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Calculation of Vertical Wind Profile Exponents and Its Uncertainty Evaluation - Jeju Island Cases (풍속고도분포지수 산정 및 불확도 평가 - 제주도 사례)

  • Kim, You-Mi;Kim, Hyun-Goo;Kang, Yong-Heack;Yun, Chang-yeol;Kim, Jin-Young;Kim, Chang Ki;Kim, Shin-Young
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.36 no.4
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    • pp.11-20
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    • 2016
  • For accurate wind resource assessment and wind turbine performance test, it is essential to secure wind data covering a rotor plane of wind turbine including a hub height. In general, we can depict wind speed profile by extrapolating or interpolating the wind speed data measured from a meteorological tower where multiple anemometers are mounted at different heights using a power-law of wind speed profile. The most important parameter of a power-law equation is a vertical wind profile exponent which represents local characteristics of terrain and land cover. In this study, we calculated diurnal vertical wind profile exponents of 8 locations in Jeju Island who possesses excellent wind resource according to the GUM (Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement) to evaluate its uncertainty. Expanded uncertainty is calculated by combined standard uncertainty, which is the result of composing type A standard uncertainty with type B standard uncertainty. Although pooled standard deviation should be considered to derive type A uncertainty, we used the standard deviation of vertical wind profile exponent of each day avoiding the difficult of uncertainty evaluation of diurnal wind profile variation. It is anticipated that the evaluated uncertainties of diurnal vertical wind profile exponents at 8 locations in Jeju Island are to be registered as a national standard reference data and widely used in the relevant areas.

Investigation of Thermal Management Parameters of Metal Hydride Based Hydrogen Storage System (금속수소화물 기반 수소저장시스템의 열관리 인자 조사)

  • PARK, CHU SIK;KIM, JONG WON;BAE, KI KWANG;JEONG, SEONG UK;KANG, KYOUNG SOO
    • Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.251-259
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    • 2018
  • Metal hydride based hydrogen storage under moderate temperature and pressure gives the safety advantage over the gas and liquid storage methods. Still solid-state hydrogen storage including metal hydride is below the DOE target level for automotive applications, but it can be adapted to stationary or miliary application reasonably. In order to develop a modular solid state hydrogen storage system that can be applied to a distributed power supply system composed of renewable energy - water electrolysis - fuel cell, the heat transfer and hydrogen storage characteristics of the metal hydride necessary for the module system design were investigated using AB5 type metal hydride, LCN2 ($La_{0.9}Ce_{0.1}Ni_5$). The planetary high energy mill (PHEM) treatment of LCN2 confirmed the initial hydrogen storage activation and hydrogen storage capacity through surface modification of LCN2 material. Expanded natural graphite (ENG) addition to LCN2, and compression molding at 500 atm improved the thermal conductivity of the solid hydrogen storage material.

Calculation of Appropriate Subsidies for Energy Storage System to Improve Power Self-sufficiency Consider Microgrid Operation (마이크로그리드 운영에 따른 전력자립 향상을 위한 에너지저장장치의 적정보조금 산정)

  • Choi, Yeon-Ju;Kim, Sung-Yul
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.66 no.3
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    • pp.486-492
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    • 2017
  • In recent years, renewable energy sources have been mentioned as solution to environmental regulation and energy supply-demand. Energy storage systems are needed to mitigate the intermittent output characteristics of renewable energy sources and to operate micro grid efficiently using renewable energy generation systems. However, despite the necessity of energy storage system, this cannot secure the economical efficiency of the energy storage system by high initial cost. In this paper, a micro grid is constructed to supply electric power to industrial customers by using solar power generation system and energy storage system among renewable energy generation power sources and operated to improve energy independence. In the case study, we use photovoltaic system which is representative renewable energy generation system. Unlike conventional photovoltaic system, this system uses floating photovoltaic system with the advantage of having high output and no land area limitations. It is operated for the purpose of improving energy independence in the micro grid. In order to secure economical efficiency, the energy storage system operates a micro grid with a minimum capacity. Finally, this paper calculates the appropriate subsidy for the energy storage capacity.

A Study on the Energy Saving Capacity of Solar Power Generation System using Economic Evaluation (경제성 평가를 통한 태양광발전시스템 연계형 에너지저장장치 용량 선정에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Yeo-Jin;Kim, Sung-Yul;Han, Se-Kyung
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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    • v.67 no.1
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    • pp.21-26
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    • 2018
  • Due to the international environmental regulations and changes in policies, the demand for generators using the renewable energy is increasing. However, renewable energy generators with intermittent output characteristics such as solar and wind power generators, need the buffer facilities such as ESS during system operations. However, because of low price competitiveness in energy storage system, it is difficult to operate the renewable energy generator with ESS. Therefore, the government has recently proposed a policy to compensate the REC for renewable energy system with ESS. For all this, since the initial cost of the ESS is high, it is the most important to calculate and operate the optimal capacity of the ESS through an economic analysis. In this paper, we proposed the method of calculation the optimal capacity of ESS and analyzed economic feasibility of renewable energy system using the ESS according to depreciation in ESS price.

