• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제33권7호
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• pp.1012-1016
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• 2009

This paper describes the control and monitoring system for OWEC (Overtopping Wave Energy Converter) which shows the characteristic of power stabilization in overtopping wave energy converter system. Overtopping waves generates different water pressure and the turbine is rotated by this pressure. As a result, overtopping wave energy converter is able to convert wave energy into electricity. Small size of overtopping wave energy converter is developed to simulate the control monitoring system which is able to control power generation and also monitor the system condition. The result shows the reduction of fluctuation from the overtopping wave energy system by the developed control monitoring system. In addition, the DB(Data Base) of test results are contributed to the research and development for OWEC.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2009

An Overtopping Wave Energy Convertor (OWEC) is an offshore wave energy convertor used for collecting overtopping waves and converting the water pressure head into electric power through hydro turbines installed in a vertical duct affixed to the sea bed. A numerical wave tank based on the commercial computational fluid dynamics code Fluent is established for the corresponding analysis. The Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes equation and two-phase VOF model are utilized to generate the 2D numerical linear propagating waves, which are validated by the overtopping experiment results. Calculations are made for several incident wave conditions and shape parameters for the overtopping device. Both the incident wave periods and heights have evident effects on the overtopping performance of the OWEC device. The computational analysis demonstrates that the present overtopping device is more compatible with longer incident wave periods.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제19권6호통권67호
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• pp.8-15
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• 2005

Wave energy has been considered to be one of the most promising energy resources for the future, as it is pollution-free and an abundant natural resource. However, since it has drawbacks of non-stationary energy density, it is necessary to change the wave energy into a simple concentrated energy. Progressive waves in a coastal area can be amplified, swashed, and overtopped by a wave overtopping control structure. By conserving the quantity of overflow in a reservoir, the kinetic energy of the waves can be converted to the potential energy with a hydraulic head above the mean sea level. The potential energy in the form of a hydraulic head can be utilized to produce electric power, similar to hydro-electric power generation. This study aims to find the most optimal shape of wave overtopping structure for maximum overtopping volume of sea water; for this purpose, we carried out the wave overtopping experiment in a wave tank, under both regular and irregular wave conditions.

• 한국해양환경ㆍ에너지학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.273-278
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• 2009

월파형 파력발전장치는 월류된 파랑으로 인하여 발생한 수두차를 이용하여 터빈을 구동하는 일종의 파랑에너지 변환장치로써 파랑에너지를 전기 에너지로 변환하는 장치이다. 본 연구는 상용 CFD코드 인 Fluent를 사용하여 수치 조파수조를 구현하여 월파형 파력발전장치의 해석에 도입을 하여 입사파 조건과 형상에 대한 계산을 수행하였다. 최적의 월류성능을 나타내는 구조물 사면형상을 도출하기 위하여 직선형과 포물선형을 채택하여 비교분석을 수행한 결과 포물선형 사면경사를 갖는 구조물이 더 우수한 월류성능을 보인다는 것을 확인 하였다.

• 한국해양환경ㆍ에너지학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.35-41
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• 2008

월파형 파력발전장치는 월류된 파랑으로 인하여 발생한 수두차를 이용하여 터빈을 구동하는 일종의 파랑에너지 변환장치로써 파랑에너지를 전기 에너지로 변환하는 장치이다. 본 연구에서는 먼저 상용 CFD코드 인 Fluent를 사용하여 수치조파수조를 구현하고, Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes 방정식과 VOF 모델을 이용하여 2차원 수치 선형 규칙파를 생성한 후 이를 계산 결과와 비교 검증을 수행하였다. 다음으로 월류 성능의 최적 설계점과 파력발전 장치의 월류 충전량을 고찰하기 위하여 여러 가지 파랑조건과 형상변수들에 대하여 계산을 수행 하였다.

