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Structural Design and Installation of Tracking-type Floating PV Generation System (추적식 수상 태양광발전 시스템의 설계 및 시공)

  • Kim, Sun-Hee;Lee, Young-Guen;Seo, Su-Hong;Joo, Hyung-Joong;Yoon, Soon-Jong
    • Composites Research
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.59-65
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    • 2014
  • Most of energy are obtained from oil, coal, and natural gas, most likely, fossil fuel which is limited throughout the world. Recently, high crude oil price, climate change, oil depletion, etc. are main reason to get attention to non-fossil energy including renewable energy in the world. In this study, we studied analysis and design of structure system composed of pultruded fiber reinforced polymer composite (PFRP) which has many advantages such as high specific strength and stiffness, high corrosion resistance and chemical resistance. For the design and construction of floating-type structure, PFRP structural members may be the first choice. Design of tracking-type floating PV generation structure was performed by using the results of the finite element analysis. The structure is fabricated and installed on the water surface. Before the installation of the structure, safety related problems associated with installation and operation are investigated using the finite element simulation and it was found that the structure is safe enough to resist externally applied loads.

A comparative assessment of approximate methods to simulate second order roll motion of FPSOs

  • Somayajula, Abhilash;Falzarano, Jeffrey
    • Ocean Systems Engineering
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.53-74
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    • 2017
  • Ship shaped FPSO (Floating Production, Storage and Offloading) units are the most commonly used floating production units to extract hydrocarbons from reservoirs under the seabed. These structures are usually much larger than general cargo ships and have their natural frequency outside the wave frequency range. This results in the response to first order wave forces acting on the hull to be negligible. However, second order difference frequency forces start to significantly impact the motions of the structure. When the difference frequency between wave components matches the roll natural frequency, the structure experiences a significant roll motion which is also termed as second order roll. This paper describes the theory and numerical implementation behind the calculation of second order forces and motions of any general floating structure subjected to waves. The numerical implementation is validated in zero speed case against the commercial code OrcaFlex. The paper also describes in detail the popular approximations used to simplify the computation of second order forces and provides a discussion on the limitations of each approximation.

Motion Analyses for a Very Large Floating Structure with Dolphin Mooring Systems in Irregular Waves (불규칙파 중에서 돌핀 계류된 해상공항에 대한 운동 해석)

  • 이호영;신현경;임춘규;강점문;윤명철
    • Proceedings of the Korea Committee for Ocean Resources and Engineering Conference
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    • 2000.10a
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    • pp.57-62
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    • 2000
  • The very large flcating structure which am be used for as airport may be as large as several kilomet wide. The first order wave forces as well as wave drift forces are very important forces on such a very large floating In the present studv, the time simulation of motion responses with dolphin-moored VLFS in waves is presented The coeffcients and wave forces involved in the equations are obtained from a three-dimensionul panel method in the frequc The horizontal drift forces and mooring forces for dolphin systems are taken into account. As for numerical example, analyses are carried out for a VLFS in irregular wave condition

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Analysis of Semi-Rigid Connections on 3D Floating Structures (3차원 플로팅 구조물의 반강접 접합부 해석)

  • Park, Jong-Seo;Song, Hwa-Cheol
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.36 no.3
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    • pp.175-180
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    • 2012
  • The shape of floating superstructure is the same as other buildings, but the foundation is based not on land but on a floating body. Unlike inland structures, they are largely influenced by the wave load. Deformation of the floating pontoon due to the wave loads affects the connection, which in turn causes problems related to the habitability and safety to the superstructure users. Accordingly, this study conducted elastic analysis regarding rigid connection and semi-rigid connection by the integration analysis that combined together the superstructure and pontoon of the 3-D floating structure. Moreover, this study investigated the results of the separation analysis excluding pontoon and the integration analysis. In addition, elasticity analysis was used to divide up the wave loads cases, and to classify the moment and displacement of the structure depending on connection following the changes in the wave loads.

Concept Design of Floating-Dock System for Maintenance and Management of Small Boat (소형선박 유지 ${\cdot}$ 관리용 Floating Dock시스템 개념설계)

  • Park, Chung-Hwan;Shim, Sang-Mok;Choo, Kyung-Hoon;Lee, Kyung-Hwan;Jin, Jong-Ryung
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • v.1
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    • pp.419-424
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    • 2006
  • In recent years, the repairing work of the small boats in dock have pointed out a defects of the many FRP shipbuiling because of a term of works and working-space and man-power. In the paper, By carried out the model tests and structure analysis of the floating dock were mainly drawing on the concept design of the floating dock systems that the above defects were solved.

