• The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.22-27
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• 2013

The purpose of this paper is to perform the structural design of the small scale vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT) blade using a response surface method(RSM). First, the four design factors that have a strong influence on the structural response of blade were selected. Analysis conditions were calculated by using the central composite design(CCD), which is a typical design of experiment for the response surface method(RSM). Also, the significance of the central composite design(CCD) was verified using analysis of variance(ANOVA). The finite element analysis was performed for the selected analytical conditions for the application of response surface method(RSM). Finally, a optimization problem was solved with a objective function of blade weight and a constraint of allowable stress to achieve a optimal structural design of blade.

• Journal of Industrial Technology
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.37-40
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• 2017

This study was carried out to improve the performance of a vertical-axis micro wind turbine. It is unique in that it has two identical generators on both sides of the main shaft. Also it has a C shape frame to fix the generators and the main shaft firmly and to provide a connection to a tower. Performance analysis of the wind turbine rotor was performed using Qblade, which is an analysis program for vertical axis wind turbines and freeware. Based on the analysis results, the blade airfoil, the chord length, and the rotor size were modified to improve the performance of the rotor. The modification was found to increase the performance of the wind turbine and to reach the targeted rated power.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.36 no.1
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• pp.117-124
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• 2012

In this paper, an analysis of the joint that transmits power from the blades to the generator is performed using the FEM (finite element method). The mode shapes and natural frequencies were extracted using experimental modal analysis in order to establish the FEM model. Then, the model was verified by comparing the mode shapes and natural frequencies to those obtained from the ANSYS modal analysis. Dynamic stress analysis was performed at the rated and limited wind speeds considering the wind load and gravity.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.71-77
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• 2012

The cogging torque is important to the cut-in wind speed. And, it causes the acoustic noise and the vibration on the machine. This paper presents a 3D FEA(Finite Element Analysis) to evaluate the effect of magnet skew and stator displacement on cogging torque reduction, for double core AFPM(Axial Flux Permanent Magnet) generator. As a result, the magnet skew and the stator side displacement are proved excellent techniques to reduce the cogging torque.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.523-524
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• 2015

신재생 에너지는 발전 시 연료가 들지 않는다는 특징과 친환경적인 이유로 각광 받고 있다. 이러한 특징으로 인해 에너지 독립 계통을 구성하는 데 주요 역할을 한다. 풍력, 태양광, 에너지 저장 장치 등이 분산 전원으로서 계통을 구성하게 되는데, 낮은 효율과 높은 초기 설치비용으로 인해 디젤 발전기나 마이크로 터빈 등 소형 발전기를 예비 전력으로서 부착하는 경우가 대부분이다. 이러한 분산 전원들은 가격이 제각각이며 기존의 화석연료 발전기처럼 비용 함수 모델링이 어려워 경제적 분석이 어려웠다. 이 논문은 이러한 신재생 에너지를 사용한 독립 마이크로그리드를 경제적 관점에서 분석하는 것이 목적이다. 따라서 계통을 분석하는 가장 보편적인 방법인 최적 조류 계산(OPF, Optimal Power Flow)방법과 가격을 최소화하는 점을 찾는 경제급전(ED, Economic Dispatch)방법을 사용하였다. 두 가지 방법의 결과를 비교하여 발전 비용을 줄일 수 있는지에 대해 조사하였다. 7-Bus 가상 계통을 만들어 사용하였고, OPF와 ED의 발전 비용은 PowerFactory$^{(R)}$ 프로그램을 통해 시뮬레이션 하여 데이터를 얻었다.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.527-536
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• 2014

In this paper, the 50kW aerogenerator which is applicable to the microgrid was designed and analyzed by using commercial simulation program Maxwell 2D. Particularly, the suggested PMSG to reduce the cogging torque introduced the offset and skew concept. The suggested optimal value of offset and skew was decided by 2mm and 60 degree of electric angle. The simulation results of the PMSG when load operation condition showed the average harmonic distortion 1.3%, voltage 322.41V, current 94.95A, and iron loss 9.73W, eddy current loss 73.68W, copper loss 3.52kW. The capacity of aerogenerator calculated 61.56kW, and the suggested design process can be applied to higher capacity generator.

• Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.15-31
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• 2018

A program to design a small capacity wind turbine blade is proposed in this study. The program is based on a matlab GUI environment and designed to perform blade design based on the blade element momentum theory. The program is different from other simulation tools available in a point that it can analyze the side-furling power regulation mechanism and also has an algorithm to find out optimal torque schedule above the rated wind speed region. The side-furling power regulation is used for small-capacity horizontal axis wind turbines because they cannot use active pitch control due to high cost which is commonly used for large-capacity wind turbine. Also, the torque schedule above the rated wind speed region should be different from that of the large capacity wind turbines because active pitching is not used. The program developed in this study was validated with the results with FAST which is the only program that can analyze the performance of side-furled wind turbines. For the validation a commercial 10 kW wind turbine data which is available in the literature was used. From the validation, it was found that the performance prediction from the proposed simple program is close to those from FAST. It was also found that the optimal torque scheduling from the proposed program was found to increase the turbine power substantially. Further experimental validation will be performed as a future work.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.1183-1194
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• 2021

Traditionally, electric power systems have been known as the centralized structures, which is organized into placing customers at the end of the supply chain. However, recent decades have witnessed the emergence of distributed energy resources(:DERs) such as rooftop solar, farming PV system, small wind turbines, battery energy storage systems and smart home appliances. With the emergence of distributed energy resources, the role of distributed system operators(:DSOs) will expand. The increasing penetration of DERs could lead to a less predictable and reverse flow of power in the system, which can affect the traditional planning and operation of distribution and transmission networks. This raises the need for a change in the role of the DSOs that have conventionally planned, maintained and managed networks and supply outages. The objective of this research is to designed the future distribution operation system with multi-DERs and the proposed distribution system model is implemented by hardware-in-the-loop simulation(HILS). The test results show the normal operation domain and reduction of distribution line loss.