• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.297-302
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• 2020

A coverglass pattern was designed to improve the annual electrical energy production of a building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) module installed in the exterior walls of buildings. The transmittance pattern was calculated using ray tracing, and the results were derived by optimizing the simulation using Taguchi's method. We obtained the optimal pattern by analyzing the conventional patterns for improving the transmittance and derived design factors by quantifying the pattern. By calculating the influence of electrical energy on each design factor, we obtained the optimal coverglass pattern that produced the maximum annual electrical energy. The annual electrical energy production improved by approximately 11.79% compared to the non-patterned coverglass.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.364-368
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• 2013

Vibrational energy harvester based on piezoelectricity has been expected to be the dominant energy harvesting technology due to the advantages of high conversion efficiency, light weight and small size, night operation, etc. Its commercialization is just around the corner but the integration with power management electronics should be solved in advance. In this paper, therefore, fully-integrated design environment for piezoelectric energy harvesting systems is presented to assist co-design with the power management electronics. The proposed design environment is capable of analyzing the energy harvester including the package-induced damping effects and simulating the device and its power management electronics simultaneously. When the developed design environment was applied to the fabricated device, the simulated resonant frequency matched well with the experimental result with a difference of 2.97% only. Also, the complex transient response was completed in short simulation time of 3,001 seconds including the displacement distribution over the device geometry. Furthermore, a full-bridge power management circuit was modeled and simulated with the energy harvester simultaneously. Therefore the proposed, fully-integrated design environment is accurate and fast enough for the contribution on successful commercialization of piezoelectric energy harvester.

• International Journal of High-Rise Buildings
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.35-43
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• 2021

With the rapid urbanization and growing energy use intensity in the built environment, the glazed curtainwall has become ever more important in the architectural practice and environmental stewardship. Besides its energy efficiency roles, window has been an important transparent component for daylight penetration and a view-out for occupant satisfaction. In response to the climate crisis caused by the built environment, this research focuses on the study of net-zero energy retrofitting by using a new building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) curtainwall as a sustainable alternative to conventional window systems. Design variables such as building orientations, climate zones, energy attributes of BIPV curtainwalls, and glazed area were studied, to minimize energy consumption and discomfort hours for three cities representing hot (Miami, FL), mixed (Charlotte, NC), and cold (Minneapolis, MN). Parametric analysis and Pareto solutions are presented to provide a comprehensive explanation of the correlation between design variables and performance objectives for net-zero energy retrofitting applications.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• v.7 no.6
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• pp.761-765
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• 2023

We analyzed the absorption spectra of acetone in the 3.37 ㎛ mid-infrared range using the off-axis integrated cavity output spectroscopy technique to develop a real-time, in-line breath analysis device. The linear relationship between acetone concentration and absorption increase was confirmed as 0.32%/ppm, indicating that the developed device allows for a quantitative analysis of acetone concentration in exhaled breath. To further confirm the feasibility of using our device for breath analysis, we measured the acetone concentration of human breath samples at the sub-ppm level.

• Polymer Science and Technology
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.296-306
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• 2012

• Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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• 2008.06a
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• pp.931-936
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• 2008

The need for urban-scale energy simulation is increasing as the world is aware of urgency to decrease $CO_2$ emission. As a bridge of building energy simulation and that of urban, this paper presents a case study to examine the effect of changing resolution of a model in case of complex apartment unit. Also it suggests a modeling strategy to correct differences caused by simplification of the model and evaluate the extent of its use.

• Prospectives of Industrial Chemistry
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.30-46
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• 2021

페로브스카이트 나노결정의 뛰어난 광전기적 특성과 표면 개질 용이성, 그리고 다양한 용액 공정 응용 가능성을 바탕으로 나노결정을 활용한 태양전지 응용 기술에 대한 연구가 폭넓게 진행되고 있다. 나노결정의 표면 및 결점 제어에 대한 화학적 이해와 공학적 제어 기술을 적용하여 다양한 광전소자의 효율을 향상시켜 왔으며, 최근 16.6% 광전효율의 페로브스카이트 나노결정 태양전지가 발표되었다. 나노결정을 태양전지에 활용하기 위해서는 광전특성 뿐만 아니라 연속적인 구동 안정성이 확보되어야 하며, 이를 위해서는 나노결정의 반응성이 높은 표면을 효율적으로 개질해야 한다. 이 총설에서는 페로브스카이트 나노결정의 표면 화학에 대한 기본 이해와 이를 제어하기 위한 리간드 치환 방법, 그리고 나노결정을 태양전지에 적용하기 위한 공학적 접근법에 대한 다양한 연구를 소개하고자 한다.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.60 no.7
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• pp.1339-1346
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• 2011

This paper is developed to demand management scenario of energy consumption efficiency improvement, electricity generation efficiency improvement, network efficiency improvement, change of distribution ratio, movement of energy source, change of heating system, put of CHP to quantitatively assess to impact on energy use of demand management at the national level. This scenario can be applied Energy System Management model was developed based on Energy Balance Flow. In addition, effect analysis through built demand management scenario was quantitatively evaluated integrated demand management effectiveness of energy cost saving, CO2 emission reduction and energy savings of national level by calculating to primary energy source usage change in terms of integration demand management effect more often than not a single energy source separated electricity, heat and gas.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Emotion and Sensibility Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.269-272
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• 2009

The temperature of PV modules that integrated into building facades or roof increases that could reduce the electrical efficiency of the PV system. In order to incresae PV system's efficiency it is very important to remove the heat from the PV modules. For this purpose, hot air can be extracted from the space between PV modules and building envelope, and used for heating in buildings. The solar collector utilizing this thermal effect is called photovoltaic-thermal(PVT) solar collector. This paper compares the experimental performance of building-integrated PVT collectors that applied on building roof and facade. There are two different case: a roof-integrated PVT type and a facade-integrated PVT type. The experimental results show that the collected thermal energy of the roof-integrated type was 24% higher, compared to that of the facade-integrated.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.1393-1394
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• 2004