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진동수주형 파력발전시스템을 탑재한 공기주입식 부유식방파제의 동적거동해석

Dynamic Response Analysis of Pneumatic Floating Breakwater Mounted Wave-power Generation System of Oscillating Water Column

  • 이광호 (가톨릭관동대학교 에너지플랜트공학과) ;
  • 김도삼 (한국해양대학교 건설공학과) ;
  • 정익한 (한국해양대학교 대학원 토목환경공학과)
  • Lee, Kwang-Ho (Dept. of Energy and Plant Eng., Catholic Kwandong University) ;
  • Kim, Do-Sam (Dept. of Civil Eng., Korea Maritime and Ocean Univ.) ;
  • Jung, Ik-Han (Dept. of Civil and Environmental Eng., Korea Maritime and Ocean University)
  • 투고 : 2017.11.13
  • 심사 : 2017.12.10
  • 발행 : 2017.12.31

초록

단독의 파력발전변환장치를 설치하는 경우 경제성이 떨어지는 문제점이 있으므로 기존 혹은 신설의 방파제에 적용하여 파랑제어와 파랑에너지의 이용을 동시에 도모하는 방식이 많이 추진되어 왔다. 본 연구는 전편의 연구(Lee et al., 2014)에서와 같이 부유식방파제로 연구 개발된 공기주입식 부유식방파제에 진동수주형 파력발전시스템을 탑재한 경우를 대상으로 부유식방파제로의 기능과 파력발전장치로의 기능을 병행하여 검토하였다. 여기서, 전편의 연구(Lee et al., 2014)에서는 공기실내에서 공기의 동적거동에 단열변화에 따른 압축성을 고려한 반면에 본 연구에서는 비압축성의 경우에 구조물의 고정시 혹은 부유시에 각각에 대한 파랑변형율, 공기흐름속도 및 구조물의 운동을 검토하였으며, 공기의 동적거동에 대한 압축성의 고려여부에 따른 결과의 차이를 논의하였다. 수치해석법으로는 선형속도포텐셜이론에 기초한 경계요소법을 적용한다. 얻어진 모든 해석결과에 따르면 공기압축성을 고려한 전편의 연구와 거의 동일한 결과를 나타내었으며, 따라서 공기실내에서의 공기거동해석에 압축성을 고려하지 않는 본 해석이 보다 효율적이고, 유용한 것으로 판단된다.

Ocean wave energy harvesting is still too expensive despite developing a variety of wave energy converter (WEC) devices. For the cost-effective wave energy harvesting, it can be an effective measure to use existing breakwaters or newly installed breakwaters for both wave control and energy harvesting purposes. In this study, we investigated the functionality of both breakwater and wave-power generator for the oscillating water column (OWC)-type wave energy converter (WEC) installed in a pneumatic floating breakwater, which was originally developed as a floating breakwater. In order to verify the performance of the breakwater as a WEC, the air flow velocity from air-chamber to WEC has to be evaluated properly. Therefore, air flow velocity, wave transformation and motion of floating structure was numerically implemented based on BEM from linear velocity potential theory without considering the compressibility of air within the chamber. Air pressure, meanwhile, was assumed to be fluctuated by the motions of structure and the water level change within air-chamber. The validity of the obtained values can be determined by comparing the previous results from the numerical analysis for different shapes. Based on numerical model results, wave transformation characteristics around OWC system mounted on the fixed and floating breakwaters, and motions of the structure with air flow velocities are investigated. In summary, all numerical results are almost identical to the previous research considering air compressibility. Therefore, it can be concluded that this analysis not considering air compressibility in the air chamber is more efficient and practical method.

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