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Implementing a Power Facility Management Services using RFID/USN Technology (RFID/USN 기술을 이용한 전력설비관리 서비스 구현)

  • Kim, Young-Il;Shin, Jin-Ho;Song, Jae-Ju;Yi, Bong-Jae
    • The KIPS Transactions:PartD
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    • v.15D no.2
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    • pp.263-270
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    • 2008
  • Research of ubiquitous computing becomes more popular topic along with the rapid development of wireless technologies. Firstly, research and development on RFID focuses on manufacturing and retail sectors, because it can improve supply chain efficiency. But, it changes to USN (Ubiquitous Sensor Network) by adding a sensor and wireless network technologies on it. In this research, we design and implement the electric facility management service framework to collect real time information of electric facility using RFID/USN. In electric power industry, it is important the supply of energy must be guaranteed. So many power utilities control and supervise the transmission line to avoid power failures. Utilities install many types of sensor to monitor important facilities by wired network such as optical cable and PLC. In this research, we develop the sensor node which is small, easy to install and using wired network. We design the service framework for electric facility management to collect data using RFID tag, reader and wireless sensor nodes and implement the electric facility management service.

Ru employed as Counter Electrode for TCO-less Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (투명전도층이 없는 염료감응형 태양전지의 Ru 상대전극 연구)

  • Noh, Yunyoung;Yoo, Kicheon;Yu, Byungkwan;Han, Jeungjo;Ko, Minjae;Song, Ohsung
    • Korean Journal of Metals and Materials
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    • v.50 no.2
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    • pp.159-163
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    • 2012
  • A TCO-less ruthenium (Ru) catalytic layer on glass substrate instead of conventional Ru/TCO/ glass substrate was assessed as counter electrode (CE) material in dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) by examining the effect of the Ru thickness on the DSSC performance. Ru films with different thicknesses (34, 46, 69, and 90 nm) were deposited by atomic layer deposition (ALD) on glass substrates to replace both existing catalyst and electrode layer. In order to make our comparison, we also prepared an Ru catalytic layer by a similar method on FTO/glass substrate. Finally, we prepared the $0.45cm^2$ DSSC device the properties of the DSSCs were examined by cyclic voltammetry (CV), impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and current-voltage (I-V) method. CV measurements revealed an increase in catalytic activity with increasing film thickness. The charge transfer resistance at the interface between the electrolyte and Rudecreased with increasing Ru thickness. I-V results showed that the energy conversion efficiency increased up to 1.96%. Our results imply that TCO-less Ru/glass might perform as both catalyst and electrode layer when it is used in counter electrodes in DSSCs.

Property of Counter Electrode with Pt and Ru Catalyst Films for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell (염료감응형 태양전지용 나노두께 Pt와 Ru 상대전극의 물성)

  • Noh, Yunyoung;Yu, Byungkwan;Yoo, Kicheon;Ko, Min Jae;Song, Ohsung
    • Korean Journal of Metals and Materials
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    • v.50 no.3
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    • pp.243-247
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    • 2012
  • A ruthenium (Ru) catalytic layer and a conventional Pt layer were assessed as counter electrodes (CE) for dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Ru films with different thicknesses of 34, 46, and 90 nm were deposited by atomic layer deposition (ALD). Pt layers with the same thicknesses were prepared by sputtering. $0.45cm^2$ DSSCs were prepared and their properties were characterized by FE-SEM, cyclic voltammetry (CV), impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and current-voltage (I-V). FE-SEM revealed that the crystallized Ru films and Pt films had been deposited quite conformally. CV showed that the catalytic activity of Pt was much greater than that of Ru. In addition, although the catalytic activity of Pt did not depend on the thickness, that of Ru showed an increase with increasing thickness. Impedance analysis revealed high charge transfer resistance at the Ru interface and a decrease with increasing Ru thickness, whereas Pt showed low resistance with no thickness dependence. Despite the relatively small catalytic activity of Ru, the I-V result revealed the average energy conversion efficiency of Ru and Pt to be 2.98% and 6.57%, respectively. These results suggest that Ru can be used as counter electrodes in DSSCs due to its extremely low temperature process compatibility.

