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Analysis of Thermal and Optical Characteristic of Semi-transparent Module according to Various Types of the Backside Glass (후면 유리 종류에 따른 투과형 태양광발전모듈의 열 및 광 특성 분석)

  • Park, Kyung-Eun;Kang, Gi-Hwan;Kim, Hyun-Il;Kim, Kyung-Su;Yu, Gwon-Jong;Kim, Jun-Tae
    • 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.04a
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    • pp.263-268
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    • 2008
  • Building Integrated PV(BIPV) is one of the best fascinating PV application technologies. To apply PV module in building, various factors should be reflected such as installation position, shading, temperature, and so on. Especially a temperature should be considered, for it affects both electrical efficiency of a PV module and heating/cooling load in a building. This study investigates a semitransparent PV module that is designed as finished material for windows. Therefore it needs to considerate about the optical characteristics of the transparent module. It reports the effect of thermal and optical characteristics of the PV module on generation performance. The study was performed by measuring sun spectrum and luminance through the PV modules and by monitoring the temperature and experiment. The results showed that 1 degree temperature rise reduced about 0.48% of output power.

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Structural and Electrical Properties of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Modules under Damp Heat and Thermal Cycling Tests

  • Lee, Dong-Won;Kim, Yong-Nam;Jo, Won-Ju
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2014.02a
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    • pp.456.2-456.2
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    • 2014
  • Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS) 화합물은 태양광을 흡수하기에 가장 이상적인 약 1.04 eV의 에너지 금지대 폭과 높은 광흡수계수를 가지고 있으며, $450{\sim}590^{\circ}C$의 고온 공정에도 매우 안정하여 열 경화현상을 거의 보이지 않으므로 박막 태양전지로서 커다란 응용 잠재력을 갖고 있는 광흡수층 재료이다. CIGS 화합물 박막 태양전지의 효율은 연구실에서는 ~20%의 높은 효율을 보고하고 있으며, 모듈급에서도 ~13%의 효율을 보이고 있다. 그러나 CIGS 박막 태양전지를 대면적 또는 양산화에 적용하기 위해서는 20년 이상의 장기적인 수명을 보장할 수 있는 내구성을 갖추어야 한다. 본 연구에서는 CIGS 모듈의 장기적인 신뢰성을 평가하기 위해 CIGS PV 모듈을 대상으로 IEC-61646 규격을 이용하여 고온고습 시험 ($85^{\circ}C$/85% RH, 1000 h) 과 열충격 시험 ($-40^{\circ}C/140^{\circ}C$, 1000 cycles) 이 수행되었고, 두 종류의 가속 스트레스 시험 후에 모듈의 성능 저하에 영향을 미치는 요인들이 연구되었다. 또한, 모듈의 효율 저하의 원인을 규명하기 위해 투명전극 Al-doped ZnO (AZO)와 광흡수층 CIGS를 대상으로 고장분석을 수행하였다. AZO층과 CIGS층의 전기적 특성 분석, 결장상 분석 및 XPS 분석들을 종합하여 CIGS PV 모듈의 성능저하의 원인을 규명하였다.

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DEVELOPMENT OF SEMI-VLBI SYSTEM AND OBSERVATION OF SUN AT 21 cm

  • Park Yong-Sun;Kang Hyun-Woo;Kim Hyo-Uk;Kang Heui-Jeong;Jee Myeong-Keun;Lee Sul-Gi;Ahn Jung-Hyun;Kim Jin-Su;Shin Young-Soo;Kang Song-Hun
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.39 no.2
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    • pp.51-56
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    • 2006
  • We report the development of a semi-VLBI observation system operating at 21 cm and present the measurement of visibility function toward the sun using this system. The system consists of two 2.3 meter antennas with a maximum separation of 35 meter, a conventional high speed data acquisition system, and a set of programs for software correlation. Since two local oscillators of receiver modules are independent, data had to be fringe-fitted to yield the visibility amplitude. It is found that the visibility amplitude decreases and then bounces back as baseline increases. We confirm that solar disk with brighter limb best explains the measured visibility amplitude.

