• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.2099-2105
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• 2017

In a power system that has a high wind penetration, the output power fluctuation of a large-scale wind turbine generator (WTG) caused by the varying wind speed increases the maximum frequency deviation, which is an important metric to assess the quality of electricity, because of the reduced system inertia. This paper proposes a stable power-smoothing scheme of a doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG) that can suppress the maximum frequency deviation, particularly for a power system with a high wind penetration. To do this, the proposed scheme employs an additional control loop relying on the system frequency deviation that operates in combination with the maximum power point tracking control loop. To improve the power-smoothing capability while guaranteeing the stable operation of a DFIG, the gain of the additional loop is modified with the rotor speed and frequency deviation. The gain is set to be high if the rotor speed and/or frequency deviation is large. The simulation results based on the IEEE 14-bus system demonstrate that the proposed scheme significantly lessens the output power fluctuation of a WTG under various scenarios by modifying the gain with the rotor speed and frequency deviation, and thereby it can regulate the frequency deviation within a narrow range.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.1003-1012
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• 2022

풍력발전시스템의 터빈과 하부구조에 전달되는 수평방향의 에너지 전달은 시스템의 안전성 유지 측면에서 매우 중요한 요소이지만 지진, 태풍과 같은 대규모 연안재해에 취약할 수 밖에 없다. 연안 또는 먼 해상에 구축되는 풍력발전시스템은 연안재해에 취약한 지역에 설치 시 보다 견고한 설계가 요구되기 때문에 초기 투자비용의 증가로 사업의 경제성 측면에서 매우 불리하다. 본 연구에서는 연안재해의 리스크를 저감한다는 관점에서 풍력발전단지의 최적 부지를 선정하기 위해 GIS 기법을 사용하였다. 우리나라 서해와 남해의 지진 현황, 서해와 남해에 영향을 미치거나 통과하는 태풍의 이동경로와 강도도 복합적으로 분석하였다. 이에 연안재해 위험이 가장 낮은 최적의 해상풍력단지 부지를 선정했고, 향후 해당지역 해상풍력 프로젝트의 기초연구자료로 활용하고자 한다.

• 한국가시화정보학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.52-56
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• 2017

In this study, we investigate the flow characteristics of lift-type disk which behaves the up-down motion using the large eddy simulation (LES) and immersed boundary method (IBM). Also, we perform the noise analysis using pressure field at 1.35 m distance and reveal the cause of noise to observe the vortical structure analysis of flow result. It is observed that vortical structure and wind shear were generated at leading edge and tower with high velocity deficit and flow separation. High magnitude of flow noise was observed in low frequency range which is from 30 Hz to 60 Hz. It was observed that vortical structure at leading edge was generated in frequency range from 33.3 Hz to 41.6 Hz. Temporal characteristic in vortical structure at leading edge was similar to noise characteristics, having the similar frequency ranges.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.13-20
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• 2012

This paper describes a transformerless static synchronous campensator (STATCOM) system based on cascade H-bridge multilevel inverter with star configuration. It is designed not only for the dynamic and continuous compensation of the reactive power but also for the improvement of power quality of existing wind power plant. Especially, when the induction generator of wind turbine is directly connected to the grid, reactive power are occurred by exiting current. so a reactive power compensation system based on the cascade H-bridge multilevel STATCOM is proposed because the output power quality and controllability of reactive power are required by grid code in many different countries. Using various The proposed reactive power control strategy using a STATCOM is compared with the conventional scheme using fixed-size of capacitor bank through various simulation results.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.373-380
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• 2020

For large-scale 5MW offshore wind turbines, the discrete equation of fluid domain and the motion equation of structural domain with geometric nonlinearity were built, the three-dimensional modeling of the blade considering fluid-structure interaction (FSI) was achieved by using Unigraphics (UG) and Geometry modules, and the numerical simulation and the analysis of the vibration characteristics for wind turbine structure under rotating effect were carried out based on ANSYS software. The results indicate that the rotating effect has an apparent effect on displacement and Von Mises stress, and the response and the distribution of displacement and Von Mises stress for the blade in direction of wingspan increase nonlinearly with the equal increase of rotational speeds. Compared with the single blade model, the blade vibration period of the whole machine model is much longer. The structural coupling effect reduces the response peak value of the blade displacement and Von Mises stress, and the increase of rotational speed enhances this coupling effect. The maximum displacement difference between two models decreases first and then increases along wingspan direction, the trend is more visible with the equal increase of rotational speed, and the boundary point with zero displacement difference moves towards the blade root. Furthermore, the Von Mises stress difference increases gradually with the increase of rotational speed and decreases nonlinearly from the blade middle to both sides. The results can provide technical reference for the safe operation and optimal design of offshore wind turbines.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2015년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.250-251
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• 2015

