• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2006년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.134-137
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• 2006

Tidal power can use conventional technology to extract energy from the tides. It is usually best deployed in areas where there i s a high tical range which includes Western and Southern coastal areas in Korea. However, to extract tical energy, a barrage across an estuary or a bay is to be constructed that is now very hard due to severe environmental impact on local estuary. The recent technology of application of tidal stream provides a new window to extract power minimizing the adverse environmental impact Tidal stream technology which directly exploits these currents is relatively new but is presently generating considerable interest Turbine rotors can be used to extract energy from the flows. Prototype devices currently on test in the UK include the 300kW SeaFlow turbine. In this paper, the recent technology and research on ocean tical stream power are addressed

• 신재생에너지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.44-50
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• 2013

In order to analyze the characteristics of tidal current power generation system, we measured the output power according to the stream velocity by a water tunnel system and a simulation in MATLAB/Simulink. The water tunnel system consisted of impeller tidal flow transducer and PMSG with rotor in the water. The simulation consisted of PMSG, the tidal current turbine, and back-to-back converter. Also, we simulated the characteristics of output power according to the change of blade length and angular velocity.

• 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.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.293-300
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• 2017

Various approaches have been tried in an effort to improve the power performance of a flapping tidal stream turbine after it was introduced as an alternative to conventional rotary turbines. Among the different approaches, researches on mimicking the morphology and behavior of animals have been conducted. In this study, we utilized a flapper to mimic the multi-joint pectoral fin of a Manta-ray and investigated its effect on power generation. Experiments were conducted by a dual flapping apparatus with rigid and flexible flappers in a towing tank facility. First, in order to determine the conditions that can produce high power generation, the performances of the dual rigid flappers were compared when input arm angles and frequencies are changed, and the two conditions $40^{\circ}$, 0.2 Hz and $40^{\circ}$, 0.3 Hz for the input arm angle, frequency were selected. When the mimicked flexible flapper was used instead of the front rigid flapper and the rear one, the power was improved by an average of 22% and 38% in the experimental conditions, respectively. Moreover, it was recognized from the apparent camber observed during the experiment that the flexible flapper had been successfully applied. If the feasibility of the Manta-Ray mimicked flapper is improved through subsequent researches, the flapping tidal turbine can be a viable alternative to rotary turbines in the near future.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.54-62
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• 2016

This study presents an approach of tidal farming optimization using a numerical modelling method to simulate tidal energy extraction for 1MW scale tidal stream devices around Jangjuk-sudo, South Korea. The utility of the approach in this research is demonstrated by optimizing the tidal farm in an idealized scenario and a more realistic case with three scenarios of 28-turbine centered tidal array (named A, B and C layouts) inside the Jangjuk-sudo. In addition, the numerical method also provides a pre-processing calculation helps the researchers to quickly determine where the best resource site is located when considering the position of the tidal stream turbine farm. From the simulation results, it is clearly seen that the net energy (or wake energy yield which includes the impacts of wake effects on power generation) extracted from the layout A is virtually equal to the estimates of speed-up energy yield (or the gross energy which is the sum of energy yield of each turbine without wake effects), up to 30.3 GWh/year.

• 한국마린엔지니어링학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국마린엔지니어링학회 2011년도 전기공동학술대회 논문집
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• pp.79-79
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• 2011

The oceans are an untapped resource, capable of making a major contribution to our future energy needs. In the search for a non polluting renewable energy source, there is a push to find an economical way to harness energy from the ocean. Tidal stream is one of ocean energy form that is being investigated as potential source for power generation. Tidal current turbines are therefore designed as conversion machinery to generate power from tidal currents. A study on energy extraction from tidal currents is presented in this paper.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2011년도 춘계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.166.1-166.1
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• 2011

The rotor design is fundamental to the performance and dynamic response of the Counter-rotating marine tidal current turbine. The wind industry has seen significant advancement single rotor blade technology, offering considerable knowledge and making it easy to transfer to tidal stream energy converters. In this paper, 3D flow and performance an alysis on a 100 kW counter-rotating marine current turbine blade was carried out by using the 3-D Navier-Stokes commercial solver(ANSYS CFX-11.0) to provide more efficient design techniques to design engineers. The front and rear rotor diameter is 8m and the rotating speed is 24.72rpm. Hexahedral meshing was generated by ICEM-CFD to achieve better quality of results. The rated power and its approaching stream velocity for design are 100 kW and 2 m/s respectively. The pressure distribution on the blade's suction side tells us that the pressure becomes low at the leading edge of the airfoil as it moves from the hub to the tip.

• 한국해양환경ㆍ에너지학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.105-111
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• 2010

조류발전용 HAT 임펠러 설계에 대한 성능 비교 연구를 통하여 설계 개선방향에 대하여 고찰해 보았다. 기존의 조류발전용 임펠러는 풍력에서 사용하고 있는 설계 개념을 그대로 사용하는 경향이 있으며 밀도 차이가 크고 풍력과는 다른 조류발전의 특성을 고려하여 새로이 설계된 임펠러와 기존의 임펠러를 비교하였다. 향후 계산에 의한 비교 뿐 아니라 실험 그리고 경사류등과 같은 특수한 경우에 대한 검증을 수행할 계획이다.

• 한국해양환경ㆍ에너지학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.263-269
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• 2010

조류발전용 HAT 임펠러에 팁 레이크를 적용하여 임펠러 성능을 고찰해 보았다. 기존의 조류발전용 임펠러는 날개 끝 보오텍스에 의해 효율 감소로 인한 전력 손실 뿐 아니라 소음 및 진동에 의한 설치해역 주변의 해양 생태계 파괴의 우려가 있다. 임펠러 날개 끝에 레이크를 적용함으로써 효율의 개선과 함께 소음 및 진동 저감 효과를 파악하고자 하였다. 향후 레이크 비율에 따른 효율증가 및 캐비테이션 성능 향상에 대한 최적화를 수행할 계획이다.

• 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.