• Current Photovoltaic Research
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.124-132
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• 2018

The Korean electric power supply plan was prepared by greatly enhancing the environmental and safety with considering the economical efficiency of the electric equipment, the impact on the environment and the public safety. As a result, the fossil energy-based power generation sector is accelerating the paradigm shift to eco-friendly energy such as solar power and wind. Also the solar power industry is expected to grow into a super large-sized industry by converging the energy storage and electric vehicle industry. Generally, a levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) is used to calculate the power generation cost for different generation power generation efficiency, operating cost, and life span. In this paper, we have studied the future research and development direction of photovoltaic technology development for the era of massive utilization of photovoltaic solar power, and have studied the LCOE of major countries including China, USA, Germany, Japan and Korea. Finally we have reviewed USA and Japan research programs to reduce the LCOE.

• 농촌지도와개발
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.251-265
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• 2004

The agricultural sector's economic structure in Korea is regarded to encounter major barriers on the way toward revitalizing its economic prosperity. Among many, the energy-related problem is one of prime nuclei embedded in the country's agricultural sector. The ought-to-come structural changes in the country's agricultural energy system hinge upon the central government's policy direction as well as efforts of local governments and local farming community members. The indirect aids via 'cross subsidy' of electricity tariff rate and 'tax-exempt price' of oil fuels are two notable causes of the unsustainable energy consumption pattern in the country's agricultural sector. As measures, demand-side management(DSM) and energy-efficiency promotions are regarded to be the most attractive methods for energy conservation and economic productivity as well. Development of renewable energy sources are also receiving a great deal of attention for the long-term alternatives to the country's existing oil-based agricultural production mode. This study examines the contributive potential of DSM approaches and renewables-based technologies. With the critical evaluation on the concurrent adversities of the country's agricultural energy system, various sources of renewable energy-solar power, wind power, biomass, etc.-are examined for the purpose of technological and economical viability. As sufficient potentials of renewable energy sources are being estimated, both the system production cost and the installation cost for the county's rural areas are expected to lower in the long term. DSM options are also evaluated to be fruitful even in the short term. Both the public and civil arenas must galvanise each side's effort in order to promote these policy options and community potentials.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.303-314
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• 2004

In this paper we report some properties of inner magnetospheric structure inferred from the T01_s code, one of the latest magnetospheric models by Tsyganenko. We have constructed three average storms representing moderate, strong, and severe intensity storms using 95 actual storms. The three storms are then modelled by the T01_s code to examine differences in magnetic structure among them. We find that the magnetic structure of intense storms is strikingly different from the normal structure. First, when the storm intensity is large, the field lines anchored at dayside longitudinal sectors become warped tailward to align to the solar wind direction. This is particularly so for the field lines anchored at the longitudinal sectors from postnoon through dusk. Also while for the moderate storm the equatorial magnetic field near geosynchronous altitude is found to be weakest near midnight sector, this depression region expands into even late afternoon sector during the severe storm. Accordingly the field line curvature radius at the equator in the premidnight geosynchronous region becomes unusually small, reaching down to a value less than 500 km. We attribute this strong depression and the dawn-dusk asymmetry to the combined effect from the enhanced tail current and the westward expansion/rotation of the partial ring current.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.405-414
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• 2008

이 연구에서는 고위도 하부 열권 역학을 좌우하는 물리적 과정을 이해하기 위하여, 상이한 행성간 자기장(Interplanetary Magnetic Field, IMF)에 따른 남반구 고위도 하부 열권에서의 소용돌이도(vorticity)와 발산(divergence)을 분석하였다. 이 연구를 위하여 미국립대기연구소(National Center for Atmospheric Research, NCAR)의 열권-이온권 전기역학적 대순환 모델(Thermo sphere-Ionosphere Electrodynamic General Circulation Model, TIEGCM)을 이용하였다. 소용돌이도와 발산 분석은 전체 수평 바람장을 최종적으로 결정하는 운동량원(momentum source)을 밝히는데 도움을 주는 근원적인 흐름을 파악할 수 있게 해주며, 운동량원들의 상대적인 강도를 분석해내는데 좋은 도구가 된다. 고위도 하부 열권의 평균 바람장은 태양 복사와 쥴가열에 의해 유발되는 발산운동 보다는 이온대류에 의해 유발되는 회전운동에 의해 주로 지배된다는 것이 확인되었다. $IMF{\neq}0$와 IMF=0인 경우의 고위도 열권 하부에서의 소용돌이도 차이(difference vorticity)가 모든 IMF 조건에서 발산장 차이(difference divergence)에 비해 훨씬 더 크게 나타났다. 이는 IMF가 발산적인 흐름보다 회전적인 흐름에 더 강하게 영향을 끼치며, 나아가 IMF가 발산운동을 유발하는 에너지 유입보다는 회전운동을 유발하는 운동량 유입에 더 강하게 영향을 끼침을 의미한다. IMF의 방향에 따라 고위도 하부 열권에서의 소용돌이도 차이의 양상이 매우 달랐다 $B_y$가 음일 때는 지자기 위도 $-70^{\circ}$ 이상의 고위도에서 극을 중심으로 양의 소용돌이도 차이가 나타나고 $B_y$가 양일 때는 음의 소용돌이도 차이가 나타났다. $B_z$가 음인 경우 소용돌이도 차이가 저녁 영역에는 양이고 새벽 영역에는 음이며, $B_z$가 양인 경우에는 반대의 분포를 보였다. $B_z$가 음일 때가 양일 때보다 소용돌이도 차이가 더 큰 것으로 확인되었는데, 이는 IMF $B_z$가 남쪽으로 향할 때가 북쪽으로 향할 때보다 고위도 이온권의 이온대류를 더 강화시켜 열권 중성대기의 회전적인 흐름을 더 강하게 유발시킴을 의미한다.