• 수산해양교육연구
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.1303-1309
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• 2015

The behavior and flow characteristics of the floating wave energy converter were analyzed by using CFD in this study. The average significant wave height was confirmed as 0.5~2.0m from the Korean coastal sea area. This study was carried out by selecting a range of 1.0~1.6m in the wave height to simulate the operations of realistic wave energy converter system. The principle of a piston wave maker was applied in order to produce periodic wave. The behavior of the wave energy converter and the state of the wave overtopping according to the generated periodic wave were confirmed through the unsteady three-dimensional flow analysis. It was found that the wave overtopping rate according to the generated periodic wave was in range of the 11.6~30.0 kg/s.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제30권8호
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• pp.649-655
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• 2006

연안으로 입사해 들어오는 파랑은 월파형 파랑제어구조물에 의해 증폭, 월파되어 구조물 배후의 유수지에 위치 에너지로 저장될 수 있으며, 수두차의 형태로 저장된 위치에너지는 초저낙차 수차 터빈을 통해 전기에너지로 변환될 수 있다. 본 연구는 이와 같은 월파형 파력발전에 있어서 주어진 입사파 조건에 대해 최대 월파 유량을 획득하는 월파형 파랑제어구조물의 최적 형상을 도출하기 위한 실험적 연구이다. 월파형 파랑제어구조물의 형상 도출을 위한 수조 실험은 삼차원 조파 수조에서 이루어졌으며, 평면 파랑 집중 형상을 가진 삼차원 구조물의 형상은 5가지의 종류로 제작되었다. 파랑제어구조물은 신과 홍(2005)에서 제안한 월파형 파랑제어구조물의 이차원 단면 형상을 토대로 수로폭 및 수렴각을 가진 삼차원 형상으로 확장한 것이다. 본 삼차원 월파실험에서는 20개의 입사파 조건과 각각의 파에 대한 $0^{\circ},\;15^{\circ},\;30^{\circ}$의 상대 입사각을 부여하여 계측된 월파량을 분석하였다.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.651-659
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• 2018

A multi-level overtopping wave energy converter was designed according to the large tidal range and small wave heights in China. It consists of two reservoirs with sloping walls at different levels. The reservoirs share a common outflow duct and a low-head axial turbine. The experimental study was carried out in a laboratory wave-flume to investigate the overtopping performance of the device. The depth-gauges were used to measure the variation of the water level in the reservoirs. The data was processed to derive the time-averaged overtopping discharges. It was found that the lower reservoir can store wave waters at the low water level and break the waves which try to climb up to the upper reservoir. The upper sloping angle and the opening width of the lower reservoir both have significant effects on the overtopping discharges, which can provide more information to the design and optimization of this type of device.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.97-103
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• 2012

Overtopping Wave Energy Convertor (OWEC) is an offshore wave energy convertor, which comprises the circular ramp and reservoir. It collects the overtopped waves and converting water pressure head into electric power through the hydro-turbines installed in the vertical duct, which is fixed in the sea bed. The performance of OWEC can be represented by the operating water heads of the device, which depends on the amount of the wave water overtopping into the reservoir. In the present paper, the reservoir with the duct connecting to the sea water are studied in the 3D numerical wave tank, which has been developed based on the computational fluid dynamics software Fluent 6.3. Both the overtopping motion and the discharges of the reservoir are investigated together, and several shape parameters and incident wave conditions are varied to demonstrate their effects on the performance of OWEC.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.668-676
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• 2017

A two-dimensional numerical investigation is performed to study the influence of slot width of multi-stage stationary floating overtopping wave energy devices on overtopping flow rate and performance. The hydraulic efficiency based on captured crest energy of different device layouts is compared with that of single-stage device to determine the effect of the geometrical design. The results show optimal trends giving a huge increase in overtopping energy. Plots of efficiency versus the relative slot width show that, for multi-stage devices, the greatest hydraulic efficiency is achieved at an intermediate value of the variable within the parametric range considered, relative slot width of 0.15 and 0.2 depending on design layouts. Moreover, an application of adaptive slot width of multi-stage device is investigated. The numerical results show that the overall hydraulic efficiency of non-adaptive and adaptive slot devices are approximately on par. The effect of adaptive slot width on performance can be negligible.