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Restoration of Distribution System with Distributed Energy Resources using Level-based Candidate Search

  • Kim, Dong-Eok;Cho, Namhun
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.637-647
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    • 2018
  • In this paper, we propose a method to search candidates of network reconfiguration to restore distribution system with distributed energy resources using a level-based tree search algorithm. First, we introduce a method of expressing distribution network with distributed energy resources for fault restoration, and to represent the distribution network into a simplified graph. Second, we explain the tree search algorithm, and introduce a method of performing the tree search on the basis of search levels, which we call a level-based tree search in this paper. Then, we propose a candidate search method for fault restoration, and explain it using an example. Finally, we verify the proposed method using computer simulations.

Comparative Analysis of a Competitive Technology for Major Future Energy Resources

  • Koo Young-Duk;Kim Eun-Sun;Park Young-Seo
    • Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.101-104
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    • 2005
  • Recently advanced countries are making every effort to promote the efficiency of electric power production and supply, to deal with the environmental problems, and to develop the new energy. In particular, they are driving forward to develop various technologies for electric power in mid-long term, that are technology for building infrastructure of power transportation, establishing service network for account management using electronic technologies, elevating economic productivity by innovative electronic technologies, control-ling the discharge of global warming gas, using clean efficient energy, and so forth. However, power technology of Korea lagged behind than technology of advanced countries. Also, resources for developing power technology are limited in our country. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the efficiency of R&D investment. For it, our country must compare and analyze with technologies of advanced countries which are taking competitive advantage in the main future energy. Through comparative analysis, limited R&D resources of our country must be concentrated on technologies that can secure competitive advantage from now on.

The technological state of the art of wave energy converters

  • GURSEL, K. Turgut
    • Advances in Energy Research
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.103-129
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    • 2019
  • While global demand for energy increases annually, at the same time the demand for carbon-free, sulphur-free and NOx-free energy sources grows considerably. This state poses a challenge in the research for newer sources like biomass and shale gas as well as renewable energy resources such as solar, wind, geothermal and hydraulic energy. Although wave energy also is a form of renewable energy it has not fully been exploited technically and economically so far. This study tries to explain those reasons in which it is beyond doubt that the demand for wave energy will soon increase as fossil energy resources are depleted and environmental concerns gain more importance. The electrical energy supplied to the grid shall be produced from wave energy whose conversion devices can basically work according to three different systems. i. Systems that exploit the motions or shape deformations of their mechanisms involved, being driven by the energy of passing waves. ii. Systems that exploit the weight of the seawater stored in a reservoir or the changes of water pressure by the oscillations of wave height, iii. Systems that convert the wave motions into air flow. One of the aims of this study is to present the classification deficits of the wave energy converters (WECs) of the "wave developers" prepared by the European Marine Energy Center, which were to be reclassified. Furthermore, a new classification of all WECs listed by the European Marine Energy Center was arranged independently. The other aim of the study is to assess the technological state of the art of these WECs designed and/or produced, to obtain an overview on them.

Geothermal Power Generation using Enhanced or Engineered Geothermal System(EGS) (공학적인 지열시스템(EGS)을 이용한 지열발전 기술)

  • Hahn, Jeong-Sang;Han, Hyuk-Sang
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2008.10a
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    • pp.3-32
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    • 2008
  • The potential deep geothermal resources span a wide range of heat sources from the earth, including not only the more easily developed, currently economic hydrothermal resources; but also the earth's deeper, stored thermal energy, which is present anywhere. At shallow depths of 3,000~10,000m, the coincidence of substantial amounts heat in hot rock, fluids that heat up while flowing through the rock and permeability of connected fractures can result in natural hot water reservoirs. Although conventional hydrothermal resources which contain sufficient fluids at high temperatures and geo-pressures are used effectively for both electric and nonelectric applications in the world, they are somewhat limited in their location and ultimate potential for supplying electricity. A large portion of the world's geothermal resource base consists of hot dry rock(HDR) with limited permeability and porosity, an inadquate recharge of fluids and/or insufficient water for heat transport. An alternative known as engineered or enhanced geothermal systems(EGS), to dependence on naturally occurring hydrothermal reservoirs involves human intervention to engineer hydrothermal reservoirs in hot rocks for commercial use. Therefore EGS resources are with enormous potential for primary energy recovery using an engineered heat mining technology, which is designed to extract and utilize the earth's stored inexthermal energy. Because EGS resources have a large potential for the long term, United States focused his effort to provide 100GW of 24-hour-a-day base load electric-generating capacity by 2050.

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Ammoniacal Leaching for Recovery of Valuable Metals from Spent Lithium-ion Battery Materials (폐리튬이온전지로부터 유가금속을 회수하기 위한 암모니아 침출법)

  • Ku, Heesuk;Jung, Yeojin;Kang, Ga-hee;Kim, Songlee;Kim, Sookyung;Yang, Donghyo;Rhee, Kangin;Sohn, Jeongsoo;Kwon, Kyungjung
    • Resources Recycling
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.44-50
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    • 2015
  • Recycling technologies would be required in consideration of increasing demand in lithium ion batteries (LIBs). In this study, the leaching behavior of Ni, Co and Mn is investigated with ammoniacal medium for spent cathode active materials, which are separated from a commercial LIB pack in hybrid electric vehicles. The leaching behavior of each metal is analyzed in the presence of reducing agent and pH buffering agent. The existence of reducing agent is necessary to increase the leaching efficiency of Ni and Co. The leaching of Mn is insignificant even with the existence of reducing agent in contrast to Ni and Co. The most conspicuous difference between acid and ammoniacal leaching would be the selective leaching behavior between Ni/Co and Mn. The ammoniacal leaching can reduce the cost of basic reagent that makes the pH of leachate higher for the precipitation of leached metals in the acid leaching.

Physicochemical and Sensory Characterization of Korean Blood Sausage with Added Rice Bran Fiber

  • Choi, Yun-Sang;Choi, Ji-Hun;Han, Doo-Jeong;Kim, Hack-Youn;Lee, Mi-Ai;Kim, Hyun-Wook;Lee, Chi-Ho;Paik, Hyun-Dong;Kim, Cheon-Jei
    • Food Science of Animal Resources
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.260-268
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    • 2009
  • This study was conducted to determine the effects of added rice bran fiber on the physicochemical and sensory characterization of blood sausage. Blood sausages were supplemented with rice bran fiber at levels of 0% (control), 1%, 2%, and 3%. The moisture, hardness, gumminess, and chewiness of treatments with added rice bran fiber were higher than those of controls (p<0.05). The pH, lightness, redness, and yellowness of uncooked as well as cooked blood sausages increased with increasing addition levels of rice bran fiber levels, but energy values were lower in blood sausage treatments with containing rice bran fiber than that of controls (p<0.05). As the increase levels of rice bran fiber in blood sausage the energy levels were decreased (p<0.05). All sensory scores of treatments containing rice bran fiber were higher than controls, and the highest overall acceptability was attained when 2% rice bran fiber was added to blood sausage. The blood sausage with 2% rice bran fiber can be manufactured with high quality characteristics.

A Review on the Grid-Connected Technology of the Distributed Energy Resources (분산형전원의 계통연계기술 리뷰)

  • Lee, Kyungsoo
    • Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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    • 2014.07a
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    • pp.371-372
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    • 2014
  • This review focuses on grid-connected technology for distributed energy resources(DER). The grid-connected technology is categorized into three classifications: 1) protection function; 2) power quality improvement function; 3) grid stabilization fuction. Grid codes comparison of Japan, USA, EU and Korea is also described in the paper.

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