• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제33권8호
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• pp.580-588
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• 2009

This paper summarizes the experimentally-measured performance of small-scale, vertical-axis wind turbine for the purpose of improving the aerodynamic efficiency and its controllability. The turbine is designed to have a Savonius-Type rotor with an inlet guide-vane and an side guide-vane so that it achieves a higher efficiency than any lift- or drag-based turbines. The main design factors for this high-efficient, vertical wind turbine are the number of blades (Z), and the aspect ratio of Height/Diameter (H/D) among many. The basic model has the diameter of 580mm, the height of 464mm, and the blade number of 10. The maximum power coefficient of 0.50 was experimentally measured for the above-mentioned specifications. The inlet-guide vane ensures the maximum efficiency when the angle of attack to the rotor blade lies between $15^{\circ}$ and $20^{\circ}$. This experimental results for the vertical-axis wind turbine can be applied to the preliminary design of turbine output curve based on the wind characteristics at the proposed site by controlling its aerodynamic performance given as a priori.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.497-505
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• 2016

Operating wind turbine generators at maximum power point requires maximum power point tracking (MPPT) control methods. However, conventional methods cannot track the appropriate maximum power point in situations involving wind turbine systems based on a series operation strategy. These systems comprise one or more local maximum power points, and conventional methods can detect only one local maximum power point closed by a current operation point. This study proposes an advanced MPPT method for the series operation strategy of a small, grid-connected wind turbine system. In determining the appropriate maximum point, operations at certain local maximum power points are analyzed. The results show one appropriate point, which is tracked by the proposed MPPT method. The effectiveness of the proposed method is verified by the experimental results.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.507-535
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• 2017

In the strong wind shutdown state, the blade position significantly affects the streaming behavior and stability performance of wind turbine towers. By selecting the 3M horizontal axis wind turbine independently developed by Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics as the research object, the CFD method was adopted to simulate the flow field of the tower-blade system at eight shutdown positions within a single rotation period of blades. The effectiveness of the simulation method was validated by comparing the simulation results with standard curves. In addition, the dynamic property, aerostatic response, buckling stability and ultimate bearing capacity of the wind turbine system at different shutdown positions were calculated by using the finite element method. On this basis, the influence regularity of blade shutdown position on the wind-induced response and stability performance of wind turbine systems was derived, with the most unfavorable working conditions of wind-induced buckling failure of this type of wind turbines concluded. The research results implied that within a rotation period of the wind turbine blade, when the blade completely overlaps the tower (Working condition 1), the aerodynamic performance of the system is the poorest while the aerostatic response is relatively small. Since the influence of the structure's geometrical nonlinearity on the system wind-induced response is small, the maximum displacement only has a discrepancy of 0.04. With the blade rotating clockwise, its wind-induced stability performance presents a variation tendency of first-increase-then-decrease. Under Working condition 3, the critical instability wind speed reaches its maximum value, while the critical instability wind speed under Working condition 6 is the smallest. At the same time, the coupling effect between tower and blade leads to a reverse effect which can significantly improve the ultimate bearing capacity of the system. With the reduction of the area of tower shielded by blades, this reverse effect becomes more obvious.

• 산업기술연구
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• 제29권A호
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• pp.3-8
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• 2009

Vibration characteristics of a 6kW stand alone W/T(wind turbine) system are experimentally and theoretically investigated. Vibration resonance of the tower-cable system is monitored and the data are analysed and compared with the analytical results. To predict the resonance speed of the cable supported W/T, Rayleigh-Ritz method is applied to the tower-guy cable coupled system. Parametric study on the relation of the cable tension, cable elasticity and resonance frequency is carried out. Results of the study are utilized to design the stable structure of small size wind turbines which consist of a pivoted tower and guy cables.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.15-22
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• 2009

본 논문은 소형 풍력발전용 영구자석형 동기발전기에서 고정자 자속과 역기전력을 이용한 센서리스 제어방법을 제안한다. 기존의 다이오드와 DC-부스트 컨버터를 사용한 소형 풍력발전용 컨버터와는 달리 2-Leg 3상 PWM 컨버터를 사용하여 발전기를 구동한다. 이는 기존의 컨버터와 비교하여 가격적으로 뒤지지 않으며, 발전기의 벡터제어가 가능하여 최대출력 제어시 발전 효율향상을 확인할 수 있다. 그리고 센서리스 제어 알고리즘을 적용하여 속도 측정을 위해 사용되는 엔코더를 제거하므로 시스템의 가격을 저감시킨다. 제안된 알고리즘은 PSIM 시뮬레이션을 사용하여 컨버터 제어 성능과 발전기의 최대 출력 제어의 타당성을 검증한다.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제28권7호
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• pp.75-80
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• 2014