A study on the lasing characteristics of diode-pumped, single-mode Nd:YVO4 green laser (다이오드 여기 Nd:YVO4 단일모드 녹색광 레이저의 출력 특성 연구)

  • 이용우;이종훈
    • Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.292-297
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    • 2003
  • A diode-pumped single-mode Nd:YV $O_4$ green laser was developed. Frequency doubling of the laser was achieved by using an intracavity KTP generated green beam (532 nm). By comparing the diode laser spectrum with absorption spectrum of the Nd:YV $O_4$ crystal, we found optimal operating temperature of the diode laser. From output power measured for various mirror curvatures and cavity lengths, we found the optimal matching of TE $M_{00}$ mode with the pump beam gives the best efficiency. When the pump power was 1.9 W, 80 ㎽ of TE $M_{00}$ mode green beam was obtained. We tried to get a single longitudinal mode lasing as the fluctuation of the laser power was caused by the shift of longitudinal modes and the beating between the modes. We tested the intracavity etalon method and birefringent filter method for single mode operation. The etalon method resulted in the best single mode output power of 60 ㎽. The power fluctuation of the single-mode laser was reduced to 1/10 of that of the multi-mode laser.

Optimal Design of Secondary Optics for Narrowing the Beam Angle of an LED Lamp with a Large-Area COB-type LED Package (대면적 COB-type LED 패키지를 포함한 LED 램프의 좁은 광속각 구현을 위한 2차 광학계 최적 설계)

  • Kim, Bongjun;Kim, Dae-Chan;O, Beom-Hwan;Park, Se-Geun;Kim, Bongho;Lee, Seung Gol
    • Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.78-84
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    • 2014
  • In this paper secondary optics for an LED lamp with a narrow beam angle of $15^{\circ}$ were optimized by using a two-reflector system, to reduce both its size and the occurrence of satellite rings. The conic constant and the curvature of the primary reflector were determined by considering the relation of the source size to the beam angle, and the optimal position and radius of the secondary reflector were found for reducing the occurrence of satellite rings. Luminous flux efficiency was about 80%.

Synthesis of size-controlled ZnO tetrapods sizes using atmospheric microwave plasma system and evaluation of its photocatalytic property (대기압 마이크로웨이브 플라즈마를 이용한 다양한 크기의 ZnO tetrapod 합성 및 광촉매 특성 평가)

  • Heo, Sung-Gyu;Jeong, Goo-Hwan
    • Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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    • v.54 no.6
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    • pp.340-347
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    • 2021
  • Among various metal oxide semiconductors, ZnO has an excellent electrical, optical properties with a wide bandgap of 3.3 eV. It can be applied as a photocatalytic material due to its high absorption rate along with physical and chemical stability to UV light. In addition, it is important to control the morphology of ZnO because the size and shape of the ZnO make difference in physical properties. In this paper, we demonstrate synthesis of size-controlled ZnO tetrapods using an atmospheric pressure plasma system. A micro-sized Zn spherical powder was continuously introduced in the plume of the atmospheric plasma jet ignited with mixture of oxygen and nitrogen. The effect of plasma power and collection sites on ZnO nanostructure was investigated. After the plasma discharge for 10 min, the produced materials deposited inside the 60-cm-long quartz tube were obtained with respect to the distance from the plume. According to the SEM analysis, all the synthesized nanoparticles were found to be ZnO tetrapods ranging from 100 to 600-nm-diameter depending on both applied power and collection site. The photocatalytic efficiency was evaluated by color change of methylene blue solution using UV-Vis spectroscopy. The photocatalytic activity increased with the increase of (101) and (100) plane in ZnO tetrapods, which is caused by enhanced chemical effects of plasma process.

Optical Character Recognition based Security Document Image File Management System (광학문자인식 기반 보안문서 이미지 파일 관리 시스템)

  • Jeong, Pil-Seong;Cho, Yang-Hyun
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.7-14
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    • 2019
  • With the development of information and communication technology, we have been able to access and manage documents containing corporate information anytime and anywhere using smart devices. As the work environment changes to smart work, the scope of information distribution is expanded, and more efforts are needed to manage security. This paper proposes a file sharing system that enables users who have smart devices to manage and share files through mutual cooperation. Proposed file sharing system, the user can add a partner to share files with each other when uploading files kept by spliting the part of the file and the other uses an algorithm to store on the server. After converting the file to be uploaded to base64, it splits it into encrypted files among users, and then transmits it to the server when it wants to share. It is easy to manage and control files using dedicated application to view files and has high security. Using the system developed with proposed algorithm, it is possible to build a system with high efficiency even for SMEs(small and medium-sized enterprises) that can not pay much money for security.

