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A Study on Optimum Takeoff Time of the Hybrid Electric Powered Systems for a Middle Size UAV (중형무인기용 하이브리드 전기동력시스템의 최적 이륙시간에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Bohwa;Park, Poomin;Kim, Keunbae;Cha, Bongjun
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.40 no.11
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    • pp.940-947
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    • 2012
  • The target system is a middle size UAV, which is a low-speed long-endurance UAV with a weight of 18 kg and wingspan of 6.4 m. Three electric power sources, i.e. solar cells, a fuel cell, and a battery, are considered. The optimal takeoff time is determined to maximize the endurance because the generated solar cell's energy is heavily dependent on it. Each power source is modeled in Matlab/Simulink, and the component models are verified with the component test data. The component models are integrated into a power system which is used for power simulations. When takeoff time is at 6 pm and 2 am, it can supply the power during 37.5 hrs and 27.6 hrs, respectively. In addition, the thermostat control simulation for fuel cell demonstrates that it yields more power supply and efficient power distribution.

Metal Grids Embedded Transparent Conductive Electrode with Flexibility and Its Applications

  • Jung, Sunghoon;Lee, Seunghun;Kim, Jong-Kuk;Kang, Jae-Wook;Kim, Do-Geun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2013.02a
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    • pp.314-314
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    • 2013
  • Recently, flexibility is one of the hottest issues in the field of electronic devices. For flexible displays or solar cells, a development of transparent conductive electrodes (TCEs) with flexibility, bendability and foldability is an essential element. Hundreds of nanometers indium-tin-oxide (ITO) films have been widely used and commercialized as a transparent electrode, but their brittleness make them difficulty to apply flexible electronics. Many researchers have been studying for flexible TCEs such as a few layers of graphene sheets, carbon nanotube networks, conductive polymer films and combinations among them. Although gained flexibility, their transmittance and resistivity have not reached those of commercialized ITO films. Metal grids electrode cannot act as TCEs only, but they can be used to lower the resistance of TCEs with few losses of transmittance. However, the possibility of device shortage will be rise at the devices with metal grids because a surface flatness of TCEs may be deteriorated when metal grids are introduced using conventional methods. In our research, we have developed hybrid TCEs, which combined tens of nanometers ITO film and metal grids which are embedded in flexible substrate. They show $13{\Omega}$/${\Box}f$ sheet resistance with 94% of transmittance. Moreover, the sheet resistance was maintained up to 1 mm of bending radius. Also, we have verified that flexible organic light emitting diodes and organic solar cells with the TCEs showed similar performances compared to commercial ITO (on glass substrate) devices.

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Hybrid Inverted Organic Solar Cells Using Nanoimprinted $TiO_2$ (Nanoimprinting 방법으로 제작된 나노 기공 $TiO_2$를 이용한 복합 유기 태양전지의 특성 분석)

  • Baek, Woon-Hyuk;Yoon, Tae-Sik;Lee, Hyun-Ho;Kim, Yong-Sang
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2009.07a
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    • pp.1068_1069
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    • 2009
  • $TiO_2$의 계면적을 넓힘으로써 태양전지의 특성을 향상시키기 위해 정렬도가 높은 나노 기공 (nanopore, NP) 이산화티타늄 ($TiO_2$)을 이용하여 복합 태양전지를 제작하였다. Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA)를 사용한 nanoimprinting lithography (NIL) 기술을 이용하여 NP $TiO_2$를 제작하였으며. 광활성층으로는 poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT)와 [6,6]-phenyl $C_{61}$ butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM)을 사용하였다. NP $TiO_2$를 이용한 태양전지의 전력변환효율이 1.49%로 표면이 고른 소자의 효율인 1.18%에 비해 26% 가량 증가하였다. 이와 같은 효율 향상의 원인은 $TiO_2$와 광활성층의 계면이 증가되어 전하의 생성과 분리가 용이해졌기 때문인 것으로 사료된다.