The World Wind Energy Conference in Berlin (1) (베를린 제1회 세계풍력회의를 다녀와서(1))

  • 기우봉
    • Journal of the Korean Professional Engineers Association
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    • v.35 no.4
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    • pp.52-55
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    • 2002
  • The development of environment-friendly Energy Resources (New Renewable Energy Resources) is one of the global topics these days, considering CO2 Reduction Agreement by Kyoto Protect and the limit of Conventional Energy Resources in near future. Among the New Renewable Energy, Wind Energy is the most feasible Renewable Energy in view of economical and technical aspect at this moment. Last 10 years the Wind Energy Development was really dramatical in Europe. especially in Germany, Denmark and Spain. In this circumstance World Wind Energy Conference was held in Berlin Germany, in order to review the present status and future development of the Wind Energy. This report is a brief report of the Conference .

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Elasticity of substitution of renewable energy for nuclear power: Evidence from the Korean electricity industry

  • Kim, Kwangil
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.51 no.6
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    • pp.1689-1695
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    • 2019
  • This study suggests a simple economic model to analyze electricity grid that consists of different power sources. The substitutability of renewable energy for nuclear power in Korean electricity transmission network is investigated by suggested model. The monthly data from January 2006 to December 2013 reported by Electricity Power Statistics Information System (EPSIS) of Korea Power EXchange (KPX) are used. To estimate the elasticities of substitution among four power sources (i.e. coal, natural gas, nuclear power, and renewable energy), this paper uses the trans-log cost function model on which local concavity restrictions are imposed. The estimated Hicks-Allen and Morishima elasticity of substitution shows that renewable electricity and nuclear power are complementary. The results also evidenced that renewable electricity and fossil fueled thermal power generation are substitutes.

The forecast of renewable generation cost in Korea (국내 신재생에너지 원별 발전단가 전망)

  • Kim, Kilsin;Han, Youri
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.140-140
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    • 2011
  • Korea's RPS, which requires that power generation companies obtain a minimum percentage of their generation by using renewable energy, will take effect in 2012. Based on the first-year law enforcement, generation companies have to satisfy 2% of RPS compliance ratio in 2012. Then, the required RPS compliance ratio will increase up to 10% in 2022. Thus generation companies need to construct power plants that utilize various types of renewable energy sources such as PV and wind power. This work is aimed to analyze the cost of such a renewable power source in terms of capital cost, capacity factor, and fuel cost. We provide the analytical expectation on the renewable power generation cost of 2012 focusing on PV, onshore/offshore wind, fuel cell, and IGCC, which are focused by government policy.

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A Development of Resource Map System based on WebGIS for Utilization of New and Renewable Energy Resource (신재생에너지 자원의 활용을 위한 WebGIS 기반의 자원지도 시스템 개발)

  • Kim, Sang-Yeob;Yun, Chang-Yeol;Jo, Dok-Ki;Kim, Hyun-Goo;Kang, Young-Heack
    • Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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    • 2013.05a
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    • pp.1044-1045
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    • 2013
  • 신재생에너지자원 사용의 확대와 더불어 그 안전성에도 관심이 고조되고 있다. 이에 따라 신재생에너지의 개발과 보급을 위한 데이터를 축적하고 관리, 활용할 수 있는 체계가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 신재생에너지자원을 보다 효율적으로 활용하기 위한 WebGIS 기반의 시스템을 개발한다. 공간 데이터의 관리, 공간정보 서비스 인프라를 구축하기 위해서 기 구축된 시스템에 OGC의 표준을 적용하고, 평가를 위한 공간정보를 연계하여 신재생에너지자원의 개발 및 보급을 위한 경제성평가 모듈의 신뢰성을 향상시켰다. 이를 통해 신재생에너지 자원평가, 최적지 선정 및 잠재량 등에 대한 정밀한 분석 및 평가가 가능하며, Web기반의 시스템 개발을 통해 신재생에너지 정보의 활용성 증대, 신재생에너지에 대한 인식제고를 위한 도구로써 활용될 수 있다.

Policy Directions to Enhance Economic Feasibility of Agrivoltaics in Korea (영농형 태양광 경제성 제고를 위한 정책 방안)

  • Jong-Ik Kim;Sangmin Cho
    • New & Renewable Energy
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.15-25
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    • 2024
  • This study analyzes the economic feasibility of agrivoltaics in South Korea. The key findings are as follows. It was ascertained that an amendment to the Farmland Act, which currently has an 8-year permit period, is necessary to ensure the economic feasibility of agrivoltaic projects. Furthermore, economic feasibility improves when agrivoltaic projects are financed, as against cases without financing. Furthermore, the availability of low-interest loans through financial support programs significantly enhances economic feasibility. Scaling up projects leads to cost savings due to economies of scale, while community-based agrivoltaic initiatives generate higher revenue through the acquisition of additional Renewable Energy Certificates. These factors can help improve the economic feasibility of agrivoltaic projects. These incentives are emphasized as they can serve as a source of funding to foster community acceptance of agrivoltaic projects.