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Numerical Simulation of Irregular Airflow within Wave Power Converter Using OWC by Action of 3-Dimensional Irregular Waves

3차원불규칙파동장하의 진동수주형 파력발전구조물에서 불규칙공기흐름의 수치시뮬레이션

  • Lee, Kwang-Ho (Industry and Academia Cooperation Foundation, Kwangdong University) ;
  • Park, Jung-Hyun (Department of Civil Engineering, Korea Maritime University) ;
  • Kim, Do-Sam (Department of Civil Engineering, Korea Maritime University)
  • Received : 2012.04.02
  • Accepted : 2012.05.29
  • Published : 2012.06.29
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Abstract

An Oscillating Water Column (OWC) wave generation system uses the air flow induced by the vertical motion of water column in the air chamber as a driving force of turbine. It is well known that OWC is one of the most efficient devices to harness wave power. This study estimated the air flow velocity from the time variation of the water level fluctuation in the air chamber under regular wave conditions using 3-dimensional numerical irregular wave tank (3D-NIT) model that can simulate the 3-dimensional irregular wave field. The applicability of the 3D-NIT model was validated by comparing numerically predicted air flow velocities with hydraulic experimental results. In addition, the characteristics of air flow frequency spectrum variation due to the incident frequency spectrum change, and the variations of frequency spectrum and wave reflection due to the existence of converter inside the air chamber were discussed. It is found that the phase difference exists in between the air flow velocity and the water level fluctuation inside the air chamber, and the peak frequency of the spectrum in water level fluctuation is amplified by the resonance in the air chamber.

공기실 내에서 해수면의 상하운동을 공기흐름으로 변환하고, 이를 터빈의 구동력으로 이용하는 진동수주형(OWC; Oscillating Water Column)의 파력발전시스템은 파랑에너지흡수장치 중에 가장 효율적인 것으로 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 3차원불규칙파수치파동수로에 기초한 3D-NIT(3-Dimensional Numerical Irregular wave Tank)모델을 규칙파동장에 적용하여 산정된 공기실 내 수위변동의 시간변화로부터 공기흐름속도를 추정하고, 이의 결과와 수리모형실험으로부터 얻어진 공기흐름속도와를 비교하여 본 3D-NIT모델의 적용성을 검토하였다. 또한, 불규칙파동장하의 OWC파력발전구조물에서 공기실 내 공기흐름의 해석에 3D-NIT모델을 적용하여 입사주파수스펙트럼의 변화에 따른 공기흐름 주파수스펙트럼의 변화특성, 구조물의 존재여부에 따른 공기실 위치에서 주파수스펙트럼의 변화특성 및 구조물에 의한 반사율의 변화특성 등을 검토하였다. 이로부터 공기실 내에서 수위변동 및 공기흐름의 시계열 자료에서 위상차가 존재하며, 공기실 내의 공진에 의해 수위변동의 주파수스펙트럼에서 첨두치가 증폭되는 현상 등을 알 수 있었다.

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