• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제36권8호
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• pp.1151-1157
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• 2012

OTEC기술은 신재생에너지 기술 중의 하나로 따듯한 표층수와 차가운 심층수의 온도차를 이용하여 전력을 생산하는 기술이다. 작동유체의 선정과 OTEC 사이클의 상태에 따라 에너지효율과 환경적인 측면에 많은 영향을 준다. OTEC의 작동유체로는 ammonia, R22, R407C, R410A가 있다. 본 논문에서는 OTEC 시스템의 최적화를 위해 $25^{\circ}C$에서의 증발압력를 비교하였다. 또한 밀폐사이클과 재생사이클에서의 작동유체에 따른 출력과 효율에 대하여 연구하였다.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.45-50
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• 2014

In this paper, the Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion(OTEC) with vapor-vapor ejector is proposed newly. At this OTEC system, a vapor-vapor ejector is installed at inlet of condenser. The vapor-vapor ejector plays a very important role in increasing of the production work of low-stage turbine throughout the decrement of outlet pressure of ejector. The performance analysis is conducted for optimizing the system with HYSYS program. The procedure of performance analysis consists of outlet pressure of high turbine, the mass ratio of working fluid at separator, total working fluid rate, and nozzle diameters of vapor-vapor ejector. The main results is summarized as follows. The nozzle diameter is most important thing in this study. When each nozzle diameter of vapor-vapor ejector is 10 mm, the efficiency of OTEC system with vapor-vapor ejector shows the highest value. So it is necessary to set the optimized nozzle diameters of vapor-vapor ejector for achieving the high efficiency OTEC power system.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.88-93
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• 2014

In this paper, the performance analysis of condensation and evaporation capacity, turbine work and efficiency of the OTEC power system using vapor-liquid Ejector is presented to offer the basic design data for the operating parameters of the system. The working fluid used in this system is $CO_2$. The operating parameters considered in this study include the vapor quality at heat exchanger outlet, pressure ratio of ejector and inlet pressure of low turbine, mass flow ratio of separator at condenser outlet. The main results were summarized as follows. The efficiency of the OTEC power cycle has an enormous effect on the mass flow ratio of separator at condenser outlet. With a thorough grasp of these effects, it is possible to design the OTEC power cycle proposed in this study.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2010년도 추계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.170-170
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• 2010

The energy conversion from the temperature difference between hot and cold source like ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC), requires a long and large-diameter pipe (about 1000 to 10,000 meters long) to reach the deep water. The pipe diameter ranges from 2.8 meter for proposed early test systems, to 5 meter for large, commercial power generation systems. The pipe must be designed to resist collapsing pressures produced by water temperature and density differences, and the reduced pressure required to induce flow up the pipe. Other design considerations include the external-drag effect on the pipe due to ocean currents, and the wave-induced motions of the platform to which the pipe is attached. Various approaches to the pipe construction have been proposed, including aluminum, steel, concrete, and fiberglass. More recently, a flexible pipe construction involving the use of fiberglass reinforced plastic has been proposed. This report presents the results of a scaled fixed cold water pipe (CWP) model test program performed by EES(Engineering Equation Solver) to demonstrate the feasibility of this pipe approach.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.1002-1006
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• 2015

In this paper, design and analysis of permanent magnet synchronous generator for ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) considering magnetically coupled turbine-rotor system is discussed. In particular, the rotor dynamics considering bearing span and journal shaft diameter is highlighted. The two topologies of permanent magnet synchronous generator with magnetic coupling are employed for comparison of computed rotor dynamics and generating characteristics. The analysis results show that the critical speed of the turbine-rotor system is higher when the rotor is coupled by magnetically coupling. Finally, the experimental results confirmed the validity of the proposed design and analysis scheme and successful development.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.9-16
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• 2018

