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Evaluation of the water quality changes in agricultural reservoir covered with floating photovoltaic solar-tracking systems (수상회전식 태양광 발전시설의 설치로 발생된 차광에 따른 농업용 저수지의 수질 변화)

  • Lee, In Ju;Joo, Jin Chul;Lee, Dae Hong;Kim, Jong Kyu;Woo, Do Yeong
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2016.05a
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    • pp.175-179
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    • 2016
  • 수상 태양광 발전시설은 댐이나 호소, 저수지의 잉여공간인 수면역에 설치하여 수위 변동에 대응하고 육상 대비 발전효율이 높은 발전시스템이지만 수상 태양광 발전시설의 설치로 인하여 수질오염 및 수생태계 교란을 야기할 수 있다는 우려가 지속적으로 대두 되고 있다. 본 연구는 안성시에 위치한 금광저수지 내 수상회전식 태양광 발전시설의 모니터링을 통해 발전시설의 설치가 수질에 미치는 영향을 파악하고자 하였다. 본 연구에서는 수상회전식 태양광 발전시설로 인하여 차광이 되는 차광구역 6지점과 그 외 비차광구역 4지점을 선정하여 차광으로 인한 수질의 변화를 알아보고자 하였다. 연구 결과 수상회전식 태양광 발전시설의 설치로 인하여 수체의 차광 및 광에너지 저하로 인한 수질 및 조류 농도의 변화는 통계학적으로 유의할 정도(p<0.05)의 수준은 아닌 것으로 판명되었다.

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IoT-based low-cost prototype for online monitoring of maximum output power of domestic photovoltaic systems

  • Rouibah, Nassir;Barazane, Linda;Benghanem, Mohamed;Mellit, Adel
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.43 no.3
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    • pp.459-470
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    • 2021
  • This paper presents a low-cost prototype for monitoring online the maximum power produced by a domestic photovoltaic (PV) system using Internet of Things (IoT) technology. The most common tracking algorithms (P&O, InCond, HC, VSS InCond, and FL) were first simulated using MATLAB/Simulink and then implemented in a low-cost microcontroller (Arduino). The current, voltage, load current, load voltage, power at the maximum power point, duty cycle, module temperature, and in-plane solar irradiance are monitored. Using IoT technology, users can check in real time the change in power produced by their installation anywhere and anytime without additional effort or cost. The designed prototype is suitable for domestic PV applications, particularly at remote sites. It can also help users check online whether any abnormality has happened in their system based simply on the variation in the produced maximum power. Experimental results show that the system performs well. Moreover, the prototype is easy to implement, low in cost, saves time, and minimizes human effort. The developed monitoring system could be extended by integrating fault detection and diagnosis algorithms.

A Systems Engineering Approach to Multi-Physics Load Follow Simulation of the Korean APR1400 Nuclear Power Plant

  • Mahmoud, Abd El Rahman;Diab, Aya
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Systems Engineering
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.1-15
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    • 2020
  • Nuclear power plants in South Korea are operated to cover the baseload demand. Hence they are operated at 100% rated power and do not deploy power tracking control except for startup, shutdown, or during transients. However, as the contribution of renewable energy in the energy mix increases, load follow operation may be needed to cover the imbalance between consumption and production due to the intermittent nature of electricity produced from the conversion of wind or solar energy. Load follow operation may be quite challenging since the operators need to control the axial power distribution and core reactivity while simultaneously conducting the power maneuvering. In this paper, a systems engineering approach for multi-physics load follow simulation of APR1400 is performed. RELAP5/SCDAPSIM/MOD3.4/3DKIN multi-physics package is selected to simulate the Korean Advanced Power Reactor, APR1400, under load follow operation to reflect the impact of feedback signals on the system safety parameters. Furthermore, the systems engineering approach is adopted to identify the requirements, functions, and physical architecture to provide a set of verification and validation activities that guide this project development by linking each requirement to a validation or verification test with predefined success criteria.

