• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 2010년 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.155-162
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• 2010

Recently, due to high oil prices and environmental pollution issues, interest of alternative energy development increases and the related research is widely conducted. Among those research activities the tidal stream power generation utilizes the tidal flow as its mechanical power resource and less depends on the environmental condition for installation and operation than other renewable energy resources. Therefore the amount of power generated is quite consistent and straightforward to predict. However, research on the tidal stream energy conversion turbine is rarely found. In the present study, two numerical methods were developed and compared for the open water Momentum Theory, which is widely used for wind turbines, was adopted. The moving reference frame method for Computational Fluid Dynamis solver were also used. Hybrid meshing was used for the complex geometry of turbines. The analysis results using each method were compared to figure out a better method for the performance prediction.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.151-159
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• 2020

This study aimed to investigate the performance characteristics of vertical axis turbine of tidal energy convertor. Three-dimensional Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equation with shear stress transport turbulence model has been solved to analyze the fluid flow of the vertical axis turbine. The hexahedral grids have been used to construct the computational domain and the grid dependency test has been performed to find the optimum grid system. Four steps have been carried out to design the vertical axis turbine of the 100 kW class tidal energy convertor.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.92-100
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• 2011

With the increased demand of clean energy and global warming measures, the renewable energy development has been increased recently. The TCP (Tidal Current Power) is one of the ocean renewable energy sources. Having the high tidal energy source in Korea, there are many potential TCP sites with strong current speed. The rotor, which initially converts the energy, is a very important component because it affects the efficiency of the entire system. The rotor performance is determined by various design parameters including number of blades, shape, sectional size, diameters and etc. However, the interactions between devices also contribute significantly to the energy production. The rotor performance considering the interaction needs to be investigated to predict the exact power in the farm. This paper introduces the optimum design of TCP turbine and the performance of devices considering the interference between rotors.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.345-357
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• 2014

본 연구는 조류발전 사업이 보다 환경친화적 에너지개발사업이 되도록 유도하기 위한 국내 해역에 적합한 환경평가 가이드라인을 제시하는데 목적을 두었다. 본 연구는 국내외 관련 문헌들을 수집하여 조사 분석하였고, 해양에너지 개발 및 해양환경 전문가들과의 면담과 전문가 세미나를 진행하여 합리적인 입지선정 타당성 검토방안과 환경평가단계의 가이드라인을 도출하였다. 입지선정 타당성 검토방안은 입지선정 시 고려해야할 항목을 제시하였고, 이를 바탕으로 조류발전 사업의 특성과 환경영향을 최소화 할 수 있는 적정입지선정 방안을 제시하였다. 환경평가 단계에서의 가이드라인은 조류발전 사업에 대한 환경영향을 파악하고 이에 대한 환경영향평가를 효과적으로 수행하기 위해 현황조사, 영향예측, 저감방안, 사후환경영향 조사계획의 네 단계로 구분하여 제시하였다.

• 수산해양교육연구
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.733-742
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• 2013

The Korea has significant tidal current energy resources, but it is so hard to work underwater for tidal turbine installation. Therefore commercial diving work is very important for tidal current generator. Also, Jangjuk channel is vary famous as proper area to generate tidal current energy. Nevertheless, no one is studied about characteristics of commercial diving works with installation of tidal current generator. The purpose of this study is to introduce commercial diving with work types and investigate critical limits of diving working under the conditions, which are working only to minutes at slack tide during the neap tide. As the results, work types are five as like mooring installation, OMAS(Offshore Maintenance Access System), support structure installation, cable and turbine installation. Here, the original construction period is expected about 4 months, but the construction take 18 months to complete. The cause of extends construction period is insufficiency of researching tidal current conditions at the site and ignorance of slack tide which need to secure diving working time. Total diving working times are 110th during 18 months, the highest percentage of diving times is turbine installation about 43.6 %, and cable, mooring installation and support structure construction are 27.3 %, 15.5 %, 13.6 %, respectively. On the basis of this study, estimation of times of commercial diving is possible with work types of tidal current power, and has a significance as basic data to determining construction period.

