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A study on the change of EEOI before and after modifying bulbous at the large container ship adopting low speed operation (대형 컨테이너선의 저속 운항 시 선수부 개조 전후 EEOI 변화에 대한 연구)

  • Park, Goryong;Cho, Kwonhae
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.41 no.1
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    • pp.15-20
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    • 2017
  • The International Maritime Organization(IMO) has adopted and implemented compulsory regulation for reducing greenhouse gas emission that cause global warming. However, with global warming underway, the IMO plans to enforce voluntary carbon dioxide emissions reduction based on the Ship Energy Efficient Management Plan and the Energy Efficiency Operational Indicator(EEOI) in the near future. Large container ships sail at low speeds in order to save fuel and reduce carbon dioxide emissions. However, bulbous bows designed for high-speed ships decrease fuel efficiency by acting as resistance when reduced speeds are adopted by large container ships. In order to adopt low-speed operations and increase fuel savings, the bulbous bow of a large container ship was modified into the proper shape and size. Fuel consumption was compared for checking the result of EEOI before and after modifying the bulbous bow adopted on low speed operation of large high-speed ships. The results confirmed much larger carbon dioxide emissions reduction than expected. If EEOI would be implemented as compulsory regulation for reducing carbon dioxide emissions, bulbous bow modification can be considered as one of the fuel saving methods for the high-speed ships.

Wind and solar energy: a comparison of costs and environmental impacts

  • Carnevale, Ennio A.;Lombardi, Lidia;Zanchi, Laura
    • Advances in Energy Research
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.121-146
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    • 2016
  • This study is concerned with the analysis of two renewable technologies for electric energy production: wind energy and photovoltaic energy. The two technologies were assessed and compared by economic point of view, by using selected indicators characterized by a clear calculation approach, requirement of information easy to be collected, clear, but even complete, interpretation of results. The used economic indicators are Levelized Cost of Energy, $CO_2$ abatement cost and fossil fuel saving specific cost; these last two specifically aimed at evaluating the different capabilities that renewable technologies have to cut down direct $CO_2$ emissions and to avoid fossil fuel extraction. The two technologies were compared also from the environmental point of view by applying Life Cycle Assessment approach and using the environmental impact categories from the Eco-indicator'95 method. The economic analysis was developed by taking into account different energy system sizes and different geographic areas in order to compare different European conditions (Italy, Germany and Denmark) in term of renewable resource availability and market trend. The environmental analysis was developed comparing two particular types of PV and wind plants, respectively residential and micro-wind turbine, located in Italy. According to the three calculated economic indicators, the wind energy emerged as more favorable than PV energy. From the environmental point of view, both the technologies are able to provide savings for almost all the considered environmental impact categories. The proposed approach, based on the use of economic and environmental indicators may be useful in supporting the policies and the decision making procedures concerned with the promotion and use of renewables, in reference to the specific geographic, economic and temporal conditions.

Improvement of combustion efficiency for marine auxiliary diesel engine (선박발전기용 디젤엔진의 연소효율 개선에 관한연구)

  • Jung, Kyun-Sik
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.38 no.3
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    • pp.233-239
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    • 2014
  • The accurate engine output is basically one of important factors for the analysis of engine performance. Nowadays in-cylinder pressure analyzer in internal combustion engine is also an indispensable tool for engine research and development, environment regulation and maintenance of engine. The combustion analysis is desperately needed in order to induce a correct judgment on the condition of the engine and suggest the specific ways to improvement as well as the correct engine output. And these tool is advantageous to reduce fuel consumption and maintenance of the engine. In this study, using the developed measuring kit, combustion analysis of marine generator engine which was adapted as test engine was carried out. It was verified that the good operation condition of the engine as well as contributing to fuel savings by checking and readjusting accurately the irregular combustion of the test engine were accomplished. From the results all above, it was recognized that the measuring kit by new method for engine output was developed and verified for its utilities.

Design of Heating Supply System for Facility House using Industrial Chimney Waste Heat (산업용 굴뚝 폐열을 활용한 시설하우스 난방 공급 시스템 설계)

  • Chang-Jo Lee;Jin-Gwang Koh;Sung-Keun Lee
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.661-668
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    • 2023
  • A large amount of fuel is required for heating the agricultural facility house, and many farmhouses are experiencing the burden of heating costs due to the recent increase in fuel prices. This paper proposes a supply system that supports heating of agricultural facility houses located nearby by utilizing industrial chimney waste heat, and analyzes the application and effect of a heating cost reduction model. The system was designed based on the chimney waste heat system, and the facility house heating cost reduction model was applied and effect analysis was performed based on the proposed model. It was confirmed that the high-temperature waste heat from the chimney can be used to supply heating to facility houses in nearby farms. If heating is supplied to large-scale facility houses near industrial complexes, it is expected to contribute to improve productivity and competitiveness of domestic farms.

Energy Performance Evaluation of Zero Energy Technologies for Zero Energy Multi-House (공동주택의 에너지 자립을 위한 핵심요소기술의 에너지 성능평가)

  • Yoon, Jong-Ho;Kim, Byoung-Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.161-167
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    • 2007
  • Zero Energy Multi-House(ZeMH) signifies a residential building which can be self sufficient with just new and renewable energy resources without the aid of any existing fossil fuel. For success of ZeMH, various innovative energy technologies Including passive and active systems should be well integrated with a systematic design approach. The first step for ZeMH is definitely to minimize the conventional heating and cooling loads over 50% with major energy conservation measure and passive solar features which are mainly related to building design components such as super-insulation, super window, including infiltration and ventilation issues. The purpose of this study is to analyze the thermal effect of various building design components in the early design of ZeMH. The process of the study is presented in the following. 1) selection reference model for simulation 2) verification of reference model with computer simulation program(ESP-r 9.0). 3) analysis of effect according to insulation-thickness, kinds of windows, rate of infiltration. and The simulation results indicate that almost 50% savings of conventional heating load in multi-house can be achieved with the optimum design of building components such as super insulation, super window, infiltration, ventilation.

