• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.76-86
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• 2019

The cross-flow turbine is a key hydraulic power system that is widely due to low costs, high efficiency, and low maintenance. In particular, the cross-flow turbine considered as the most suitable turbine for low head situations as it is known to operate down to 5 m of water head. However, the conventional cross-flow turbine is unsuitable for ultra-low head situations with less than a 3 m water head. In this study, we propose an inverted-type cross-flow turbine to overcome the limitations of conventional cross-flow turbines under ultra-low head situations. First, we described the limitations of conventional turbines and suggested a new turbine for the ultra-low head circumstances. Second, we investigated the performance of the new turbine using CFD analysis. Results demonstrated the effects of the design parameters, such as number of blades and rotor diameter ratio, on the performance of the suggested turbine. As a result, we developed an inverted-type cross-flow turbine with up to 60% efficiency under low water head conditions.

• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.285-296
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• 2011

Spar platforms have several advantages for deploying wind turbines in offshore for depth beyond 120 m. The merit of spar platform is large range of topside payloads, favourable motions compared to other floating structures and minimum hull/deck interface. The main objective of this paper is to present the response analysis of the slack moored spar platform supporting 5MW wind turbine with bottom keel plates in regular and random waves, studied experimentally and numerically. A 1:100 scale model of the spar with sparD, sparCD and sparSD configuration was studied in the wave basin ($30{\times}30{\times}3m$) in Ocean engineering department in IIT Madras. In present study the effect of wind loading, blade dynamics and control, and tower elasticity are not considered. This paper presents the details of the studies carried out on a 16 m diameter and 100 m long spar buoy supporting a 90 m tall 5 MW wind turbine with 3600 kN weight of Nacelle and Rotor and 3500 kN weight of tower. The weight of the ballast and the draft of the spar are adjusted in such a way to keep the centre of gravity below the centre of buoyancy. The mooring lines are divided into four groups, each of which has four lines. The studies were carried out in regular and random waves. The operational significant wave height of 2.5 m and 10 s wave period and survival significant wave height of 6 m and 18 s wave period in 300 m water depth are considered. The wind speed corresponding to the operational wave height is about 22 knots and this wind speed is considered to be operating wind speed for turbines. The heave and surge accelerations at the top of spar platform were measured and are used for calculating the response. The geometric modeling of spar was carried out using Multisurf and this was directly exported to WAMIT for subsequent hydrodynamic and mooring system analysis. The numerical results were compared with experimental results and the comparison was found to be good. Parametric study was carried out to find out the effect of shape, size and spacing of keel plate and from the results obtained from present work ,it is recommended to use circular keel plate instead of square plate.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.95-101
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• 2020

풍력터빈 블레이드는 바람의 운동에너지를 축일로 변환하는 장치로서 상대적으로 고속 회전하면서 양력과 항력의 다양한 하중 조합과 진동에 견딜 수 있도록 내구 강도가 큰 경량의 재료를 선택하여 강성을 증가시키는 구조를 갖도록 설계되어야 한다. 본 연구는 CFRP 프리프레그를 사용하여 소형 풍력 블레이드를 제작하는 경우 공정 시간을 단축하는 기술을 개발하려는 목적으로 수행되었다. QBlade 수치해석 프로그램을 사용하여 블레이드의 형상을 결정하였다. 주어진 풍속에서 바람에 의해 부가되는 양력과 항력을 계산하는 유체역학 수치해석을 수행하고, 대표적인 블레이드 구조에 대해 블레이드 외피 재료에 가해지는 폰미세스 응력을 예측하는 재료역학 수치해석을 수행하였다. 인장 강도 시험의 불확실도를 개선하기 위해 ASTM D638 규정을 수정하여 새로운 시편의 형상을 제안하였고, 기존 형상의 인장 강도와 유사한 평균값을 얻되 파단 위치의 재현성이 향상됨을 확인하였다. 일련의 실험을 통해 소형 풍력블레이드의 제작에 블래더 가압 방식을 적용하면 충분한 내구 강도를 확보하면서 공정시간을 단축할 수 있음을 확인하였다.