• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.8-13
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• 2011

A compact array system of small buoys is used for wave energy extraction. To evaluate the performance of this system, hydrodynamic analysis is carried out in regular waves using the higher order boundary element method. The motion response of each buoy is calculated considering hydrodynamic interactions caused by other buoys. The effect of energy extraction device is modeled as a linear damping load. The efficiencies of energy conversion are compared using the various sizes and arrangements of the array system and the damping coefficients for energy extraction. The increase in size or the packing ratio of the system gives better efficiency. However, the wave condition and the cost for the system should be considered to optimize performance from the perspective of engineering and economics. The proposed nondimensionalized damping coefficient for energy extraction is 0.1~0.5.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.474-483
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• 2014

The majority of existing WECs (wave energy converters) are designed to achieve maximum power at a resonance condition. In the case of a single WEC, its size must be large enough for tuning, and it has high efficiency only within a limited frequency band. Recently, wave power extraction by deploying many small buoys in a compact array has been studied under the assumption that the buoy's size and separation distance are much smaller than the water depth, wave length, and size of the array. A boundary value problem involving the macro-scale boundary condition on the mean surface covered by an infinite strip of buoys is solved using the eigenfunction expansion method. The energy extraction efficiency (${\varepsilon}=1-R^2_f-T^2_r$), where $R_f$ and $T_r$ are the reflection and transmission coefficients for a strip array of buoys, is assessed for various combinations of packing ratio, strip width, and PTO damping coefficient.

• 한국해안·해양공학회논문집
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.103-111
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• 2014

크기가 작은 다수의 부이들이 원형으로 배열되어 있을 때 부이를 통한 추출 파워를 포텐셜이론 통하여 살펴보았다. 부이의 크기와 배열 간격이 수심과 파장 그리고 설치면적의 반경에 비하여 작다는 가정 아래에서 다수부이로 채워진 수면에서의 경계조건식을 유도하고 이를 포함한 경계치문제를 고유함수전개법을 이용하여 해석하였다. 추출 파워와 입사파 에너지의 비인 취득 폭을 packing ratio, 배열 반경, 그리고 PTO 감쇠계수를 바꿔가면서 살펴보았다. 또한 다수의 소형 부이를 원형 배열하였을 때 추출된 파력이 같은 잠긴 체적을 갖는 대형 단일 부이보다 효율적임을 계산을 통하여 밝혔다.