A Basic Study on the Mobile Separator and Sorter Development of Small and Medium-sized Discharge Site's Mixed Construction Waste in Rural Area (농촌지역 혼합건설폐기물의 중·소규모 배출현장용 이동식 분리선별기 개발을 위한 기초연구)

  • Kim, Byung-Yun;Park, Ji-Sun
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Rural Architecture
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.17-24
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    • 2019
  • This study aimed to develop a mobile separating and sorting device for discharge sites to separate and sort mixed construction waste generated in small and medium scale in small provincial cities into inorganic materials and combustible materials. The study results can be summarized as follows: 1) As a result of analyzing the existing domestic technology for the separating and sorting mixed construction waste, a device sorting the waste by fusing the vibration screen, disc screen, air blowing methods and the separating and sorting the combustible waste is applied in Korea. 2) In foreign countries, the air blowing, screen, gravity sorters are used for separating and sorting combustible waste in the same way as in Korea. Especially German T Company suggests a construction waste separating and sorting system using an optical sorter. 3) As for the test device for separating and sorting mixed construction waste to be buried in landfill, the processing capacity was set as 16 tons per day. 4) For separating and sorting inorganic materials by granularity, this study set a trommel with two types of diameter as a basic. To operate the mobile all-in-one system, the device is designed to locate a conveyor, a combustible waste conveying device, inside of the trommel. 5) The device is designed in a mobile mode under the concept of primary separating and sorting device, and it can be transported using a 2.5-ton truck minimum. The diameter and length of the trommel are designed to be within 1500mm and 3000mm, respectively. In a further study, an optimized separating and sorting technology is planned to be presented through an experimental study for processing efficiency analysis at the mixed construction waste site by manufacturing the pilot experiment facility reflecting the design elements in the result of this study.

Evolution of Surface Morphology During Wet-Etching of N-type GaN Using Phosphoric Acidic Solutions (인산을 이용한 n-type GaN의 습식식각을 통한 표면 Morphology 변화)

  • Kim, Jae-Kwan;Kim, Taek-Seung;Jo, Young-Je;Lee, Ji-Myon
    • Korean Journal of Metals and Materials
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    • v.46 no.3
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    • pp.169-173
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    • 2008
  • Characteristics of etching and induced surface morphology variation by wet-etching of n-type GaN were investigated using phosphoric acidic solutions. Generally, the etch-rate was increased as the temperature of the etch solutions was increased, and the highest etch rate of about $300{\AA}/min$ was achieved at the temperature of $180^{\circ}C$. The morphology variation of the etched surface was observed by optical microscopy and atomic force microscopy. Initially, high density of hexagonal holes or pits were formed on the etched surface at the time of 40 min with the bimodal size of $20{\mu}m$ or $5{\mu}m$, respectively. However, as the etching time was increased further, the lateral size of the hexagonal holes or pits was increased, and finally, joined and merged together at the time of 100 min. This means that the etching of n-type GaN by phosphoric acidic solutions proceeded through the lateral widening and the merging of initial holes and pits.

A Study on Coding Techniques for Flicker Reduction and BER Performance Improvement in Visible Light Communication (가시광통신에서 플리커 완화 및 BER 성능 향상을 위한 코딩 기법에 대한 연구)

  • Lee, Kyu-Jin
    • Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.25-30
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    • 2021
  • In this paper, we studied the coding technique for flicker mitigation and BER performance improvement in visible light communication system. In order to increase the transmission speed of visible light communication, a multi-transmission multi-LED transmission system using a plurality of LEDs is being actively studied. However, when data is transmitted through N LEDs in a multi-LED visible light communication system using N LEDs, there is a continuous zero section in which 0 is transmitted simultaneously according to the data sequence, and since the transmission section of 1 is different, flickering Or, a phenomenon in which the dimming level changes occurs. The visible light communication system is a communication system that simultaneously performs communication and lighting functions. Therefore, transmission efficiency of communication and brightness of lighting must be considered at the same time. To solve this problem, we proposed a flicker reduction mapping that can alleviate flicker and dimming level problems, improve error detection and BER performance through coding mapping of each LED data sequence.