A Micro-Scale Photovoltaic Energy Harvesting Circuit Using Energy Distribution Technique (에너지 분배 기능을 이용한 마이크로 빛에너지 하베스팅 회로)

  • Lee, Shin-woong;Lee, Chul-woo;Yang, Min-Jae;Yoon, Eun-jung;Yu, Chong-gun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2014.10a
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    • pp.581-584
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    • 2014
  • In this paper, a micro-scale photovoltaic(PV) energy harvesting system is proposed where an MPPT(Maximum Power Point Tracking) control is implemented using an energy distribution technique. Miniature PV cells output very low energy and low voltages, and thus, they cannot be used to directly power the MPPT controller. In the proposed system, a start-up circuit boosts an internal Vcp, and the boosted Vcp is used to operate the internal MPPT control block. When the Vcp reaches a predefined value, a detector circuit makes the start-up block turn off and provide a power converter with the energy from the PV cell. When the Vcp decreases such that the MPPT controller can not be operated, the energy transferred to the power converter is blocked and the start-up circuit is reactivated. In this way, the MPPT function is achieved by alternately operating the start-up circuit and the power converter using the energy distribution technique, and the harvested energy is transferred to a load through a PMU(Power Management Unit). The proposed circuit is designed in a 0.35um CMOS process and its functionality has been verified through extensive simulations. The designed chip area including pads is $1430um{\times}1110um$.

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Development of Korean Preliminary Lunar Mission Design Software (한국형 달탐사 임무 예비 설계 소프트웨어의 개발)

  • Song, Young-Joo;Park, Sang-Young;Choi, Kyu-Hong;Shim, Eun-Seop
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.36 no.4
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    • pp.357-367
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    • 2008
  • Preparing for future Korean Lunar missions, preliminary Lunar mission design software is developed using a impulsive thrusting method. Developed software is capable of design and analysis every required mission phases to design Lunar mission, including the Earth departure, Lunar transfer, Lunar arrival and mission operation phases. Also, assuming that KSLV-II is selected as a launch vehicle, future Korean Lunar explorer's mass budget is estimated based on driven optimal trajectory characteristics. Tracking analysis is also performed using Deep Space Network including angle geometry analysis between Earth - Moon - Lunar explorer - Sun which are very important for communication, solar panel pointing strategy and eclipse analysis when Lunar missions are under designing phase.

A study on Light Tracking using Intel's 8080 microprocessor (INTEL 8080 microprocessor를 이용한 광추적에 관한 연구)

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    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 1985
  • Solar energy has its advantages not to be interruped by anything, which is wing to not only limitlessness in its source but shortness in its wave. Availing of tha advantages, we can look forword to vast allication. This study whose aim is to raise the effectuality of it by means of chasing the source correctly, which is to be acheved by the circularty of sensor. The consequence has been gained by two sensors is amplified and transfered to TTL leveland becomes "INPUT DATA" of INTE 8080CPU. The INTEL 8080CPU whose system is machinated to give cotrol pulse to moter driving circuit has the source and the sensors placed correctly on the basis of the data. DC motor taskes the advantage not to be in need of UP/DOWN counter, which is defferent from stepping motor. The system is composed of light detector, A/C converter, INPUT Interface, INTEL 8080 CPU, OUTPUT Interface, notor driving circiut. We can give correct chase to light experimentally as far as an error is the space of 1.2.ce of 1.2.

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Preliminary Mission Design of Transfer Orbit of a Lunar Lander Launched by a Korean Space Launch Vehicle (국내 발사체를 이용한 달착륙선 발사시 전이 궤도 예비 임무 설계)

  • Song, Eun-Jung;Lee, Sang-il;Choi, iyoung;Sun, Byung-Chan;Roh, Woong-Rae
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.50 no.12
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    • pp.867-875
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    • 2022
  • The preliminary mission analysis of a lunar lander, which is mounted on the upper stage of a Korean space launch vehicle, is performed when landing on the moon through a trans-lunar injection maneuver after being injected into the earth's low orbit by th launcher in this paper. Both direct landing and orbital landing methods, which have each advantage and disadvantages, are applied and their transfer orbit characteristics are analyzed according to the launch date when launching in lunar October 2030. We also analyzed the launch dates which satisfying eclipse conditions, solar elevation conditions, and tracking time intervals such as the US lunar lander Surveyor-1. The obtained results show that the most appropriate launch date is the 4th day of lunar October in case of direct landing method, and the 3rd day in case of indirect landing method, since the argument of perigee of the trans-lunar injection orbit and eclipse conditions are favorable in the dates.

