• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.939-950
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• 2015

A single-stage AC-AC converter has been designed for a wind energy conversion system (WECS) that eliminates multistage operation and DC-link filter elements, thus resolving size, weight, and reliability issues. A simple switching strategy is used to control the switches that changes the variable-frequency AC output of an electrical generator to a constant-frequency supply to feed into a distributed electrical load/grid. In addition, a modified random sinusoidal pulse width modulation (RSPWM) technique has been developed for the designed converter to make the overall system more efficient by increasing generating power capacity and reducing the effects of inter-harmonics and sub-harmonics generated in the WECS. The technique uses carrier and reference waves of variable switching frequency to calculate the firing angles of the switches of the converter so that the three-phase output voltage of the converter is very close to a sine wave with reduced THD. A comparison of the performance of the proposed RSPWM technique with the conventional SPWM demonstrated that the power generated by a turbine in the proposed approximately increased by 5% to 10% and THD reduces by 40% both in voltage and current with respect to conventional SPWM.

• 한국해양환경ㆍ에너지학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.184-191
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• 2011

부유식 파력발전시스템의 필수요소인 계류시스템에 관한 초기 설계를 수행하였다. 국내 외에서 개발된 부유식 파력발전장치용 계류시스템 사례를 살펴보았으며, 계류시스템 구성 요소에 대하여 분석하였다. 계류시스템의 요소인 앵커와 계류선에 대하여 초기 설계를 수행하였는데, 계류선은 주로 해저면 위에 얹혀 있는 고중량 부분과 부체에 매달려 있는 저중량 부분으로 나누었다. 앵커와 연결되어서 주로 해저면 부근에 있는 일부분은 고중량 체인을 사용함으로써, 부체로부터 전달되는 강제가진에 의한 동적에너지를 감쇠시킬 수 있으며, 앵커의 중량과 부피를 줄일 수 있다. 또한 체인의 모든 부분이 해저면 위로부터로 들려 올려질 경우 앵커에는 수평력과 수직력이 작용하여 앵커의 지지력이 감소하게 되는데, 고중량 체인을 앵커 부근에 배치함으로써 이를 방지할 수 있을 것이다. 부체와 해저면 사이에 매달리는 부분은 저중량 체인을 사용함으로써, 체인의 자중과 거동이 부체의 에너지 생산 기능에 영향을 최소로 미치게 할 수 있을 것이다. 초기 설계된 계류시스템 모델의 안전성 평가를 위하여 정적 및 거동 해석을 수행하였다. 태풍 등의 열악한 해양환경 조건에서 앵커 부근의 체인 장력도 앵커의 지지력을 초과하여 설계된 앵커는 수평 이동되어 기능을 수행하지 못하게 될 것으로 예측되었다. 따라서, 앵커는 중량을 증가시키거나 지지력을 증대시킬 수 있는 방안이 강구되어야 할 것이다. 본 연구 결과는 향후 기능성과 안전성을 만족시키는 계류시스템의 상세 설계를 위한 자료로 이용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.474-483
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• 2014

The majority of existing WECs (wave energy converters) are designed to achieve maximum power at a resonance condition. In the case of a single WEC, its size must be large enough for tuning, and it has high efficiency only within a limited frequency band. Recently, wave power extraction by deploying many small buoys in a compact array has been studied under the assumption that the buoy's size and separation distance are much smaller than the water depth, wave length, and size of the array. A boundary value problem involving the macro-scale boundary condition on the mean surface covered by an infinite strip of buoys is solved using the eigenfunction expansion method. The energy extraction efficiency (${\varepsilon}=1-R^2_f-T^2_r$), where $R_f$ and $T_r$ are the reflection and transmission coefficients for a strip array of buoys, is assessed for various combinations of packing ratio, strip width, and PTO damping coefficient.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제23권6_2호
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• pp.999-1006
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• 2020

This study was conducted to develop an efficiency prediction program of a hydraulic secondary energy converter for calculating annual power generation of a Wavestar type wave power generator. Using the period and wave height obtained from the frequency domain analysis, the behavior of the floating body was obtained by assuming the sin function. The piston displacement and speed of the hydraulic cylinder were calculated considering the behavior of the floating body and the shape of the mechanism. The numerical simulation of the hydraulic system was performed by physically modeling the hydraulic cylinders, check valves, hydraulic motors, which are the main devices. In the future, this analysis program will be used to develop a program for estimating annual power generation of a moveable body type wave power generation device.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.217-224
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• 2014

We have developed the novel device that can extract energy from ocean waves utilizing the heaving motion of a floating mass. The major components of the energy converter are: a floater, a counterweight, a cable, a driving pulley, two idler pulleys, a ratchet, and a generator. The device generates power through the tension force in the cable and the weight difference between the floater and the counterweight. When the system is at static free condition, the tension in the cable is equal to the weight of the counterweight which is minimum. Therefore it is desirable to keep the counterweight lighter than the floater. However, experiments show that during the rise of the water level, the torque generated by weight of the counterweight is insufficient to rotate the driving pulley which causes the cable on the floater side to slack. The proposed application of the tension pulley rectifies these problems by preventing the cable from becoming slack when the water level rises. In this paper, the dynamics model is modified to incorporate the dynamics of the tension pulley. This has been achieved by first writing the dynamical equations for the tension pulley and the energy converter separately and combining them later. This paper investigates numerically the effect of the tension pulley on various physical quantities such as the cable tension, the floater displacement, and the floater velocity. Results obtained indicate that this application is successful in suppressing large fluctuations of the cable tension.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.79-87
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• 2015

