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The Effect of Wind (Typhoon), Tide and Solar Radiation for the Water Stratification at Deukryang Bay in Summer , 1992 (하계 득량만의 연직혼합과 관련된 바람 (태풍), 조석, 태양에너지의 영향)

  • Lee, Byung-Gul;Cho, Kyu-Dae;Hong, Chol-Hoon
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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    • v.31 no.3
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    • pp.256-263
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    • 1995
  • This paper presents the evidence on the considerably strong stratification - destratification(SD) phenomena during spring - neap tidal cycle in summer of 1992 based on the observed temperature, salinity and density data. To find out the main factors causing SD in the bay, we computed the rate of potential energy balance of the surface heat flux, tidal and wind stirring proposed by Simpson and Hunter (1974) and Simpson and Bowders (1981) using observed data. It was found that the energy of the wind stirring was one - order smaller than those of the heat flux and the tidal stirring. It means that the variation of stratification phenomena in the bay mainly depend on tidal stirring and sea surface heating in summer if there was no exceptionally strong wind event like a typhoon. Finally, we tested the effects of typhoon on the mixing characteristics of the bay using the example of a empirical typhoon model. It was found that when wind speed is larger than 15m/sec in Deukryang Bay, the wind energy was always larger than the average heating energy based on empirical typhoon model test. Particularly, typhoon passed on the left side of the bay, strong wind energy happened, which is almost the same as tidal energy of spring tide.

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Electromagnetic Structural Design Analysis and Performance Improvement of AFPM Generator for Small Wind Turbine

  • Jung, Tae-Uk;Cho, Jun-Seok
    • Journal of Magnetics
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.374-378
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    • 2011
  • Axial Field Permanent Magnet (AFPM) generators are widely applied for the small wind turbine because of the higher power density per unit weight than that of the conventional radial field generator. It is caused by the disc shaped rotor and the stator structures. The generally used AFPM generator, AFER-NS generator, is composed of the two side's external rotors and non-slotted stator without stator core. However, the output voltage and the output power are limited by the large reluctance by the long air-gap flux paths. In this paper, the design study of AFIR-S generator having double side's slotted stator core is accomplished to improve the output generation characteristics. The electromagnetic design analysis and the design improvement of the suggested AFIR-S generator are studied. Firstly, the electromagnetic design analysis was done to increase the power density. Secondly, the design optimizations of the rotor pole-arc ratio of permanent magnet are accomplished to increase the output power and to reduce the cogging torque. Finally, the output performances of AFER-NS and AFIR-S generator are compared with each other. For this study, 3D FEA is applied for the design analysis because of three dimensional electromagnetic structures.

Design and Steady-state Electromagnetic Analysis of a Wind Energy Generator with Permanent Magnet (영구자석형 풍력발전기 설계 및 정상상태 전자계 해석)

  • Hwang, Don-Ha;Park, Doh-Young;Kang, Do-Hyun;Bae, Sung-Woo;Choi, Kyeong-Ho;Kim, Dong-Hee
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2002.04a
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    • pp.6-8
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    • 2002
  • This paper presents the design and finite-element(FE) analysis of an axial-flux permanent-magnet synchronous generator using neodymium-iron-boron(NdFeB) magnets for directly coupled wind turbines. For the high energy density and light weight, an axial-flux permanent-magnet(PM) generator type is used. The simple magnetic equivalent circuit approach is used for initial design iteration, and the finite-element method is applied to analyze the detailed characteristics.

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THIN SHELL FORMATION TIME AND [OIII] LINE IN FAST WIND BUBBLE (빠른 항성풍 거품의 구각형성 시각과 [OIII]선의 형성)

  • Choi, Seung-Eon;Lee, Yeong-Jin
    • Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.91-107
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    • 1996
  • We determine analytically the onset of thin-shell formation time of fast wind bubble with power-law energy injection $E_{in}=E_0t^s$, and power-law ambient density structure, ${\rho}_0(r)={\bar{\rho}}(r/{\bar{r}})^{-{\omega}}$. Thin-shell formation time, $t_{sf}$ can be estimated by minimizing the total time elapsed before the complete cooling of shocked gas. For uniform medium (${\omega}=0$) and constant energy injection (s = 1), the onset of shell formation is found to be at $t_{sf}=5.2{\times}10^3yr$, which agrees Quite well with the results of FCT 1D numerical calculation. We solve the line transfer problem with previous result derived by numerical calculation in order to calculate line profile of [OIII] (${\lambda}=5007{\AA}$) forbidden line. In general, radiative outer shell causes the formation of double peaked line profile. Each peak corresponds to approaching and receeding shells with large velocities. Our line profiles show good agreements with observation of expanding shell structure.

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Magnetopause Waves Controlling the Dynamics of Earth's Magnetosphere

  • Hwang, Kyoung-Joo
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.1-11
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    • 2015
  • Earth's magnetopause separating the fast and often turbulent magnetosheath and the relatively stagnant magnetosphere provides various forms of free energy that generate low-frequency surface waves. The source mechanism of this energy includes current-driven kinetic physical processes such as magnetic reconnection on the dayside magnetopause and flux transfer events drifting along the magnetopause, and velocity shear-driven (Kelvin-Helmholtz instability) or density/pressure gradient-driven (Rayleigh-Taylor instability) magnetohydro-dynamics (MHD) instabilities. The solar wind external perturbations (impulsive transient pressure pulses or quasi-periodic dynamic pressure variations) act as seed fluctuations for the magnetopause waves and trigger ULF pulsations inside the magnetosphere via global modes or mode conversion at the magnetopause. The magnetopause waves thus play an important role in the solar wind-magnetosphere coupling, which is the key to space weather. This paper presents recent findings regarding the generation of surface waves (e.g., Kelvin-Helmholtz waves) at the Earth's magnetopause and analytic and observational studies accountable for the linking of the magnetopause waves and inner magnetospheric ULF pulsations, and the impacts of magnetopause waves on the dynamics of the magnetopause and on the inner magnetosphere.