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A Study on the I-V and I-P Characteristics for Optimized Operation of PEMFC (고분자 전해질형 연료전지의 최적운전을 위한 전압-전류, 전류-전력 특성 연구)

  • Jung, You-Ra;Choi, Young-Sung;Lee, Kyung-Sup
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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    • v.59 no.1
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    • pp.112-116
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    • 2010
  • Fuel cell as a renewable energy source is clean and has a lot of advantages. The source can solve energy crisis and environmental problems such as greenhouse effect, air pollution and the ozone layer destruction. This paper introduces hybrid system(hydro-Genius Professional, heliocentris) of solar cell and fuel cell. Also, this paper shows the I-P, V-I characteristics of fuel cells which are connected in parallel and series. From these results, we also found the maximum power was transferred at 0.5[${\Omega}$]. The terminal voltage was also decreased according to the current because of the internal resistance. The power transfer in series was two times than that in parallel.

Formation of Silicon Nanoparticles Using Laser Pyrolysis (레이저 열분해법을 이용한 실리콘 나노입자 제조)

  • Park, Joo Hyung;Lee, Jae Hee;Song, Jinsoo;Lee, Jeong Chul
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.105.1-105.1
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    • 2011
  • To enhance the performance of photovoltaic a-Si:H solar cells with a hybrid-type light absorbing structure of single crystal silicon nanoparticles (Si NPs) in a-Si:H matrix, single crystal Si NPs were produced by laser pyrolysis. The Si NPs were synthesized by $SiH_4$ gas decomposition using a $CO_2$ laser. The properties of Si NPs were controlled by process parameters such as $CO_2$ laser power, reactive gas pressure, and $H_2/SiH_4$ gas flows. The crystalline properties and sizes of Si NPs were analyzed by High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM). The sizes of Si NPs were controllable in the range of 5-15 nm in diameter and the effects of process parameters of laser pyrolysis were systematically investigated.

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Improved Model for Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) of Solar System (태양광 시스템의 최대 전력지점 추적(MPPT) 정확도 향상을 위한 모델링)

  • Lee, YoungHyun;Lee, Jonghwan
    • Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.114-118
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    • 2022
  • The photovoltaic system is affected by various conditions such as temperature and irradiance. Because non-uniform irradiation and partial shading conditions affect the entire string of cells connected in series, a bypass diode is used to bypass the current flow normally. In order to find the maximum power point in partial shade conditions, it is necessary to estimate various methods of maximum power point tracking. In this paper, the hybrid method of MPPT using Lambert W function and perturbation & observation algorithm is proposed under partial shading conditions. The simulation results are obtained using MATLAB/Simulink and shows the improvement of the accuracy of MPPT.

CdTe/CdSe type II heterostructure tetrapod based photovoltaic cells (CdTe/CdSe type II Tetrapod 이종접합을 이용한 태양전지)

  • Kim, Junhee;Lee, Hyunju;Kim, Sungwon;Kim, Donghwan
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2010.06a
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    • pp.77.1-77.1
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    • 2010
  • 반도체 나노 결정은 크기와 모양에 따라 다른 광학적 전기적 성질을 보이는 독특한 특성 때문에 태양전지, 발광 다이오드, 레이저, 바이오메디컬 레이블링 등에 응용될 수 있는 저가격의 차세대 광전기 재료의 개발을 위한 구조체로 각광받고 있다. 최근에는 하나의 나노 결정에 type-II band offset을 가지는 두 개의 물질을 결합한 이종접합 나노 결정체의 연구가 활발하게 진행되고 있는데, 이는 나노 결정 내에서 빛에 의해 생성된 전하들을 공간적으로 분리해 낼 수 있는 장점을 가지고 있기 때문에 태양전지나 광촉매로의 응용에 매우 유용하다. 우리는 나노 결정과 고분자 하이브리드 태양전지의 제작에 있어서 성분과 type-II 이종접합 반도체 나노 결정의 영향을 조사하기 위하여 CdSe, CdTe, type-II CdTe/CdSe tetrapod을 합성하였다. CdSe tetrapod과 P3HT의 블렌딩에 의해 만들어진 태양전지는 AM 1.5, 100mW/$cm^2$ 조건에서 1.03%의 가장 높은 변환 효율, 그리고 415nm에서 43%의 IPCE를 나타내었다. 그리고 CdTe/CdSe type-II tetrapod 이종접합과 P3HT 블렌딩으로 만들어진 태양전지는 CdTe를 이용하여 만든 태양전지에 비해 4.4배의 변환효율과 3.9배의 단락전류를 나타내었다.

