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Recent Development of Carbon Dioxide Conversion Technology (이산화탄소 전환 기술의 현황)

  • Choi, Ji-Na;Chang, Tae-Sun;Kim, Beom-Sik
    • Clean Technology
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.229-249
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    • 2012
  • At present, global warming and depletion of fossil fuels have been one of the big issues which should be solved for sustainable development in the future. CCS (carbon capture and sequestration) technology as the post $CO_2$ reduction technology has been considered as a promising solution for global warming due to increased carbon emission. However, the environmental and ecological effects of CCS have drawn concerns. There are needs for noble post reduction technology. More recently, CCU (carbon capture and utilization) Technology, which emphasizes transforming carbon dioxide into value-added chemicals rather than storing it, has been attracted attentions in terms of preventing global warming and recycling the renewable carbon source. In this paper, various technologies developed for carbon dioxide conversion both in gas and liquid phase have been reviewed. For the thermochemical catalysis in gas phase, the development of the catalytic system which can be performed at mild condition and the separation and purification technology with low energy supply is required. For the photochemical conversion in liquid phase, efficient photosensitizers and photocatalysts should be developed, and the photoelectrochemical systems which can utilize solar and electric energy simultaneously are also in development for more efficient carbon dioxide conversion. The energy needed in CCU must be renewable or unutilized one. CCU will be a key connection technology between renewable energy and bio industry development.

Contact block copolymer technique을 이용한 실리콘 나노-필라 구조체 제작방법

  • Kim, Du-San;Kim, Hwa-Seong;Park, Jin-U;Yun, Deok-Hyeon;Yeom, Geun-Yeong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2015.08a
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    • pp.189-189
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    • 2015
  • Plasmonics, sensor, field effect transistors, solar cells 등 다양한 적용분야를 가지는 실리콘 구조체는 제작공정에 의해 전기적 및 광학적 특성이 달라지기 때문에 적합한 나노구조 제작방법이 요구되고 있다. 나노구조체 제작방법으로는 Photo lithography, Extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV), Nano imprinting lithography (NIL), Block copolymer (BCP) 방식의 방법들이 연구되고 있으며, 특히 BCP는 direct self-assembly 특성을 가지고 있으며 가격적인 면에서도 큰 장점을 가진다. 하지만 BCP를 mask로 사용하여 식각공정을 진행할 경우 BCP가 버티지 못하고 변형되어 mask로서의 역할을 하지 못한다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위하여 본 논문에서는 BCP와 질화막을 이용한 double mask 방법을 사용하였다. 기판 위에 BCP를 self-assembly 시키고 mask로 사용하여 hole 부분으로 노출된 기판을 Ion gun을 통해 질화 시킨 후에 BCP를 제거한다. 기판 위에 hole 모양의 질화막 표면은 BCP와 다르게 etching 공정 중 변형되지 않는다. 이러한 질화막 표면을 mask로 사용하여 pillar pattern의 실리콘 나노구조체를 제작하였다. 질화막 mask로 사용되는 template은 PS와 PMMA로 구성된 BCP를 사용하였다. 140kg/mol의 polystyrene과 65kg/mol의 PMMA를 톨루엔으로 용해시키고 실리콘 표면 위에 spin coating으로 도포하였다. Spin coat 후 230도에서 40시간 동안 열처리를 진행하여 40nm의 직경을 가진 PS-b-PMMA self-assembled hole morphology를 형성하였다. 질화막 형성 및 etching을 위한 장비로 low-energy Ion beam system을 사용하였다. Reactive Ion beam은 ICP와 3-grid system으로 구성된 Ion gun으로부터 형성된다. Ion gun에 13.56 MHz의 frequency를 갖는 200W 전력을 인가하였다. Plasma로부터 나오는 Ion은 $2{\Phi}$의 직경의 hole을 가지는 3-grid hole로 추출된다. 10~70 voltage 범위의 전위를 plasma source 바로 아래의 1st gird에 인가하고, 플럭스 조절을 위해 -150V의 전위를 2nd grid에 인가한다. 그리고 3rd grid는 접지를 시켰다. chamber내의 질화 및 식각가스 공급은 2mTorr로 유지시켰다. 그리고 기판의 온도는 냉각칠러를 이용하여 -20도로 냉각을 진행하였다. 이와 같은 공정 결과로 100 nm 이상의 높이를 갖는 40 nm직경의 균일한 Silicon pillar pattern을 형성 할 수 있었다.