Critical Characteristics Estimation of a Large-Scale HTS Wind Turbine Generator Using a Performance Evaluation System

  • Kim, Taewon;Woo, Sang-Kyun;Kim, Changhyun
    • KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.229-233
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    • 2019
  • Large-scale High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) wind power generators suffer from high electromagnetic force and high torque due to their high current density and low rotational speed. Therefore, the torque and Lorentz force of HTS wind power generators should be carefully investigated. In this paper, we proposed a Performance Evaluation System (PES) to physically test the structural stability of HTS coils with high torque before fabricating the generator. The PES is composed of the part of a pole-pair of the HTS generator for estimating the characteristic of the HTS coil. The 10 MW HTS generator and PES were analyzed using a 3D finite element method software. The performance of the HTS coil was evaluated by comparing the magnetic field distributions, the output power, and torque values of the 10 MW HTS generator and the PES. The magnetic flux densities, output power, and torque values of the HTS coils in the PES were the same as a pole-pair of the 10 MW HTS generator. Therefore, the PES-based evaluation method proposed in this paper can be used to estimate the critical characteristics of the HTS generator under high magnetic field and high torque before manufacturing the HTS wind turbines. These results will be used effectively to research and manufacture large-scale HTS wind turbine generators.

Intelligent Energy Harvesting Power Management and Advanced Energy Storage System (지능형 에너지 저장시스템과 ESS 개발을 위한 소재 및 공정 기술)

  • Heo, Kwan-Jun;Kim, Sung-Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.27 no.7
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    • pp.417-427
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    • 2014
  • Renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and hydro provides utilizing renewable power and reduce the using fossil fuels. On the other hand, it is too critical to apply power system due to the intermittent nature of renewable energy sources, the continuous fluctuations of the power load, and the storage with high energy density. Energy storage system, including pumped-hydroelectric energy storage, compressed-air energy storage, superconducting magnetic energy storage, and electrochemical devices like batteries, supercapacitors and others have shown that solve some of the challenges. In this paper, we review the current state of applications of energy storage systems, and atomic layer deposition technology, graphene materials on the energy storage systems and processes.

Design of Small-Scaled Permanent Magnet Generators for Wind Power Applications (풍력용 소용량 영구자석형 발전기의 설계)

  • Jang, Seok-Myeong;Choi, Jang-Young;Cho, Han-Wook;You, Dae-Joon;Kyoung, Nam-Ho
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2006.04b
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    • pp.194-196
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    • 2006
  • This paper deals with design of a small-scaled permanent magnet generator (PMG) for wind power applications. First, this paper determines rated power and rated speed of the PMG from measured characteristics of wind turbines. Second, we derive analytical solutions for the open-circuit field in order to determine optimum magnet thickness and pole pitch/arc ratio. Third, on the basis of open circuit field solutions, stator magnetic circuit is designed. And then, a diameter of stator coil which agree with a required current density is calculated, and its turns are determined from the area of slot. Finally, finite element (FE) method is employed for validity of the designed PMG and, the back-emf measurements are also given to confirm the design.

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Effect of aerodynamic modifications on the surface pressure patterns of buildings using proper orthogonal decomposition

  • Tse, K.T.;Chen, Zeng-Shun;Lee, Dong-Eun;Kim, Bubryur
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.227-238
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    • 2021
  • This study analyzed the pressure patterns and local pressure of tall buildings with corner modifications (recessed and chamfered corner) using wind tunnel tests and proper orthogonal decomposition (POD). POD can distinguish pressure patterns by POD mode and more dominant pressure patterns can be found according to the order of POD modes. Results show that both recessed and chamfered corners effectively reduced wind-induced responses. Additionally, unique effects were observed depending on the ratio of corner modification. Tall building models with recessed corners showed fluctuations in the approaching wind flow in the first POD mode and vortex shedding effects in the second POD mode. With large corner modification, energy distribution became small in the first POD mode, which shows that the effect of the first POD mode reduced. Among building models with chamfered corners, vortex shedding effects appeared in the first POD mode, except for the model with the highest ratio of corner modifications. The POD confirmed that both recessed and chamfered corners play a role in reducing vortex shedding effects, and the normalized power spectral density peak value of modes showing vortex shedding was smaller than that of the building model with a square section. Vortex shedding effects were observed on the front corner surfaces resulting from corner modification, as with the side surface. For buildings with recessed corners, the local pressure on corner surfaces was larger than that of side surfaces. Moreover, the average wind pressure was effectively reduced to 88.42% and 92.40% in RE1 on the windward surface and CH1 on the side surface, respectively.

Analysis of Wave Energy Density for Korean Coastal Sea Area Based on Long-Term Simulated Wave Data (장기 수치모사 파랑자료를 바탕으로 한 한국해역의 파랑에너지밀도 분석)

  • Song Museok;Kim Doyoung;Kim Min;Hong Keyyong;Jun Kichun
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.152-157
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    • 2004
  • Wave energy distribution along the Korean coastal sea area was analysed based on the calculated wave data at KORDI. The wave data for the analysis is for the last 24 years (1979∼2002) and the model is HYPA and WAM using known wind field. The wave energy or wave power was evaluated based on the linear wave theory with a simple wave period assumption. The results shed some idea on the amount of usable wave energy and the sites of higher efficiency. It is fair to say that 3kw/m wave energy is easily observable and 10kw/m is frequently available depending on the season and location. The south west region of Jeju island is believed to have the highest overall wave energy density.

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