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An Aerial Robot Equipped with Solar Cells : GAORI (태양전지 탑재 공중로봇 : GAORI)

  • Son, Byung-Rak;Park, Hee-Jin;Kong, Dong-Uck;Lee, Dong-Ha
    • 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2012.03a
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    • pp.160-162
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    • 2012
  • 최근 무인항공기 분야에서 전력원으로 신재생에너지를 사용하기위한 연구가 진행되고 있다. 무인항공기의 전력원은 무게에 매우 민감하기 때문에 상대적으로 가벼운 태양전지를 많이 사용하고 있다. 본 논문은 태양전지와 2차전지를 동력원으로 사용하는 틸트-로터형 태양전지 탑재 공중로봇(GAORI)의 플랫폼 및 소프트웨어 설계와 향후 연구방향에 대하여 설명한다.

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The Operation Characteristic of the LED Taxi Light for Wavelength According to Meteorological Changes for Hybrid System Using a ESS (하이브리드 시스템의 ESS를 이용한 기상변화의 파장별 LED 항공유도등 동작특성)

  • Hwang, Lark-Hoon;Kim, Jin-Sun;Na, Yong- Ju
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.265-274
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    • 2016
  • In this study, the system was composed of the booster chopper and the power converter, which is a pulse width modulation (PWM) voltage inverter using a hybrid power generation system solar cell energy and wind force, Furthermore, in order to compensate the PWM voltage type inverter was linked with the general commercial power source, and through a normal operation of energy storage system (ESS), the system operated the LED Taxi Light by Wavelength according to Meteorological Changes at the airport in an efficient manner. The performance of the system was compared with the solar cell characteristics specification. In addition, for phase synchronization with the PWM voltage type inverter, the grid voltage was detected so as to operate the grid voltage and inverter output in the same phase and to connect the surplus electric power with the system. Finally, by developing a control circuit at the same time from which an excellent dynamic characteristics can be obtained through applying to the airport runway taxi light, it was concluded that a variety of taxi light can be pursued.

Optimization of photovoltaic thermal (PV/T) hybrid collectors by genetic algorithm in Iran's residential areas

  • Ehyaei, M.A.;Farshin, Behzad
    • Advances in Energy Research
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.31-55
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    • 2017
  • In the present study, PV/T collector was modeled via analysis of governing equations and physics of the problem. Specifications of solar radiation were computed based on geographical characteristics of the location and the corresponding time. Temperature of the collector plate was calculated as a function of time using the energy equations and temperature behavior of the photovoltaic cell was incorporated in the model with the aid of curve fitting. Subsequently, operational range for reaching to maximal efficiency was studied using Genetic Algorithm (GA) technique. Optimization was performed by defining an objective function based on equivalent value of electrical and thermal energies. Optimal values for equipment components were determined. The optimal value of water flow rate was approximately 1 gallon per minute (gpm). The collector angle was around 50 degrees, respectively. By selecting the optimal values of parameters, efficiency of photovoltaic collector was improved about 17% at initial moments of collector operation. Efficiency increase was around 5% at steady condition. It was demonstrated that utilization of photovoltaic collector can improve efficiency of solar energy-based systems.

A Study on Optimization of Perovskite Solar Cell Light Absorption Layer Thin Film Based on Machine Learning (머신러닝 기반 페로브스카이트 태양전지 광흡수층 박막 최적화를 위한 연구)

  • Ha, Jae-jun;Lee, Jun-hyuk;Oh, Ju-young;Lee, Dong-geun
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.22 no.7
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    • pp.55-62
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    • 2022
  • The perovskite solar cell is an active part of research in renewable energy fields such as solar energy, wind, hydroelectric power, marine energy, bioenergy, and hydrogen energy to replace fossil fuels such as oil, coal, and natural gas, which will gradually disappear as power demand increases due to the increase in use of the Internet of Things and Virtual environments due to the 4th industrial revolution. The perovskite solar cell is a solar cell device using an organic-inorganic hybrid material having a perovskite structure, and has advantages of replacing existing silicon solar cells with high efficiency, low cost solutions, and low temperature processes. In order to optimize the light absorption layer thin film predicted by the existing empirical method, reliability must be verified through device characteristics evaluation. However, since it costs a lot to evaluate the characteristics of the light-absorbing layer thin film device, the number of tests is limited. In order to solve this problem, the development and applicability of a clear and valid model using machine learning or artificial intelligence model as an auxiliary means for optimizing the light absorption layer thin film are considered infinite. In this study, to estimate the light absorption layer thin-film optimization of perovskite solar cells, the regression models of the support vector machine's linear kernel, R.B.F kernel, polynomial kernel, and sigmoid kernel were compared to verify the accuracy difference for each kernel function.

