• Water for future
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• v.54 no.1
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• pp.20-28
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• 2021

• Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.184-191
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• 2011

Preliminary design of a mooring system for a floating wave energy converter(WEC) is performed. A mooring line is designed to consist of two parts; the one is a chain in heavy weight laid on the seabed and linked to an anchor on the seabed and the other is a light weight chain suspended at a floater. A high weight chain laid on the seabed can contribute to mitigate dynamic energy propagated from top oscillation and decrease anchor weight and volume. Through a low weight chain suspended between a floater and seabed the WEC's function to produce energy from wave can be affected in minimum by the motion of a chain. The static and dynamic analyses for the designed mooring system were carried out to evaluate WEC system's safety. The present study shows that the designed gravity anchor moves horizontally due to the tension exerted on the anchor in the severe ocean environmental condition. The present mooring system should be redesigned to satisfy the safety requirements. The present study will be useful to predict the safety of the mooring system under ocean environment.

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.29-38
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• 2018

In order to evaluate the performance of the floating wave power, which is an axisymmetric oscillating water column type, linearized free surface boundary condition considering the influence of PTO (power takeoff) was derived and a finite element numerical model was established. Numerical experiments were carried out by varying cylinder length, skirt length, and depth of water, which are design parameters that can change the resonance of water column in cylinder and heave resonance of the float, which is considered to affect the power generation efficiency. Finally, the basic data necessary for the optimum design of the power generation system were obtained. As a result, the efficiency of the power generation system is dominated by the heave motion resonance of the float rather than the water column resonance in the cylinder, and the resonance condition for the heave motion can be changed efficiently by attaching the skirt to the outside of the buoy.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2014.10a
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• pp.357-359
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• 2014

해상에서 선박의 안전한 항행을 위하여 항로표지를 운영하고 있으며, 항로표지는 형상표지, 광파표지, 음파표지, 전파표지, 특수신호표지로 구분할 수 있다. 전자기술의 발전과 안전한 항해에 도움을 주는 각종 시스템들이 등부표에 설치되고 있다. 이에 따라 등부표에서의 전력 수요는 과거보다 훨씬 더 많이 요구되고 있는 실정이다. 정부지원 연구과제로 등부표에서 태양광발전, 풍력발전 및 파력발전이 가능한 등부표용 발전시스템을 개발하였으며, 해상에 설치한 등부표에서 각종 에너지원으로 전력의 생산과 등부표 시스템의 운영에 따른 소비에 대한 분석이 필요하다. 현재 해상실험을 진행하고 있으며, TRS기반의 등부표용 통신시스템과 데이터 수신용 모니터링시스템을 설치하였고, 등부표내에서도 메모리카드를 이용하여 전력의 생산과 소비에 관련된 데이터 저장할 수 있게 구성하였다. TRS기반 모니터링시스템에서 저장된 데이터와 등부표에 설치한 메모리카드에 저장된 데이터 분석을 통하여 등부표용 하이브리드 발전시스템의 전력상태를 분석하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.91-99
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• 2017

The parametric study was performed for performance enhancement of wave energy converter(WEC) using a submerged pendulum plate. The wave exciting moment and hydrodynamic moment were obtained by means of eigenfunction expansion method based on the linear potential theory, and then the roll response of a pendulum plate and time averaged extracted power were investigated. The optimal PTO damping coefficient was suggested to give optimal extracted power. The peak value of optimal extracted power occurs at the resonant frequency. The resonant peak and it's width increase, as the height and thickness of a pendulum plate increase. The mooring line installed at the end of the pendulum plate is effective for extracting wave energy because it can not only induce the resonance with the waves of the installation site but also increase the restoring moment in case of PTO-on. The WEC using a rolling pendulum plate suitable for the shallow water acts as breakwater as well as energy extraction device.

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.29 no.6
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• pp.305-314
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• 2017

Ocean wave energy harvesting is still too expensive despite developing a variety of wave energy converter (WEC) devices. For the cost-effective wave energy harvesting, it can be an effective measure to use existing breakwaters or newly installed breakwaters for both wave control and energy harvesting purposes. In this study, we investigated the functionality of both breakwater and wave-power generator for the oscillating water column (OWC)-type wave energy converter (WEC) installed in a pneumatic floating breakwater, which was originally developed as a floating breakwater. In order to verify the performance of the breakwater as a WEC, the air flow velocity from air-chamber to WEC has to be evaluated properly. Therefore, air flow velocity, wave transformation and motion of floating structure was numerically implemented based on BEM from linear velocity potential theory without considering the compressibility of air within the chamber. Air pressure, meanwhile, was assumed to be fluctuated by the motions of structure and the water level change within air-chamber. The validity of the obtained values can be determined by comparing the previous results from the numerical analysis for different shapes. Based on numerical model results, wave transformation characteristics around OWC system mounted on the fixed and floating breakwaters, and motions of the structure with air flow velocities are investigated. In summary, all numerical results are almost identical to the previous research considering air compressibility. Therefore, it can be concluded that this analysis not considering air compressibility in the air chamber is more efficient and practical method.

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.171-181
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• 2011

Recently, many studies have been attempted to save the cost of production and to build the ocean energy power generating system. The low-reflection structure with the wall-typed curtain which has a wave power generation system of OWC is known as the most effective energy conversion system. A three-dimensional numerical model was used to understand the characteristics of velocity of flows about compressed air and to estimate the pressure acting on the low-reflection structure due to the short-period waves. The three-dimensional numerical wave flume which is the model for the immiscible two-phase flow was applied in interpretation for this. The numerical simulation showed well about the changes in velocity of compressed air and the characteristics of pressure according to the change in the wave height and depth of the curtain wall. Additionally, the results found that there was the point of the maximum velocity of the compressed air when the reflection coefficient is at its lowest point.

• The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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• v.10 no.1 s.40
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• pp.65-76
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• 2007

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Marine Engineers Conference
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• 2011.10a
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• pp.76-76
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• 2011

• Proceedings of the Korean Association of Geographic Inforamtion Studies Conference
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• 2010.06a
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• pp.243-246
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• 2010

기후변화와 저탄소녹색성장으로 풍력, 태양광 등 신재생에너지 산업에 대한 관심과 투자가 비약적으로 확대되고 있다. 아직까지 우리나라에서의 신재생에너지의 대부분은 풍력과, 태양광에너지 쪽에 집중이 되어 있지만, 해외에서는 해상풍력, 파력, 조력 등 해상에서의 신재생에너지의 성장이 크게 이루어지고 있다. 특히 최근 들어서는 육상 풍력의 문제점이 제기되고, 우리나라는 3 면이 바다로 이루어져 있기 때문에 해상에서의 신재생에너지 산업의 발전 가능성은 매우 크다고 할 수 있다. 이러한 해상 신재생에너지 산업의 발전의 토대가 되는 해상기상 정보의 통계 DB 구축으로 향후 발전설비 도입을 위한 근간 정보를 제공하고자 한다.