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Predictive Model of Micro-Environment in a Naturally Ventilated Greenhouse for a Model-Based Control Approach (자연 환기식 온실의 모델 기반 환기 제어를 위한 미기상 환경 예측 모형)

  • Hong, Se-Woon;Lee, In-Bok
    • Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.181-191
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    • 2014
  • Modern commercial greenhouse requires the use of advanced climate control system to improve crop production and to reduce energy consumption. As an alternative to classical sensor-based control method, this paper introduces a model-based control method that consists of two models: the predictive model and the evaluation model. As a first step, this paper presents straightforward models to predict the effect of natural ventilation in a greenhouse according to meteorological factors, such as outdoor air temperature, soil temperature, solar radiation and mean wind speed, and structural factor, opening rate of roof ventilators. A multiple regression analysis was conducted to develop the predictive models on the basis of data obtained by computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. The output of the models are air temperature drops due to ventilation at 9 sub-volumes in the greenhouse and individual volumetric ventilation rate through 6 roof ventilators, and showed a good agreement with the CFD-computed results. The resulting predictive models have an advantage of ensuring quick and reasonable predictions and thereby can be used as a part of a real-time model-based control system for a naturally ventilated greenhouse to predict the implications of alternative control operation.

The Study of Optimized Combustion Tuning for Fossil Power Plant (발전보일러의 최적연소조정에 대한 실험적 연구)

  • Jung, Jae-Jin;Song, Jung-Il
    • 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.04a
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    • pp.102-108
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    • 2009
  • Fossil power plants firing lower grade coals or equipped with modified system for NOx controls are challenged with maintaining good combustion conditions while maximizing generation and minimizing emissions. In many cases significant derate, availability losses and increase in unburned carbon levels can be attributed to poor combustion conditions as a result of poorly controlled local fuel and air distribution within the boiler furnace. In order to develop a on-line combustion tuning system, field test was conducted at operating power boiler. During the field test the exhaust gases' $O_2$, NOx and CO was monitored by using a spatially distributed monitoring grid located in the boiler's high temperature vestibule and upper convective back-pass region. At these locations, the flue gas flow is still significantly stratified, and air in-leakage is minimal which enables tracing of poor combustion zones to specific burners and over-fire air ports. using these monitored information we can improving combustion at every point within the furnace, therefore the boiler can operate at reduced excess $O_2$ and gas temperature deviation, reduced furnace exit gas temperature levels while also reducing localized hot spots, corrosive gas conditions, slag or clinker formation and UBC. Benefits include improving efficiency, reducing NOx emissions, increasing output and maximizing availability. Discussion concerning the reduction of greenhouse gases is prevalent in the world. When taking a practical approach to addressing this problem, the best way and short-term solution to reduce greenhouse gases on coal-fired power plants is to improve efficiency. From this point of view the real time optimized combustion tuning approach is the most effective and implemented with minimal cost.

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A study on Light Tracking using Intel's 8080 microprocessor (INTEL 8080 microprocessor를 이용한 광추적에 관한 연구)

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    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 1985
  • Solar energy has its advantages not to be interruped by anything, which is wing to not only limitlessness in its source but shortness in its wave. Availing of tha advantages, we can look forword to vast allication. This study whose aim is to raise the effectuality of it by means of chasing the source correctly, which is to be acheved by the circularty of sensor. The consequence has been gained by two sensors is amplified and transfered to TTL leveland becomes "INPUT DATA" of INTE 8080CPU. The INTEL 8080CPU whose system is machinated to give cotrol pulse to moter driving circuit has the source and the sensors placed correctly on the basis of the data. DC motor taskes the advantage not to be in need of UP/DOWN counter, which is defferent from stepping motor. The system is composed of light detector, A/C converter, INPUT Interface, INTEL 8080 CPU, OUTPUT Interface, notor driving circiut. We can give correct chase to light experimentally as far as an error is the space of 1.2.ce of 1.2.

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Estimation method of heat flux at tube bank exposed to high temperature flue gas in large scale coal fired boilers (보일러 내부 고온가스에 노출된 전열 튜브에서의 열유속 평가 방법)

  • Jung, Jae-Jin;Song, Jung-Il
    • 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.11a
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    • pp.259-264
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    • 2009
  • Most of the fossil power plants firing lower grade coals are challenged with maintaining good combustion conditions while maximizing generation and minimizing emissions. In many cases significant derate, availability losses and increase in unburned carbon levels can be attributed to poor combustion conditions as a result of poorly controlled local fuel and air distribution within the boiler furnace. The poor combustion conditions are directly related to the gas flow deviation in upper furnace and convection tube-bank but a less reported issue related to in large-scale oppose wall fired boilers. In order to develop a on-line combustion monitoring system and suggest an alternative heat flux estimation method at tube bank, which is very useful information for boiler design tool and blower optimizing system, field test was conducted at operating power boiler. During the field test the exhaust gases' temperature and tube metal temperature were monitored by using a spatially distributed sensors grid which located in the boiler's high temperature vestibule region. At these locations. the flue gas flow is still significantly stratified, and air in-leakage is minimal which enables tracing of poor combustion zones to specific burners and over-fire air ports. Test results showed that the flue gas monitoring method is more proper than metal temperature distribution monitoring for real time combustion monitoring because tube metal temp. distribution monitoring method is related to so many variables such as flue gas, internal flow unbalance, spray etc., Heat flux estimation at the tube bank with flue gas temp. and metal temp. data can be alternative method when tube drilling type sensor can't able to use.

