• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.279-286
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• 2018

The use of eco-friendly energy in the offshore plant system is expanding because conventional generators are operated by fossil fuel or natural gas. Eco-friendly energy, which replaces existing power generation methods, should be capable of generating the power for lighting protection equipment, airborne fault indication, parameter measurement, and others. Most of the eco-friendly energy used in offshore plant facilities is solar and wind power. In the case of using photovoltaic power, because the structure must be constructed based as flat solar panels, it can be damaged easily by the wind. Therefore, there is a need for a new generation system composed of a spherical structure that does not require a separate structure and is less influenced by the wind. Considering these characteristics, in this study we designed, fabricated, and tested a unit that could provide the most efficient spherical photovoltaic power generation considering wind direction and wind pressure. Our test results indicated that the proposed system reduced costs because it did not require any separate structure, used eco-friendly energy, reduced carbon dioxide emissions, and expanded the proportion of eco-friendly energy use by offshore plant facilities.

• 대기
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2018

Characteristics of wind resources of offshore and coastal regions were compared using wind data obtained from HeMOSU-1 (Herald of Meteorological and Oceanographic Special Unit-1) meteorological mast located at Southwestern Sea, and ground-based LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) at Gochang observation site near it. The analysis includes comparison of basic wind statistics such as mean wind speed, wind direction, power law exponent and their temporal variability as well as site assessment items for the wind power plant such as turbulence intensity and wind power density at the two observation sites. It was found that the wind at HeMOSU-1 site has lower diurnal and seasonal variability than that at Gochang site, which lead to smaller turbulence intensity. Overall, the results of the comparative analysis show that the wind resource at HeMOSU-1 site located offshore has more favorable condition for wind power generation than the wind resource at Gochang which shows nature of coastal area.

• 풍력에너지저널
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.11-20
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• 2024

As the generation capacity of floating offshore wind turbines increases, the wind load applied to each turbine increases. Due to such a high wind load, the capacity of transport equipment (such as tugboats or cranes) required in the transportation and installation phases must be much larger than that of previous small-capacity wind power generation systems. However, for such an important wind load prediction method, the simple formula proposed by the classification society is generally used, and prediction through wind tunnel tests or Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is rarely used, especially for a concept or initial design stages. In this study, the wind load of a 10 MW class floating offshore wind turbine was predicted by a simplified formula and compared with results of wind tunnel tests. In addition, the wind load coefficients at each stage of fabrication, transportation, and installation are presented so that it can be used during a concept or initial design stages for similar floating offshore wind turbines.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.22-37
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• 2022

Large-scale offshore wind power is emerging as a viable solution to achieve carbon neutrality and solve climate change. As power generation complexes require ample space for construction, they create conflicts with residents near the construction site. To resolve the issue with residents, Korea, along with other countries, has developed policies that focus on influencing public perception. However, as the contents of such policies changed several times in a short period in Korea, they were differently applied depending on the timing of the project. This study examines how Korean offshore wind power site development policies, particularly the ones focusing on swaying public perception, were applied differently by regions.

• 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.

• KIEAE Journal
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.155-160
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• 2015

The annual average of energy sources is continuously increasing at a rate of 5.8%, and particularly, the power generation proportion of new/renewable energy is increasing significantly. Furthermore, South Korea has established a national energy master plan for 2008-2030 and is aiming at obtaining approximately 11% of total energy production from the wind turbine sector. Although offshore wind turbines are similar to wind turbines installed on land, they require materials with excellent dynamic properties and durability to prevent damage due to seawater at the lower parts and connecting parts. The lower parts of wind turbines are submerged in seawater, and the upper and lower parts are connected by filling the connecting part with grout. This paper describes the test results of the process of determining the mix ratios to develop ultra-high grout for offshore wind turbines. There is virtually no relevant technology regarding grout for offshore wind turbines in South Korea that can be referenced for the process of determining the mix ratios. Therefore, tests were conducted for determining compression strength, elastic modulus, flexural strength, density, constructability (floor test), and early strength by referencing a high-performance grout produced in South Korea, and the mixing process for achieving the goal strengths was described using the Korean Industrial Standards (KS) as the reference.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.349-353
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• 2012