The small wind turbines has the merits of setting up with low costs by individuals, and get the energy saving effects that, it has the secured, separate markets from the big range systems, and the developing of it is continuously proceeding. The objective of this paper is to provide the design characteristics analysis of a permanent magnet synchronous generator(PMSG) skewed for magnet of rotor, the main advantage to be explored with the use of a split core design is the reduction in manufacturing costs and its simplicity in manufacture, compared to the manufacturing costs of a core skew PM machine. This thesis is aiming mainly analyzing the characteristics of the prototype to verify through Finite Element Method(FEM) and tests.

• Composites Research
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.32-36
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• 2023

최근 탄소 중립 등 지속 가능한 발전을 위한 지구환경 문제가 대두되면서 기존 풍력터빈의 소재인 유리섬유 복합재의 폐기 시 처리 방안이 문제가 되고 있다. 이를 해결하기 위해 본 연구에서는 기존의 유리섬유 복합재를 대체할 수 있는 친환경 복합재인 아마섬유 기반 복합재를 활용하여 30kW 풍력터빈 블레이드를 제조하고 적합성을 평가하였다. 먼저 친환경 천연 아마섬유 복합재의 풍력터빈 블레이드 소재로 활용 가능성을 검증하기 위해 기계적 강도 시험을 수행하였으며, 그 결과 선행 아마섬유 복합재 물성 연구 대비 좀 더 우수한 강도가 측정된 것을 확인하였다. 또한 제작된 30kW 급 아마섬유 복합재 블레이드를 활용하여 아마섬유 복합재 블레이드의 정적강도를 측정하는 정적강도 성능평가 시험을 통하여 적합성을 확인하였다.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.70-76
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• 2013

Recently industrial control systems have been required to ensure intelligent, high tech automation, interconnection and interoperability demands. Therefore, there is a need to redefine the structure concepts of SCADA system for wind power. Also, at this time, the integrated management system is required for the distributed development of wind farms where are needed often interoperability features and exchange information between different wind farms, wind turbines or SCADA systems. In this paper, an integrated structural concepts for SCADA system are defined. Based on this definition of an integrated SCADA system, the basic designs are analyzed on physical layer, system layer and application layer which are corresponded to wind turbine controller, the SCADA server and the SCADA client, and implement HMI. Between the implementation SCADA server and the client, their normal functions were verified at the small scale wind energy test facilities.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.21-29
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• 2010

일반적으로 풍력발전은 광범위한 영역에 지속적인 바람을 요구하는 대형 시스템 위주로 개발이 되어왔다. 그러나 소형 풍력발전 시스템은 유저에게 보다 친숙하고, 대형에 비해 보다 광범위한 적용이 가능하다는 점 때문에 최근 이에 대한 관심이 증가되고 있는 실정이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 배터리 충전에 효과적으로 도입될 수 있는 도시형 풍력발전을 위한 프로토타입 시스템에 대해 기술하며, 프로토타입 시스템에 효과적으로 도입될 수 있는 퍼지로직 기반의 최대 전력점 추종 알고리즘을 제안하고자 한다. 또한 제안된 기법의 유용성 확인을 위해 Matlab을 통한 시뮬레이션 및 이를 통해 얻어진 알고리즘을 실제 DSP에 적용하여 보고자 한다.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.101-112
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• 2015

Renewable energy resources play an important part in the world's future. Renewable energy sources have the following components: biomass, geothermal, solar thermal, directs solar, wind, tidal and hydropower. Hydropower is still the most efficient way to generate electricity worldwide. Hydropower projects can contribute as a cheap energy source, as well to encourage the development of small industries across a wide range of new technology; furthermore hydropower systems use the energy in flowing and falling water to produce electricity or mechanical energy. Hydropower systems are classified as large, medium, small, mini and micro according to their installed power generation capacity, as do the following components: water turbines, control mechanisms and electrical transmissions. In this article a review of small hydropower systems has been done on the principles surrounding the fundamentals of hydraulic engineering, the fundamentals of hydrology, identification of sites and economic analysis.