• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.25 no.12
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• pp.693-699
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• 2013

This paper describes a method for size optimization of the major design variables for solar water heating systems at the stage of concept design. The widely used RETScreen simulation tool was used for optimization. Currently, the RETScreen tool itself does not provide a function for optimization of the design parameters. In this study, an optimizer was combined with the software. A comparative study was performed to evaluate the RETScreen-based approach with the case study of a solar heating system in an office building. The optimized results using the RETScreen model were compared to previously published results with the TRNSYS model. The objective function of the optimization is the life-cycle cost of the system. The optimized design results from the RETScreen model showed good agreement with the optimized TRNSYS results for the solar collector area and storage volume, but presented a slight difference for the collector slope angle in terms of the converged direction of the solutions. The energy cost, life-cycle cost, and thermal performance regarding collector efficiency, system efficiency, and solar fraction were compared as well, and the RETScreen model showed good agreement with the TRNSYS model for the conditions of the base case and optimized design.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.06a
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• pp.678-683
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• 2005

Korea is utilizing geothermal resources mainly in the bathing and swimming facilities with very few applications for industrial processes or space heating. It is estimated that geothermal capacity and annual utilization are 36.2MWt and 761TJ/year as compared to global capacity and annual utilization of 15,145MWt and 190,699 TJ/year. RETScreen software is a user's friendly tool for analyzing the technical and financial pre-feasibility of potential Renewable Energy (RE) projects that promotes the use of RE applications through the capacity building of planners, decision-makers and industries for successful implementation of RE projects. Strong ties between Canada and Korean organizations such as Korean Solar Energy Society (KSES) and the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) exist for knowledge transfer about RETScreen. In this paper, an overview of RETScreen and its ground source heat pump (GSHP) model with a practical example of an existing project of a community hall in Canada are described to illustrate effectiveness of RETScreenin the implementation of RE technologies. The same community hall project is then evaluated hypothetically considering its location at Kangnyng, Korea. The main objective is to demonstrate how RETScreen GSHP model can also be utilized effectively for GSHP applications in Korea.

• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.152-163
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• 2013

In this research, we analyse the economic feasibility of a tidal power plant project which can efficiently generate mass, permanent, predictable, and homogeneous electric power. For the economic feasibility analysis, we used the RETScreen that is developed at the CANMET Energy Technology Center in Natural Resources Canada and widely utilized for analysing the economic feasibility and sensitivity of clean energy projects. Results from the feasibility and sensitivity analysis showd that the tidal power plant project in Korea has a enough economic feasibility, and its feasibility increases more as certified emission reductions price and electricity unit price increase. Based on the results from the feasibility study, we can solve the energy problems to be come in near future by constructing the tidal power plants in Korea more aggressively.

• Journal of the KSME
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• v.51 no.5
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• pp.35-39
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• 2011

이 글에서는 신재생에너지 평가기구 RETScreen을 활용한 다양한 신재생에너지 프로젝트의 온실가스 저감량 및 평가 방안에 관한 정보를 제공하고 국제적으로 통용되고 있는 평가방법에 근거한 국내 신재생에너지에 대한 평가 방안을 제시한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Geothermal and Hydrothermal Energy
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.1-6
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• 2009

In this paper, RETScreen program model has been investigated to predict the economic analysis for greenhouse and livestock facility. Load calculation result was 35.2[kW] of greenhouse and the calculation result of livestock facility was 35.5[kW]. Also, a case study of the RETScreen program indicated that the equity payback is 6.9 years for a greenhouse facility and the equity payback is 9.5 years for a livestock facility.

• 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.99-104
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• 2011

This paper describes a design strategy at conceptual design stage using RETScreen software tool for building application of renewable energy resources. Currently, government and public buildings are required to adopt renewable energy systems with a minimum requirement for the amount of renewable energy supply. Meanwhile, there is a certificate program for private office buildings to enhance propagation of renewable energy systems. When considering application of renewable energy systems to a building, it is worthwhile developing a method to determine optimal design sizes of renewable energy systems. In the paper, a design strategy is introduced with a couple of case studies to determine optimal capacities of each renewable energy system in a building and suggest to use the method to evaluate the system for the building certificate program and the mandatory renewable target program. Objective functions considered in the study are initial system cost and reduction of CO2 emissions from the system. In the optimization study, it is assumed that solar thermal collectors are installed to satisfy solar fraction of 60%. Other renewable energy systems such as ground-source heat pump, solar PV and non-renewable systems such as electric chiller and gas-fired boiler are sized using an optimal sizing method with RETScreen suggested the authors previously.

• KIPE Magazine
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.49-52
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• 2011

• Korea Journal of Geothermal Energy
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.10-14
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• 2010

• Transactions of the KSME C: Technology and Education
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.11-18
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• 2016

Under the Renewable Heat Obligation (RHO) public buildings in the Republic of Korea larger than $10,000m^2$ must achieve an 11% overall reduction to thermal energy consumption. Well intended solutions have been proposed. However, not all option is evaluated on the same basis, potentially resulting in incomplete or sub-optimal solutions. What's more once projects are implemented, there are inconsistencies in the methods used to measure and evaluate operating performance of the post-retrofit case. The RETScreen decision tools and methodology can be used by decision makers, policy developers, architects, engineers and community leaders to evaluate and select the most effective solutions for Korea's RHO needs.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.202-205
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• 2006

최근 지열원 열펌프 시스템 설치가 해마다 평균 10-30%젓도 꾸주히 증가하고 있다 주요 연구동향은 토양열전도 측정, 지열히트펌프 시스템 전주기 성능평가 하이브리드 시스템의 초기비용 저감과 이러한 지열원 열펌프 시스템 설계방법분야 개발에 대해 초점이 맞춰지고 있다. 특히 국내에서 현재 시공되어진 많은 시스템들이 부실시공의 문제에 노출되고 있으며 이러한 시점에서 현재의 저가 입찰제도 보다는 외국 사례와 같은 성능확인 제도로의 전환 및 많은 연구가 필요하다. 성능확인제도는 사전 성능 예측과 사후 성능 확인 검증으로 구성되며 본 기술현안 보고서는 최근 국내외 연구동향 및 사전 성능 예측과 사후 성능 검증 관하여 정리하여 본다.