Evaluation of Plant Resources Cultivated under Tracking Solar Photovoltaic Power Station: Growth and Development of Oryza sativa L. cv. Saeillmi (추적식 태양광시설 하부 재배 식물자원 평가(1): 벼 작물의 생육)

  • Jong-Young Choi;Ye-Jin Lee;In-jin Kang;Seong-Ho Jeon;R&D Center, PARU CO. LTD;Chang-Hyu Bae
    • Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2020.08a
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    • pp.38-38
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    • 2020
  • 본 연구는 영농형 태양광 발전시스템 적용을 위한 하부작물의 재배효율을 검토하기 위하여 중산간지역 재배지(전라남도 순천시 승주읍 월계리 소재)에 설치한 추적식 영농형 태양광 발전시설 하부에 주식량자원식물인 벼품종 새일미를 2018년 6월 16일 이앙하여 생육을 조사하였다. 2018년 7월 24일 기준, 초장(plant height)은 태양광 시설 하에서 대조구보다 길게 나타났고, 태양광발전시설 중심축에 가까울수록 웃자람(도장)을 보였다. 엽수는 음영지역에서 대조구에 비해 잎의 전개가 늦게 나타났으며, 수확기에 조사한 간장(culm length)은 음영이 강한 지역에서는 대조구에 비해 작게 나타났으나 음영이 약한 지역으로 갈수록 간장이 증가하여 대조구와 비슷하거나 약간 크게 나타났다. 수장(panicle length)은 대조구 대비 처리구와 큰 차이가 없었으며, 태양광발전시설 중심축의 남쪽인 경우 강한 음영지역에서 약한 음영지역으로 갈수록 길게 나타났다. 동년 8월24일 기준 처리구 동쪽의 출수(heading)율은 강한 음영지역(중심축으로부터 1~3m 떨어진 구간)에서 가장 낮았고, 중심축으로부터 멀어질수록 높게 나타났다. 이와 같이 태양광발전시설 설치구역에서는 음영이 강할수록 생장이 미흡하여 유효분얼수가 감소하고, 출수가 지연되었다. 이에 따라서 음영이 강한 구역일수록 수량구성 4요소 중에 등숙율을 제외한 단당이삭수, 수당평균영화수, 천립중이 감소하였다. 태양광발전시설 중심축으로부터 멀어질수록 음영강도가 약해져서 수량감소가 낮아졌으며, 또한 동서남북 방향에 따라 그 감소율이 다르게 나타났다.

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Design and Analysis of Korean Lunar Orbiter Mission using Direct Transfer Trajectory (직접 전이궤적을 이용한 한국형 달 궤도선 임무설계 및 분석)

  • Choi, Su-Jin;Song, Young-Joo;Bae, Jonghee;Kim, Eunhyeuk;Ju, Gwanghyeok
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.41 no.12
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    • pp.950-958
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    • 2013
  • The Lunar orbiter is expected to be inserted into a ~300km low Earth orbit using Korea Space Launch Vehicle-II(KSLV-II). After the states are successfully determined with obtained tracking data, the Trans Lunar Injection(TLI) burn has to be done at appropriate epoch to send the lunar orbiter to the Moon. In this study, we describe in detail the mission scenario of the Korean lunar orbiter from the launch at NARO Space Center to lunar orbit insertion(LOI) stage following direct transfer trajectory. We investigate the launch window including launch azimuth, delta-V profile according to TLI and LOI burn positions. We also depict the visibility conditions of ground stations and solar eclipse duration to understand the characteristics of the direct transfer trajectory. This paper can be also helpful not only for overall understanding of ${\Delta}V$ trend by changing TOF and coasting time but for selecting launch epoch and control parameters to decrease fuel consumption.