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Photovoltaic Modified β-Parameter-based MPPT Method with Fast Tracking

  • Li, Xingshuo;Wen, Huiqing;Jiang, Lin;Lim, Eng Gee;Du, Yang;Zhao, Chenhao
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.9-17
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    • 2016
  • Maximum power point tracking (MPPT) is necessary for photovoltaic (PV) power system application to extract the maximum possible power under changing irradiation and temperature conditions. The β-parameter-based method has many advantages over conventional MPPT methods; such advantages include fast tracking speed in the transient stage, small oscillations in the steady state, and moderate implementation complexity. However, a problem in the implementation of the conventional beta method is the choice of an appropriate scaling factor N, which greatly affects both the steady-state and transient performance. Therefore, this paper proposes a modified β-parameter-based method, and the determination of the N is discussed in detail. The study shows that the choice of the scaling factor N is determined by the changes of the value of β during changes in irradiation or temperature. The proposed method can respond accurately and quickly during changes in irradiation or temperature. To verify the proposed method, a photovoltaic power system with MPPT function was built in Matlab/Simulink, and an experimental prototype was constructed with a solar array emulator and dSPACE. Simulation and experimental results are illustrated to show the advantages of the improved β-parameter-based method with the optimized scaling factor.

Implementation of An Embedded Communication Translator for Remote Control (원격 제어를 위한 임베디드 통신 변환기 구현)

  • Lee Byung-Kwon;Chon Young-Suk;Jeon Joong-Nam
    • The KIPS Transactions:PartD
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    • v.13D no.3 s.106
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    • pp.445-454
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    • 2006
  • Almost of industrial measuring instruments usually are equipped only with serial communication devices. In order to connect these instruments to internet, we implement an embedded translator. This device has the hardware components composed of one WAN port, two LAN ports, and two UARTs, and functions as a communication translator between serial and internet communication. it also provides web-based monitoring function that is absent from existing serial-to-ethernet converter. The hardware is implemented using the KS8695 network processor which s an ARM922T as processor core. We have installed the boa web server and utilized the CGI function for internet-based remote control, added the IP sharing function which allows the network with private IP addresses to access the internet, and developed a serial-to-ethernet translation program. Finally, we show an application example of the developed translator that remotely monitors the solar energy production system.

Thermal and telemetry module design for satellite camera

  • Kong, Jong-Pil;Yong, Sang-Soon;Heo, Haeng-Pal;Kim, Young-Sun;Youn, Heong-Sik
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.229-234
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    • 2002
  • Under the hostile influence of the extreme space environmental conditions due to the deep space and direct solar flux, the thermal control in space applications is especially of major importance. There are tight temperature range restrictions for electro-optical elements while on the other hand there are low power consumption requirements due to the limited energy sources on the spacecraft. So, we usually have strong requirement of thermal and power control module in space applications. In this paper, the design concept of a thermal and power control module in the MSC(Multi-Spectral Camera) system which will be a payload on KOMPSATII is described in terms of H/W & S/W. This thermal and power control module, called THTM(Thermal and Telemetry Module) in MSC, resides inside the PMU(Payload Management Unit) which is responsible for the proper management of the MSC payload for controlling and monitoring the temperature insides the EOS(Electro-Optic System) and gathering all the analog telemetry from all the MSC sub-units, etc. Particularly, the designed heater controller has the special mode of "duty cycle" in addition to normal closed loop control mode as usual. THTM controls heaters in open loop according to on/off set time designed through analysis in duty cycle mode in case of all thermistor failure whereas it controls heaters by comparing the thermistor value to temperature based on closed loop in normal mode. And a designed THTM provides a checking and protection method against the failure in thermal control command using the test pulse in command itself.

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Study on Remote control and monitoring system of the multipurpose guard rail using USN (USN을 이용한 다목적 가드레일의 원격제어 및 모니터링 시스템에 관한 연구)

  • Song, Je-Ho;Lee, In-Sang
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.16 no.10
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    • pp.7176-7181
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    • 2015
  • This thesis is about the system where the solar module is attached to the high functional guardrail posts with anti-weed, anti-plant, and road-kill applied to produce internal power, enabling the integrated control and real-time monitoring of appearance of wildlife and road conditions using the USN. The whole system consists of a photovoltaic module(PV), a detection sensor(pyroelectric), a controller(operation select and motion sensor), the USN system, the DB(sound and flash), an output unit of sound and flash, and the control system of road-kill prevention and safety induction for vehicles. Thus this study aims to address the remote control and monitoring system of multipurpose guardrails to improve road environment, prevent road-kills, protect wild animals, and guide cars safely by using the USN which is combined with new renewable energy and IT convergence technology. As a result of the study on the remote control and monitoring system using the USN, it was ascertained that the response time of the unmanned sensing system was within 5.1 ms with the current consumption of 0.328 mA, and the data transmission speed of the remote control system was 250 kbps with the current consumption of 0.283 mA.