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Study on the Effects of Ultrasonic Wave for the Effective Hydrogen Generation by Electrical Discharge Plasma Process

  • Park Jae-Youn;Cong Nghi-Vu;Han Sang-Bo;Kim Jong-Seok;Park Sang-Hyun;Lee Hyun-Woo;Lee Su-Jung
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.19 no.6
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    • pp.591-598
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    • 2006
  • The research was tried to investigate the hydrogen generation from water by the pulsed power plasma process. Hydrogen was generated by way of the electrical pulse power discharge process with the ultrasonic wave. The yield on the hydrogen generation was also studied with and without operating the ultrasonic generator, in which the applied high voltage was varied from 10 kV to 15 kV. Nitrogen and argon gases were used as working gases. As the results, the generation yield using the pure nitrogen gas is better than argon and mixed gases such as argon and nitrogen. Hydrogen concentration are significantly increased when the ultrasonic generator was operated with the electrical discharge simultaneously. It is increased with increasing the applied ultrasonic level as well.

Conceptual Design of Motion Reduction Device for Floating Wave-Offshore Wind Hybrid Power Generation Platform (부유식 파력-해상풍력 복합발전 플랫폼의 운동저감장치 개념설계)

  • Park, Sewan;Kim, Kyong-Hwan;Hong, Keyyong
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.9-20
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    • 2018
  • The present study deals with the conceptual design of a motion reduction device for a floating wave-offshore wind hybrid power generation platform. A damping plate attached to the bottom of a column of a large semi-submersible is introduced to reduce the motion of the platform. Performance analyses on various shapes and configurations of damping plates were performed using the potential flow solver, and the appropriate configuration and size of the damping plate were selected based on the numerical results. In order to see the effect of viscous damping, a small scale model test was performed in a 2D wave flume. The performances of five different damping plates were measured and discussed based on the results of free decay tests and regular wave tests.

Generation Characteristic of WEC for Buoy (브이용 파력발전시스템의 발전특성)

  • Oh, Jin-Seok;Kwak, Jun-Ho;Bae, Soo-Young;Jung, Sung-Young;Lee, Ji-Young
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.32 no.8
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    • pp.1123-1128
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    • 2008
  • Marine facilities like buoy, lighthouse are operated with stand alone power supply system. This power system can consist of a stand-alone type power system such as PV(Photovoltaic) system, wave system or hybrid system which is not cooperated with a commercial power system. Generally, PV power system for marine facilities can not supply a sufficient power to buoy, because it is so influenced from weather condition. For solving this problem the hybrid power system with PV and wave is studied on a various area, that is why a hybrid power system is requires to overcome these problems. This paper will describe a generation characteristic of WEC(Wave Energy Converter) for buoy, and an AFS(Anti-Fouling System) influence on WEC.

The research of vibration power generation to make effective use of ocean wave energy (파도에너지를 효율적으로 이용하기위한 파력진동발전기에 대한 연구)

  • Lee, Hong-Chan;Lee, Jae-Ho;Han, Ki-Bong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Marine Engineers Conference
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    • 2011.10a
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    • pp.75-75
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    • 2011
  • This paper has been studied that ocean wave vibration power generator is composed of buoy and vibration generator to make effective use of ocean wave energy. We designed buoy to can occur resonance for dominant frequency with ocean wave. And then we fitted the natural frequency of vibration system with vibration power generator to buoy's natural frequency. And we can show that the amplitude of ocean wave up and down motion is decreased, on the other hand, the displacement of vibration system with vibration power generator is increased. Therefore, ocean wave vibration power generator which is proposed in this paper has merits not only securing its stability from surroundings but also producing more electronic power by using ocean wave energy.

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Design and Characteristic Analysis of Slotless-type Linear Generator with Halbach Array (Halbach 영구자석 배열의 공심형 선형발전기의 설계 및 특성 해석)

  • Jeong, Su-Kwon;Han, Kwang-Gyu;Ahn, Ho-Jin;Jang, Ki-Bong;Kim, Gyu-Tak
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2008.07a
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    • pp.856-857
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    • 2008
  • Wave power generation as an environmentally -friendly energy has received the attention. In this paper, therefore, the tubular type Permanent Magnet Linear Synchronous Generator (PMLSG) is proposed for wave power generation. The characteristics of tubular type PMLSG are investigated by analysis using a Finite Element Analysis (FEA). Moreover, the operating performance of generator under no-load and load with variable resistance is examined. And Taguchi method is applied for considering tolerance in manufacture. The results of FEA show that proposed tubular type PMLSG is a useful solution for small-scale wave power generation.