Fabrication High Covered and Uniform Perovskite Absorbing Layer With Alkali Metal Halide for Planar Hetero-junction Perovskite Solar Cells

  • Lee, Hongseuk;Kim, Areum;Kwon, Hyeok-chan;Moon, Jooho
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2016.02a
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    • pp.427-427
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    • 2016
  • Organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite have attracted significant attention as a new revolutionary light absorber for photovoltaic device due to its remarkable characteristics such as long charge diffusion lengths (100-1000nm), low recombination rate, and high extinction coefficient. Recently, power conversion efficiency of perovskite solar cell is above 20% that is approached to crystalline silicon solar cells. Planar heterojunction perovskite solar cells have simple device structure and can be fabricated low temperature process due to absence of mesoporous scaffold that should be annealed over 500 oC. However, in the planar structure, controlling perovskite film qualities such as crystallinity and coverage is important for high performances. Those controlling methods in one-step deposition have been reported such as adding additive, solvent-engineering, using anti-solvent, for pin-hole free perovskite layer to reduce shunting paths connecting between electron transport layer and hole transport layer. Here, we studied the effect of alkali metal halide to control the fabrication process of perovskite film. During the morphology determination step, alkali metal halides can affect film morphologies by intercalating with PbI2 layer and reducing $CH3NH3PbI3{\cdot}DMF$ intermediate phase resulting in needle shape morphology. As types of alkali metal ions, the diverse grain sizes of film were observed due to different crystallization rate depending on the size of alkali metal ions. The pin-hole free perovskite film was obtained with this method, and the resulting perovskite solar cells showed higher performance as > 10% of power conversion efficiency in large size perovskite solar cell as $5{\times}5cm$. X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) are analyzed to prove the mechanism of perovskite film formation with alkali metal halides.

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Ti02/CNT Hybrid Nanofiber Electrode for Energy Conversion Devices (에너지 전환 소자용 $TiO_{2}/CNT$ 하이브리드 나노 섬유 전극)

  • Seo, Jae-Sub;Kim, Joo-Yong;Jin, Hyoung-Joon;Kang, Min-Sung
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.06a
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    • pp.323-325
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    • 2007
  • $TiO_{2}$ electrode electrospun directly onto the substrate was developed for energy conversion device. To enhance energy conversion efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cell, electrodes should have higher surface area to absorb more dyes and higher conductivity to reduce recombination of generated electrons. $TiO_{2}$ nanofibers with higher surface areas were fabricated by annealing electrospun $TiO_{2}/PVP$ nanofibers at $500^{\circ}C$ for 3 hrs in air. it was revealed that $TiO_{2}$ nanofiber electrodes is hybrid with MWNT showed higher conductivity than $TiO_{2}$ semiconductor electrode possibly due to band gap change.

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Modeling of Solar/Hydrogen/DEGS Hybrid System for Stand Alone Applications of a Large Store

  • Hong, Won-Pyo
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.27 no.11
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    • pp.57-68
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    • 2013
  • The market for distributed power generation based on renewable energy is increasing, particularly for standalone mini-grid applications in developing countries with limited energy resources. Stand-alone power systems (SAPS) are of special interest combined with renewable energy design in areas not connected to the electric grid. Traditionally, such systems have been powered by diesel engine generator sets (DEGS), but also hybrid systems with photovoltaic and/or wind energy conversion systems (WECS) are becoming quite common nowadays. Hybrid energy systems can now be used to generate energy consumed in remote areas and stand-alone microgrids. This paper describes the design, simulation and feasibility study of a hybrid energy system for a stand-alone power system. A simulated model is developed to investigate the design and performance of stand-alone hydrogen renewable energy systems. The analysis presented here is based on transient system simulation program (TRNSYS) with realistic ventilation load of a large store. Design of a hybrid energy system is site specific and depends on the resources available and the load demand.

