• 한국습지학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.196-203
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• 2022

본 논문은 자유수면에서 마이크로 중력식 와류 수차의 성능에 블레이드 상대위치 변화의 영향을 이해하는 것이다. 일정한 와류 유동에서 자유수면 아래 상대 와류 수심비(y/h_v)의 범위 0 ~ 0.778 지점에 설치된 블레이드의 위치 변화에 따른 마이크로 와류 수차의 회전수, 전압 및 전류를 측정하였다. 유량은 0.0063 ~ 0.00662 m³/s 범위이다. 실험 결과는 유입되는 유속과 난류강도의 분포가 변하기 때문에 블레이드의 상대위치가 마이크로 와류 수차의 성능에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 와류 수차에서 발생하는 에너지의 최대량은 상대 와류 수심비 0.111 ~ 0.222 지점에서 발생했다. 상대 와류 수심비 0.111 지점의 출력은 자유수면 아래 상대 와류 수심비 0.588 지점보다 약 2.4배 더 크게 나타난다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.146-152
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• 2022

One disadvantage of deep cycle flooded lead-acid batteries is increasing water loss caused by use of (+) Pb-Sb / (-) Pb-Sb alloy grid. Water loss is generated by the emission of hydrogen gas from the (-) electrode during battery charging. In this paper, we maintain cycle life aspect through the development of hybrid flooded lead-acid batteries to which a (+) Pb-Sb / (-) Pb-Ca grid is applied and deal with the improvement of water loss. The amount of water loss compared to that of the (-) Pb-Sb grid decreased when Ca was added to the (-) Pb grid. For the (-) Pb-Ca grid, it was confirmed that the time to reach 0.0 V, at which water decomposition occurs, was increased compared to that of the (-) Pb-Sb grid at the NPV (Negative Potential Voltage). In the cycle life test conducted with the BCI (Battery Council International) standard, compared to the (+) Pb-Ca grid, the (+) Pb-Sb grid increased the life cycle of the batteries and the (+) Pb-Ca grid showed an early end of life due to PbO corrosion layer generation, as determined through SEM / EDS and Tear Down analysis. In conclusion, by addition of Sb to (+) Pb grid and Ca to (-) Pb grid, we developed a hybrid flooded lead-acid battery that meets user requirements to improve water loss characteristics and preserve cycle life characteristics.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제33권7호
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• pp.295-301
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• 2023

Thermoelectric (TE) energy harvesting, which converts available thermal resources into electrical energy, is attracting significant attention, as it facilitates wireless and self-powered electronics. Recently, as demand for portable/wearable electronic devices and sensors increases, organic-inorganic TE films with polymeric matrix are being studied to realize flexible thermoelectric energy harvesters (f-TEHs). Here, we developed flexible organic-inorganic TE films with p-type Bi_0.5Sb_1.5Te₃ powder and polymeric matrices such as poly(3,4-eethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) and poly (vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF). The fabricated TE films with a PEDOT:PSS matrix and 1 wt% of multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) exhibited a power factor value of 3.96 µW·m^-1·K^-2 which is about 2.8 times higher than that of PVDF-based TE film. We also fabricated f-TEHs using both types of TE films and investigated the TE output performance. The f-TEH made of PEDOT:PSS-based TE films harvested the maximum load voltage of 3.4 mV, with a load current of 17.4 µA, and output power of 15.7 nW at a temperature difference of 25 K, whereas the f-TEH with PVDF-based TE films generated values of 0.6 mV, 3.3 µA, and 0.54 nW. This study will broaden the fields of the research on methods to improve TE efficiency and the development of flexible organic-inorganic TE films and f-TEH.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.603-608
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• 2023

