• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.122-122
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• 2022

기후변화 대응 및 탄소 저감 노력의 일환으로 신재생에너지의 개발 및 활용이 전 세계적으로 활발하며, 우리나라에서도 2050년 탄소중립 달성을 위하여 친환경 에너지 시스템 구축에 많은 노력을 기울이고 있다. 전통적인 재생에너지인 수력은 발전의 효율성, 안정성과 발전 제어의 용이함 때문에 널리 사용되고 있으나, 경제성을 확보하기 위한 댐, 보의 설치 및 대규모 발전설비가 필요하여, 생태계, 환경 파괴 등의 문제점 등을 수반하여, 최근 들어 대규모 사업이 이루어지지 못하고 있다. 이러한 흐름에 따라 최근에는 유럽을 중심으로 친환경 소수력 발전으로 회전 나선형 아르키메데스 수차를 활용한 소수력 발전의 적용이 이루어지고 있으며, 특히 2000년대 이후 독일을 중심으로 활발히 개발되고 있다. 또한 휴대용 초소수력 발전은 새로운 산업분야로 민간용 초소수력 발전기의 개발 및 판매가 국내외에서 증가하고 있으며, 우리나라에서도 자연 하천 환경에 활용 가능한 초소수력 발전의 필요성이 꾸준히 제기되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 저유량 및 저낙차에 적용 가능한 '초소형 회전 나선형 아르키메데스 수차', 초소형 발전에 적합한 '발전기 및 발전시스템', 자연환경을 훼손하지 않는 친환경 '유도수로'로 구성되어, 원하는 하천이나 수로 등에 손쉽게 설치 가능한 초소형 소수력 발전시스템을 개발하였다. 회전 나선형 아르키메데스 수차는 3D프린터로 제작한 후, 강화 코팅제를 도포하여 내구성을 확보하였다. 상용 AC발전기, 소형 발전기용 '발전기 및 발전시스템'을 적용하고, 콘트롤 보드를 맞춤형으로 제작하여 경제성을 확보하였다. 이러한 발전 시스템은 개발 테스트 중에 있으며 향후 방류수로, 하수구 등 현장 적용을 준비 중에 있다.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.1-11
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• 2017

Interest in all kinds of renewable energies has been highly increased while the micro-small-hydro power(MSHP) development has shown relatively slowly growth because of the negative public recognition about dam site development. It is, however, announced that the micro-SHP shows higher energy conversion efficiency compared to other renewable energies and does not emit any carbon dioxide. Thus, it is concerned about the development and application of micro-SHP as an alternative energy. In this study, the application for Android was exploited with Eclipse to visualize readily the potential realizable amount of hydropower by micro-SHP. With this application, we can select the region from the map, obtain the design discharge of the selected site was calculated with HEC-HMS, presented by U.S. Army of Corp. and perform the simply economic analysis in sequence. Yeongwol in Gangwon-do Province, Korea was chosen as the target area since historically abundant precipitation was found and it is possible to obtain fundamental data from WAMIS. Results from this study could be expanded the whole region of Korea. Also, the initial investment cost would be reduced if the location for micro-SHP would be determined properly, because this application can help us easily select and examine the potential micro-SHP sites without on-the-spot visit.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.1342-1343
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• 2011

댐체를 통해 하류 관개용수로 무효방류되는 수자원을 활용한 초소수력 발전가능성에 관한 고찰을 통해 개발 가능한 신재생 에너지 발굴 및 경제성과 타당성에 대하여 검증해 보고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.104-108
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• 2012

Recently, small scale hydropower needs to be developed due to its clean, renewable and abundant energy resources. However, suitable draft of hydro-turbine body in combination with differences in wheel blade shapes is not determined yet in the range of small hydropower and it is necessary to study for the effective draft in combination with type. Therefore, watermill shaped of 250mm diameter. hydro-turbine aiming 20 watt class generator is adopted in this study because of its simple structure and high possibility of applying to small hydropower. The result shows that effective draft for the turbine body is variable concerning the size of turbine and flow rate of water. Thus, the difference of water depth between fore and aft turbine body contributes to the increase of torque, angular momentum and power output.

