• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.737-745
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• 2013

Offshore wind farms are rapidly growing owing to their comparatively more stable wind conditions than onshore and land-based wind farms. The power capacity of offshore wind turbines has been increased to 5MW in order to capture a larger amount of wind energy, which results in an increase of each component's size. Furthermore, the weight of the marine turbine components installed in the nacelle directly influences the total mechanical design, as well as the operation and maintenance (O&M) costs. A reduction in the weight of the nacelle allows for cost-effective tower and foundation structures. On the other hand, longer transmission distances from an offshore wind turbine to the load leads to higher energy losses. In this regard, DC transmission is more useful than AC transmission in terms of efficiency because no reactive power is generated/consumed by DC transmission cables. This paper describes some of the challenges and difficulties faced in designing high-power-density power conversion systems (HPDPCSs) for offshore wind turbines. A new approach for high gain/high voltage systems is introduced using transformerless power conversion technologies. Finally, the proposed converter is evaluated in terms of step-up conversion ratio, device number, modulation, and costs.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2006년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.269-272
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• 2006

Load analysis software enables to design wind turbines effectively and exactly. In this paper, Bladed software developed by Garrad Hassan and Partners is used for load analysis. When using Bladed software, many time is requested to input data which is called by pre-processing. So in this paper, pre-processing Is automated by in-house software(BX) With this BX software, we can reduce the total time for pre-processing about 90%.

• 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 유체기계공업학회 1998년도 강연회 및 연구개발 발표회 논문집
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• pp.128-135
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• 1998

Procedures and results of aerodynamic design of a centrifugal compressor are presented for development of a 40kW class turbogenerator gas turbine. Specification of higher level of total pressure ratio of 4 and total efficiency of $80\%$ requires advanced methods of design and analysis. In the meanline design/analysis, a method with conventional loss modeling and a method with the two-zone model are alternately used for more reliable prediction. In the impeller blade generation, a series of Bezier curve are combined to produce meridional contours and distributions of blade camber angle and blade thickness. Intermediate profiles of blades are repeatedly produced and changed to be finally fixed through quasi-three dimensional Euler flow analysis. Three dimensional compressible turbulent flow analysis is then performed for the impeller to be confirmed in the final step of design. Satisfactory results in the aerodynamic performance are obtained, which assures that there is no need of aerodynamic re-design.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.8-16
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• 2009

The objective of this study is to investigate the three-dimensional turbulence flow characteristics of a rotor passage of an one-stage axial flow gas turbine and to investigate the effects of a boundary layer fence installed on the hub endwall of the rotor passage. Secondary flows occurring within the rotor passage (e.g. horseshoe vortex, passage vortex, and cross flow) cause secondary loss and reduce turbine efficiency. To control these secondary flows, a boundary layer fence measuring half the height of the thickness of the inlet boundary layer was installed on the hub endwall of the rotor passage. This study was performed numerically. The results show that the wake and secondary flows generated by the stator reduced the rotor load to constrain the development of cross flow and secondary flow reinforced by the rotor passage. In addition, the secondary vortices occurring within the rotor passage were reduced by the rotation of the rotor. Although, the boundary layer fence induced additional vortices, giving rise to an additional loss of turbine, its presence was shown to reduce the total pressure loss when compared to effects of the case without fence regardless of the relative position of blades by enervating secondary vortices occurred within the rotor passage.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.387-394
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• 2020

A parametric study of a 2.5 kW class propeller type micro hydraulic turbine was performed. In order to analyze the internal flow characteristics in the hydraulic turbine, three dimensional Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations with shear stress transport turbulence model were used and the hexahedral grid system was used to construct computational domain. To secure the reliability of the numerical analysis, the grid dependency test was performed using the grid convergence index method based on the Richardson extrapolation, and the grid dependency was removed when about 1.7 million nodes were used. For the parametric study, the axial distance at shroud span (L) between the inlet guide vane and the runner, and the inlet and outlet blade angles (β₁, β₂) of the runner were selected as the geometric parameters. The inlet and outlet angles of the runner were defined in the 3 spans from the hub to tip, and a total of 7 geometric parameters were investigated. It was confirmed that the outlet angles of the runner had the most sensitive effect on the power and efficiency of the micro hydraulic turbine.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.336-343
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• 2009

터빈 익렬 내의 2차유동손실은 터빈 익렬에서 발생하는 전체 공기역학적 손실의 30~50% 차지한다. 따라서 터빈 효율 향상에 있어 개선해야 될 중요한 부분으로 인식되고 있다. 또한, 과거부터 2차유동에 의한 손실을 줄이기 위한 많은 연구들이 수행되어졌다. 본 논문에서는 2차유동손실을 일으키는 요인 중의 하나인 말굽와류의 강도를 감쇄시키기 위해 일반적인 날개 앞전에 판을 설치하였으며, 판의 설치 높이 및 길이 등의 형상변수에 따라 발생된 말굽와류의 특성에 대해 연구하였다. 연구를 위해 $FLUENT^{TM}$를 이용하였다. 그리고 기준 모델의 경우보다 전압력 손실 계수가 약 4.0% 향상되었다.

