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Total Factor Productivity Growth and the Decomposition Components of Korean Port-Logistics Industry (항만물류산업의 총요소생산성과 그 분해요인분석)

  • Gang, Sang-Mok;Lee, Ju-Byeong
    • Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.47-70
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    • 2008
  • The purpose of this study is to estimate total factor productivity(TFP) growth by stochastic frontier function and to grasp contributing factors of its growth rate by decomposing the total factor productivity into efficiency change, technical progress, scale change, and allocation change. Annual growth rate of total factor productivity for 1990-2003 is 0.019 (1.9%), higher than that of overall industry (0.010). The main component of TFP growth is not efficiency change but technical progress. Contributing factors of total factor productivity growth are change of allocation efficiency in port industry, technical progress in sea-transportation industry, and change of scale efficiency in transportation-equipment industry. The change of total factor productivity shows a decreasing trend since late in the 1990s. The annual technical efficiency of port-logistics industry is less than that of overall industry. Capital elasticity for output (0.391) is higher than labor elasticity (0.227), but scale economy of port-logistics industry is 0.618, which is far from optimal scale economy.

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Screen Printing Electrode Formation Process for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell (결정질 실리콘 태양전지용 스크린 프린팅 전극 공정 개발)

  • Eom, Taewoo;Lee, Sang Hyeop;Song, Chan Moon;Park, Sang Yong;Lim, Donggun
    • Current Photovoltaic Research
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.9-14
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    • 2017
  • The screen printing technique is one of process to form electrode for crystalline silicon solar cell and has been studied a lot, because it has many advantages such as low price, high efficiency and mass production due to simple and fast process. The reason why electrode formation is important is for influence of series resistance and amount of incident light in crystalline silicon solar cell. In this study, electrode was formed by screen printing method with various conditions like squeegee angle, printing speed, snap off, printing pressure. After optimizing various conditions, double printing method was applied to obtain low series resistance and high aspect ratio. As a result, we obtained electrode resistance 45.31 ohm, aspect ratio 4.38, shading loss 7.549% mono-crystalline silicon solar cell with optimal double screen printing condition.

Development of the Automatic Control System for the Advanced Phosphorus Treatment in Sewage Treatment Plant (하수처리시설에서 인 고도처리를 위한 자동제어시스템 개발에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Seon-Gok;Lee, Ho-Sik;Jun, Tae-Sung
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.300-304
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    • 2012
  • It has a limitation to satisfy the phosphorus effluent criteria of 0.2 mg/L which will be reinforced from 2012 with the Biological Nutrient Removal (BNR) process. The chemical coagulation process has been operated in parallel with the biological treatment process for advanced treatment of phosphorous in the developed countries including Europe. However, the coagulation process has some disadvantages such as the desired goal may not be achieved without injecting the optimum dosage of the coagulant. This study developed the automatic control system to inject the optimum dosage of phosphorous coagulant into the coagulation process. The adopted coagulant was 10% Poly Aluminum Chloride (PAC) in this study. The automatic control system developed in this study was adopted for the treatment of the phosphorus from the effluent in SBR process. The automatic control system was composed of the data receiving part, the optimum coagulant dosage control part and the data transmit part. The result of the phosphorous advanced treatment of the SBR effluent using the automatic control system showed the removing efficiency over 95% consistently with the phosphorous concentration under 0.02 ~ 0.15 mg/L. The reproducibility analysis for checking the safety of automatic control system showed more than 95% correlation.

Two Step Texturing Using RIE and Wet Etching for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell (알카리 식각과 반응성 이온 식각을 이용한 결정질 실리콘 2단계 표면 조직화 공정)

  • Yeo, In Hwan;Park, Ju Eok;Kim, Jun Hee;Cho, Hae Sung;Lim, Donggun
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.140-143
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    • 2013
  • Lowering surface reflectance of silicon wafer by texturization is one of the most important processes to improve the efficiency of silicon solar cells. Generally, the texturing of crystalline silicon was carried out using alkaline solution. The average reflectance of this method was 11% at the wavelength between 400 and 1,000 nm. In this study, the wafers were first texturing by NaOH solution at $80^{\circ}C$ for 35 min. Then the wafers were texturing by $SF_6$ and $O_2$ plasma in RIE (Reactive Ion Etching). The average reflectance of two step texturing was reduced to below 5% at the wavelength between 400 and 1,000 nm.

Optimizing of Diffusion Condition in Spin on Doping for c-Si Solar Cell (스핀 도핑을 이용한 단결정 실리콘 태양전지 확산 공정 최적화)

  • Yeo, In Hwan;Park, Ju Eok;Kim, Jun Hee;Cho, Hae Sung;Lim, Donggun
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.26 no.5
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    • pp.410-414
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    • 2013
  • Rapid thermal processing (RTP) abruptly decreases the time required to perform solar cell processes. RTP were used to form emitter of crystalline silicon solar cells. The emitter sheet resistance is studied as a function of time and temperature. The objective of this study is reduction of doping process time with same performance. Emitter difRapid thermal dfusion was carried out by using a spin on doping and a RTP. iffusion was performed in the temperature range of $700{\sim}750^{\circ}C$ for 1m 30s~15 m. Thermal budgets yielded a $50{\Omega}/sq$ emitter using a P509 source. To reduce process time and get high efficiency, rapid thermal diffusion by IR lamp was employed in air atmosphere at $700^{\circ}C$ for 15 m.