세계적으로 핵 연료와 자연에서 발생되는 화석 연료의 급격한 소비로 인해 자원의 부족으로 대체 에너지가 필요한 실정이다. 현재 세계적으로 많은 대체에너지를 개발 연구하고 있다. 그 중에 기존에 풍력발전 시스템은 대형의 추세로 시스템화가 발전되어 왔으며, 소형의 풍력 발전시스템은 단순하게 풍력발전 원리를 이용하여 발전시스템을 만들어져 왔다. 기존의 소형 풍력 발전시스템은 체계적으로 개발되어 온 것이 아니므로 발전 효율의 저하와 유지보수 문제점으로 많은 곳에서 방취되고 있는 실정이다. 본 논문에서는 소형풍력의 발전 효율 상승과 동시에 태양 에너지를 발전 할 수 있는 하이브리드 발전시스템을 개발하고, 네트워크를 통해 하이브리드 발전시스템을 효율적으로 유지보수 할 수 있는 시스템을 개발하고자 한다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.4115-4120
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• 2015

풍력단지가 연계된 전력계통의 과도안정도를 보장하기 위해서는 전력계통과 풍력단지의 접속점에 풍력발전기가 충분한 무효전력을 공급할 수 있어야 한다. 하지만 개별의 풍력터빈은 안정도를 유지하기 위한 충분한 무효전력 공급능력을 가지지 못한다. 또한 풍력단지와 접속점 사이의 케이블은 리액턴스가 크고 이에 따른 무효전력 손실도 크다. STATCOM(Static Synchronous Compensator)은 고속으로 동작할 수 있고 충분한 무효전력을 공급할 능력을 가지고 있기 때문에 과도안정도를 향상시킬 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 풍력단지가 연계된 전력계통의 과도안정도 향상에 있어서 STATCOM의 유효성을 보인다. 접속점에 STATCOM을 설치하고 동적 모의를 한 결과 과도 안정도가 향상되는 결과를 얻을 수 있었다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.577-598
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• 2016

This paper presents a numerical study of pile force distribution in a pile group foundation subjected to vertical load and large moment. The physical modeling of a pile foundation for a wind turbine is analyzed using 3D finite element software, PLAXIS 3D. The soil profile consists of several clay layers, which are modeled as Mohr-Coulomb material in an undrained condition. The piles in the pile group foundation are modeled as special elements called embedded pile elements. To model the problem of a pile group foundation, a small gap is created between the pile cap and underlying soil. The pile cap is modeled as a rigid plate element connected to each pile by a hinge. As a result, applied vertical load and large moment are transferred only to piles without any load sharing to underlying soil. Results of the study focus on pile load distribution for the square shape of a pile group foundation. Mathematical expression is proposed to describe pile force distribution for the cases of vertical load and large moment and purely vertical load.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.1143-1179
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• 2016

Offshore wind turbines are considered as a fundamental part to develop substantial, alternative energy sources. In this highly flexible structures, monopiles are usually used as support foundations. Since the monopiles are large diameter (3.5 to 7 m) deep foundations, they result in extremely stiff short monopiles where the slenderness (length to diameter) may range between 5 and 10. Consequently, their elastic deformation patterns under lateral loading differ from those of small diameter monopiles usually employed for supporting structures in offshore oil and gas industry. For this reason, design recommendations (API and DNV) are not appropriate for designing foundations for offshore wind turbine structures as they have been established on the basis of full-scale load tests on long, slender and flexible piles. Furthermore, as these facilities are very sensitive to rotations and dynamic changes in the soil-pile system, the accurate prediction of monopile head displacement and rotation constitutes a design criterion of paramount importance. In this paper, the Fourier Series Aided Finite Element Method (FSAFEM) is employed for the determination of static impedance functions of monopiles for OWT subjected to horizontal force and/or to an overturning moment, where a non-homogeneous soil profile has been considered. On the basis of an extensive parametric study, and in order to address the problem of head stiffness of short monopiles, approximate analytical formulae are obtained for lateral stiffness $K_L$, rotational stiffness $K_R$ and cross coupling stiffness $K_{LR}$ for both rough and smooth interfaces. Theses expressions which depend only on the values of the monopile slenderness $L/D_p$ rather than the relative soil/monopile rigidity $E_p/E_s$ usually found in the offshore platforms designing codes (DNV code for example) have been incorporated in the expressions of the OWT natural frequency of four wind farm sites. Excellent agreement has been found between the computed and the measured natural frequencies.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.129-143
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• 2024

In recent years, with the vigorous development of visual algorithms, a large amount of research has been conducted on blade surface defect detection methods represented by deep learning. Detection methods based on deep learning models must rely on a large and rich dataset. However, the geographical location and working environment of wind turbines makes it difficult to effectively capture images of blade surface defects, which inevitably hinders visual detection. In response to the challenge of collecting a dataset for surface defects that are difficult to obtain, a multi-class blade surface defect generation method based on the StyleGAN3 (Style Generative Adversarial Networks 3) deep learning model and PBGMs (Physics-Based Graphics Models) method has been proposed. Firstly, a small number of real blade surface defect datasets are trained using the adversarial neural network of the StyleGAN3 deep learning model to generate a large number of high-resolution blade surface defect images. Secondly, the generated images are processed through Matting and Resize operations to create defect foreground images. The blade background images produced using PBGM technology are randomly fused, resulting in a diverse and high-resolution blade surface defect dataset with multiple types of backgrounds. Finally, experimental validation has proven that the adoption of this method can generate images with defect characteristics and high resolution, achieving a proportion of over 98.5%. Additionally, utilizing the EISeg annotation method significantly reduces the annotation time to just 1/7 of the time required for traditional methods. These generated images and annotated data of blade surface defects provide robust support for the detection of blade surface defects.