• International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.76-85
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• 2008

In order to extract micro hydropower in the very low specific speed range, a Positive Displacement Turbine (PDT) was proposed and steady performance was determined experimentally. However, the suppression of large pressure pulsation is inevitable for practical application of PDT. The objective of the present study is to reveal the mechanism and the characteristics of pressure pulsation in PDT by use of CFD and to suppress the pressure pulsation. Unsteady CFD analysis has revealed that large pressure pulsation is caused by large variation of rotational speed of the following rotor, while the driving rotor, which is output rotor, keeps constant speed. Here is newly proposed a 4-lobe helical type rotor which can reduce the pressure pulsation drastically and the performance prediction of new PDT is determined.

• 한국항공운항학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.11-16
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• 2006

The wind turbine rotor blade is faced with various aeroelastic problem as rotor blades become bigger and lighter by the use the composite material. The aeroelastic analysis of a wind turbine rotor blade requires its aerodynamic model and structural model. For effective aeroelastic analysis, it is required the simple and effective structural model of the blade. In the present study, we introduce the effective equivalent structural modeling of the blade for aeroelastic analysis. The equivalent beam model of the composite blade based on its 3D finite element model is established. The free vibration analysis shows that the equivalent beam model of the blade is equivalent to its 3D finite element model.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2010년도 제35회 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.160-163
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• 2010

부분흡입형 초음속 터빈의 노즐과 1단 로터 사이의 축방향 간극이 터빈의 단 성능과 유동장에 어떤 영향을 미치는지 알아보기 위해 터빈에 대한 3차원 유동해석을 수행하고 그 결과를 분석하였다. 상용 유동해석 프로그램 $FLUENT^{TM}$를 사용하였으며 다섯 가지 경우의 축간극에 대해 계산을 하였다. 노즐-로터 축간극이 팁 누설 유량의 증가와 로터 출구의 유동각에 영향을 주는 것을 확인하였다.

• 풍력에너지저널
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.61-67
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• 2011

In the present study, numerical unsteady simulations of the NREL Phase VI wind turbine in downwind operation conditions were conducted to investigate rotor-tower interaction. The calculations were performed using an unstructured mesh, incompressible Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes flow solver. To capture the unsteady effects associated with the tower shadow between the rotor blades and the tower, the wind turbine was modelled including the rotor, tower, hub, and nacelle. The present results generally showed good agreements with available experimental data. At the lowest wind speed, the pressure distribution was characterized by a complete collapse of the suction peak on the blade when the blade passes through the tower wake. It was found that unsteady effects play a significant role in the response of the blades.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.39-45
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• 2006

항공기의 가스터빈 엔진에서 축에 결함이 있을 경우에 대한 건전성 평가를 비파괴방법으로 접근했다. 로터의 축에 결함이 있을 경우에는 국지적으로 강성이 약화되어 임계속도가 달라진다. 결함이 있는 축의 순응도(compliance)행렬을 이용해서 각각의 결함의 위치와 깊이에 따른 임계속도를 구하고 이러한 결과들을 이용해 역 문제에 대한 자료를 구축함으로써 엔진 축의 건전성 평가를 수행하였다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.1002-1006
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• 2015

In this paper, design and analysis of permanent magnet synchronous generator for ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) considering magnetically coupled turbine-rotor system is discussed. In particular, the rotor dynamics considering bearing span and journal shaft diameter is highlighted. The two topologies of permanent magnet synchronous generator with magnetic coupling are employed for comparison of computed rotor dynamics and generating characteristics. The analysis results show that the critical speed of the turbine-rotor system is higher when the rotor is coupled by magnetically coupling. Finally, the experimental results confirmed the validity of the proposed design and analysis scheme and successful development.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제27권9호
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• pp.26-33
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• 2010

A multi-MW wind turbine is a huge mechanical structure, of which the rotor diameter is more or less than 100 m. Rotor blades experience unsymmetric mechanical loads caused by the interaction of incoming wind with the tower and wind shear effect. These mechanical loads are transferred to the entire structure of the wind turbine and are known as the major reasons for shortening the life span of the wind turbine. Therefore, as the size of wind turbine gets bigger, the mitigation of mechanical loads becomes more important issue in wind turbine control system design. In this paper, a concept of an individual pitch control(IPC), which minimizes the mechanical loads of rotor blades, is introduced, and simulation results using IPC are discussed.

• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.141-156
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• 2024

The turbine system converts the kinetic energy of water flow to electricity by rotating the rotor in a restricted waterway between the seabed and free surface. A turbine system's immersion depth and rotation direction are significantly critical in the turbine's performance along with the shape of the rotor. This study has investigated the hydrodynamic performance of the Savonius hydrokinetic turbine (SHT) according to the immersion depth and rotation direction using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. The instantaneous torque, torque coefficient, and power coefficients are calculated for the immersion ratios Z/D ranging [0.25, 3.0] and both clockwise (CW) and counterclockwise (CCW) rotations. A flow visualization around the rotor is shown to clarify the correlation between the turbine's performance and the flow field. The CFD simulations show that the CCW rotation produces a higher power at shallow immersion, while the CW rotation performs better at deeper immersion. The immersion ratio should be greater than the minimum of Z/D=1.0 to obtain the maximum power production regardless of the rotation direction.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2005년도 제24회 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.413-422
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• 2005

본 연구에서는, 먼저 $Fine^{TM}/Turbo$의 신뢰성을 확보하기 위해 초음속 터빈의 실험 결과와 비교 해석하였다. 그 결과 $Fine^{TM}/Turbo$는 초음속 유동 현상을 비교적 정확하게 해석함을 알 수 있었다. 다음으로 Grid Independency Test를 통하여 3차원 터빈의 적합한 격자계를 선정하여. 3차원 초음속 터빈의 노즐-로터 상호작용에 관해 유동해석을 실시하였다. 터빈의 노즐-로터간의 축방향 간격은 점점 커질수록 높은 추력을 나타냈으며, 로터 블레이드의 Chamfering Angle 또한 Blade-Edge가 날카로워 질수록 추력이 증가하였다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2011년도 추계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.40.2-40.2
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• 2011

A Counter-rotating wind turbine is one of the new concepts that are proposed to increase the performance of a wind turbine. It has two rotors rotating in the same axis, and it is known that its power coefficient can reach to 0.64 in the ideal case. While the BEMT is widely used to analyze the aerodynamic performance of wind turbines, the analysis of the counter-rotating wind turbine by using it is limited due to the aerodynamic interaction between the two rotors. In this study, the vortex lattice method is used to consider the effect of the front rotor on the rear rotor of the counter-rotating wind turbine and calculate the aerodynamic performance of it. The power and thrust sharing in the two rotors of the counter-rotating wind turbine are predicted and the total power and thrust are compared with that of a single rotor. Moreover, the wake convection and expansion rate is also compared with that of a single rotor.