• 에너지공학
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.103-115
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• 2010

현재 전 세계적으로 신재생에너지의 개발과 이용에 관한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 조력에너지는 다른 재생에너지의 비해 안정적인 공급이 가능한 고급 자원이다. 본 논문에서는 조력에너지 대한 세계적인 연구 및 개발 동향을 고찰하였고 시화호 조력발전소와 울돌목 조류발전소의 경제성을 분석하였다. 댐 방식 조력발전은 경제성과 기술적 신뢰성이 있으나 상당한 환경적 논쟁이 있다. 반면, 조류식 조력발전은 완전한 상용화를 이루지 못하고 있으나 환경적 폐해가 거의 없는 것으로 평가되어 댐 방식 보다 더 많은 연구가 진행되고 있다. 시화호 조력발전인 경우 발전단가는 약 67.3원/kWh, 여기에 시화호의 조성비용을 추가로 고려할 경우 254원/kWh로 계산되었다. 반면 울돌목 조류발전의 발전단가는 약 400원/kWh로 이는 조류발전 기술이 성장 단계라 장비와 건설비용이 비싸고, 또한 아직 규모의 경제성이 적용되지 못한 결과라 하겠다.

• 천문학회보
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.54.2-54.2
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• 2015

Within 100 pc of the Galactic Centre the tidal field is extremely strong. We investigate the survival of star clusters of different masses in strong tidal fields. We show that dense low-mass clusters are destroyed by strong tidal fields as the tidal fields add energy to the cluster. Only massive clusters (like the Arches) can survive for more than 1-2 Myr in strong tidal fields. Therefore, in Galactic Centre environments only massive young clusters should ever be observed.

• Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.10-19
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• 2002

The detailed structure of a tidal front and its ebb-to flood variation in the main tidal channel of the Kyunggi Bay in the mid-west coast of Korea were investigated by analyzing CTD data and drifter trajectories collected in late July 1999. A typical tidal front was formed in water about 60 m deep at the mouth of the channel. Isotherms and isohalines in the upper layer above the seasonal pycnocline in the offshore stratified zone inclined upward to the sea surface to form a surface front, while those in the lower layer declined to the bottom front. The location of the front is consistent with $100 S^3/cm^2$ of the mixing index H/U defined by Simpson and Hunter (1974), where H is the water depth and U is the amplitude of tidal current. The potential energy anomaly in the frontal zone varied at an ebb-to flood tidal cycle, showing a minimum at slack water after ebb but a maximum at slack water after flood. This ebb-to flood variation in potential energy anomaly is not accounted for by the mixing index. We conclude that on- and offshore displacement of the water column by tidal advection is responsible for the ebb-to-flood variation in the frontal zone.

• 한국해양환경ㆍ에너지학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.234-240
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• 2010

연안개발로 인해 발생하는 해양환경 변화를 정확히 예측하여 해양환경을 효율적으로 관리하기 위해서는 정확한 조위 및 조류 분포에 관한 자료의 확보가 필수적이다. 그러나 현재 대부분의 환경영향평가에서는 조석 수치모의에서 제한된 조석분조 만을 사용하여 조위와 조류분포를 예측하여 많은 분조의 합성에 의해 발생되는 실제 조석현상을 정확하게 계산하지 못하고 있으며, 이로 인해 환경영향평가에 오류가 발생하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 제한된 분조의외해 개방경계에서 조화상수를 가지고도 연안에서 관측된 조위자료를 활용하여 실시간으로 정확하게 조위 및 조류 분포를 예측할 수 있는 방법을 제안하였다. 4개 분조에 의한 조위와 38개 분조에 의한 조차의 비 그리고 모의조차와 관측조차의 비를 가지고 보정한 조위 예측결과는 관측조위와 잘 일치하였다.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.109-113
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• 2009

Several tidal current power plants are being planned and constructed in Korea utilizing the strong tidal currents along the west and south coasts. A tidal current reaches 9.7 m on the west coast; there are few potential regions for tidal current power generation. The construction of a dam to store water can prevent the circulation of water, causing a great environmental impact on the coast and estuary. The tidal barrage could produce a large amount of power, but it should be carefully considered. The purpose of developing renewable energies is to minimize the environmental impact and to maximize the utilization of clean energy. To produce a great quantity of power, tidal current farms require the placement of numerous units in the ocean. The power generation is very dependent on the size of the rotor and the incoming flow velocity. Also, the interactions between devices contribute greatly to the production of power. The efficiency of a power farm is estimated to determine the production rate. This paper introduces 3 D interaction problems between rotating rotors, considering the axial, transverse, and diagonal distances between horizontal axis tidal current devices.