The effect of backing layer for pro membranes and modules (PRO 분리막 및 모듈성능에 지지체가 미치는 영향)

  • Han, Man Jae;Jeon, Eun Joo;Sim, Yeon-Ju;Lee, Jong Hwa
    • Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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    • v.30 no.5
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    • pp.553-559
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    • 2016
  • There has been increasing global interest in the environmental pollution problems produced by fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. In order to tackle these issues, new renewable energy such as solar, wind, bio gas, fuel cell and pressure retarded osmosis(PRO) have been developed extensively. Among these energy sources, PRO is one of the salinity gradient power generation methods. In PRO, energy is obtained by the osmotic pressure generated from the concentration difference between high and low concentration solutions separated by a semipermeable membrane. The development for high power density PRO membranes is imperative with the purpose of commercialization. This study investigates development of thin film composite PRO membrane and spiral wound module for high power density. Also, the influence of membrane backing layer on power density was identified, and the characteristic factors of PRO membranes was determined. Different backing layers were used to improve power density. As expected, the PRO membrane with more porous backing layer showed higher power density.

The Advanced Case Study for Investigation on Application of BIPV on Tall Building (초고층빌딩의 BIPV 적용성 검토를 위한 선진 사례 조사)

  • Lee, Jong-Min;Seok, Ho-Tae;Yang, Jeong-Hoon
    • 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.11a
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    • pp.155-160
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    • 2009
  • The increasingly high prices for oil, the exhaustion of fossil fuels as well as concern about global warming are driving rapid growth of alternative sources of energy in the world. The active solution for global environment and exhaustion of energy sources is to develop and popularize the technologies to use natural energy such as sunlight, wind, and water. PV(Photovoltaic) modules are efficient devices that has been considered a logical material for use in buildings. Recent advanced BIPV(Building Integrated PV) technology have rapidly made PVs suitable for direct integration into construction in the world. Recently, building has been higher and higher. Tall buildings have many advantages for BIPV such as wide facade area and no shading effect by the surrounding buildings. However. BIPV has not been applied for tall building facade yet. Therefore, the purpose of the research is to develop suitable BIPV for tall buildings and to put these technologies to practical use. Therefore, the purpose of the study is to investigate unification of BIPV to curtain wall to apply BIPV on tall building through research into advanced application of overseas BIPV cases.

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A Three Phase Three-level PWM Switched Voltage Source Inverter with Zero Neutral Point Potential

  • Oh Won-Sik;Han Sang-Kyoo;Choi Seong-Wook;Moon Gun-Woo
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.224-232
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    • 2005
  • A new three phase three-level Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) Switched Voltage Source (SVS) inverter with zero neutral point potential is proposed. It consists of three single-phase inverter modules. Each module is composed of a switched voltage source and inverter switches. The major advantage is that the peak value of the phase output voltage is twice as high as that of a conventional neutral-point-clamped (NPC) PWM inverter. Thus, the proposed inverter is suitable for applications with low voltage sources such as batteries, fuel cells, or solar cells. Furthermore, three-level waveforms of the proposed inverter can be achieved without the switch voltage imbalance problem. Since the average neutral point potential of the proposed inverter is zero, a common ground between the input stage and the output stage is possible. Therefore, it can be applied to a transformer-less Power Conditioning System (PCS). The proposed inverter is verified by a PSpice simulation and experimental results based on a laboratory prototype.

