• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2010년도 춘계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.236.1-236.1
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• 2010

Due to global warming, the need to secure an alternative resource has become more important nationally. Due to the high tidal range of up to 9.7m on the west coast of Korea, numerous tidal current projects are being planned and constructed. The rotor, which initially converts the energy, is a very important component because it affects the efficiency of the entire system, and its performance is determined by various design variables. In this paper, a design guideline of current generating HAT rotor and acceptable field rotor in offshore environment is proposed. To design HAT rotor model, wind mill rotor design principles and turbine theories were applied based on a field HAT rotor experimental data. To verify the compatibility of the rotor design method and to analyze the properties of design factors, 3D CFD model was designed and analysed by ANSYS CFX. The analysis results and findings are summarized in the paper.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제32권6A호
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• pp.389-398
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• 2012

이 연구에서는 빠른 조류 환경에서의 재킷식 해양구조물인 울돌목 시험조류발전소 구조물에 대한 시공 중 및 운영 중 변형률을 장기 계측하여, 계측 자료를 다양하게 분석하였다. 우선 구조물 시공 단계별 변형률 응답의 변화를 분석하여, 양중, 블록재하, 파일 인발 및 근입 등의 작업 시 변형률에 큰 변화가 발생함을 제시하였다. 또한 재킷 레그 절단과 같은 구조변경 후의 고정하중 및 조류하중에 의한 변형률 변화를 분석하여, 조류하중보다는 고정하중에 의한 변형률의 변화가 크게 발생함을 확인하였으며, 운영 중 계측 결과로부터 주요 변동 주기 성분을 분석하여, 변형률 계측 자료에 M2 및 M4 조석 성분과 동일한 주기를 갖는 장주기 성분이 가장 크게 존재함을 확인하였다. 마지막으로 변형률 기반의 구조 건전성 모니터링에 있어 중요한 변형률 예측 모델을 신경망 기반으로 작성하여, 조류 유속 및 조위에 따른 변형률을 합리적인 수준에서 예측할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 한국마린엔지니어링학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국마린엔지니어링학회 2011년도 전기공동학술대회 논문집
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• pp.79-79
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• 2011

The oceans are an untapped resource, capable of making a major contribution to our future energy needs. In the search for a non polluting renewable energy source, there is a push to find an economical way to harness energy from the ocean. Tidal stream is one of ocean energy form that is being investigated as potential source for power generation. Tidal current turbines are therefore designed as conversion machinery to generate power from tidal currents. A study on energy extraction from tidal currents is presented in this paper.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.60-66
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• 2014

Most tidal current turbine designs are focused on medium and large scale for deep sea, less attention is paid in low water level channel, such as the region around the islands and costal sea. This study is to develop a horizontal axis tidal current turbine rotor blade which is applicable to low water level island region in southwest coastal region of Korea. In this study, the hydrofoil NACA63-415 and NACA63-817 are both adopted to analyze. The blade using NACA63-817 showed the higher maximum power coefficient and good performance at small TSR (Tip Speed Ratio), which gives the blade more advantages in operating at lower water level channel, where is characterized by the fast-flowing water. The cavitation pattern of hydrofoil is predicted by the CFD analysis and verified that the NACA63-817 is the appropriate hydrofoil in the test site of tidal current resource and the hydrofoil showed considerable performance in avoiding cavitation.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.8-12
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• 2010

The use of a tidal-current power system is one source of renewable energy that can minimize the environmental impact of power production and offer many other advantages compared to conventional energy sources. Unlike other energy production approaches, rate of energy production can be precisely predicted and the operational rate is very high. The performance of the rotor, which has a vital role in energy production using tidal currents, is determined by various design factors, and it should be optimized for the specific ocean environment in the field. The horizontal-axis turbine is very sensitive to the direction of flow, and flow direction changes due to rise and fall of the tides. To investigate the performance of the rotor considering the interaction problems with incidence angle of flow, a series of experiments were conducted, and a 3D CFD model was designed and analyzed by ANSYS CFX. The results and findings are summarized in the paper.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제61권3호
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• pp.413-421
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• 2012

