• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.23-32
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• 2020

The intermittent characteristics of renewable energy complicates the process of balancing supply with demand. Electrolysis technology can provide flexibility to grid management by converting electricity to hydrogen. Alkaline electrolysis has been recognized as established technology and utilized in industry for over 100 years. However, high overpotential of oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline water electrolysis reduces the overall efficiency and therefore requires the development of anode catalyst. In this study, Raney Ni-Zn-Fe electrode was prepared by electroplating and the electrode characteristics was studied by varying electroplating parameters like electrodeposition time, current density and substrate. The prepared Raney Ni-Zn-Fe electrode was electrochemically evaluated using linear sweep voltammetry. Physical and chemical analysis were conducted by scanning electron microscope, energy dispersive spectrometer, and X-ray diffraction. The plating time did not changed the morphology and composition of the electrode surface and showed a little effect on overpotential reduction. As the plating current density increased, Fe content on the surface increased and cauliflower-like structure appeared on the electrode surface. In particular, the overpotential of the electrode, which was prepared at the plating current density of 320 mA/㎠, has showed the lowest value of 268 mV at 50 mA/㎠. There was no distinguishable overpotential difference between the type of substrate for the electrodes prepared at 80 mA/㎠.

• 에너지공학
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.76-81
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• 2019

이 논문은 에너지 클라우드 참여 프로슈머의 신뢰성 있는 생산 및 소비량 인증에 기반 한 개인 간 거래, 클라우드 간 거래, 그리고 소규모 분산전력 중개시장 참여 등의 다양한 에너지 프로슈머 비즈니스 모델에 필요한 생산·소비량 인증 기반 전력 거래 시스템에 관한 고찰이다. 이 시스템은 에너지 거래에 있어 가장 중요한 파라미터로 간주할 수 있는 거래 정산의 신뢰성을 확보하기 위한 것으로써 에너지 프로슈머로부터 수집되는 발전·소비 빅데이터 분석에 의한 인증 기반 블록체인 스마트 컨트랙트 체결을 위한 것이다. 이를 위하여 IoT AMI로부터 수집 된 빅데이터 분석 시스템과 AMI 와 연계 구성된 프라이빗 블록체인 네트워크를 적용한 생산량 인증 시스템 구성을 소개하고 블록체인 스마트 컨트랙트를 활용한 전력 거래 매칭 방식을 제안한다. 마지막으로 에너지 클러스터 거래 시스템 및 비즈니스모델을 알아본다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.139-150
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• 2022

In most self-center braces, decreasing residual deformation is possible only by increasing pretension force, which results in lower energy dissipation capacity. On the other hand, increasing energy dissipation capacity means higher values of residual deformation. The goal of this research was to find the best design for a self-centering buckling restrained brace (SC-BRB) system by balancing self-centering capability and energy dissipation. Three, six, and nine-story structures were investigated using OpenSees software and the TCL programming language to achieve this goal. For each height, 62 different SC-BRBs were considered using different values for the pretension force of cables, the area of the buckling restrained brace (BRB) core plate, and the yield stress of the core plate. The residual deformation and dissipated energy of all the models were calculated using nonlinear analyses after cyclic loading was applied. The optimum design for each height was determined among all the models and was compared to the structure equipped with the usual BRB. The residual deformation of the framed buildings was significantly reduced, according to the findings. Also the reduction of the energy dissipation was acceptable. The optimum design of SC-BRB in 6-story building has the most reduction percent in residual deformation, it can reduce residual deformation of building 83% while causing only a 57% of reduction in dissipated energy. The greatest reduction in residual deformation versus dissipated energy reduction was for the optimum SC-BRB design of 9-story building, results indicated that it can reduce residual deformation of building 69% while causing only a 42% of reduction in dissipated energy.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제37권8B호
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• pp.637-646
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• 2012

최근 많은 응용 분야에서 무선 센서 네트워크 기술의 요구가 급증하고 있다. 특히 사람이 접근하기 어려운 환경에 센서 노드들을 설치하면 스스로 네트워크를 형성하고 사용자가 원하는 정보를 쉽게 획득할 수 있다. 그러나 무선 센서 네트워크에서 각 센서 노드들은 소형의 배터리를 사용하기 때문에 에너지를 효율적으로 관리해야 한다. 침입 탐지와 같은 응용에서는 침입자가 언제 나타날지 모르기 때문에, 에너지 효율이 높은 알고리즘으로 네트워크 수명을 연장시키는 노력이 요구된다. 본 논문에서는 침입 탐지 응용에서 데이터 전송의 신뢰성을 위해 트리 기반의 라우팅 알고리즘을 제안한다. 본 제안 방식은 데이터 집중으로 소모되는 에너지를 막기 위하여 부모와 자식 노드의 링크 설정 시 Load-balancing을 고려한 최적의 링크 비용을 계산하고, 효율적인 라우팅 테이블 관리로 센서 노드의 한정된 메모리 자원의 효율을 높였다. 또한 감시 정찰 환경에서는 침입자의 움직임을 예측할 수 없기 때문에 현실적인 군 운영 환경을 고려하여 다음의 시나리오를 설계하였고, 이에 대한 지연시간, 에너지 소모량 등의 성능을 시뮬레이션 결과를 통하여 입증하였다. 각 시나리오는 첫 번째로 침입자가 노드 설치 경로를 따라 이동하는 경우, 두 번째는 침입자가 노드 설치 경로를 가로지르는 경우, 마지막으로 침입자가 노드 설치 경로를 따라 이동하는 중에 이탈하는 경우로 구분하여 시험하였다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제10권7호
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• pp.3066-3079
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• 2016

