• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제18권11호
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• pp.9-17
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• 2019

Interest in renewable energy is rapidly growing around the world. One of the most popular renewable energy sources is solar power, and photovoltaic (PV) systems are the most representative route for generating solar energy. However, with the growing adoption of solar power systems, the demand for land on which to install these systems has increased, which has caused environmental degradation. Recently, floating PV systems have been designed to utilize idle water surface areas of dams, rivers, and oceans. Because floating PV systems will be exposed to harsh environmental stresses, the safety of such systems should be secured before installation. In this study, the structural robustness of a floating PV system was analyzed by conducting numerical simulation to investigate whether the system can withstand harsh environmental stresses, such as wind and wave loads. Additionally, conventional wind and wave load predictions based on the design method and the simulation results were compared. The comparison revealed that the design method overestimated wind and wave loads. The total drag of the PV system was significantly overestimated by the conventional design criteria, which would increase the cost of the mooring system. The simulation offers additional advantages in terms of identifying the robustness of the floating PV system because it considers real-world environmental factors.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.281-291
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• 2022

Global warming is accelerating due to the use of fossil fuels that have been used continuously for centuries. Now, humankind recognizes its seriousness, and is conducting research on searching for eco-friendly and sustainable energy. In the field of solar energy, which is a kind of eco-friendly and sustainable, many studies are being conducted to enhance the output performance of the module. In this study, the output improvement for the shingled module structure was studied. In order to improve the output performance of the module, the thickness of the encapsulant was increased, and the lamination process conditions have been improved accordingly. After that, the crosslinking rate was analyzed, and the suitability of the lamination process conditions was judged using this. In addition, a peeling test was conducted to analyze the correlation between the adhesion of the encapsulant and the output performance of the module. Finally, the optimization for the encapsulant material and the lamination process conditions for high-power shingled modules was established, and accordingly, the market share of high-power shingled modules in the solar module market can be expected to rise.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.63-70
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• 2023

In this study, crystallization was effectively suppressed in Al-based metallic glasses (Al-MGs) during pulverization by cryo-milling by applying an extremely low processing temperature and using a surfactant. Before Al-MGs can be used as an additive in Ag paste for solar cells, the particle sizes of the Al-MGs must be reduced by milling. However, during the ball milling process crystallization of the Al-MG is a problem. Once the Al-MG is crystallized, they no longer exhibit glass-like behavior, such as thermoplastic deformation, which is critical to decrease the electrical resistance of the Ag electrode. The main reason for crystallization during the ball milling process is the heat generated by collisions between the particles and the balls, or between the particles. Once the heat reaches the crystallization temperature of the Al-MGs, they start crystallization. Another reason for the crystallization is agglomeration of the particles. If the initially fed particles become severely agglomerated, they coalesce instead of being pulverized during the milling. The coalesced particles experience more collisions and finally crystallize. In this study, the heat generated during milling was suppressed by using cryo-milling with liquid-nitrogen, which was regularly fed into the milling jar. Also, the MG powders were dispersed using a surfactant before milling, so that the problem of agglomeration was resolved. Cryo-milling with the surfactant led to D50 = 10 um after 6 h milling, and we finally achieved a specific contact resistance of 0.22 mΩcm² and electrical resistivity of 2.81 μΩcm using the milled MG particles.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제58권3호
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• pp.381-389
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• 2020

본 연구에서는 다양한 신재생 에너지원 기반 전력 공급 시스템 구축하고, 각 시스템의 최적 전력 공급 비용을 비교 분석 하였다. 특히, 풍력 및 태양광 등 대표적인 신재생에너지 생산 기술과 더불어 대형 에너지 저장 시스템 및 바이오매스 기반 전력 생산 기술을 포함함으로써, 신재생에너지 자원의 간헐성 및 에너지 공급과 수요의 불균형의 한계를 극복하였다. 본 연구에서 제안한 6가지의 신재생 에너지원 기반 전력 공급 시스템을 실제 제주도 전력 공급 문제에 적용함으로써, 제주도 지역의 최적 에너지 시스템을 규명하였으며, 다양한 에너지 생산 기술의 조합의 효과를 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 태양광 및 풍력 기반 전력 공급 단가는 각각 0.18, 0.28 $/kWh로 개별 자원 기반의 에너지 생산 시스템의 기존 전력망을 통한 공급 단가에 비해 경쟁력이 낮았다. 또한 자원의 간헐성 및 공급과 수요의 불균형 등 단일자원 기반의 단점을 효과적으로 개선하기 위하여 3가지 신재생 자원 및 대형 에너지 저장 시스템을 포함한 하이브리드 공급 시스템의 경제적 효과를 분석하였다. 그 결과 기존 전통적 전력망 공급과 가격 경쟁력을 갖는 0.08 $/kWh 수준의 100% 신재생에너지 기반 전력 공급 시스템 구축이 가능함을 규명하였다.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.57-65
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• 2014