• The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.60-65
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• 2015

This paper deals with performance characteristics and efficiencies of Pelton turbine can be applied as one of ERDs (Energy Recovery Devices) of PRO (Pressure Retarded Osmosis) system for desalination. The objective of this study is experimentally estimating the performance of micro-scale Pelton turbine for PRO pilot plant. Especially the performance characteristics with variations of jet nozzle diameter of Pelton turbine are discussed in detail. In order to do this, lab scale test rig of Pelton turbine was made for performance test, which includes water tank, Pelton wheel with buckets, jet nozzle and torque brake and so on. The parameter effects related on Pelton turbine's efficiency were investigated and discussed on the influence of the variations of load and speed ratio.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2012.07a
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• pp.257-260
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• 2012

소수력 발전은 대체에너지의 일환으로 공해가 없고 작동의 신뢰도가 높아 신재생에너지 연구개발과 관련하여 소수력발전에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있으나, 기존의 대수력용 수차와는 달리 소수력용 수차 및 주변 시스템의 설계법이 근래 확립되어 있지 않다. 본 연구에서는 수차의 크기 및 수차의 잠김 정도가 일정한 유량과 유속에 대하여 수차의 각 운동량, 즉 출력에 미치는 영향에 대하여 분석하고 이를 토대로 수차의 적정 설치기준 및 수차를 제어하기 위한 제어용 소프트웨어를 마련하기 위하여 실험 환경을 구성하고, 구성된 실험 환경에서 자료 취득을 하기 위한 전자 회로 및 소프트웨어를 구성하고, 구성된 장치와 환경에서 취득한 자료가 유효함을 확인하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.76-86
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• 2019

The cross-flow turbine is a key hydraulic power system that is widely due to low costs, high efficiency, and low maintenance. In particular, the cross-flow turbine considered as the most suitable turbine for low head situations as it is known to operate down to 5 m of water head. However, the conventional cross-flow turbine is unsuitable for ultra-low head situations with less than a 3 m water head. In this study, we propose an inverted-type cross-flow turbine to overcome the limitations of conventional cross-flow turbines under ultra-low head situations. First, we described the limitations of conventional turbines and suggested a new turbine for the ultra-low head circumstances. Second, we investigated the performance of the new turbine using CFD analysis. Results demonstrated the effects of the design parameters, such as number of blades and rotor diameter ratio, on the performance of the suggested turbine. As a result, we developed an inverted-type cross-flow turbine with up to 60% efficiency under low water head conditions.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.107-119
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• 2021

The cross-flow turbine is one of the most famous and widely used hydraulic power systems for a long time. The cross-flow turbine is especially popular in many countries and remote regions where off-grided because of its many benefits such as low cost, high efficiency at low head, simple structure, and easy maintenance. However, most modern turbines, including the cross-flow turbine, are unsuitable for the ultra-low head situation, known as less than 3m water head or zero head with over 0.5m/s flow velocity. In this study, we demonstrated a 20kW class inverted-type cross-flow turbine's performance. First, we reevaluated our previous studies and introduced how to design the inverted-type cross-flow turbine. Secondly, we fabricated the 20kW class inverted-type cross-flow turbine for the performance test. And then, we designed a testbed and installed the turbine system in the demonstration facility. In the end, we compare the demonstration with its previous CFD results. The comparing result shows that both CFD and real model fitted on guide vane angle at 10 degrees. At the demonstration, we achieved 42% turbine efficiency at runner speed 125 RPM.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Visualization
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.49-53
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• 2015

Recently, researches for droplet impact phenomena have been faced a new phase in the direction of studying the effect of complex external conditions (e.g. wettability, temperature, morphology, electric field, etc.) for depth understanding and precise controlling in various applications. Hence, here we investigated the electrified droplet impact phenomena, because there were few quantitative researches for electrified droplet impact when we considering many real applications such as electrospray, electrohydrodynamic (EHD) jet printing. To observe interaction effect of surface charge between substrate and droplet simultaneously, micro-droplets with various Reynolds number (Re) and Weber number (We) were dripped on super-hydrophobic surface with existence and nonexistence of electrical surface charge. It shows three kinds of impact behaviors, fully bouncing, partial bouncing, and splashing with different We. Also, charged droplet bounced higher on electrically charged surface than on non-charged surface. Additionally, transition regions of three impact behaviors were classified quantitatively with water hammer pressure value, which means instant pressure inside droplet at the impact moment.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.113-121
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• 2013

In this paper, simulations were carried out to determine the efficiency of the rotation efficiency according to the draft of waterwheel in open rectangular channel. In the small hydroelectric generators to get the highest efficiency of waterwheel is very important. But the presence of various elements(free water surface flow, non-uniform velocity distribution because of the waterways wall friction etc) makes it difficult to create a mathematical formula. In this paper, we made a scale model and perform a physical simulation where the draft, gradient and flux is variable. Scale modelling with 10-step draft, 3-step gradients and 2-step flux, as well were constructed then computerized automatic experimental system were configured to acquire the rotational efficiency vs. draft of itself. Rotational efficiency is analyzed as for the draft of waterwheel using the acquired data by varying the gradient and flux of canal. Reviewing the analyzed data, it is confirmed that phenomena of efficiency shown at previous and present experiment is similar and revealed that computerized system shows more sophisticated numerical figures.