요요 진동시스템을 이용한 파력발전 장치의 모델링 및 성능해석을 수행하였다. 본 연구의 파력발전 시스템은 기계적 요소인 요요진동 시스템, 모션정류 시스템, 동력전달 시스템과 전기적 요소인 발전시스템으로 구성된다. 특히 요요 진동시스템을 적용하여 파랑의 입력을 회전운동으로 변환하였으며 입력되는 파랑의 크기가 공진현상에 의해 증폭되어 높은 에너지 변환효율을 갖도록 구성되었다. 기계적 시스템과 전기적 시스템의 임피던스 연결(Impedance matching)을 통해 기계-전기 통합 해석 모델을 수립하였다. 일정 입력 가속도 0.14g 에서 다양한 파랑 주파수와 시스템 감쇠비에 대한 수치적 성능 해석을 진행하였다. 최대 전기적 출력은 공진주파수에서 부하저항이 최적 부하 조건을 만족할 때 발생하였으며, 이때 최대 전기 출력은 290W, 발전 효율은 48%이다. 해석 결과를 통해 공진 현상을 이용하여 파력발전장치의 출력을 크게 증가시킬 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.255-260
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• 2016

In this paper, a full-wave rectifier (FWR) with a simple vibration detector suitable for use with vibrational energy harvesting systems is presented. Conventional active FWRs where active diodes are used to reduce the diode voltage drop and increase the system efficiency are usually powered from the output. Output-powered FWRs exhibit relatively high efficiencies because the comparators used in active diodes are powered from the stable output voltage. Nevertheless, a major drawback is that these FWRs consume power from the output storage capacitor even when the system is not harvesting any energy. To overcome the problem, a technique using a simple vibration detector consisting of a peak detector and a level converter is proposed. The vibration detector detects whether vibrational energy exists or not in the input terminal and disables the comparators when there is no vibrational energy. The proposed FWR with the vibration detector is designed using a $0.35-{\mu}m$ CMOS process. Simulation results have verified the effectiveness of the proposed scheme. By using the proposed vibration detector, a decrease in leakage current by approximately 67,000 times can be achieved after the vibration disappears.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.589-597
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• 2015

기존 케이슨방파제 외해 측에 수로를 설치하고 수로 내에 부유체를 설치한 파력발전시스템에 대해서 연구하였다. 이 시스템은 중복파를 기진력으로 활용하고, 수로 내 수주와 부유체의 공진현상을 이용하여 에너지 추출효율 극대화할 목적으로 제안되었다(Park et al., 2014). 선형파 이론에 기초한 Galerkin 유한요소 모델(Park, 1991)을 이용하여 제안된 발전시스템의 성능을 평가한 결과, 기존의 타 시스템에 비하여 우수한 발전효율을 보임과 수로 내 수주의 공진현상이 성능에 지배적인 영향을 미침을 확인하였다. 또한, 수로와 부이 주변에서 발생하는 유체 점성감쇠가 발전효율에 미치는 영향이 커 이를 최소화하는 노력이 필요한 것으로 평가되었다.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.25-34
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• 2017

The concentric dual-buoy Wave Energy Converter (WEC), which consists of external buoy (hallow-cylinder) with toroidal appendage and cylindrical internal buoy within the moon-pool is suggested in this research and its performance in various wave conditions is studied. The Linear Electric Generator (LEG), consisting of a permanent magnet and coils, is used as a direct Power Take-Off (PTO) system. To maximize the electrical energy extracted from the PTO system, the relative heave motions between the dual buoys must be highly amplified by the multiple resonance phenomena of dual-buoy and internal-fluid motions. The high-performance range can be widened by distributing those natural frequencies with respect to the peak frequency of the wave spectrum. The performance of the newly developed dual-buoy WEC was measured throughout the systematic 1:5.95-model test in regular and irregular waves conducted in a wave tank at Seoul National University. The model-test results are also validated by an independently developed numerical method.

• 한국해양공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양공학회 2006년 창립20주년기념 정기학술대회 및 국제워크샵
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• pp.427-430
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• 2006

This paper deals with the internal oscillating flaw in air chamber and duct of an OWC-type wave energy converter by numerical analysis using commercial CFD code, FLUENT. Whole oscillating flaw from OWC-type chamber to outlet through duct was solved by unsteady analysis in order that performance of wave energy conversion was made better. Results show that whole oscillating flaw field of this system in unsteady condition. Duct shape at setting place of turbine is curved with elbow, because profile of inlet condition to turbine is important in its efficiency. This paper is found internal flaw in air chamber and duct. Also, this research was found effect of duct shape.