인류의 한정된 석유자원의 개발은 유가의 상승과 함께 필연적으로 심해지역의 유전을 탐사하고 개발하고 있다. 이러한 심해지역에는 심층수의 온도가 약 $4^{\circ}C$이고 표층수의 온도는 약 $30^{\circ}C$로 이때의 온도 차이를 이용하여 발전설비를 가동하는 Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion(OTEC) 기술에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 기존의 심해지역에 설치되는 FPSO(Floating Production Storage Offloading; 부유식 생산설비)에서 수심 100m의 해수를 냉각수로 이용하는 조건을 400m까지 변경하는 조건으로 하고, FPSO에서 냉각수로 사용되고 배출되는 해수를 이용하여 Discharged Thermal Energy Conversion(DTEC) 발전장치를 적용하는 방안을 설계하고 해석하였다. 기존의 설계 수심보다 깊은 수심에서 냉각수를 취수하여 DTEC 시스템을 적용하면 수심에 따라 보다 많은 전력을 생산할 수 있는 시스템의 설계가 가능한 것을 확인하였다. FPSO와 OTEC 발전설비의 유사성을 고려하였을 때, 심해지역의 FPSO에 DTEC 시스템을 적용하여 기술을 축적하고 유전의 수명이 다한 뒤에 OTEC 발전설비로 개조한다면 자원개발과 지속가능한 발전이라는 두 가지 중요한 과제를 이룰 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.51-56
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• 2014

In this paper, OTEC(Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion) system with vapor-vapor ejector is newly proposed. And 6 wet refrigerants are applied into the proposed OTEC system for performance comparison. The results of comparison performance are as follows. In the view of system efficiency, R32/R744(90:10) has the highest efficiency among the 6 refrigerants. In case of evaporation capacity, pump work and mass flow rate of working fluid, R744, R717 and R717 is lowest value, respectively. As this results, the vapor-vapor ejector is able to increase the efficiency of system. And It is necessary to select the optimized working fluid considering environmental and economic factors.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제40권9호
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• pp.557-567
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• 2016

태양열 가열을 도입한 해양온도차발전용 열교환기(증발기와 응축기)설계 최적화가 수행되었다. 출력은 100kW이고 작동유체는 R134a이며 고성능 상용튜브를 사용하였다. 열전달면적과 압력강하는 관수의 증가와 관통로수의 감소에 따라 서로 상반되는 경향이 존재하므로 이를 해결하기 위하여, 설비투자비에 관련되는 열전달면적과 압력강하에 관련되는 운전비용 최소화를 고려한 두 목적함수를 갖는 유전자 알고리즘(GA)을 이용하여 다목적설계최적화를 수행하였다. 설계최적화 결과, 구현 가능한 최적의 열전달면적 및 압력강하의 조합들이 적정한 관수 및 관통로 수에 대하여 존재하였다. 도출된 증발기와 응축기의 Pareto 선들은 설계자들에게 재정적인 면을 고려하여 선택할 수 있도록 넓은 범위의 최적해를 제공하였다. 또한, 총열전달면적 중 응축기의 열전달면적이 증발기 쪽보다 크게 나타났다.

• 태양에너지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.101-113
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• 1999

Thermodynamic performance of a simple Rankine cycle, regenerative Rankine cycle, and Kalina cycle for Ocean thermal Energy Conversion(OTEC) is evaluated under the same condition with various working fluids. The evaporator and condenser are modeled by a UA and LMTD method while the turbine and pump are modeled by considering isentropic efficiencies. As for the working fluids, R22, R134a, R32, propylene, ammonia are used for the Rankine cycles while ammonia/water and R32/R134a mixtures are used for Kalina cycle. Calculated results show that newly developed fluids such non-ozone depleting refrigerants as R134a and R32 perform as well as R22 and ammonia. The regenerative Rankine cycle showed a 1.2 to 2.8% increase in energy efficiency as compared to the simple Rankine cycle while the Kalina cycle with ammonia/water mixture showed a 1.8% increase in energy efficiency. The efficiency of the Kalina cycle with R32/R134a mixtures is the same as that of a simple Rankine cycle using R22. Therefore, the regenerative Rankine cycle turns out to be best choice for OTEC applications.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.37-44
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• 2007

For the past few years, the concern for clean energy has been greatly increased. Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion(OTEC) power plants are studied as a viable option for the supply of clean energy. In this paper, the thermodynamic performance of OTEC cycle was examined. Computer simulation programs were developed under the same condition and various working fluids for closed Rankine cycle, regeneration cycle, Kalina cycle, open cycle and hybrid cycle. The results show that the regeneration cycle using R125 showed a 0.17 to 1.56% increase in energy efficiency, and simple Rankine cycle can generate electricity when the difference in warm and cold sea water inlet temperatures are greater than $15^{\circ}C$. Also, the cycle efficiency of OTEC power plant using the condenser effluent from nuclear power plant instead of the surface water increased about 2%.