• KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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• v.2 no.4
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• pp.619-625
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• 2016

In this paper, we propose a new fault diagnosis monitoring system using gyro sensor-based angular velocity calculation for blades of the wind turbine system. First, the proposed system generates the angular velocity dataset for the rotation speed of the normal blade. Using the dataset, we estimate and evaluate the state of blades for the wind turbine by comparing the current state with the pre-calculated normal state. In the experimental results, the angular velocity of the normal state was higher than $360^{\circ}/s$ while that of the damaged blades was lower than $360^{\circ}/s$ and the standard deviation of the angular velocity was significantly increased.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.49-52
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• 2008

The numerical analysis for gas temperature of turbine blade surface has been performed to investigate development of temperature with various blade edge shape. Two different types of the turbine which one is "Sharp" edge and the other is "Round" edge was modeled. Computations have been carried out several turbine rotational speeds in the range from 0 to 10,000 rpm for the each types of turbine edge shape. As a result, the more rotational speed of turbine increased, the more turbine blade's temperature decreased. It is also found that the surface temperature of turbine blades for sharp type edge were lower than the round type edge.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.40 no.6
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• pp.499-505
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• 2012

Vibratory loads imposed by the rotating blade upon the fuselage has been one of major obstacles in rotorcrafts. A new concept of rotor blade is currently developed to adopt an Active Trailing-edge Flap (ATF) to alleviate such obstacles. The flap is mounted at 65~85% spanwise location from the rotor hub. The nominal rotational speed of the blade is as high as 1,528 RPM, to match the required tip Mach number. Structural integrity is one of the important design aspects to be maintained and monitored in this special type of rotor. This is due to that many detailed components, which drive the flap, are inserted inside the rotating blade. To conduct its structural design and analysis, CAMRAD-II and the one-dimensional beam analysis are used. At the same time, three-dimensional finite element analysis are also used, such as MSC. PATRAN/NASTRAN, in order to analyze the details of the present active blade. As a result, comparable characteristics for the present rotor are predicted by both approaches.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.94-97
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• 2008

As the partial admission turbine has a intrinsically unsteady and three dimensional flow region, numerical calculation time of these study has been too long time. The numerical analysis for gas temperature of turbine blade surface has been performed to investigate development of temperature with various pyro start pressure. Computations have been carried out several turbine rotational speeds in the range from 0 to 16000 rpm and inlet conditions with 1423K, 7.2MPa. As a result, the more rotational speed and pyro starter pressure of turbine increased, the more turbine blade's temperature decreased. It is also found that flow field of turbine blade inlet area at pyro starter pressure of 5.75MPa and rotational speed of 12100 rpm formed surface temperature uniformly.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.266-273
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• 2003

A wind turbine simulator is developed for the emulation of variable input torque from the wind energy without actual rotor blades using motor-generator set. The torque command of dc motor is calculated from the characteristic equation of rotor blade during the change of wind speed. Especially the proposed control algorithm takes into account the fact that the moment of inertia of blade is much larger than that of driving motor. If you select the desired value of inertia, the stored/restored energy of the inertia during acceleration/deceleration can be compensated effectively resulting the only net torque is delivered to the generator. The simulator set-up has been designed and implemented using a do motor and drive. Feasibility of the proposed algorithm is verified by computer simulations and experiments.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2007.06a
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• pp.513-514
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• 2007

본 연구는 우리나라와 같은 상대적으로 낮은 풍속에 적합한 6[W]급 풍력터빈의 블레이드를 개발하고자 하였다. 풍력발전기의 출력은 풍속 및 블레이드의 회전수에 매우 의존적으로 풍속이 증가함에 따라 전력도 증가하였다. 또한, 피치각에 따라 블레이드의 회전수도 매우 다르며, 낮은 풍속 상태에서는 공기의 힘을 받는 면적이 클수록 출력특성이 줄게 나타났다. 최대출력은 피치각 $10^{\circ}$, 풍속 5.5[m/s]일 때 3.8[W] 의 출력을 보였다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.193-203
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• 2014

Temperature-dependent stress analysis and heat transfer analysis of a rotating gas turbine blade made of functionally graded materials (FGMs) are presented considering turbine operating temperature and ceramic particle size. The material properties of functionally graded materials are assumed to vary continuously and smoothly across the thickness of the thin-walled blade. For obtaining system stiffness reflecting these characteristics, the one-dimensional heat transfer equation is applied along the thickness of the thin-walled blade for determining the temperature distribution. Using the results of the temperature analysis, the equations of motion of a rotating blade are derived with hybrid deformation variable modeling method along with the Rayleigh-Ritz assumed mode methods. The validity of the derived rotating blade model is evaluated by comparing its transient responses and temperature distribution with the results obtained using a commercial finite element code. The maximum tensile stress with operating speed and gradient index are obtained. Furthermore, the gradient index that minimizes blade temperature was investigated.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.37 no.10
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• pp.975-983
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• 2009

This paper presents the work being carried out in order to deduce hover performance of a small-scale single rotor blade as a preliminary study of a small coaxial rotor helicopter development. As an initial research, a test stand capable of measuring thrust and torque of a small-scale rotor blade in hover state was constructed and fabricated. The test stand consists of three parts; a rotating device, a load measuring sensor and a data acquisition system. Thrust and torque were measured with varying collective pitch angle at fixed RPM. Through this research, hover performance tests were conducted for a small-scale single rotor blade operating in low Reynolds number ($Re\;{\approx}3{\times}10^5$), as well as for verifying the test stand itself for acquiring hover performance.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.64-67
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 풍력 발전기에 사용되는 블레이드의 동특성을 해석하기 위한 프로그램을 개발하였다. 복잡한 형상의 풍력 발전기 블레이드의 모델을 단순화시키기 위하여 보 이론을 이용하였다. 블레이드의 회전 운동은 Hamilton 원리를 유한요소 보 모델을 이용하여 정식화를 수행하였다. 회전 속도에 따라 블레이드에 적용되는 원심력과 검증된 단면 물성치를 이용하여 복합재료 블레이드의 고유치 해석을 수행하였다. 기존의 상용 소프트웨어의 해석 결과와 비교를 통하여 검증 연구를 수행하였으며, 이를 토대로 본 해석 프로그램의 타당성을 보였다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.37 no.4
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• pp.423-429
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• 2013

The performance of a vertical-type wind power generator system was predicted by CFD analysis. In the analysis, the reaction torque was calculated for a given rotational speed of the blades. The blade torque of a wind power system was obtained for various rotational speeds, and the generation power was calculated using the obtained torque and the rotational speed. The optimum generator specification, therefore, could be decided using the relationship between the generated power and the rotational speeds. The effects of the number of blades and blade shapes on the generation power were also investigated. Finally, the analysis results were compared with the experimental results.