• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.16-21
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• 2013

In this paper, the mooring system for a floating wave energy farm is designed based on a two-dimensional analysis. The mooring system uses an anchorless mooring line linking two floaters in a floating wave energy farm. The basic equation to determine the length of the mooring line between the two floaters is proposed. The other properties such as the diameter and pretension are taken from the mooring line for a single floater. The dynamic behavior and safety of the designed mooring system under extreme ocean conditions are analyzed with the commercial software Orcaflex. A numerical study shows the stability and high safety in tension of the designed mooring lines for a floating wave energy farm. The proposed anchorless mooring system for a floating wave energy farm results in a considerable reduction in the length of the mooring line, contributing to the economics of a floating wave energy farm.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.437-446
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• 2012

An ocean buoy energy farm is considered for Green energy generation and delivery to small towns along the Korean coast. The present study presents that the floating buoy-type energy farm appears to be sufficiently feasible for trapping more energy compared to affixed cylinder duck array. It is also seen from the numerical results that the resonated waves between spaced buoys are further trapped by floating buoy motion.Our numerical study is analyzed by a plane-wave approximation, in which evanescent mode effects are included in a modified mild-slope equation based on the scattering characteristics for a single buoy.

• 풍력에너지저널
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.5-14
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• 2022

Currently, the Korean government is driving the construction of large-scale floating offshore wind farms to increase domestic renewable energy generation and decrease carbon emissions. In offshore wind farms, maintenance approaches can be limited more often than onshore wind farms by marine weather conditions (wave height, etc.). Therefore, maintenance planning optimization is more important to minimize maintenance costs and power generation loss by downtime. Additionally, the power generation of a wind farm is affected by wind speed as well as wind direction because of the wake effect, so it is possible that power generation loss by downtime is also dependent on combinations of weather conditions (wind speed and direction) and the location of wind turbines for maintenance. In this study, the effects of the wind conditions and the locations of tripped wind turbines on power generation loss were explored for a hypothetical floating offshore wind farm. In order to calculate the power generation of a wind farm, a wake effect calculator was developed based on Jensen's formula. Then, a simple methodology of determining maintenance priorities that minimize power generation loss was proposed.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제46권6호
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• pp.483-490
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• 2022

부유식 라이다는 해상풍력단지 조성 시 필수적인 풍황관측의 새로운 패러다임을 제공하는 시스템이다. 시간과 비용을 절약하고 환경에 미치는 영향을 최소화하며 지역사회의 반발까지 줄일 수 있어 업계의 표준으로 떠오르고 있다. 하지만 부표의 동요에 의한 교란요인이 관측자료의 신뢰도에 영향을 미치므로 안정적인 플랫폼의 설계 및 검증이 매우 중요하다. 국내에서는 이 분야의 기술 진출이 늦어짐에 따라 다수의 외국계 장비업체들이 국내시장을 장악하고 있다. 우리나라 서해안은 조수간만의 차가 매우 큰 천해성 환경이기 때문에 강한 해류가 반복적으로 나타나고, 계절별로 다른 강한 에너지의 파도가 형성된다. 본 논문은 이와 같이 복합적인 환경 특성을 지닌 우리나라 해역에서 라이다 운영에 적합한 부표식에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 본 논문에서는 가장 먼저 적용된 선박형 부표식의 최적화 설계 및 검증 사례를 소개하고, 향후 다양한 플랫폼 개발의 기반이 될 중요한 개념을 도출하고자 한다.