Determining Values of Design Parameters for a Rail Transportation Terminal in a Container Port (컨테이너 항만의 철도 운송 터미널 설계변수 결정)

  • Jeong, Bong-Joo;Lee, Byung-Kwon;Kim, Kap-Hwan;Seo, Jung-Hun;Park, Soon-Oh
    • IE interfaces
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.469-478
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    • 2007
  • Rail transportation terminals play an important role in inland transportation systems, because the operation productivity in the terminals significantly influences the efficiency of the whole transportation systems. This paper addresses a design method of a real rail terminal that satisfies a pre-specified throughput capacity. In order to construct high performance rail terminal, it is shown how design parameters can be estimated systematically. Examples of the design parameters are the number of transshipment tracks, the number of rail cranes, and the number of internal trucks. These design parameters are estimated by using simple equations and the validity of the values of these parameters are tested by using simulation. Furthermore, some iterative correction procedure, which uses the simulation technique and the equations alternately, are proposed.

An Application and Evaluation of Hub-and-spoke Strategy for Rail Freight Service in European Networks (철도화물서비스를 위한 Hub-and-spoke 운송전략의 적용과 평가: 유럽 사례를 중심으로)

  • 정승주
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.264-270
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    • 2004
  • The hub-and-spoke strategy is widely used in the field of transportation. At the field of rail transportation, however, it is difficult that we find an application case of this strategy because of modal characteristics. According to the fast growth of containerization and the development of transshipment technology, presently, the hub-and-spoke strategy is introduced by operators on actual European rail freight transportation. However, it is hardly to find empirical studies evaluating the applicability of transportation strategy. In this context, this study analyzed the applicabilities of hub-and-spoke strategy in the actual network of European rail freight. For the application and evaluation of the characteristics of hub-and-spoke strategy, it utilized a service network design model for rail freight. Utilizing this model, it analyzed the efficiency of furnished rail freight services, the potential locations of hubs, the characteristics of O-D flows by the types of trains and service links, and the types of paths of O-D flows. Finally, it proposed some implications and the further study topics.

A Study on Propulsion Control Device Characteristics of Small-scale Electric Railway Vehicle according to Driving Curve Tracking using Fuel Cell Generation System (연료전지 발전시스템을 이용한 축소형 철도차량의 운전곡선 추종에 따른 추진제어장치 특성 고찰)

  • Jung, No-Geon;Chang, Sang-Hoon;Kim, Jae-Moon
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.64 no.12
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    • pp.1804-1809
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    • 2015
  • The study in railway system to apply a fuel cell system with high efficiency and mobility than other renewable energy is being actively conducted. It is needed a analysis on load characteristics and control method of rolling stock in order to apply to rolling stock. This paper presents study on control small-scale prototype power converter electric railway vehicle using fuel cell generation system. Experiment is conducted through real fuel cell generation system and reference speed applying the driving curve of the actual electric railway vehicle was applied. Also, output voltage of boost converter is controlled considering characteristic of fuel cell. And it was confirmed characteristic according to powering and regeneration of inverter.

Optimization for Transportation Routing on Logistics Network by Simulation Analysis (시뮬레이션 분석을 통한 물류거점체계하의 수배송 최적화 연구)

  • Kim, Young-Chul;Seong, Haeng-Ki;Hwang, Dae-Sung;Kim, Jung-Hyun;Lee, Hae-Uk;Kang, Kyung-Sik
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.177-184
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    • 2012
  • Logistics cost of domestic company has been improved continuously and annually, it is still higher than other main comparative countries. So, in this study, as optimizing the logistic network of distribution, it was trying to find methods decreasing logistics cost and storage cost, which occupies 86% of logistics cost of companies. through the efficiency of transportation and delivery routing, it could be also possible to decrease the logistics cost. And, it is also checked to find the logistics cost could be decreased by 10% by optimizing the routes of transportation and delivery, improving the transportation mode, etc.

Estimation of GHG Emissions Reduction and Fuel Economy Improvement of Heavy-Duty Trucks by Using Side Skirt and Boat Tail (사이드스커트와 보트테일을 이용한 대형화물차량의 연비개선 효과 및 온실가스 감축량 추정)

  • Her, Chul haeng;Yun, Byoeng gyu;Kim, Dae wook
    • Journal of Climate Change Research
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.177-184
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    • 2016
  • Recently, the need for technology development of commercial vehicle fuel consumption has emerged. Fuel economy improvement of transport equipment and transportation efficiency, and increasing attention to the logistics cost reduction measures. Increasing attention to the logistics cost reduction measures by fuel economy improvement of transport equipment and transportation efficiency. In this study, we have installed aerodynamic reduction device (side skirt, boat tail) to 14.5 ton cargo trucks and 45 ft tractor-trailers. And the fuel consumption was compared installed before and after. Fuel economy assessment for the aerodynamic reduction value device was tested by modifying the SAE J1321 Joint TMC/SAE Fuel Consumption Test Procedure - Type II test in according domestic situation. Greenhouse gas reductions were calculated in accordance with the scenario, including fuel consumption test results. When the 14.5 ton cargo trucks has been equipped with side skirts and boat tail, it confirmed the improvement in fuel efficiency of 4.72%. One Heavy-duty truck's the annual greenhouse gas reductions value are $6.86ton\;CO_2\;eq$. And if applying the technology to more than 50% of registered 15 ton trucks, greenhouse gas reductions are calculated as $686,826ton\;CO_2\;eq./yr$.