Recent years have witnessed a dramatic increase in topology research of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) where both energy consumption and survivability need careful consideration. To balance energy consumption and ensure survivability against both random failures and deliberate attacks, we resort to complex network theory and propose an energy-aware preferential attachment (EPA) model to generate a robust topology for WSNs. In the proposed model, by taking the transmission range and energy consumption of the sensor nodes into account, we combine the characters of Erdős -Rényi (ER) model and Barabasi-Albert (BA) model in this new model and introduce tunable coefficients for balancing connectivity, energy consumption, and survivability. The correctness of our theoretic analysis is verified by simulation results. We find that the topology of WSNs built by EPA model is asymptotically power-law and can have different characters in connectivity, energy consumption, and survivability by using different coefficients. This model can significantly improve energy efficiency as well as enhance network survivability by changing coefficients according to the requirement of the real environment where WSNs deployed and therefore lead to a crucial improvement of network performance.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제67권7호
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• pp.854-859
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• 2018

This paper describes the characteristics of a hybrid supercapacitor module for power quality stabilization. Hybrid supercapacitor is an promising energy storage device that positioned between conventional EDLC and Li-ion battery. A cylindrical 7500F hybrid supercapacitor ($60{\times}138mm$) was assembled by using the $Li_4Ti_5O_{12}$ electrode as an anode and activated carbon as a cathode. Considering the ESR and efficiency has been designed to module with 41.6F 480V design results in 180 series combination. In order to determine the characteristics of the hybrid supercapacitor module for power system, hybrid supercapacitor cells were connected in series with active balancing circuit. As a result of measuring the 50kw UPS, it was discharged at the current of 104A~143A during the discharge in the voltage range of 350V~480V, and the compensation time at discharge was measured to be about 30s. These results can be used to stabilization of power quality by applying hybrid supercapacitor module.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.194-200
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• 2014

In DC micro-grid system energy storage systems (ESS) are responsible for storing energy and balancing power. Also, control target of the bidirectional DC-DC converter(BDC) for ESS should be changed depending on the operating mode. During the grid connected mode, the BDC controls the battery current or voltage. When a grid fault occurs, the BDC should change the control target to regulate the DC-bus. The BDC with conventional control method may experience large transient state during the mode change. This paper proposes a control method of BDC for ESS. The proposed control method is able to provide autonomous and seamless mode transfer by a variable current limiter. To validate the proposed concept, simulation results using PSIM and experimental results from a 2kW prototype are provided.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제35권12A호
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• pp.1160-1170
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• 2010

기존의 다중경로 설정 방법은 소스로부터 목적지까지 명확하게 분리된 다중경로를 보장하지 못할 뿐만 아니라, 다중경로의 라우팅 정보를 설정하고 유지하기 위한 오버헤드가 많다. 본 논문에서는 다중경로를 설정하는 과정에서 플러딩 방식을 제거하고, 트래픽 부하를 분산시키며, 경로 갱신에 참여하는 노드의 수를 최소화함으로써, 에너지 효율적인 EDM(Explicit Disjoint Multipath) 방식을 제안한다. EDM은 논리적으로 다중경로가 구성될 수 있는 논리적인 파이프라인을 구성하고, 물리적으로 파이프라인을 통해 목적지까지 경유지 기반 지오그래픽 라우팅을 수행한다. EDM은 네트워크 트래픽 부하를 분산시키고, 에너지 소모를 균등화할 수 있으며, 네트워크 생명주기를 연장시킬 수 있다.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.152-156
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• 2011

A hybrid supercapacitor is fabricated using a composite material from $LiMn_2O_4$ (LMO) and activated carbon (AC) as the positive electrode and AC as the negative electrode to form the (LMO + AC)/AC system. Volume ratio (positive : negative) of electrodes is controlled to investigate of the power and energy balance. The (LMO + AC)/AC system shows better performances than the LMO/AC system. Especially, electrochemical impedance spectra, rate charge.discharge and cycle performance testing show that the (LMO + AC)/AC system have an outstanding electrochemical performance at volume ratios of (LMO + AC)/AC = 1 : 1.7 and 1 : 2. Electric double layer capacitor (EDLC) capacitance between AC of the positive electrode and AC of the negative electrode improves power density without loss of capacitance. Stable capacitance is achieved by lowering the positive electrode resistance and balancing the energy and power densities between the positive and negative electrodes by the addition of AC to the positive electrode at high current density.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제31권7호
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• pp.515-520
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• 2018

A large number of lithium-ion batteries are arranged in series and parallel in battery packs, such as those in electric vehicles or energy storage systems. As battery packs age, their output power and energy density drop because of voltage deviation, constant and non-uniform exposure to abnormal environments, and increased contact resistance between batteries; this reduces application system efficiency. Despite the balancing circuit and logic of the battery management system, the output of the battery pack is concentrated in the most severely aged unit cell and the output is frequently limited by power derating. In this study, we implemented a cell imbalance detection algorithm and selected parameters to detect a sudden decrease in battery pack output. In addition, we propose a method to increase efficiency by applying the measured testing values considering the operating conditions and abnormal conditions of the battery pack.