In order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in recent agricultural energy and increase the energy self-sufficiency rate of each farmer, it is extremely important to expand the supply of solar energy using unused space of agricultural facilities, roof. This study surveyed and analyzed the environmental and administrative factors such as problems according to the structure, azimuth and latitude of broiler houses and stability of standard broiler houses required to use broiler house roof based on the poultry houses in Sangju-si. The results can be summarized as follows: 55.6% of the solar energy facilities of according to the classification of arable lands of broiler houses were available, and 31.7% of them were available by classifying according to the azimuth. However, 20.6% of them were available in the survey considering all the arable land and azimuth. In the roof inclination of the broiler houses, from 20 to $25^{\circ}$ was the most common, 30 broiler houses. The broiler houses with the roof inclination more than $20^{\circ}$ accounted for 63% of the total. It was considered that the inclination was generally proper. In the structural safety, only 3 broiler houses that were constructed as a standard broiler house were available. In practice, all but one broiler house was inappropriate to expand the solar energy project using roof. The solar thermal facility weighed $63.6kg/m^2$ in total: the frame and solar thermal collector weighed $27.8kg/m^2$ and $35.8kg/m^2$, respectively. The standard broiler house required to be internally reinforced. This study suggested a plan for internal reinforcement and a feasible plan because there were problems with structural safety when installing solar thermal and photovoltaic systems.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2011년도 제41회 하계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.71-71
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• 2011

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) have drawn great academic attention due to their potential as low-cost renewable energy sources. DSCs contain a nanostructured TiO2 photoanode, which is a key-component for high conversion efficiency. Particularly, one-dimensional (1-D) nanostructured photoanodes can enhance the electron transport for the efficient collection to the conducting substrate in competition with the recombination processes. This is because photoelectron colletion is determined by trapping/detrapping events along the site of the electron traps (defects, surface states, grain boundaries, and self-trapping). Therefore, 1-D nanostructured photoanodes are advantageous for the fast electron transport due to their desirable features of greatly reduced intercrystalline contacts with specified directionality. In particular, anodic TiO2 nanotube (NT) electrodes recently have been intensively explored owing to their ideal structure for application in DSCs. Besides the enhanced electron transport properties resulted from the 1-D structure, highly ordered and vertically oriented nanostructure of anodic TiO2 NT can contribute additional merits, such as enhanced electrolyte diffusion, better interfacial contact with viscous electrolytes. First, to confirm the advantages of 1-D nanostructured material for the photoelectron collection, we compared the electron transport and charge recombination characteristics between nanoparticle (NP)- and nanorod (NR)-based photoanodes in DSCs by the stepped light-induced transient measurements of photocurrent and voltage (SLIM-PCV). We confirmed that the electron lifetime of the NR-based photoanode was much longer than that of the NP-based photoanode. In addition, highly ordered and vertically oriented TiO2 NT photoanodes were prepared by electrochemical anodization method. We compared the photovoltaic properties of DSCs utilizing TiO2 NT photoanodes prepared by one-step anodization and two-step anodization. And, to reduce the charge recombination rate, energy barrier layer (ZnO, Al2O3)-coated TiO2 NTs also applied in DSC. Furthermore, we applied the TiO2 NT photoanode in DSCs using a viscous electrolyte, i.e., cobalt bipyridyl redox electrolyte, and confirmed that the pore structure of NT array can enhance the performances of this viscous electrolyte.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.534-548
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• 2021

서울 시내를 비롯한 국내 곳곳에 채굴이 종료된 다수의 폐채석장이 존재한다. 폐채석장은 낙석 등의 안전 문제와 공간 활용도 문제로 인해 항상 개발 대상 구역으로 거론되는데, 폐채석장 인근에 현재 국가적 지원을 받는 태양광 에너지 발전 가능성을 살펴보았다. 본 연구는 사당 IC 인근 폐채석장 부지를 대상으로, 사면에 직접 부착하는 방식과 낙석 방지 시설에 부착하는 방식 등 두 가지 상황에 대해 각각 분석했다. 관련 안전 기준 및 사례가 없어 지형 정보와 적절한 가정을 통해 사면에 직접 설치하는 태양광 패널에 대한 발전 잠재량을 추산했다. ArcGIS로 나타낸 DEM(Digital Elevation Model) 등 지형 고도 정보로부터 실제 폐채석장 절개면 부위의 표면적을 Python 프로그래밍을 통해 연산하여 설치 가능한 패널 용량과 각도를 계산하였다. 또, 낙석 방지 시설에 태양광 조사 방향으로 태양광을 설치하는 상황을 가정하여 가상의 방지벽에서의 발전 잠재량을 분석해보았다. 두 가지 방식의 발전량 도출은 모두 재생에너지 발전량 분석 프로그램 SAM(System Advisor Model)을 통해 진행되었다. 본 연구는 자원 생산이 끝난 폐채석장이 다시 한번 재생에너지 자원 생산지로 활용될 가능성을 보여준다.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.217-226
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• 2017

