• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.250-251
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• 2010

본 연구는 수평축(horizontal axis) 풍력 터빈에 의해서 수직축 발전기를 운전하는 구조 및 그 운전 방식에 관한 것으로서 바람에 의해 수평축 터빈 로터로 입력된 회전력을 기계적으로 두 개의 수직축 회전 성분으로 변환하여 이들로부터 전기 에너지를 얻어내고 필요에 따라 터빈 날개가 바람이 부는 방향을 향하도록 yaw-axis 제어를 하는 기술에 관한 것이다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.677-681
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• 2011

Characteristics of vertical and horizontal axis wind turbines are explained. The speed and direction of wind on the blade of the Darrieus type turbine changes very severely. Therefore dynamic stall happens periodically and the wake from the front blade deteriorates the performance of rear blades. Blade element momentum theory(BEMT) is widely utilized for aerodynamic design and performace prediction of horizontal axis wind turbine(HAWT). Computation analysis and wind tunnel test are also performed for the performance prediction.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.151-158
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• 2016

Tidal farm is a multi-arrayed turbine system for utilizing tidal stream energy. For horizontal-axis turbine(HAT) system, it is recommended that each unit has to be deployed far apart in order to avoid hydrodynamic interference among turbines, as proposed by the European Marine Energy Centre(EMEC). But there is no rule for the arrangement of vertical-axis turbine(VAT) yet. Moreover it has been reported that a proper arrangement of adjacent turbines can enhance the overall efficiency even greater than an arrangement without mutual interference effect. This paper suggests the layout of VATs showing the better performances, which turned out to be quite different from HATs' arrangement. Numerical calculations were performed to investigate the performance variation in terms of the rotational direction as well as the distance between turbines. It has been shown that the best combination of rotational direction and distance between turbines can increase its performance higher about 9.2% than that of two independently operated turbines. It is likely that such improvement is due to the increased velocity between adjacent turbines. For diagonally arranged turbines, the maximum normalized mean power coefficient was obtained to be higher about 5.6% than that of two independent turbines. It is expected that the present results can be utilized for conceptual design of tidal farm to harness the tidal stream energy.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.44 no.5
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• pp.391-398
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• 2016

This study focused on the aerodynamic loads of the horizontal axis wind turbine blade due to the normal turbulence inflow condition. Normal turbulence model (NTM) includes the variations of wind speed and direction, and it is characterized by turbulence intensity and standard deviation of flow fluctuation. IEC61400-1 recommends the fatigue analysis for the NTM and the normal wind profile (NWP) conditions. The aerodynamic loads are obtained at the blade hub and the low speed drive shaft for MW class horizontal axis wind turbine which is designed by using aerodynamically optimized procedure. The 6-components of aerodynamic loads are investigated between numerical results and load components analysis. From the calculated results the maximum amplitudes of oscillated thrust and torque for LSS with turbulent inflow condition are about 5~8 times larger than those with no turbulent inflow condition. It turns out that the aerodynamic load analysis with normal turbulence model is essential for structural design of the wind turbine blade.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.165.1-165.1
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• 2011

In the present study, two numerical methods were developed and compared for the performance prediction of the horizontal axis energy conversion turbine. The Blade Element Momentum Theory was adopted, and the rotating reference frame method for Computational Fluid Dynamics solver was also used. Hybrid meshing was used for the complex geometry of turbines. The analysis results using each method were compared to figure out a better method for the performance prediction.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.20-26
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• 2014

It is essential to consider the effect of blade deformation in order to design a better tidal stream turbine being operated in off-design condition. Flow load causes deformation on the blade, and the deformation affects the turbine performance. In the present study, CFD analysis procedures were developed to predict open water performance of horizontal axis tidal stream turbine (HATST). The developed procedures were verified by comparing the results with existing experimental results. Fluid-structure interaction (FSI) analysis method, based on the verified CFD procedure, have been carried out to estimate the turbine performance for a turbine with flexible composite blades, and then the results were compared with those for rigid blades.