Effect of Dispersion Control of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotube in High Filler Content Nano-composite Paste for the Fabrication of Counter Electrode in Dye-sensitized Solar Cell (다중벽 탄소 나노튜브 기반 고충전 나노복합 페이스트를 이용한 염료 감응 태양 전지용 상대 전극의 제조에 있어서 분산 제어의 효과)

  • Park, So Hyun;Hong, Sung Chul
    • Polymer(Korea)
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    • v.37 no.4
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    • pp.470-477
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    • 2013
  • Multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) based nano-composite pastes having a high filler content are prepared for the facile fabrication of a counter electrode (CE) of dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC). A polystyrene-based functional block copolymer is prepared through a controlled "living" radical polymerization technique, affording a surface modifier for the dispersion control of MWCNT in the paste. Physical dispersion through a ball-milling method additionally confirms the importance of the dispersion control, providing DSSC with enhanced processibility and improved solar-to-electricity energy conversion efficiency (${\eta}$) values. The performances of the DSSCs are further improved through the incorporation of minor amount of platinum (Pt) nanoparticles into the MWCNT pastes. The DSSC with the Pt/MWCNT hybrid CE exhibits very high ${\eta}$ values, which is superior to that of DSSC with the standard Pt CE.

A Study on Optimum Takeoff Time of the Hybrid Electric Powered Systems for a Middle Size UAV (중형무인기용 하이브리드 전기동력시스템의 최적 이륙시간에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Bohwa;Park, Poomin;Kim, Keunbae;Cha, Bongjun
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.40 no.11
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    • pp.940-947
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    • 2012
  • The target system is a middle size UAV, which is a low-speed long-endurance UAV with a weight of 18 kg and wingspan of 6.4 m. Three electric power sources, i.e. solar cells, a fuel cell, and a battery, are considered. The optimal takeoff time is determined to maximize the endurance because the generated solar cell's energy is heavily dependent on it. Each power source is modeled in Matlab/Simulink, and the component models are verified with the component test data. The component models are integrated into a power system which is used for power simulations. When takeoff time is at 6 pm and 2 am, it can supply the power during 37.5 hrs and 27.6 hrs, respectively. In addition, the thermostat control simulation for fuel cell demonstrates that it yields more power supply and efficient power distribution.

Design of Fuzzy Logic Controller for Optimal Control of Hybrid Renewable Energy System (하이브리드 신재생에너지 시스템의 최적제어를 위한 퍼지 로직 제어기 설계)

  • Jang, Seong-Dae;Ji, Pyeong-Shik
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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    • v.67 no.3
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    • pp.143-148
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    • 2018
  • In this paper, the optimal fuzzy logic controller(FLC) for a hybrid renewable energy system(HRES) is proposed. Generally, hybrid renewable energy systems can consist of wind power, solar power, fuel cells and storage devices. The proposed FLC can effectively control the entire HRES by determining the output power of the fuel cell or the absorption power of the electrolyzer. In general, fuzzy logic controllers can be optimized by classical optimization algorithms such as genetic algorithms(GA) or particle swarm optimization(PSO). However, these FLC have a disadvantage in that their performance varies greatly depending on the control parameters of the optimization algorithms. Therefore, we propose a method to optimize the fuzzy logic controller using the teaching-learning based optimization(TLBO) algorithm which does not have the control parameters of the algorithm. The TLBO algorithm is an optimization algorithm that mimics the knowledge transfer mechanism in a class. To verify the performance of the proposed algorithm, we modeled the hybrid system using Matlab Tool and compare and analyze the performance with other classical optimization algorithms. The simulation results show that the proposed method shows better performance than the other methods.