• Composites Research
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.54-61
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• 2012

In this study, a specific structural design procedure for 2 MW class glass/epoxy composite wind turbine system towers is newly proposed through load case study, trade-off study, optimal structural design and structural analysis. Optimal tower design is very important because its cost is about 20% of the wind turbine system's cost. In the structural design of the tower, three kinds of loads such as wind load, blades, nacelle and tower weight and blade aerodynamic drag load should be considered. Initial structural design is carried out using the netting rule and the rule of mixture. Then the structural safety and stability are confirmed using a commercial finite element code, MSC NASTRAN/PATRAN. The finally proposed tower configuration meets the tower design requirements.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.21 no.7
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• pp.29-36
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• 2007

According to the using of electric power source such as solar cell, fuel cell and wind energy, consumer is supplied from distributed generator and electric power company. Therefore, it is required that the real-time measurement and control instrument for those distributed generator. In this paper, describes the development of measuring equipment for the power system with distributed generator. The equipment has real-time measure function and communication with PC via USB port, which is used for various purposes such as investigation of transient state, and is compared with measurement instrument to verify the reliability.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.40 no.3
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• pp.240-248
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• 2016

As a new technical approach, the achievement of an eco-environmental leisure boat with a photovoltaic system is attempted by simultaneously actuating nine photovoltaic solar panels, in association with an applied sail control system by use of wind. In this approach, the photovoltaic system consists of a solar module, an inverter, a battery, and relevant components, while the sail control device is equipped with a sail up/down and mast-turning instrument. Furthermore, this research conducts a performance evaluation of the manufactured prototype and acquires the purposed quantity value and the development purpose items. The significant items-sail up/down speed (seconds) and mast turning angle (degrees)-are evaluated during the performance test. In the process of the performance evaluation, a wind direction sensitivity of 90% and a maximum instant charging power of 900 W were also obtained. In addition, the maximum sail time is evaluated in order to acquire the optimum quantity.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.595-606
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• 2022

Korea has the characteristics of traditional power system such as large-scale power generation and large-scale power transmission systems, including 20 GW large-scale power generation complexes in several regions with unit generator capacity exceeding 1.4 GW, 2-3 ultra-high-voltage transmission lines that transport power from large-scale power generation complexes, and 6 ultra-high-voltage transmission lines that transport power from non-metropolitan areas to the metropolitan area. Due to the characteristics of the power system, the penetration level for renewable energy is low, but due to frequency stability issue, some generators are reducing the output of generators. In the future, the issue of maintaining the stability of the power system is expected to emerge as the most important issue in accordance with the policy of expanding renewable energy. When non-inertial inverter-based renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, surges rapidly, the means to improve the power system stability in an independent system is to install a natural inertial resource synchronous condenser (SC) and a virtual inertial resource BESS in the system. In this study, we analyzed the effect of renewable energy on power system stability and the BESS effect to maintain the minimum frequency through a power system simulation. It was confirmed that the BESS effect according to the power generation constraint capacity reached a maximum of 122.81 %.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.237-243
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• 2012

The thickness optimization of the gearbox housing for 5MW wind turbine is carried out with the help of the efficient structure analysis model and the approximation model of objective function. Wind turbine gearbox is a complex structural system composed of a number of gear trains, shafts, bearing and gearbox housing, requiring a tremendous number of elements for the structural analysis and design. In this paper, an effective analysis and design model considering the tooth stiffness of helical gears is proposed. It enables to significantly reduce the total element number and the analysis time. Through the numerical optimization of housing thickness making use of the effective gearbox model and the approximate model of objective function, the total weight of the gearbox housing is minimized. It has been observed from the numerical experiment that the approximation model is reliable and the optimization result is acceptable and verified analysis.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2000.10a
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• pp.36-36
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• 2000

The paper presents a speed control algorithm for a full pitch-controlled wind turbine system. Torque of a blade generated by wind energy is non-linear function of a wind speed, angular velocity, and pitch angle of the blade. The design of a cor_troller, in general, is performed by linearizing the torque in the vicinity of a operating point assuming the angular velocity of the blade is constant. For speed control, however, the angular velocity is no longer a constant, so that linearization of the torque in terms of a wind speed and pitch angle is impossible. In this study, a reference pitch model is derived in terms of a wind speed, angular velocity, and pitch angle, which makes it possible to design a controller without linearizing the non-linear torque model of the blade. The validity of the algorithm is demonstrated with the results produced through sets of experiments.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2015.11a
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• pp.97-98
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• 2015

에너지 저장 시스템(ESS, Energy Storage System)은 태양광(PV)발전, 풍력(WT)발전시스템 등과 같은 신재생 에너지 출력안정화, 계통 전력품질 개선, 수용가 에너지효율화 등의 분야에 이용되고 있다. 에너지 저장 시스템은 전력변환장치와 에너지 저장 장치로 구성되며, 에너지 저장 장치로 배터리를 많이 사용하고 있다. 전력변환장치 및 제어기의 설계 및 검증을 위해서는 배터리를 전력변환장치에 연계하여야 하지만 배터리의 경우 고가에 관리가 어려운 문제로 인해 일반적으로 배터리 모의 장치를 이용한다. 본 논문에서는 대용량 에너지 저장 시스템용 전력변환장치 및 제어기의 설계와 현실적인 검증이 가능한 MW급 PCS 성능검증용 배터리 모의장치를 개발하였다.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2012.05b
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• pp.545-548
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• 2012

1차 에너지 소비량은 계속 증가 되고 있는데 화석연료의 고갈과 기후문제 등으로 소비량을 줄이기 위해 원자력발전과 신재생에너지인 풍력 및 태양광 등이 현재 증가하고 있다. 하지만 증가하는 부하에 대한 대응방안으로 원자력 발전소는 가변제어가 아닌 고정방식이기 때문에 기저부하에 대한 공급을 담당하고 신에너지는 발전량이 일정하지 않기 때문에 또한 피크부하 대응에 불가능하다 그러므로 양수발전소 또는 다른 발전소를 통해 피크부하를 관리하고 있는 상황이다. 하지만 단 몇 시간의 피크부하를 위해 지속적인 발전소를 지을 수 있는 부지도 없고 건설시간도 매우 많이 걸리는 단점이 있다. 본 논문에서는 양수발전 또는 다른 발전소를 대체할 수 있는 전력저장시스템(BESS)의 부하평준화효과에 대한 경제성평가 기법에 대하여 제시한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.533-534
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• 2012

전 세계적으로 지구 온난화 문제가 빠른 속도로 확산되고 있는 가운데 태양전지 또는 풍력발전기를 이용한 발전 시스템이 심화 되어 지구환경 문제와 에너지 문제를 해결하는 수단으로 큰 기대를 받고 있다. 본 논문에서는 Zigbee와 Bluetooth 기반의 센서 네트워크 기술을 복합 발전기 모니터링 분야에 적용하여 무선 통신 네트워크를 구성하는 것을 목표로 한다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.2737-2743
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• 2015

The wind power plant must be able to produce reactive power at the POI bus of a wind farm connected to power system to keep or control the voltage of POI bus. But, the reactive power capability of wind turbines may not be sufficient to control the voltage of POI bus due to the reactive power losses in connection lines between wind farm and POI bus. The solution of this problem is to install an external STATCOM. The proposed cooperative control method of STATCOM and conventional reactive power compensators such as Switched-shunt and tap changing transformer can control the voltage of POI bus more efficiently. The simulation results are shown that the voltage drop of POI Bus of Test System with the arbitrary load change rate to initial loads is improved more than 60% and the voltage of load bus is maintained more than 95% of rated voltage.