• Journal of the wind engineering institute of Korea
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.163-169
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• 2018

In this study, wind loads exerted on the offshore wind turbine rotor in parked condition were predicted with variations of wind speeds, yaw angles, azimuth angle, pitch angles, and power of the atmospheric boundary layer profile. The calculated wind loads using blade element theorem were compared with those of estimated aerodynamic loads for the simplified blade shape. Wind loads for an NREL's 5 MW scaled offshore wind turbine rotor were also compared with those of NREL's FAST results for more verification. All of the 6-component wind loads including forces and moments along the three axis were represented on a non-rotating coordinate system fixed at the apex of rotor hub. The calculated wind loads are applicable for the dynamic analysis of the wind turbine system, or obtaining the over-turning moment at the foundation of support structure for wind turbine system.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.155-162
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• 2010

Recently, due to high oil prices and environmental pollution issues, interest of alternative energy development increases and the related research is widely conducted. Among those research activities the tidal stream power generation utilizes the tidal flow as its mechanical power resource and less depends on the environmental condition for installation and operation than other renewable energy resources. Therefore the amount of power generated is quite consistent and straightforward to predict. However, research on the tidal stream energy conversion turbine is rarely found. In the present study, two numerical methods were developed and compared for the open water Momentum Theory, which is widely used for wind turbines, was adopted. The moving reference frame method for Computational Fluid Dynamis solver were also used. Hybrid meshing was used for the complex geometry of turbines. The analysis results using each method were compared to figure out a better method for the performance prediction.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2010.06a
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• pp.182.1-182.1
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• 2010

현재 전 세계적으로 가장 널리 개발하고 보급되어지고 있는 풍력산업의 시장 규모는 매년 확대되고 있다. 특히 소형 풍력발전 시스템은 낙도 등의 전력 공급이 어려운 지역에 경제성 있는 전력 보급을 가능하게 한다. 국내의 미전화 지역과 일반 가정에서 풍력 에너지 자원을 적극 활용 개발하기 위해서 보다 우수한 성능의 풍력발전기용 블레이드를 설계하고자, 공기역학적인 최적설계에 대해 연구함으로써 추후 보급형 풍력발전 시스템의 개발에 필요한 설계 기술을 확립하고자한다. 본 연구는 설계된 블레이드의 유동해석 및 성능예측을 위하여 경제적으로 많은 지원이 필요한 대규모 풍동실험이 아닌 상용 CFD를 사용하여 보다 효율적으로 우수한 성능을 가지는 풍력 터빈을 설계함에 있다. Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes 방정식에 기반을 둔 CFD의 경우 이론적으로 명확한 해석이 가능하고, 실제 터빈의 운전 환경과 동일한 다양한 물리적 변수를 입력 데이터로서 활용할 수 있는 장점이 있기 때문에 풍력 터빈의 설계 과정에서 반영된 미소한 블레이드 형상변화 및 운전 조건의 변화에 따른 유동장의 변화 및 풍력터빈 성능을 정확히 예측할 수 있는 장점을 가지고 있다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.164.2-164.2
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• 2011

지구온난화에 따른 대체에너지 자원확보가 국가적으로 중요한 과제로 대두되고 있고 여러 대체에너지원 중 국내의 해양에너지는 잠재량이 매우 높다. 여러 해양에너지 중에서 빠른 흐름을 이용하는 조류발전은 서해안과 남해안에 적용하기에 적합하며 해양환경을 보존하면서 많은 에너지를 생산할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 조류발전에서 1차적으로 에너지를 변환시키는 로터는 주요한 장치중의 하나로 여러 변수에 의해 그 성능이 결정된다. 로터의 블레이드 수, 형상, 단면적, 허브, 직경 등 여러 요소를 고려하여 설계되어야 한다. 또한 조류발전을 적용하는 해양환경에서 최대 출력을 생산할 수 있는 로터가 적용될 수 있도록 블레이드의 후류 영향을 고려해야한다. 본 논문에서는 날개요소이론을 바탕으로 수평축 조류발전 터빈을 설계하여 실험 및 유동해석을 통해 성능을 평가하고, 후류에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다.