Modelling and Simulation of PV System (태양광 시스템의 모델링과 시뮬레이션)

  • Song, Ho-Bin;Cho, Moon-Taek;Hwang, Lak-Hoon;Seo, Yong-Soo;Han, Kyung-Hee;Kim, Eun-Gi;Kim, Young-Chun;Lee, Chung-Sik
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2005.07b
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    • pp.1739-1741
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    • 2005
  • Many photovoltaic(PV) systems are being developed and installed. For a PV developer, simulations are required before the experimental testing. However, most simulation tools do not offer data libraries for PV systems, so that some Institutes who try to use such software will be in difficulty. In this paper, simulations of performance and stability have been carried out using the software PSPICE. In this paper, the modelling of solar cell arrays, photovoltaic modules, PV generators, batteries and drive systems is carried out based on mathematical equivalence circuits and available data, and the models are converted into a data library for PSPICE that is user friendly. System variations can be modeled by simple parameter variation. To verify the accuracy of the simulation library, various models were run and compared to known systems.

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Modeling and Analysis of Interactions Between A Satellite and Variable-Speed Control Moment Gyros (인공위성과 가변속 제어모멘트자이로의 상호작용 모델링 및 해석)

  • Jin, Jaehyun;Leeghim, Henzeh
    • Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.17-26
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    • 2018
  • The interaction model between variable-speed control moment gyros and a satellite has been studied based on the multi-body dynamics. Using the interaction model, we could obtain data for the design of VCMG motors and the strength design of structure. The interaction effects of flexible modules such as solar panels were included. Flexible modes are excited by the satellite's maneuver, and these modes cause perturbations in the satellite attitude. We developed a simulation program by Modelica and verified the proposed model.

Type Prediction of Stripped-envelope Supernovae by Wind-driven Mass Loss Progenitor Model

  • Jeong, Yongje;Yoon, Sung-Chul
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.45 no.1
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    • pp.42.4-43
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    • 2020
  • The hydrogen-rich envelope mass of a dying massive star is the key factor that determines the type and properties of the resulting supernova. Emulating wind-driven mass loss of single stars with the MESA(Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics) stellar evolution code, we made a grid of models for a large parameter space of initial mass (12 M⊙ to 30M⊙), metallicity (solar, LMC and SMC), hydrogen envelope mass (0.01M⊙ to 10M⊙) for progenitor stars in their final step of evolution. Our results suggest the final luminosity of the progenitor is largely determined by the initial mass, which means there is luminosity degeneracy for stars with the same initial mass but with different hydrogen-rich envelope masses. Since we can break this degeneracy by correcting luminosity with surface gravity (spectroscopic HR diagram), we can infer the exact mass property of an observed progenitor. The surface temperature drastically varies near the envelope mass of ~0.1M⊙ and surface temperature of ~10000 K, where the demarcation between the hydrogen-rich envelope and the helium core lies, which explains the rarity of 'white' supergiants. There also exists a discontinuity in the chemical composition of the progenitor envelope around this critical hydrogen-rich envelope mass of ~0.1 M⊙, which can be tested in future observations of "flash spectroscopy" of supernovae.

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A Hierarchical CPV Solar Generation Tracking System based on Modular Bayesian Network (베이지안 네트워크 기반 계층적 CPV 태양광 추적 시스템)

  • Park, Susang;Yang, Kyon-Mo;Cho, Sung-Bae
    • Journal of KIISE:Software and Applications
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    • v.41 no.7
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    • pp.481-491
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    • 2014
  • The power production using renewable energy is more important because of a limited amount of fossil fuel and the problem of global warming. A concentrative photovoltaic system comes into the spotlight with high energy production, since the rate of power production using solar energy is proliferated. These systems, however, need to sophisticated tracking methods to give the high power production. In this paper, we propose a hierarchical tracking system using modular Bayesian networks and a naive Bayes classifier. The Bayesian networks can respond flexibly in uncertain situations and can be designed by domain knowledge even when the data are not enough. Bayesian network modules infer the weather states which are classified into nine classes. Then, naive Bayes classifier selects the most effective method considering inferred weather states and the system makes a decision using the rules. We collected real weather data for the experiments and the average accuracy of the proposed method is 93.9%. In addition, comparing the photovoltaic efficiency with the pinhole camera system results in improved performance of about 16.58%.