• 한국시뮬레이션학회논문지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.35-43
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• 2004

The purpose of this study is an economic analysis of power plant utilities by comparing electricity generating cost including environmental costs. Considering the enormous role of electricity in the national economy, it is very important to study the effect of environmental regulation on the electricity sector. Because power utilities need for large investment during construction, operation and maintenance, and also require much construction lead time. Economic analysis is the important process in the electric system expansion planning. This paper compares the costs of electricity generation including environmental costs between a coal-fired power plant and an LNG combined cycle power plants. With the simulation, this study surveys the sensitivity of fuel prices, interest rate and carbon tax. In each case, this sensitivity can help to decide which utility is economically better in environmental regulation circumstance.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.365-369
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• 2022

Operating and decommissioning nuclear power plants generates radioactive waste. This radioactive waste can be categorized into several different levels, for example, low, intermediate, and high, according to the regulations. Currently, low and intermediate-level waste are stored in conventional 200-liter drums to be disposed. However, in Korea, the disposal of intermediate-level radioactive waste is virtually impossible as there are no available facilities. Furthermore, large-sized intermediate-level radioactive waste, such as reactor internals from decommissioning, need to be segmented into smaller sizes so they can be adequately stored in the conventional drums. This segmentation process requires additional costs and also produces secondary waste. Therefore, this paper suggests repurposing the no-longer-used spent nuclear fuel casks. The casks are larger in size than the conventional drums, thus requiring less segmentation of waste. Furthermore, the safety requirements of the spent nuclear fuel casks are severer than those of the drums. Hence, repurposed spent nuclear fuel casks could better address potential risks such as dropping, submerging, or a fire. In addition, the spent nuclear fuel casks need to be disposed in compliance with the regulations for low level radioactive waste. This cost may be avoided by repurposing the casks.

• Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.148-155
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• 2016

Existing power plants may consume significant amounts of fuel and require high operating costs, partly because of poor electrical power output estimates. This paper suggests a continuous conditional random field (C-CRF) model to predict more precisely the full-load electrical power output of a base load operated combined cycle power plant. We introduce three feature functions to model association potential and one feature function to model interaction potential. Together, these functions compose the C-CRF model, and the model is transformed into a multivariate Gaussian distribution with which the operation parameters can be modeled more efficiently. The performance of our model in estimating power output was evaluated by means of a real dataset and our model outperformed existing methods. Moreover, our model can be used to estimate confidence intervals of the predicted output and calculate several probabilities.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.559-568
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• 2013

Increased worldwide concerns about fossil fuel costs and effects on the environment lead many governments and scientific societies to consider the hydrogen as the fuel of the future. Many researches have been made to assess the suitability of using the hydrogen gas as fuel for internal combustion engines and gas turbines; this suitability was assessed from several viewpoints including the combustion characteristics, the fuel production and storage and also the thermodynamic cycle changes with the application of hydrogen instead of ordinary fossil fuels. This paper introduces the basic environmental differences happening when changing the fuel of a marine gas turbine from marine diesel fuel to gaseous hydrogen for the same power output. Environmentally, the hydrogen is the best when the $CO_2$ emissions are considered, zero carbon dioxide emissions can be theoretically attained. But when the $NO_x$ emissions are considered, the hydrogen is not the best based on the unit heat input. The hydrogen produces 270% more $NO_x$ than the diesel case without any control measures. This is primarily due to the increased air flow rate bringing more nitrogen into the combustion chamber and the increased combustion temperature (10% more than the diesel case). Efficient and of course expensive $NO_x$ control measures are a must to control these emissions levels.

• 자원ㆍ환경경제연구
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.113-140
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• 2016

한 가지의 용량가격만으로는 발전용량 설비투자에 대한 안정적 보상과 시장 기능 유지라는 두 가지 목표를 동시에 달성하기 힘들다. 본 논문은 이런 한계를 극복할 수 있도록 복수의 용량가격을 도입하여 용량가격의 비중을 높이면서 동시에 시장 기능을 유지할 수 있는 이원적 용량가격 제도를 제안한다. 즉, 현재 가스터빈 발전기를 기준으로 하면서 행정적으로 결정되는 용량가격을 그대로 유지하면서, 동시에 LNG복합발전기를 대상으로 한 제2의 용량가격을 도입한다. 이 용량요금은 더 낮은 에너지 가격 상한의 적용을 받으며, 상이한 전원들 사이의 대체관계를 고려한 수요와 용량공급 상황을 반영하도록 설계함으로써 시장 기능을 유지하게 한다.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.560-568
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• 2005

The cost accounting of electricity and heat produced from an energy system is important in evaluating the economical efficiency and deciding the reasonable sale price. The OECOPC method, suggested by the author, was applied to a 650 MW combined cycle cogeneration system having 4 operating modes, and each unit cost of electricity and heat products was calculated. In case that a fuel cost is ${\\}400/kg$ and there are no direct and indirect cost, they were calculated as follows; electricity cost of ${\\}23,700/GJ$ at gas-turbine mode, electricity cost of ${\\}15,890/GJ$ at combined cycle mode, electricity cost of ${\\}14,146/GJ$ and heat cost of ${\\}6,466/GJ$ at cogeneration mode, and electricity cost of ${\\}14,387/GJ$ and heat cost of ${\\}4,421/GJ$ at combined cycle cogeneration mode. Further, these unit costs are applied to account benefit on this system. Since the suggested OECOPC method can be applied to any energy system, it is expected to contribute to cost accounting of various energy systems.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2017년도 제48회 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.889-891
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• 2017