Development of Smart Farm System for Minimizing Carbon Emissions (탄소배출 최소화를 위한 스마트팜 시스템의 개발)

  • Yoo, Nam-Hyun
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.11 no.12
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    • pp.1231-1236
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    • 2016
  • Paris Agreement signed in January 2015 is a new rule that will replace the existing Kyoto Protocol. The new agreement needs new demands and challenges to minimize carbon emissions. Especially, even though agricultural sector occupies only 1.8% in the national energy consumption, the portion of the energy being occupied in agricultural production costs very high. Although renewable energy and energy-saving facilities is being developed and disseminated for replacing fossil fuel energy and saving energy, the installation-rate is not enough high. Thus, this paper developed Korean-style smart farm system, and carried out the experiment to show the performance of energy savings through analyzing proper environment in domestic situation.

Design and Experimental Verification of an Interior Permanent Magnet Motor for a High-speed Machine (고속회전기 적용을 위한 매입형 영구자석 전동기의 설계 및 검증)

  • Kim, Sung-Il;Hong, Jung-Pyo;Lee, Woo-Taik;Choi, Chin-Chul;Kwon, Hyuck-Roul;Park, Jeong-Hee
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2009.07a
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    • pp.857_858
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    • 2009
  • On account of small size and light weight, a high-speed machine is regarded as a key technology for many future applications of drive systems. In high-speed applications, permanent magnet (PM) synchronous motors have a number of merits such as high efficiency and high power density. Accordingly, they are suitable for driving the air-blower of a fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) where space and energy savings are critical. Particularly, a surface-mounted PM motor of them is mainly used as a high-speed machine. However, the motor has a fatal flaw owing to a retaining can to maintain the mechanical integrity of a rotor assembly. The can results in the increase of magnetic air-gap length in the surface-mounted PM motor. Thus, in this paper, an interior PM motor is designed in order to drive the air-blower of FCEV instead of the surface-mounted PM motor, and the experimental results of two models are compared to verify the capability of the interior PM motor for a high-speed machine.

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Mirrorless Car (Automatic threat detection system) (미러리스 자동차 (자동 위협 감지 시스템))

  • Jang, doohyun;Son, junsung;Yun, junha;Kim, Dong Il;Chung, Hee Chang
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2018.05a
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    • pp.663-664
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    • 2018
  • The car design has changed a lot over the past 100 years, but the side mirrors have not changed. It is not right in the fourth round of the Industrial Revolution. It is also an analog format, which has many disadvantages. Accordingly, by replacing the side mirror to the camera to change the digital it was improve the limitations and disadvantages of the 'mirror' with. It also has additional benefits such as fuel savings of 5 to 10 percent per year and automatic detection of threats. In this project, we used Razberry pie, which is highly compatible, as a main board, and connected infrared distance sensor and monitor module to focus on automatic threat detection.

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An Economic Assessment of Large-scale Battery Energy Storage Systems in the Energy-Shift Application to Korea Power System (장주기 대용량 전력저장장치의 부하이전에 대한 실계통 적용 경제성 평가 연구)

  • Park, Jong-Bae;Park, Yong-Gi;Roh, Jae-Hyung;Chang, Byung-Hoon;Toon, Yong-Beum
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.64 no.3
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    • pp.384-392
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    • 2015
  • This paper presents an economic assessment of large-scale Li-ion battery energy storage systems applied to Korean power system. There are many applications of the battery energy storage systems (BESSs) and they can provide various benefits to power systems. We consider BESSs to the energy time-shift application to Korean power system and evaluate the benefits from the application of BESS in the social perspective. The mixed integer programming (MIP) algorithm is used to resolve the optimal operation schedule of the BESS. The social benefits can include the savings of the fuel cost from generating units, deferral effects of the generation capacity, delay of transmission and distribution infra construction, and incremental CO2 emission cost impacts, etc. The economic evaluation of the BESS is separately applied into Korean power systems of the Main-land and Jeju island to reflect the differences of the load and generation patterns.

Design and Experimental Verification of an Interior Permanent Magnet Motor for High-speed Machines (고속회전기 적용을 위한 매입형 영구자석 전동기의 설계 및 실험적 검증)

  • Kim, Sung-Il;Lee, Geun-Ho;Lee, Chang-Ha;Hong, Jung-Pyo
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.59 no.2
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    • pp.306-310
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    • 2010
  • On account of small size and light weight, a high-speed machine is regarded as a key technology for many future applications of drive systems. In high-speed applications, permanent magnet synchronous motors have a number of merits such as high efficiency and high power density. Therefore, they are suitable for driving the air-blower of a fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) where space and energy savings are critical. Particularly, a surface-mounted permanent magnet synchronous motor (SPMSM) of them is mainly used as a high-speed machine. However, the motor has a fatal flaw due to a retaining can to maintain the mechanical integrity of a rotor assembly. The can results in the increase of magnetic air-gap length in the SPMSM. Thus, in this paper, an interior permanent magnet synchronous motor (IPMSM) is applied in order to drive the air-blower of FCEV instead of the SPMSM, and the experimental results of two models are compared to verify the capability of the IPMSM for high-speed applications.