This paper proposes the design and implementation of fluid flow generation system by using polypropylene(PP) water capture, which harvests electric energy from the kinetic energy of tidal current or water flow and drives the desired load, and applies it to the discharge drain of Hadong thermal power plant. This experimental system is composed of water captures, driving wheel, gear trains, 10[kW] synchronous generator, and three phase rectifying circuit which drives lamp load for test. The proposed water capturing system which is composed of water captures, rope and driving wheel, rotates as caterpillar according to water flow. This system is very easy to manufacture and more economical than another type of tidal current turbines such as conventional propeller and helical type. Also, we estimated the available fluid flow energy that can be extracted from the cooling water in discharge drain based on drain's cross-sectional area. Therefore, this paper confirms the validity of proposed fluid flow generation system with water captures and the possibility of its application for renewable energy generation in discharge drain of thermal power plant, from the obtained performance characteristic of this energy conversion system.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.36-40
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• 2010

Tidal current power system is the energy converter which converts the kinetic energy of tidal stream into electric energy. The performance of the rotor which initially converts the energy is determined by various design factors and it should be optimized by the ocean environment of the field. Flow direction changes due to rise and fall of the tides, but horizontal axis turbine is very sensitive to direction of flow. To investigate the rotor performance considering the interaction problems with incidence angle of flow, series of experiments have been conducted. The results and findings are summarized in the paper.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2011년도 추계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.160.2-160.2
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• 2011

바다를 가로막는 방벽이나 방조제의 배수갑문 또는 조력발전소의 수문과 같이 인공 해양구조물을 통하여 흐르는 고속 해류를 이용하여 발전하는 해류발전 방식에 있어서, 고속 해류에 적합한 수차터빈과 발전기의 특성을 알아보았다. 조석간만의 차가 큰 지역에 설치되는 인공 해양구조물을 지나는 해류는 인공 해양구조물 전후에 발생하는 해수의 위치에너지 차이가 운동에너지로 바뀌면서 조석간만의 자연현상에 의해 발생되는 조류의 속도보다 훨씬 더 빠르게 흐른다. 이론적으로 우리나라의 서해안의 조석간만의 범위 3~8m로부터 7.5~12m/s 정도의 고속 해류가 가능하다. 이러한 경우에 적합한 해류발전기는 수차터빈 날개지름의 크기가 5m에서부터 12m 이하이면서, 증속기어박스와 발전기, 유압시스템 및 냉각시스템 그리고 전력변환장치를 포함하는 발전시설들을 해수면 위에 설치하는 것이 바람직하다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.335-353
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• 2015

Previous long-term measurements of the Uldolmok tidal current power plant showed that the structure's natural frequencies fluctuate with a constant cycle-i.e., twice a day with changes in tidal height and tidal current velocity. This study aims to improve structural health monitoring (SHM) techniques for offshore structures under a harsh tidal environment like the Uldolmok Strait. In this study, lab-scale experiments on a simplified offshore structure as a lab-scale test structure were conducted in a circulating water channel to thoroughly investigate the causes of fluctuation of the natural frequencies and to validate the displacement estimation method using multimetric data fusion. To this end, the numerical study was additionally carried out on the simplified offshore structure with damage scenarios, and the corresponding change in the natural frequency was analyzed to support the experimental results. In conclusion, (1) the damage that occurred at the foundation resulted in a more significant change in natural frequencies compared with the effect of added mass; moreover, the structural system became nonlinear when the damage was severe; (2) the proposed damage index was able to indicate an approximate level of damage and the nonlinearity of the lab-scale test structure; (3) displacement estimation using data fusion was valid compared with the reference displacement using the vision-based method.

• 한국해양학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.340-349
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• 1991

1987년 8월 24일부터 9월 28일까지 경기만에 발달한 조류 기원 사퇴위에서 측정한 조류 자료를 분석하여 해저면 상부 1.0 m 에서의 조류 속도(U /SUP 100/) 및 경계면에 서의 전단 속도(U /SUP */)를 구하였다. 전 조사기간 동안 평균 조류 속도는 중충(해 저면 상부 9.0 m)에서 창조시 56.3 cm/sec, 낙조시 63.7 cm/sec 의 지수는 0.15로 추 정된다. 해저 경계층에서의 유속 구조가 대수적 속도 구조 (logarithmix velocity profile) 가정을 이용하여 구한 U /SUP 100/, U /SUP */의 평균값은 각각 41.4 cm/sec로 계산되었다. 본 연구에서 계산된 평균 U /SUP */ 값은 (2.39 cm/sec)동일 지 역에서 최(1990)가 보고한 경계면에서의 임계전단 속도 U /SUP *c/ 보다 상당히 크며, 따라서 본 연구지역의 모래는 대부분의 조석 기간중 쉽게 침식 운반되는 것으로 보여 진다.