영향을 받는 승교점(Ascending Node)과 추력에 의해 변화할 수 있는 근지점(Perigee)을 살펴보고 궤도 유지를 위한 적절한 추력 방향을 구하였다. 각각의 궤도 요소의 변화를 살펴보고 일반적인 태양 동기 궤도 위성의 제원을 이용하여 궤도 유지에 적용하였다. 저궤도 위성의 궤도 유지에 대한 복잡한 수치적인 방법으로 궤도요소의 변화를 정확하게 구하지만 해석적인 방법으로도 위성의 궤도 유지를 위한 정보를 얻을 수 있었다. 이를 저궤도 위성의 궤도 운용과 변화 예측에 적용할 수 있다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Earth Science Education
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.254-261
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• 2017

This study is to investigate preconception of elementary school students and Belizean elementary school teachers and to devise experiment to understand a cause of seasonal change. An open-ended questionnaire and interviews were conducted for 91 6th grade students who didn't learn seasonal change and 10 Belizean teachers to find out preconception of seasonal change and they were categorized by using inductive analysis. They thought that the Earth's rotation, the distance between the Sun and the Earth, the Earth's revolution, pollution and climate change cause seasonal change. And it found out that these misconceptions come from difficulty in awareness of space and impreciseness of textbooks and books and so on. The experiment was designed to correct inaccurate preconception and to improve lessons of seasonal change. It is to measure a meridian altitude and a length of daytime and nighttime and to compare them. This experiment can help to understand the cause of seasonal change by measuring natural phenomenons like the meridian altitude and the change of length of daytime by model.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.120.2-120.2
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• 2012

천리안위성은 2010년 6월 발사되어 지구적도상공 약36,000km, 동경 128.2도에 위치하고 지구 자전 방향으로 지구와 같은 속도로 회전하며 24시간 한반도를 관측하는 정지궤도위성이다. 정지궤도위성은 높은 고도로 인하여 태양활동 변화에 따른 태양풍, 고에너지 전자 등에 의한 영향을 직접적으로 받는 환경에 놓여있다. 과거 사례들로부터 정지궤도위성의 오작동은 태양활동에 의해 다양한 현상으로 발생될 수 있다는 사실도 밝혀졌다. 본 연구에서는 2013년 태양활동 극대기를 대비하여 태양활동 변화가 천리안위성의 탑재체에 끼치는 영향에 대해 조사되었다. 천리안위성은 기상 해양관측을 위한 광학탑재체와 통신서비스를 위한 통신탑재체로 이루어져있다. 이 중 우리는 2011년에 발생된 X등급의 태양폭발 규모에 따라서 기상관측을 수행하는 기상탑재체 상태가 태양폭발이 없는 기간의 상태와 어느 정도 차이를 보이는지 분석하였다. 2011년에 발생된 경보는 3단계 10회, 4단계 2회로 발생빈도가 증가하는 추세이다. 4단계 경보의 태양폭발에도 천리안위성은 모든 부분에서 정상운영을 유지하고 있다. 이번연구를 통해 태양폭발 규모에 따른 기상탑재체의 영향 정도를 가시화하여 앞으로 발생 가능한 문제를 예측하고 대비함으로서 안정적인 위성운영을 도모하고자 한다.

• KIISE Transactions on Computing Practices
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• v.23 no.11
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• pp.632-640
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• 2017

Although solar insolation is the weather factor with the greatest influence on power generation in photovoltaic systems, the Meterological Agency does not provide solar insolation data for future dates. Therefore, it is essential to research prediction methods for solar insolation to efficiently manage photovoltaic systems. In this study, we propose a Dynamic Piecewise Prediction Model that can be used to predict solar insolation values for future dates based on information from the weather forecast. To improve the predictive accuracy, we dynamically divide the entire data set based on the sun altitude and cloudiness at the time of prediction. The Dynamic Piecewise Prediction Model is developed by applying a polynomial linear regression algorithm on the divided data set. To verify the performance of our proposed model, we compared our model to previous approaches. The result of the comparison shows that the proposed model is superior to previous approaches in that it produces a lower prediction error.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Earth Science Education
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.340-350
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• 2023

This study analyzed the difficulty level of class on the seasonal change unit for 84 students at a university of education. The conclusions of this study are as follows. First, if we first present the four topics that make up the seasonal changes in elementary science, the subjects that have the greatest difficulty in teaching for prospective elementary school teachers are 'Why do seasonal changes occur?' (Teaching difficulty level 4.05), 'The sun changes depending on the season' What is the difference between the southern altitude and the length of day and night?' (difficulty level of class, 3.12), 'What is the relationship between the altitude of the sun, length of shadow, and temperature during the day?' (difficulty level of class, 2.85), 'How does the temperature change depending on the season?' (class difficulty level 2.80). As a result, in the elementary science season change unit, the class on the four topics 'Why do seasons change?', which is classified as a class topic that requires the concept of spatial perception, showed a higher level of class difficulty than other units. Second, in the seasonal change unit, various factors of class difficulty appeared depending on the class topic. When pre-service elementary school teachers look at the factors that make class difficult when teaching a lesson on seasonal changes in order of frequency, 42 (50%) said 'Experimental instruction for comparing the altitude of solar masculine according to the tilt of the axis of rotation', followed by 'Solar masculine'. 38 people (45%) answered 'Difficulty in explaining mid-high altitude and the length of day and night', 27 people (32%) answered 'Difficulty in explaining the concept of mid-high altitude', and 24 people (32%) answered 'Difficulty in explaining seasonal changes in the sun's position.' 29%), 20 people (24%) said 'Explain the reasonable reason why the height of the light should be adjusted when measuring the solar altitude', and 16 people (19%) said 'It is difficult to explain the reason for the discrepancy between the solar altitude and the maximum temperature'. ), 'difficulties in measuring sand (ground) temperature' were mentioned by 12 people (14%). Third, when analyzing the factors of class difficulty, there were more curriculum factors than teacher factors. In this context, the exploratory activities on 'Why do seasonal changes occur?', the fourth topic of the seasonal change unit in which elementary school pre-service teachers showed the greatest difficulty in teaching, need improvement in terms of the curriculum.