Carbon black with high purity and excellent conductivity is used as a conductive filler in the semiconductive compound for EHV (Extra High Voltage) power cables of 345 kV or higher. When carbon black and CNT (carbon nanotube) are applied together as a conductive filler of a semiconductive compound, stable electrical properties of the semiconductive compound can be maintained even though the amount of conductive filler is significantly reduced. In EHV power cables, since the semi-conductive layer is close to the conductor, stable electrical characteristics are required even under high-temperature conditions caused by heat generated from the conductor. In this study, the theoretical principle that a semiconductive compound applied with carbon black and CNT can maintain excellent electrical properties even under high-temperature conditions was studied. Basically, the conductive fillers dispersed in the matrix form an electrical network. The base polymer and the matrix of the composite, expands by heat under high temperature conditions. Because of this, the electrical network connected by the conductive fillers is weakened. In particular, since the conductive filler has high thermal conductivity, the semiconductive compound causes more thermal expansion. Therefore, the effect of CNT as a conductive filler on the thermal conductivity, thermal expansion coefficient, and volume resistivity of the semiconductive compound was studied. From this result, thermal expansion and composition of the electrical network under high temperature conditions are explained.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.168-177
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• 2024

수중 압전 에너지 하베스터(Piezoelectric Energy Harvester, PEH) 설계시 곡률변화를 통해 외팔보형 전체의 와류유기진동(Vortex Induced Vibration, VIV)을 생성시키고, VIV의 생성으로 곡면형 외팔보 PEH에 진동 변위가 증가한다는 것은 실제 전력을 증대 시키는 데 중요한 요소이다. 해석 모델인 곡면형 PEH의 재질은 Polyvinyline Di-Floride(PVDF) 압전 필름으로서 곡률이 다양한 50 mm, 130 mm, 210 mm 모델에 유속은 0.1 m/s ~ 0.50 m/s로 정하여 VIV에 의한 PEH의 스트레인 에너지 변화를 관찰하였다. 곡률 반경이 작을수록 큰 폭의 VIV가 나타났고, 유속이 증가할수록 VIV가 많이 나타났다. 작은 곡률로 인한 급격한 형상변환이 VIV의 생성에 효과적이었고 스트레인 에너지, 정규화 발생 전압, 평균 전력 등은 곡률이 증가할수록 감소하였다. PEH 자체의 전력량을 증대시키기 위해 급한경사의 곡률 개선뿐만 아니라 곡률형 PEH의 개수가 늘어남에 따라 평균 전력도 상승할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.111-115
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• 2024

Silicon carbide (SiC) has emerged as a promising material for next-generation power semiconductor materials, due to its high thermal conductivity and high critical electric field (~3 MV/cm) with a wide bandgap of 3.3 eV. This permits SiC devices to operate at lower on-resistance and higher breakdown voltage. However, to improve device performance, advanced research is still needed to reduce point defects in the SiC epitaxial layer. This work investigated the electrical characteristics and defect properties using DLTS analysis. Four deep level defects generated by the implantation process and during epitaxial layer growth were detected. Trap parameters such as energy level, capture-cross section, trap density were obtained from an Arrhenius plot. To investigate the impact of defects on the device, a 2D TCAD simulation was conducted using the same device structure, and the extracted defect parameters were added to confirm electrical characteristics. The degradation of device performance such as an increase in on-resistance by adding trap parameters was confirmed.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제60권1호
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• pp.93-99
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• 2022