오늘날 대부분의 국가는 기후변화 문제에 직면해 있으며, 특히 군소도서개발국들(SIDS: Small Island Developing States)은 기후변화의 영향에 가장 취약하다. 이들은 전력생산 및 교통부문에 있어 수입된 석유와 화석 연료에 크게 의존하고 있으므로 유가 변동에 따라 경제적으로 매우 영향을 받는다. 군소도서개발국들(SIDS)이 디젤 연료에 의존하는 이유 중 하나는 외딴 섬에 인구가 분산되어 있어서 계통연결을 통한 전력공급이 어렵기 때문이다. 군소도서개발국들 중 피지(Fiji)는 기후변화의 심각성을 인식하고 기후 변화의 영향을 줄이기 위한 '국가계획'을 통해 신재생에너지 사용을 적극 장려하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 피지의 마부바 섬(Mavuva Island)을 대상으로 HOMER 프로그램을 사용하여 태양광, 에너지저장장치 및 디젤 발전의 조합을 통하여 최적의 에너지 시스템을 시뮬레이션하고 분석한다. 태양광과 디젤 발전을 합친 하이브리드 에너지시스템이 이 지역의 실행가능성 및 가격 측면에서 가장 효과적이고, 온실가스 감축효과도 큰 것으로 파악되었다.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.24-33
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• 2012

Recently, finishing materials at spandrel area, a part of curtain-wall system, are gradually forced to improve thermal insulation performance in order to enhance the building energy efficiency. Also, Building Integrated Photovoltaics(BIPV) systems have been installed in the exterior side of the spandrel area, which is generally composed of windows. Those BIPVs aim to achieve high building energy efficiency and supply the electricity to building. However, if transparent BIPV module is combined with high insulated spandrel, it would reduce the PV efficiency for two major reasons. First, temperature in the air space, located between window layer and finishing layer of the spandrel area, can significantly increase by solar heat gain, because the space has a few air density relative to other spaces in building. Secondly, PV has a characteristics of decreased Voltage(Voc and Vmp) with the increased temperature on the PV cell. For these reasons, this research analyzed a direct interrelation between PV Cell temperature and electricity generation performance under different insulation conditions in the spandrel area. The different insulation conditions under consideration are 1) high insulated spandrel(HIS) 2) low insulated spandrel(LIS) 3) PV stand alone on the ground(SAG). As a result, in case of 1) HIS, PV temperature was increased and thus electricity generation efficiency was decreased more than other cases. To be specific, each cases' maximum temperature indicated that 1) HIS is $83.8^{\circ}C$, 2) LIS is $74.2^{\circ}C$, and 3) SAG is $66.3^{\circ}C$. Also, each cases yield electricity generation like that 1) HIS is 913.3kWh/kWp, 2) LIS is 942.8kWh/kWp, and 3) SAG is 981.3kWh/kWp. These result showed that it is needed for us to seek to the way how the PV Cell temperature would be decreased.

• 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국태양에너지학회 2011년도 추계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.214-219
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• 2011

Today, various activities to save energy are being conducted around the world. Even in our country, carbon reduction policy is being conducted for low carbon green growth and with this movement, effort to replace energy sources by recognizing the problems on environment pollution and resource exhaustion due to the indiscrete usage of fossil fuel is being made. Therefore, active study on renewable energy is in progress as part of effort to replace the energy supply through fossil fuel and solar ray industry has rapidly developed receiving big strength of renewable energy policies. The conclusion of this study measuring the surface temperature change of single crystal and polycrystalline PV module in green roof system and non-green roof system aspect are as follows. There was approximately $4^{\circ}C$ difference in PV module temperature in green roof system and non-green roof system aspect and this has the characteristic to decrease 0.5% when the temperature rises by $1^{\circ}C$ when the front side of the module is $20^{\circ}C$ higher than the surrounding air temperature following the characteristic of solar cells. It can be concluded that PV efficiency will be come better when it is $4^{\circ}C$ lower. Also, in result of temperature measurement of the module back side, there was $5^{\circ}C$ difference of PV module installed on the PV module back side and green roof system side on the 5th, $3^{\circ}C$ on the 4th, $2^{\circ}C$ on the 5th to show decreasing temperature difference as the air temperature dropped, but is judged that there will be higher temperature difference due to the evapotranspiration latent heat effect of green roof system floor side as the temperature rises. Based on this data, it is intended to be used as basic reference to maximize efficiency by applying green roof system and PV system when building non-green roof system flat roof.