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A study on the Controller Development Depending Load Variation of a Diesel Generator for Power System Connection of Distributed-source (분산전원의 계통연계를 위한 디젤발전기의 부하변동에 따른 제어기 개발연구)

  • Han, Sang-Seok;Han, Hoo-Sek;Lee, Chang-Goo
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.22 no.5
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    • pp.53-57
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    • 2008
  • Diesel generator is most widely used for supplying of emergency electrical power. There have been extensive research efforts to develop ways to Ensure stable electrical power delivery to the loads using hybrid power sutures, such as power source, storage batteries, fuel cells and solar cells. Furthermore, as the role of these diesel generators for emergency electrical power supply has recently become very important, they should assure high reliability and flexibility according to the operation load. Therefore, in this paper, we introduce a controller to be used in diesel generator toenable tracking control of maximum power according to the load variation and suppressing high-order harmonics while maintaining stable frequency.

Optimization Process Models of CHP and Renewable Energy Hybrid Systems in CES (구역전기 사업시 CHP와 신재생에너지 하이브리드 시스템의 최적공정 모델)

  • Lee, Seung Jun;Kim, Lae Hyun
    • Journal of Energy Engineering
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.99-120
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    • 2017
  • In SS branch of Korea District Heating Corporation, Combined Heat & Power power plant with 99MW capacity and 98Gcal / h capacity is operated as a district electricity business. In this region, it is difficult to operate the generator due to the problem of surplus heat treatment between June and September due to the economic recession and the decrease in demand, so it is urgent to develop an economical energy new business model. In this study, we will develop an optimized operation model by introducing a renewable energy hybrid system based on actual operation data of this site. In particular, among renewable energy sources, fuel cell (Fuel Cell) power generation which can generate heat and electricity at the same time with limited location constraints, photovoltaic power generation which is representative renewable energy, ESS (Energy Storage System). HOMER (Hybrid Optimization of Multiple Energy Resources) program was used to select the optimal model. As a result of the economic analysis, 99MW CHP combined cycle power generation is the most economical in terms of net present cost (NPC), but 99MW CHP in terms of carbon emission trading and renewable energy certificate And 5MW fuel cells, and 521kW of solar power to supply electricity and heat than the supply of electricity and heat by 99MW CHP cogeneration power, it was shown that it is economically up to 247.5 billion won. we confirmed the results of the improvement of the zone electricity business condition by introducing the fuel cell and the renewable energy hybrid system as the optimization process model.

A Study on the Hybrid Arc Extinguishing Mechanism of the DC Circuit Breaker (DC 차단기의 하이브리드 아크 소호 기법에 관한 연구)

  • Joo, Nam-Kyu;Kim, Nam-Ho
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.250-256
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    • 2015
  • Digital load is increasing suddenly for various reasons, such as easy control and management. Accordingly, a consumption pattern of load is becoming DC. However, the power supply is supplied by AC power. The load power supply substantially needs DC power. AC power has to be converted to DC power. Renewable energy sources like solar, wind and fuel cells are DC power generation, but the transfer needs to through by AC power, thus DC power has to be converted to AC power. Resultantly, a multi-stage conversion loss is constantly increasing. The power distribution system of DC-based is required for effective use of these energy sources. This requires a DC load, as well as is necessary to develop DC breaker. This study is expect for system and equipment for reliable DC power distribution through the study of the arc extinguish technology for direct current a hybrid arc extinguishing technology with permanent magnets technology.