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The Technique of Installing Floating Photovoltaic Systems (수상태양광의 시공기술에 관한 실증연구)

  • Choi, Young-Kwan;Yi, Jong-Seok
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.14 no.9
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    • pp.4447-4454
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    • 2013
  • In October 2011, a commercialized 100kW class floating photovoltaic system positive plant was installed at Hapcheon dam a multi-purpose reservoir the first time ever in the nation. Floating photovoltaic system differs in water float, mooring device and underwater cable process from land photovoltaic system. As for land and building photovoltaic power generation equipments, many installation cases and skilled experiences are available, and thus installation is not difficult. However, commercial power generation floating photovoltaic system, which is attempted for the first time in the nation, requires to be designed and installed through a series of processes like technical review and verification of data by process in comparison with similar cases. The structure of floating photovoltaic system, an equipment for float photovoltaic module and other electrical equipment, is required to withstand weather environments like wind or typhoon etc and yet not affect water quality negatively, and for implementation of this system, construction efficiency and economy etc should be considered comprehensively. In this paper, the techniques of installing floating photovoltaic structure, mooring device, underwater cable, electrical equipment and remote monitoring control system are explained. The 100kW floating PV system is operating with 15% average capacity factor.

A Fabrication of the Micro Valve with Free Floating Structure (Free Floating 구조를 갖는 마이크로 밸브의 제작)

  • Son, Mi-Young;Mun, Byung-Phil;Jeon, Ho-Seung;Han, Jin-Woo;Kim, Chul-Ju
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2002.11a
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    • pp.136-139
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    • 2002
  • Previous valves have initial gap problem, high voltage or high pressure problem. In this paper, various micro valves with free floating structure have been fabricated and tested to solve the initial gap and high pressure problems. The paper presents how to etch Parylene-C which is a valve cap material without A1 mask layer. The maximum flow-rate of fabricated micro valve is$118{\mu\ell}$/min with $370{\mu}m$ orifice size and the leakage at the initial and reverse pressure is not observed.

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Comparative Study on the Radiation Techniques for the Problem of Floating Body Motion with Forward Speed (전진 속도를 가지는 부유체 운동 문제에 대한 방사기법 비교 연구)

  • Oh, Seunghoon
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.56 no.5
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    • pp.396-409
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    • 2019
  • In this paper, a comparative study on the radiation techniques for the motion analysis of the three dimensional floating structure with the forward speed was carried out. The Sommerfeld radiation condition, the damping technique, and the point shift technique were used for the comparative study. Radiated wave patterns and hydrodynamic coefficients of the heave motion of floating structure with the forward speed were compared and analyzed. The characteristics and limitations of each radiation technique were analyzed through the calculation results. To overcome the limitations of conventional radiation techniques, the hybrid radiation technique combining the Sommerfeld radiation condition with the damping technique was proposed. It is confirmed that the proposed method, the Hybrid radiation technique, improves the limitation of the speed range and the dissipation of the wave of the conventional radiation technique. The motion analysis code of the three dimensional floating structure with the forward speed based on the Rankine source method with hybrid radiation technique was developed. In order to validate the developed code, hydrodynamic analyses were carried and compared with published experiments.

Experimental Study on Estimation of Roll Damping for Various Midship Sections (중앙 단면 형상에 따른 횡동요 감쇠 추정 실험 연구)

  • Park, Byeongwon;Jung, Dong Woo;Jung, Jaesag;Park, Inbo;Cho, Seok-Kyu;Sung, Hong Gun
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.33 no.4
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    • pp.322-329
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    • 2019
  • The magnitude of the roll motion of a floating structure depends on the roll damping acting on the body. In other words, the roll damping of a floating structure must be accurately obtained in order to precisely evaluate the roll motion. Various methods are used to evaluate the roll damping of a floating structure, such as the linear potential theory, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and model tests. However, it is difficult to evaluate the roll motion of a floating structure with appendages such as a bilge keel and riser slot due to the limitation of ignoring the viscous effects in the linear potential theory. Among these methods, a model test based on a free decay test and harmonic excited roll motion (HERM) is known to be the most reliable method to estimate the roll damping of the floating structures. In this study, model tests using free decay and HERM techniques were performed in the Ocean Engineering Basin (OEB) of KRISO with various types of midship sections. The roll damping results were estimated based on post-processing methods using both techniques, and the roll damping results were compared.

Investigation of Junction-less Tunneling Field Effect Transistor (JL-TFET) with Floating Gate

  • Ali, Asif;Seo, Dongsun;Cho, Il Hwan
    • JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.156-161
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    • 2017
  • This work presents a novel structure for junction-less tunneling field effect transistor (JL-TFET) with a floating gate over the source region. Introduction of floating gate instead of fixed metal gate removes the limitation of fabrication process suitability. The proposed device is based on a heavily n-type-doped Si-channel junction-less field effect transistor (JLFET). A floating gate over source region and a control-gate with optimized metal work-function over channel region is used to make device work like a tunnel field effect transistor (TFET). The proposed device has exhibited excellent ID-VGS characteristics, ION/IOFF ratio, a point subthreshold slope (SS), and average SS for optimized device parameters. Electron charge stored in floating gate, isolation oxide layer and body doping concentration are optimized. The proposed JL-TFET can be a promising candidate for switching performances.