• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.86-101
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• 2021

This study examined the effects of buoy shape and Nonlinear Froude-Krylov force (NFK) on a heaving-buoy-type Wave Energy Converter (WEC). Based on the Maclaurin expansion, the theoretical solutions of the NFK were derived for three different buoy shapes; hemispheric buoy, circular vertical cylinder, and truncated conical cylinder. A hydraulic power take-off system was adopted, and the latching control strategy was applied to maximize the extracted power from the WEC. The nonlinear effects of the Froude-Krylov force and restoring force on the heaving point absorber were investigated by comparing the heave Response Amplitude Operator (RAO) and time-averaged power extraction. The results showed that the conventional linear analyses were overestimated by up to 50% under the high amplitude wave condition. The latching control strategy was the most effective when peak wave period of regular or irregular wave was 0.4-0.45 times the heave natural period of the buoy.

• 한국해양환경ㆍ에너지학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.291-297
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• 2015

10 MW급의 파력-해상풍력 복합발전 플랫폼 설치해역으로 고려되고 있는 차귀도 해역에서 측정된 파랑정보를 이용하여 파랑스펙트럼을 구하고, 이로부터 생성된 불규칙파에 따라 수직 운동하는 파력발전기에 Sheng et al.(2015)이 제안한 래칭 제어기법을 적용하였다. 래칭 시간을 정할 때 필요한 입사파의 주기로 불규칙파의 통계 대푯값인 피크 주기를 사용하였다. 래칭 제어기법을 불규칙파중 부이의 시간영역 해석에 적용한 결과, 약 50%의 추출파워의 증가를 가져왔다.