유상하중 수십 kg 수준의 무인기는 소형 왕복동 엔진이나 로터리 엔진을 사용하나 이들은 초기 구매 비용이 작다는 장점에 비해 운용 및 유지비용이 크다. 특히 소음이 심해 도심운용이 불가능하며, 진동으로 인해 탑재장비의 제한을 받는다. 이에 비해 가스터빈엔진은 운용 및 유지측면의 다양한 장점에도 불구하고 왕복동이나 로터리 엔진에 비해 연료소모율이나 출력당 중량이 크다는 단점이 있다. 본 연구는 이런 가스터빈엔진의 단점을 극복할 수 있는 레큐퍼레이터를 장착한 소형 터보샤프트엔진을 설계하는 것이 목적이다. 항우연이 기 개발한 틸트로터 항공기(TR-60)를 가상의 장착 기체로 상정하여 출력과 크기를 도출하였다. 본 논문에서는 이 엔진의 미션, 설계요구도 도출 및 설계절차와 초기 기준점 싸이클 설계 결과를 설명하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.263-274
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• 1979

국내도입이 예상되는 900MWe급 가압경수로형 (PWR) 원자력 발전소와 캐나다형가압중수로형 (PHWR-CANDU) 원자력발전소에 대하여 throwaway 핵연료주기를 가상하여 두 노형의 상대적인 경제성을 비교 검토 하였다. 계산을 목적으로 발전단가를 발전소 투자비, 운전보수비, 운전자본비 및 핵연료비로 구분했으며 건설단가는 보완된 ORCOST 전산코드를 그리고 발전단가는 보완된 POWERCO-50 전산코드를 사용하여 구하였다. 계산에 요구되는 각종의 경제인자에 대하여는 단일의 수치값을 갖는 상수보다는 어떤 범위의 수치대를 이루는 통계적인 변수로 처리하였으며 ORCOST 및 POWERCO-50을 통한 무작위 추출법을 통하여 발전소 건설비 및 발전단가의 화율돗수 분포도를 얻었다. 계산결과 두노형간의 발전단가 분포도는 서로 겹치고 있으며 발전 단가의 기대치는 1986년도 미화로 PHWR의 발전단가가 PWR의 발전단가, 39.41mills/kwh보다 약 0.4mill/kwh만큼 적지만 PHWR의 건설기간이 PWR 보다 1년정도 더 걸리게되는 경우 차이가 없음을 알았다. 따라서 두 노형간의 경제성은 거의 우열을 가릴 수 없으며 한국에서 원자력발전소 노형을 선정할 때 기술전수, 국산화 등 경제외적 인자도 경제적 인자로 수량화하여 검토하는 것이 필요하다고 결론을 내렸다.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.87-111
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• 2021

Nuclear power plants (NPPs) produce radioactive waste and decommissioning this waste entails additional cost; determining these costs for various types and specifications of radioactive waste can be challenging. The purpose of this study is to identify major determinants of the decommissioning cost and their impact on NPPs. To this end, data from defunct NPPs were gathered and 2SLS (Two Stage Least Squares) regression models were developed to investigate the major contributors depending on the reactor types, viz. PWR (Pressurized Water Reactors) and BWR (Boiling Water Reactors). Additionally, cost estimations and the Monte Carlo simulation were performed as part of performance validation. Our study established that the decommissioning costs are primarily influenced by the level of radioactivity in the decommissioned waste, which can be realized from operational factors like operation period, overall efficiency, and plant capacity, as well as from duration of decommissioning and labour cost. While our study provides an improved statistical approach to recognize these factors, we acknowledge that our models have limitations in forecasting accurately which we envisage to bolster in future studies by identifying more substantive factors.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.796-801
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• 2011

본 논문은 고도로 발전된 군사과학 기술의 영향과 급변하는 해양전장환경의 디지털화, 함정생존성 극대화를 위한 고출력 센서체계 등 고출력 에너지 사용 체계 플랫폼 실현을 위한 해군함정의 통합 동력 시스템 발전 경향을 분석하는데 초점을 두었다. 함정에서 전자기를 이용하는 항공기 출격 시스템, 200NM(370km) 이상 원거리에서 정밀타격이 가능한 전자기 포 등 고출력 에너지를 사용하는 각종 무기체계가 탑재되기 위해서는 추진동력을 포함한 함정에 공급되는 모든 동력이 단일화 되어야하는 통합 동력 시스템으로 변화하는 것이 가장 이상적이다. 선진국을 중심으로 통합 동력 시스템을 실현하기 위해서 기계식 추진시스템에서 하이브리드 및 완전전기추진시스템으로 변화하고 있는 추세이며 이러한 노력은 연료사용의 절감, 함정 탑재 장비의 고출력화, 함정 총 수명주기 비용 절감 등을 포함하고 있다.