Electric night storage heater was introduced and disseminated for power grid balancing and efficient management of power generation facility. But fuel cost for heating has been increased rapidly while the cost of electricity increased slightly. This abnormal rate system caused peak load in winter at last. To solve this problem, application of an air source heat pump was suggested. In the study, the effect of replacing night heater by heat pump and the economics were analysed. In addition the expectation of prospect of heat pump penetration was simulated based on surveyed and investigated data. As a result, fund supporting as well as institutional backing was needed for effective propagation and return of investment.

In this study, the economic efficiency of ground source heat pump systems were analyzed by comparing with the performance of a conventional system which applied to an air-conditioner for cooling and a boiler for heating. The economic assessment was carried out by the method of life cycle cost and payback period. As a result, the operation cost of the ground source heat pump system was reduced by 18% for cooling and 50% for heating throughout the year. The ratio of life operation cost to life cycle cost increased with the increase of the system capacity. In addition, the payback period was analyzed less than 5 years when the capacity of the ground source heat pump system was more than 10 RT.

This paper presents an economic analysis for the travel aids service system for visually handicapped persons through RFID (Radio Frequency Identification). This research estimates both cost and economic effect of the service. By using input-output analysis technique, three kinds of repercussion effects - domestic production, value added, and workers induced by the travel aids service - are also calculated. To evaluate the profitability of the service, we investigate the procedures through which the service has an effect on the interested parties and develop formulas describing the procedures. The benefit of the service have been generally obtained by measuring the willingness to pay (WTP). This paper, however, obtains the monetary value of benefit by estimating the parameters of the formulas, so that a close improvement of the service may be possible with the result of the economic analysis.

The performance of a heat pump using river water as a heat source was compared with that of a conventional air-conditioner for cooling and a boiler system for heating. The heat pump system using river water considered the 1-stage cycle for cooling and the 2-stage cycle for heating. The COPs of the river water source heat pump were 0.5-1.1 higher than those of the conventional system in the cooling season. The LCC of the river water source heat pump system was lower 13.5% and 32.4% than that of the conventional system Ⅰand Ⅱ. In addition, when the initial cost ratios of the river water source heat pump system to the conventional system Ⅰand Ⅱ were less then 1.2 and 1.4, respectively, An acceptable payback was found to be less than 5 years.

The main purpose of this research is to analyze economic feasibility of biodegradable sonw crab gill net model project. The results of benefit/cost analysis show that use of the biodegradable gear is economically feasible. Assuming that the rate of gill net lost is 5 percent, net present value was estimated 311,898,282-590,533,375won, benefit-cost ratio 1.816-1.923 and internal rate of return 7.96-10.59%. The development and diffusion of biodegradable fishing gear appear to make a significant contribution to fisheries resource conservation and marine ecosystem protection. In addition, biodegradable gear production firms may have a good opportunity of exporting it to other coastal states, depending on the progress of WTO subsidy negotiation.

The use of national R&D reports becomes a difficult task due to the different level of service being provided and the different way used for its construction by the institute in management. One-stop service of its contents is impossible and there is a lac

지금까지의 지진 관련 연구는 주로 교량 받침 자체의 성능개선이 주요 관심 과제였으나, 본 논문에서는 받침 종류에 따라 교량에 미치는 전반적인 지진거동 특성을 분석하고 교량 공사비에 미치는 영향을 검토하였다. 이를 위해 실무에서 많이 적용되는 PSC I형 교량에 대해 교량받침의 종류를 변화시키며 교각 높이를 매개변수로 하여 상시 및 지진해석을 수행하였다. 특히 지진해석을 통해 산출한 단면력을 고려하여 PSC I형 교량받침의 변위, 지진하중에 의한 교각 기둥의 직경, 상부여유 간격 등의 변화를 분석하였다. 고교각인 경우 탄성받침보다는 지진격리장치를 적용하는 것이 지진에 의한 상부구조의 이동량을 줄여 신축이음장치의 규격을 줄일 수 있으므로 차량의 주행성 및 교량의 유지관리 측면에서 바람직 할 것으로 판단되었고, 교량 하부 구조 단면이 축소되어 미관개선 및 경제성 개선의 효과가 있는 것으로 분석되었다. 결국, PSC I형 교량받침 설계시 일률적으로 탄성받침을 적용하는 것보다 정밀한 내진해석을 통해 지진격리장치를 적용하는 것이 구조적정성 측면 및 공사비 측면에서 타당하다는 결론에 도달하였다.

최근의 철근콘크리트 교량의 부식과 노후화에 대한 관심이 많다. 콘크리트 안의 부식되어진 철근은 교량구조의 안전뿐만 아니라 철근콘크리트 부재의 휨강도에도 영향을 준다. 기존의 성능평가를 고려한 철근콘크리트속의 부식율 및 휨강도 특성 경제성 분석은 명확하지 많았다. 본 연구의 목적은 철근의 부식감소에 따라서 철근콘크리트 교량의 저항강도기능과 생애주기비용을 연구하고자 한다 따라서 현재의 부식 및 휨강도 산출공식을 제시하고 부식된 철근 콘크리트 교량의 잔여수명을 정확히 평가하고자 한다.

Systems are often operated by not integration but blocking, i.e., non-standardization. The system blocking is mainly caused by non-standardization or incompatibility. The integrated system is effective, but researches for quantification of effectiveness from integrating system are few. System blocking causes additional cost which is almost intangible and potential. In this paper we proposed a model to quantify the effectiveness of system integration. To verify the validity of proposed model, we applied the model for Korean information and communication industry and forecasted the cost of integration for South and North Korean telecommunication industry in the way of three scenarios.