초소형, 웨어러블 기기 기술의 빠른 발전에 따라, 전자기기 구동을 위한 시공간적인 제한이 없는 지속적인 전기 공급을 필요로 한다. 이에 따라, 두 가지 다른 재료의 접촉과 분리로 만들어지는 정전기를 활용하는 마찰대전 나노발전기(Triboelectric nanogenerator, TENG)는 간단한 원리 덕분에, 복잡한 과정 및 설계 없이도 자연에서 버려지는 다양한 형태의 에너지들을 효과적으로 수확하는 수단으로 활용되고 있다. 하지만, TENG의 실생활의 적용을 위해서는 전기적 출력의 증가가 필요하다. 또한, 전기적 출력의 증가뿐만 아니라 전기적 출력의 안정적인 발생은 TENG의 상용화를 위해서 해결해야 될 과제이다. 본 연구에서는 TENG의 출력을 향상시킬 뿐만 아니라, 향상된 출력을 안정적으로 나타낼 수 있는 방법을 제안하였다. 출력의 향상 및 안정성을 위해서 TENG 구성 요소 중 하나인 접촉층을 일렉트렛으로 사용하였다. 활용된 일렉트렛은 Fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP) 필름에 코로나 차징과 열처리 과정을 순차적으로 진행함으로써 제작되었다. 코로나 차징으로 인해 인위적으로 주입된 전하가 열처리 과정에 의해서 깊은 트랩으로 들어가게 되어 전하의 이탈 현상이 최소화된 일렉트렛을 제작하고 이를 TENG 제작에 활용하였다. 제작된 일렉트렛의 출력 성능은 수직 접촉 분리 모드 TENG의 전압 출력을 측정함으로써 검증되었고, 코로나 차징 과정을 거친 일렉트렛은 어떠한 처리도 되지 않은 FEP 필름에 대비 12배 높은 출력 전압을 나타냈다. 일렉트렛의 시간 및 습도 안정성은 일반 외부 환경 및 극한의 습도 환경에 일렉트렛을 노출시킨 후, TENG의 출력 전압을 측정함으로써 확인되었다. 또한, 박수를 모티브로 한 Clap-TENG에 일렉트렛을 적용하여 LED를 작동시킴으로써 실생활에 적용할 수 있음을 보여주었다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.263-275
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• 1989

Mechanical contractions and electrical activities of the fundic longitudinal and antral circular muscle fibers were investigated in order to elucidate topical differences of gastric motility. K-induced contracture was produced by exposure of muscle strips to high K Tyrode solution. Membrane potential and mechanical contraction were simultaneously recorded by conventional glass microelectrode method and single sucrose-gap technique. All experiments were performed in tris-buffered Tyrode solution which was aerated with $100%\;O_2\;and\;kept\;35^{\circ}C$. The results obtained were as follows: 1) The resting membrane potential of circular muscle cells in the antral region was about 10 mV more negative than that in the fundic region. 2) The membrane potentials decreased almost linearly as the extracellular KCI concentration was increased both in antral circular muscle cells and in fundic longitudinal muscle cells. 3) The thresholdal K concentration of K-contracture was 15 mM (membrane potential, -48 mV) for the antral circular muscle strip and 20 mM for the fundic longitudinal muscle cells. 4) The ratio of membrane permeability coefficient for $Na^+\;and\;K^+,\;P_{Na}/P_K\;({\alpha})$ was 0.065 for antral circular muscle cells and was 0.108 for fundic longitudinal muscle cells. 5) K-contracture of antral and fundic smooth muscle strips showed the contracture composed of phasic and tonic components. The amplitude of the phasic component increased sigmoidally in a dose-dependent manner, whereas that of the tonic component was maximal at a concentration of 40 mM KCI and at the concentrations above or below 40 mM KCI the amplitude was reduced. 6) The inverse relationship between the amplitude of tonic component and extracellular KCI concentration in the range of 40 to 150 mM KCI was more prominent in the antral circular muscle strip than in the fundic longitudinal muscle strip, where the amplitude of the tonic component decreased less steeply and was maintained higher at the same high K concentrations. 7) The tonic component was totally dependent on the external $Ca^{2+}$ and completely abolished by verapamil, while tile phasic component was far less dependent on the external $Ca^{2+}$ and partially suppressed by verapamil. From the above results, the following conclusions could be made. 1) The phasic component of K-contracture is produced both by intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ mobilization and by $Ca^{2+}$-influx from outside, while the tonic component is generated and maintained by the $Ca^{2+}-influx$ through the potential-dependent $Ca^{2+}$ channel. 2) The mechanism of reducing the free $Ca^{2+}$ concentration in the myoplasm seems to be more developed in the antral circular muscle than in the fundic longitudinal muscle. 3) The lower resting membrane potential of the fundic longitudinal muscle cell reflects a relatively high $P_{Na}/P_K$ ratio of about 0.108.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2012년도 제43회 하계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.189-189
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• 2012