• 한국추진공학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.51-58
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 소형 무인기에 사용되는 초소형 가스터빈 엔진의 연소기를 3D 프린팅으로 제작하고, 시험 설비와 리그를 제작하여 연소기 단품 성능시험을 수행하였다. 연소기 성능시험은 두 가지 부하조건에서 당량비를 조절하여 각 부하조건 별 4가지 시험조건에서 수행하였다. 성능시험 결과 연소기의 압력손실과 출구온도분포는 우수하였지만, 연소가스에서 다량의 UHC와 CO가 검출되어 연소효율은 일반적인 가스터빈 연소기에 비해 아주 낮음을 확인하였다. 성능시험을 통해 획득한 정량적 성능데이터는 향후 3D 프린팅 기술로 성능이 개선된 연소기의 설계와 제작에 활용 할 예정이다.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.46-52
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 폐쇄형 해양온도차발전 효율 향상 방안으로 재열기, 재생기 및 다단 터빈을 적용하여 각 사이클 성능을 비교 분석하였다. 기화기 증발 열원으로 $26^{\circ}C$의 해양표층수를 이용하고 응축기 냉각 열원으로 $5^{\circ}C$의 해양심층수를 이용하는 것으로 가정하였고, 작동유체로는 암모니아를 적용하였다. 3가지 효율 향상 방안에 대한 사이클 효율, 응축기 및 증발기 용량 등 사이클 성능을 비교 분석하였다. 기본 폐쇄형 해양온도차발전 사이클에 재생기를 적용하기 위해서 사이클 시뮬레이션을 수행한 결과, 재생기 부착을 위한 열교환 라인은 터빈 출구 작동유체와 펌프 출구의 작동유체를 열교환하는 것이 사이클 효율 향상에 기여하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 기본 사이클에 유용도 0.9의 재열기를 적용한 결과, 터빈 2기를 적용시 사이클 효율이 3.14%로 증가하였고, 동일 총 출력에 대해서 응축기 및 증발기에 필요한 해양표층수 및 해양심층수량이 감소하였다. 사이클 성능 향상 방안으로 기본적인 폐쇄형 해양온도차발전 사이클에 재생기, 재열기 및 터빈 2기를 적용한 결과 기본 폐쇄형 해양온도차발전 사이클에 비해 효율은 약 6.5% 향상되었다.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.38-43
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• 2000

Recently, KARI(Korea Aerospace Research Institute, Korea) and CIAM(Central Institute of Aviation Motors, Russia) have made an effort in developing a centrifugal compressor for a small gas turbine engine as part of a collaboration program. This compressor has been designed as a sub-component for an axial-centrifugal compression system for a small turbo-shaft engine aiming adiabatic efficiency higher than 0.81. The geometrical design requirement imposes restrictions to have high inlet hub-to-tip ratio and inlet swirl flow. In this study, the compressor has been designed using the generalized experimental data established from those compressors having pressure ratio of 3.7 to 5. From this generalized empirical correlation, desirable values of design parameters could be obtained. Subsequently, quasi-3D and 3D viscous flow analyses have been performed to ensure the adopted methodology. It is expected that the centrifugal compressor provides total pressure ratio of 4.89, corrected mass flow-rate of 1.64kg/sec, and adiabatic efficiency of 0.815 with inlet hub-to-tip ratio of 0.641. These relatively high total pressure ratio and inlet hub-to-tip ratio are the main distinctive features in this design. Besides, one of the main features of this centrifugal compressor is the adoption of a double-row bladed diffuser to effectively decelerate the transonic flow leaving the impeller. The compressor has been manufactured and will be tested in the near future.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.19-26
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• 2015

The present paper presented and applied an exergy analysis method to evaluate the magnitudes and the locations of exergy losses in the conventional desuperheating and depressurizing process of high pressure and temperature steam delivery system. In addition, for the reduction of exergy losses occurred in conventional process, the present study proposed new alternative processes in which the pressure reducing valve and the desuperheater of conventional process are substituted with steam turbine and heat exchanger, and their effects on exergy loss reduction and exergy efficiency improvement are theoretically investigated and compared. From the present analysis results, the total exergy loss caused in conventional desuperheating and depressurizing process accounted for 66.5% of exergy input and 85% of the total exergy loss was due to the mixing between steam and cold water(e.g desuperheating). However, it was shown from the present analysis results that the present alternative processes can additionally reduce exergy loss by maximum 92.7% of the total exergy loss in conventional process, and can also produce additional and useful energy, the electricity of 220.6 kWh and the heat of 54.3 MJ/hr.