• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.1851-1863
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• 2014

Many countries are increasing their investments in smart grid technology to enhance energy efficiency, address climate change, and trigger a green energy revolution. In addition to these goals, Korea also seeks to promote national competitiveness, prepare for the growth of the renewable energy industry, and export industrialization through its strategic promotion of the smart grid. Given its inherent representativeness for Korean implementation of the smart grid and its growth potential, Jeju Island was selected by the Korean government as the site for smart grid testing in June 2009. This paper presents a new design for the electricity market and an operational scheme for testing Smart Electricity Services in the Jeju smart grid demonstration project. The Jeju smart grid test-bed electricity market is constructed on the basis of day-ahead and real-time markets to provide two-way electricity transaction environments. The experience of the test-bed market operation shows that the competitive electricity market can facilitate the smart grid deployment in Korea by allowing various demand side resources to be active market players.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2010

Recently, smart grid has been considered a very important new energy delivery technology, and one that can help ensure a cleaner environment by making use of information and communication technology (ICT) in countries around the world. The many technological benefits smart grid offers is expected to bring about a huge change in the electric energy supply chain. In particular, smart grid with advanced ICT is likely to allow market agents to participate in the decision-making process in the restructured electricity industry, easily facilitating Homeostatic Utility Control. In this paper, we examine smart grid as a market externality, and then illustrate issues from the commercial market perspective as it relates to electricity market design. Finally, our paper identifies some of the impacts of smart grid on electricity market design, which may possibly be incorporated into the evolution of the electricity market, thus ensuring market efficiency.

• 한국태양광발전학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.8-20
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• 2020

Nepal has huge potential of hydro and other renewable energy resources including solar energy. However, only 70% of the total population have access to electricity despite the long history of hydropower development in the country. Still more than 37% population in rural areas and around 73% population in Karnali Province, one of the least developed provinces, are living without access to electricity despite taking several initiatives and implementing various policies by government supporting electrification in off-grid rural areas. Government together with donors and private sector has extensively been promoting the off-grid solar photovoltaic (PV) echnology in un-electrified areas to increase electricity access. So far, more than 900,000 households in rural areas of Nepal are getting electricity from stand-alone solar PV systems. However, there are many challenges including financial, technical, institutional, and governance barriers in Nepal. This study based on extensive review of literatures and author's own long working experiences in renewable energy sector in Nepal, shares the best practices and lessons of off-grid solar PV for increasing access to electricity in rural areas of Nepal. This study suggests that flexible financial instruments, financial innovations, bundling of PV systems for concentrating energy loads, adopting standards process, local capacity building, and combination of technology, financing and institutional aspects are a key for enhancing effectiveness of solar PV technology in rural areas of Nepal.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.2826-2832
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• 2012

스마트 그리드는 기존에 발전소에서 전력을 일방적으로 공급하는 단방향 전력망에 정보기술을 접목하여 전력 공급자와 소비자가 양방향으로 실시간 정보를 교환함으로써 에너지 효율을 최적화하는 방식이다. 스마트그리드의 전력 관리 시스템은 동적인 가격제도와 함께 소비자들에게 전력사용에 대한 정보를 제공함으로써, 수요의 반응을 유도하고, 전력 계통의 투자와 운영에 있어 효율을 향상시키는데 있다. 하지만, 최근 전력 관리 시스템들은 실시간 가격 등 가격 제도에 주로 초점을 두고 있다. 본 논문에서는 가격 제도에 초점을 둔 기존 전력관리 시스템을 개선하여 전력 사용의 효율성에 초점을 둔 전력에너지 운영 관리 시스템을 제안한다. 전력 데이터는 배전반에 설치된 PMU(Phasor Measurement Units)를 통해 수집되며 데이터 마이닝 기법을 통한 분석 방법으로 효율성 높이고자 한다. 또한 전력 부족 및 과잉 공급 시 PMU와 양방향 통신을 통해 제어할 수 있도록 구현 및 실험하여 전력에너지 관리시스템의 효율성을 입증하였다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.1821-1830
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• 2018

With the wide application of intelligent household appliances, the optimization of electricity behavior has become an important component of home-based intelligent electricity. In this study, a multi-objective optimization model in an intelligent electricity environment is proposed based on economy and comfort. Firstly, the domestic consumer's load characteristics are analyzed, and the operating constraints of interruptible and transferable electrical appliances are defined. Then, constraints such as household electrical load, electricity habits, the correlation minimization electricity expenditure model of household appliances, and the comfort model of electricity use are integrated into multi-objective optimization. Finally, a continuous search multi-objective particle swarm algorithm is proposed to solve the optimization problem. The analysis of the corresponding example shows that the multi-objective optimization model can effectively reduce electricity costs and improve electricity use comfort.

• KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.391-395
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• 2016

최근 몇 년간, 전력 소비의 급격한 증가로 인하여 전력 수급의 불안이 전 세계적으로 발생하였다. 또한 전력 예측의 불확실성 및 전력 발전량이 급격히 증가하게 되었다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위한 방안으로 전력망과 IT 기술을 결합한 스마트 그리드기술은 각광을 받고 있다. 스마트 그리드는 전력 최대 부하율을 낮추며 효율적인 전력 사용을 유도한다. 이를 위하여 스마트 그리드 시스템은 다양한 요금 정책, 수요반응 기술, 스마트 전자 기기들을 활용한다. 특히 전력 사용을 효율적으로 스케줄링 해주는 수요반응 기술은 스마트 그리드의 핵심 기술이다. 본 논문에서는 수요 반응 기술을 위한 그리디 기법을 제안한다. 제안하는 그리디 기법은 전력 요금의 최소화뿐만 아니라, 사용자의 편의성을 고려하며 시스템 정전을 방지하는 것을 목표로 한다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제16권8호
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• pp.1701-1710
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• 2012

최근 저탄소 녹색성장이 세계적 관심사로 등장하면서 온실가스 배출을 최소화하기 위한 핵심으로 스마트 그리드라는 개념이 출현하게 되었다. 이와 같은 스마트 그리드는 전력 서비스의 효율성, 중요성, 신뢰성, 경제성, 지속성을 향상시키기 위해 모든 공급자와 소비자의 전력 생산, 공급, 소비 등을 기존 전력망과 정보통신기술을 접목하여 제공하는 시스템이다. 스마트 그리드를 통해 사용자는 자신의 집에서 사용하는 가전기기의 개별적 사용량 및 총 사용량을 실시간으로 알아볼 수 있으며, 전력 사용량이 최고에 달할 때에는 공급자가 특정 가전기기의 사용량을 제한하는 방식 등으로 효율적인 전력 공급을 수행할 수 있게 된다. 그러나 이와 같이 수집된 사용자의 정보가 노출될 경우, 전력 소비 양상, 생활 방식, 주거형태 등이 노출되는 심각한 프라이버시 문제가 발생하게 된다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 가정에서 전송되는 정보에서 어떠한 가전기기가 얼마만큼의 전력량을 사용했는지 알 수 없도록 보호하는 프로토콜을 제안한다. 본 제안 방식을 통해 전력회사라 하더라도 사용자의 패스워드 없이 어떠한 가전기기가 전력을 사용한지 알 수 없도록 한다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.97-115
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• 2022

Smart power grid is a user friendly system that transforms the traditional electric grid to the one that operates in a co-operative and reliable manner. Demand Response (DR) is one of the important components of the smart grid. The DR programs enable the end user participation by which they can communicate with the electricity service provider and shape their daily energy consumption patterns and reduce their consumption costs. The increasing demands of electricity owing to growing population stresses the need for optimal usage of electricity and also to look out alternative and cheap renewable sources of electricity. The solar and wind energy are the promising sources of alternative energy at present because of renewable nature and low cost implementation. The proposed work models a smart home with renewable energy units. The random nature of the renewable sources like wind and solar energy brings an uncertainty to the model developed. A stochastic dual descent optimization method is used to bring optimality to the developed model. The proposed work is validated using the simulation results. From the results it is concluded that proposed work brings a balanced usage of the grid power and the renewable energy units. The work also optimizes the daily consumption pattern thereby reducing the consumption cost for the end users of electricity.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.278-287
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• 2009

Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) with capability of being recharged from the power-grid will reduce oil consumption. Also, the PHEV will affect the utility operations by adding additional electricity demand for charging. In this research, the power-grid impact by demand of PHEV charging is presented and the optimal charging control strategy for utility operators is proposed with simulated data. The penetration of PHEV is assumed to be 50% in the circumstances of Korean passenger car market and Korean power-grid market limitedly. To obtain smooth load shape and utilize the surplus electricity in power-grid at midnight and dawn, the peak of charging demand should be controlled to be located before 4:00 a.m., and the time slot which can supply the electricity power to PHEV should be allowed between 1:00 a.m.$\sim$7:00 a.m.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.55-66
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• 2018

nZEH (net-Zero Energy House) is defined as a self-sufficient energy building where the sum of energy output generated from new & renewable energy system and annual energy consumption is zero. The electricity generated by new & renewable energy system with the form of distributed generation is preferentially supplied to electrical demand, and surplus electricity is transmitted back to grid. Due to the recent expansion of houses with photovoltaic system and the nZEH mandatory by 2025, the rapid increase of distributed generation is expected. Which means, we must prepare for an electricity-power accident and stable electricity supply. Also electricity charges have to be reduce and the grid-connected should be operated efficiently. The introduction of ESS is suggested as a solution, so the analysis of the load matching and grid interaction is required to optimize ESS design. This study analyzed the load matching and grid interaction by expected consumption behavior using actual data measured in one-minute intervals. The experiment was conducted in three nZEH with photovoltaic system, called all-electric houses. LCF (Load Cover Factor), SCF (Supply Cover Factor) and $f_{grid}$ (Grid Interaction Index) were evaluated as an analysis indicator. As a result, LCF, SCF and $f_{grid}$ of A house were 0.25, 0.23 and 0.27 respectively; That of B house were 0.23, 0.23, 0.19, and that of C were 0.20, 0.19, 0.27 respectively.