• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• summer
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• pp.1190-1192
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• 2004

풍력을 이용한 풍력발전기의 전력변환 시스템을 개발하기 위해서는 바람특성을 정확히 분석하고 이를 대치할 수 있는 모의시험 장치가 필수적이다. 모의시험 장치는 풍향, 풍속 등의 인자들을 입력받아 회전 블레이드의 토오크를 전동기가 대신해서 발전기에 공급하게 된다. 본 논문에서는 풍력발전 모의시험 장치를 이용해서 현재 개발 중인 750kW gearless형 풍력발전 시스템의 인버터 특성과 고효율의 전력변환 설계를 위해 시험용 지그에서 시험한 결과를 보이고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2014.07a
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• pp.472-473
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 직렬운전 소형풍력발전시스템의 해석 방법과 최대 파워를 추종하는 MPPT(Maximum Power Point Tracking)기법을 제안한다. 소형풍력 발전시스템은 개별 발전기에서 생성되는 역기전력이 낮아 배터리 충전과 같은 독립적인 부하에 전원을 공급하는 용도로 쓰이나 발전기를 N개 직렬연결하면 계통연계가 가능하다. 일반적인 풍력발전 시스템에서의 블레이드 출력은 출력 계수($C_p$) 곡선의 형태에 의해서 결정되고, 출력계수 곡선은 주속비(${\lambda}$)의 함수로 표현된다. N개의 발전기를 직렬연결 하는 경우 각기 다른 풍속에 대하여 출력파워 해석이 곤란하므로, 직렬 운전 시 발전기토크를 기준으로 한 해석과 이에 적합한 MPPT 방법을 제안한다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.36 no.7
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• pp.731-738
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• 2012

In this study, the evaluation of the aerodynamic characteristics of the NREL Phase VI Rotor System has been performed, for the 7 m/s upwind case using commercial FEA and CFD tools which are ANSYS Mechanical 12.1 and CFX 12.1. The initial operating conditions of the rotor blade include a $3^{\circ}$ tip pitch angle. A numerical simulation was carried out on only the rotor parts, excluding the tower structure based on the equivalent stiffness model, to consider the aeroelastic effect for the numerical simulation using the loosely coupled 2-way fluid-structure interaction method. The blade root bending moment was monitored in real time to obtain reasonable results. To verify the analysis results, the numerical simulation results were compared with the measurements in the form of the root bending moment and the pressure distributions of the NREL/NASA Ames wind tunnel test.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.1272-1278
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• 2014

In this experimental study for the current growing offshore wind, a wind tunnel test was conducted to examine the performance of the vertical-type cross-flow wind turbine power generation system. Due to the limited size of the test section of the wind tunnel, the inlet guide vane of the original wind power generation was scaled down to about 1/5 and the turbine impeller diameter was also reduced to 1/2 of the prototype impeller. The number of the impeller blade is another important parameter to the output power of the wind power generation system and the number was varied 8 and 16. From the analysis of the experimental result, the output brake power of the model wind turbine was measured as 278watts with the 16-blade at 12 m/s of the rated wind speed and the rated brake power of the prototype wind turbine is calculated to 3.9kW at the rated operating condition.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.47 no.12
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• pp.841-847
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• 2019

Time series data of 6-component loads were computed for a horizontal axis wind turbine rotor in yawed operating conditions with both rotating and non-rotating coordinate systems fixed at a center of a rotor hub. In this study, a well-known 20 kW class of the NREL Phase VI rotor was used for a model wind turbine, and this paper focuses on the yaw moments and over-turning moments for the operating wind speed range between 6 to 25 m/s. Unsteady blade element momentum theorem was adopted to get the aerodynamic loads acting on the wind turbine rotor. Computed 6-component loads using the developed UBEM code were compared with those using the NREL FAST program. From the computed results, both yaw and over-turning moments would be basic inputs to determine not only the specification of yawing mechanism but also the design condition of foundation.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.34 no.10
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• pp.901-906
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• 2010

A three-dimensional flow simulation was performed to investigate the flow field in a wind farm on a complex terrain. The present study aims to examine the effects of mountainous terrain and turbine arrangement on the performance of wind power generation. A total of 49 wind turbines was modeled in the computational domain; detailed blade shape of the turbines was considered. Frozen rotor method was used to simulate the rotating operation. The torque acting on the turbine blades was calculated to evaluate the performance of the wind turbines. The numerical results showed details of the flow structure in the wind farm including the velocity deficit in the separated flow regions; this velocity deficit was due to the topographical effect. The effect of the wake induced by the upstream turbine on the performance of the downstream wind turbine could also be observed from the results. The methodology of the present study can be used for selecting future wind-farm sites and wind-turbine locations in a selected site to ensure maximum power generation.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.45 no.2
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• pp.85-91
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• 2017

A wind tunnel test for 1/86 scaled down model of the NREL 5 MW offshore wind turbine was conducted to investigate the wake and flow fields. Deficit of flow speed in the wake region and variations of the turbulence intensity were measured using a hot wire anemometer at rated tip speed ratio of 11.4 m/s and a rotational speed of 1,045 rpm. According to the test results, velocity deficits along both of lateral and vertical directions were recovered within 2 rotor radii downstream from the rotating disc plane. The tip vortices effect was negligible after 5 rotor radii downstream from the rotating plane. Turbulence intensities showed maximum value around the blade tip, and decreased rapidly after one radius apart from the rotating plane, and those values were preserved until 6 rotor radii downstream.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.24 no.6
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• pp.579-585
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• 2014

10kW wind turbine is widely studied in the field of renewable energy for the merits of easy installation to the confined area such as hill, park and urban areas. The performance of various electrical devices such as converter and inverter in the wind turbine system should be systematically analyzed for various wind speeds. However, it is impossible to apply these devices directly to practical wind turbine system for the safety of wind turbine system. Therefore, it is required to develop torque simulator which can generate corresponding torque according to its wind speed. In this work, 10kW torque simulator which consists of three phase torque control inverter, 3 phase induction motor and PMSG(Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator) is developed.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.204-206
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• 2002

계통연계 풍력발전시스템의 특성을 고찰하기 위해서는 블레이드, wind turbine, 정류기, 인버터 등의 풍력발전시스템의 각 구성요소의 모델링과 적절한 제어 알고리즘에 대한 모의가 요구된다. 본 연구에서는 동기발전기를 풍력발전기로 사용하고 있는 계통연계형 풍력발전시스템의 출력 및 동특성을 모의하기 위한 전류제어형 전압원인버터의 PSCAD/EMTDC 모듈을 제시한다. 풍속의 가변특성에 의해 동기발전기에 들어오는 입력은 변하게 되고, 동기발전기가 동기주파수를 유지할 수 있도록 인버터에서는 이러한 입력과 동일한 출력을 낼 수 있어야 하며, 동시에 계통에서 허용하는 일정 전압과 계통주파수와 동일한 주파수를 갖는 출력을 공급해야 한다. 본 논문에서는 이를 위해 동기발전기의 주파수를 제어하는 전류제어형 전압원인버터 모듈을 소개한다. 모의를 통해 결과를 검증한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.33 no.7
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• pp.40-50
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• 2005

In this paper, preliminary results for performance prediction of a dual-rotor wind turbine generator system are presented. Blade element and momentum theories are used to model the aerodynamic forces and moments acting on the rotor blades, and multi-body dynamics approach is used to integrate the major components to represent the overall system. Not only the steady-state performance but the transient response characteristics are analyzed. Pitch control strategy to control the rotor speed and the generator output is proposed and its performance is verified through the nonlinear simulation.