Lead sulfide (PbS) nanocrystal quantum dots (NQDs) are promising materials for various optoelectronic devices, especially solar cells, because of their tunability of the optical band-gap controlled by adjusting the diameter of NQDs. PbS is a IV-VI semiconductor enabling infrared-absorption and it can be synthesized using solution process methods. A wide choice of the diameter of PbS NQDs is also a benefit to achieve the quantum confinement regime due to its large Bohr exciton radius (20 nm). To exploit these desirable properties, many research groups have intensively studied to apply for the photovoltaic devices. There are several essential requirements to fabricate the efficient NQDs-based solar cell. First of all, highly confined PbS QDs should be synthesized resulting in a narrow peak with a small full width-half maximum value at the first exciton transition observed in UV-Vis absorbance and photoluminescence spectra. In other words, the size-uniformity of NQDs ought to secure under 5%. Second, PbS NQDs should be assembled carefully in order to enhance the electronic coupling between adjacent NQDs by controlling the inter-QDs distance. Finally, appropriate structure for the photovoltaic device is the key issue to extract the photo-generated carriers from light-absorbing layer in solar cell. In this step, workfunction and Fermi energy difference could be precisely considered for Schottky and hetero junction device, respectively. In this presentation, we introduce the strategy to obtain high performance solar cell fabricated using PbS NQDs below the size of the Bohr radius. The PbS NQDs with various diameters were synthesized using methods established by Hines with a few modifications. PbS NQDs solids were assembled using layer-by-layer spin-coating method. Subsequent ligand-exchange was carried out using 1,2-ethanedithiol (EDT) to reduce inter-NQDs distance. Finally, Schottky junction solar cells were fabricated on ITO-coated glass and 150 nm-thick Al was deposited on the top of PbS NQDs solids as a top electrode using thermal evaporation technique. To evaluate the solar cell performance, current-voltage (I-V) measurement were performed under AM 1.5G solar spectrum at 1 sun intensity. As a result, we could achieve the power conversion efficiency of 3.33% at Schottky junction solar cell. This result indicates that high performance solar cell is successfully fabricated by optimizing the all steps as mentioned above in this work.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.63-72
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 저압용 10회로 분전반을 전기공업협동조합(KEMC) 2102-610 규정에 근거하여 제작하였다. 또한, 개발된 10회로 분전반의 특성 평가를 실시하여 안전성을 확보하고자 한다. 개발된 10회로 분전반은 내식성, 절연 재료의 특성, 자외선 복사의 내성, 기계적 충격 등에 적합하도록 설계되었다. 개발된 분전반은 외함의 보호 등급, 감전방지와 보호회로, 개폐 장치와 구성품, 내부 전기 회로와 연결부, 외부 도체의 단자, 절연 특성, 온도 상승 시험, 열저항 등이 적합하도록 제작하였다. 개발된 10회로 분전반은 단상 회로와 3상 회로 등으로 구분되어 있다. 분기된 각각의 차단기 부하측에 센서 모듈을 설치하여 부하의 전선로에서 발생되는 누설전류의 크기를 실시간 측정할 수 있다. 그리고 부하의 용도 및 목적 등에 따라 회로를 증설할 수 있고, 각각의 부하 상태 역시 실시간 부하 관리 및 점검이 가능하다. 개발된 10회로 분전반의 온도 상승 시험을 실시한 곳은 인입 접속부, 주회로 및 분기회로 모선, 모선지지물 등 18 개소이다. 온도가 가장 높게 측정된 곳은 분기회로 모선용 MCCB 전원측 접속부의 R-phase으로 $65.3^{\circ}C$, 부하측은 T-phase으로 $61.6^{\circ}C$로 기록되었다. 그리고 내열 실험 장치를 이용하여 MCCB를 $180^{\circ}C$에서 6시간 동안 열적 스트레스를 인가하였을 때 작동 손잡이의 변형이 확인되었고, 트립 상태로 이동한 것이 확인되었다.