Abstract: The present invention relates to a power conditioning system (PCS) efficiency-considered microgrid operation device comprising: a scheduling unit for scheduling outputs of a controllable load, a battery, and an emergency internal combustion generator operated in a microgrid; and an operation control unit for controlling the operation of the battery, the emergency internal combustion generator, and the controllable load according to charging/discharging of the battery, the output or the emergency internal combustion generator, and the output of the controllable load, which have been scheduled by the scheduling unit, wherein the scheduling unit schedules charging/discharging by considering the efficiency of a PCS such that a mate of charge (SOC) of the battery is maintained within a preset range. According to the present invention, the microgrid can be efficiently operated by considering the charging/discharging efficiency of the PCS.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate; a switching element including a control electrode disposed on the first substrate, one electrode disposed on the control electrode, and another electrode disposed on the control electrode and spaced apart from the one electrode; a contact hole extending to at least a part of the another electrode of the switching element; a pixel electrode including a contact portion disposed on the another electrode of the switching element and overlapping at least a part of the another electrode to which the contact hole extends, and a body portion electrically connected with the contact portion; and a column spacer disposed on the pixel electrode and at least partially overlapping the contact hole.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate; a switching element including a control electrode disposed on the first substrate, one electrode disposed on the control electrode, and another electrode disposed on the control electrode and spaced apart from the one electrode; a contact hole extending to at least a part of the another electrode of the switching element; a pixel electrode including a contact portion disposed on the another electrode of the switching element and overlapping at least a part of the another electrode to which the contact hole extends, and a body portion electrically connected with the contact portion; and a column spacer disposed on the pixel electrode and at least partially overlapping the contact hole.

Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate, thin film transistors, a color filter layer, a light blocking pattern, a second substrate, pixel electrodes, and, a plurality of first spacers. The first substrate includes a display area having a plurality of pixel areas and a non-display area surrounding at least part of the display area, the display area including an interior area and at least one peripheral area disposed exteriorly of the interior area. The second substrate defines with the first substrate a space to contain light transmittance material. The plurality of first spacers is disposed in the light transmittance space between the first and second substrates and only in the interior area of the display area.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and a method for switching a line short-circuit fault section in an inverter-based stand-alone microgrid, the system comprising: multiple intelligent switchgears disposed on a line in a stand-alone microgrid so as to control opening or closing of the line; a battery inverter having a built-in current limiter so as to limit a current output therefrom; and an operating system for receiving short-circuit fault information of the line from the multiple intelligent switchgears, determining a fault section, and controlling the battery inverter to limit the output current. The present invention can quickly and accurately switch a line short-circuit fault section occurring in a stand-alone microgrid which does not include separate cutoff equipment such as a recloser.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a power conditioning system (PCS) efficiency-considered microgrid operation device comprising: a scheduling unit for scheduling outputs of a controllable load, a battery, and an emergency internal combustion generator operated in a microgrid; and an operation control unit for controlling the operation of the battery, the emergency internal combustion generator, and the controllable load according to charging/discharging of the battery, the output of the emergency internal combustion generator, and the output of the controllable load, which have been scheduled, by the scheduling unit, wherein the scheduling unit schedules charging/discharging by considering the efficiency of a PCS such that a state of charge (SOC) of the battery is maintained within a preset range. According to the present invention, the microgrid can be efficiently operated by considering the charging/discharging efficiency of the PCS.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling the frequency of a stand-alone microgrid wherein an energy storage device of the stand-alone microgrid is operated as a main power source by controlling a battery power conditioning system (PCS) of the stand-alone microgrid in a constant voltage constant frequency (CVCF) mode. According to the present invention, it is possible to operate the frequency stably while considering the fuel cost and power generation efficiency of a stand-alone microgrid.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate; a switching element including a control electrode disposed on the first substrate, one electrode disposed on the control electrode, and another electrode disposed on the control electrode and spaced apart from the one electrode; a contact hole extending to at least a part of the another electrode of the switching element; a pixel electrode including a contact portion disposed on the another electrode of the switching element and overlapping at least a part of the another electrode to which the contact hole extends, and a body portion electrically connected with the contact portion; and a column spacer disposed on the pixel electrode and at least partially overlapping the contact hole.

Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate, thin film transistors, a color filter layer, a light blocking pattern, a second substrate, pixel electrodes, and, a plurality of first spacers. The first substrate includes a display area having a plurality of pixel areas and a non-display area surrounding at least part of the display area, the display area including an interior area and at least one peripheral area disposed exteriorly of the interior area. The second substrate defines with the first substrate a space to contain light transmittance material. The plurality of first spacers is disposed in the light transmittance space between the first and second substrates and only in the interior area of the display area.

Abstract: A display device and a method for manufacturing the display device are provided. According to an exemplary embodiment, a display device includes: a first substrate on which a display area and a non-display area disposed outside the display area are defined; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates; a first color filter disposed in the non-display area; a second color filter disposed on the first color filter; a first organic film disposed on the second color filter; and a seal pattern formed on the first organic film and overlapping with at least one of the first and second color filters.