As the world wind energy market grows rapidly, the productions of wind power generation equipment have recently increased, but manufacturers are not able meet this requirement. Particularly offshore wind energy industry is one of the most popular renewable energy sectors. To generalize welding processes, the welding automation is considered for steel structure manufacturing in offshore wind energy to get high quality and productivity. Welding technology in construction of the wind towers is depended on progress productivity. In addition, the life of wind tower structures should be considered by taking account of the natural weathering and the load it endures. The root passes are typically deposited using Gas Tungsten Arc Welding(GTAW) with a specialized backing gas shield. Not only the validation consists of welders experienced in determining the welding productivity of the baseline welding procedure, but also the standard testing required by the ASME section IX and API1104 codes, toughness testing was performed on the completed field welds. This paper presents the welding characteristics of the root-pass welding of high tensile steel in manufacturing of offshore wind tower. Based on the result from welding experiments, optimal welding conditions were selected after analyzing correlation between welding parameters(peak current, background current and wire feed rate) and back-bead geometry such as back-bead width(mm) and back-bead height performing root-pass welding experiment under various conditions. Furthermore, a response surface approach has been applied to provide an algorithm to predict an optimal welding quality.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.9-20
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• 2018

The present study deals with the conceptual design of a motion reduction device for a floating wave-offshore wind hybrid power generation platform. A damping plate attached to the bottom of a column of a large semi-submersible is introduced to reduce the motion of the platform. Performance analyses on various shapes and configurations of damping plates were performed using the potential flow solver, and the appropriate configuration and size of the damping plate were selected based on the numerical results. In order to see the effect of viscous damping, a small scale model test was performed in a 2D wave flume. The performances of five different damping plates were measured and discussed based on the results of free decay tests and regular wave tests.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.19-28
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• 2014

Wind power generation of 5 MW wind turbine was predicted by using wind measurement data from HeMOSU-1 which is at south west coast of Korea. Time histories of turbulent wind was generated from 10-min mean wind speed and then they were used as input to Bladed to estimated electric power. Those estimated powers are used in both polynominal regression and neural network training. They were compared with each other for daily production and yearly production. Effect of mean wind speed and turbulence intensity were quantitatively analyzed and discussed. This technique further can be used to assess lifetime power of wind turbine.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.167-172
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• 2021

세계 해상풍력 시장의 밝은 성장 전망과 우리 정부의 의욕적인 계획에 힘입어 국내 해상풍력 시장의 성장 가능성에 대한 기대감이 한층 높아지고 있는 상황에서 국내 해상풍력의 성공적인 발전을 위한 방안과 실무 전문가들의 실질적인 애로사항에 대해 조사 분석한 내용을 토대로 개선방안을 제시한다. 또한 관련 중소기업을 육성하기 위해 실무적 지원 방안을 제시한다. 연구결과와 개선방안은 설문조사결과를 토대로 하였으며, 그 내용은 다음과 같다. 첫째, 대기업 위주로 기술개발이 이루어지면서 중소제조업에 대한 발전여력이 매우 저조한 실정으로, 정부기관이 주도하는 클러스터 핵심센터를 설립·운영하여 국가 연구기관들과 대기업의 주도로 기술지원을 하고, 대학교와 국가 연구기관들이 함께 전문인력 양성 및 연구개발을 통한 중소·중견 기업들의 자립력을 강화시킬 필요가 있다. 둘째, 기업의 실무적 지원방안에 대한 설문조사 결과 기술개발과 생산된 부품에 대한 사업화를 위한 다양한 지원이 이루어져야 할 필요성이 있는 것으로 나타났다.