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A Study on Equivalent Design Wave Approach for a Wave-Offshore Wind Hybrid Power Generation System (부유식 파력-해상풍력 복합 발전시스템의 등가설계파 기법 적용에 관한 연구)

  • Sohn, Jung Min;Shin, Seung Ho;Hong, Keyyong
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.135-142
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    • 2015
  • Floating offshore structures should be designed by considering the most extreme environmental loadings which may be encountered in their design life. The most severe loading on a wave-offshore wind hybrid power generation system is wave loads. The principal parameters of wave loads are wave length, wave height and wave direction. The wave loads have different effects on the structural behavior characteristic depending on the combination of wave parameters. Therefore, the process of investigation for critical loads based on the individual wave loading parameter is need. Namely, the equivalent design wave should be derived by finding the wave condition which generates the maximum stress in entire wave conditions. Through a series of analysis, an equivalent regular wave height can be obtained which generates the same amount of the hydrodynamic loads as calculated in the response analysis. The aim of this study is the determination of equivalent design wave regarding to characteristic global hydrodynamic responses for wave-offshore wind hybrid power generation system. It will be utilized in the global structural response analysis subjected to selected design waves and this study also includes an application of global structural analysis.

Investigation on Terahertz Generation by GaP Ridge Waveguide Based on Cascaded Difference Frequency Generation

  • Li, Zhongyang;Zhong, Kai;Bing, Pibin;Yuan, Sheng;Xu, Degang;Yao, Jianquan
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.169-173
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    • 2016
  • Terahertz (THz) generation by a GaP ridge waveguide with a collinear modal phase-matching scheme based on cascaded difference frequency generation (DFG) processes is theoretically analyzed. The cascaded Stokes interaction processes and the cascaded anti-Stokes interaction processes are investigated from coupled wave equations. THz intensities and quantum conversion efficiency are calculated. Compared with non-cascaded DFG processes, THz intensities from 11-order cascaded DFG processes are increased to 5.48. The quantum conversion efficiency of 177.9% in cascaded processes can be realized, exceeding the Manley-Rowe limit.

Development of High Intensity Progressive Wave Tube (고에너지 음향환경시험 튜브 개발)

  • K.Kim, Young-Key;Kim, Hong-Bae;Moon, Sang-Mu;Woo, Sung-Hyun;Im, Jong-Min
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2005.05a
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    • pp.962-965
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    • 2005
  • A high intensity progressive wave tube is installed at Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) for acoustic environmental tests. The test facility has 700 mm x 800 mm cross-sectional area, and provides acoustic environment of 165 dB over the frequency range of $25Hz{\sim}10,000Hz$. The facility consists of a 6 m long acoustic wave tube, acoustic power generation systems, gases nitrogen supply systems, and acoustic control systems. This paper describes how the basic parameters of the facility and power generation systems are controlled to meet the requirement of the test. The shape and length of the tube has been designed by using the size of test objects and the wave propagation characteristics of the tube. The capacity of acoustic power generation systems is determined by the energy conversion of acoustic wave and the efficiency of acoustic modulators. Moreover, the paper introduces test run results of the tube. Overall of 163dB has been generated by using the test facility.

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A wireless guided wave excitation technique based on laser and optoelectronics

  • Park, Hyun-Jun;Sohn, Hoon;Yun, Chung-Bang;Chung, Joseph;Kwon, Il-Bum
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.6 no.5_6
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    • pp.749-765
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    • 2010
  • There are on-going efforts to utilize guided waves for structural damage detection. Active sensing devices such as lead zirconate titanate (PZT) have been widely used for guided wave generation and sensing. In addition, there has been increasing interest in adopting wireless sensing to structural health monitoring (SHM) applications. One of major challenges in wireless SHM is to secure power necessary to operate the wireless sensors. However, because active sensing devices demand relatively high electric power compared to conventional passive sensors such as accelerometers and strain gauges, existing battery technologies may not be suitable for long-term operation of the active sensing devices. To tackle this problem, a new wireless power transmission paradigm has been developed in this study. The proposed technique wirelessly transmits power necessary for PZT-based guided wave generation using laser and optoelectronic devices. First, a desired waveform is generated and the intensity of the laser source is modulated accordingly using an electro-optic modulator (EOM). Next, the modulated laser is wirelessly transmitted to a photodiode connected to a PZT. Then, the photodiode converts the transmitted light into an electric signal and excites the PZT to generate guided waves on the structure where the PZT is attached to. Finally, the corresponding response from the sensing PZT is measured. The feasibility of the proposed method for wireless guided wave generation has been experimentally demonstrated.

Electrical Technologies for Grid Integration of Ocean Wave Power into the UK National Grid

  • Ahmed, Tarek
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.320-327
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    • 2010
  • In this paper, multiple offshore wave energy converters with different output characteristics are connected to one power distribution substation. The connection between the power take-off of the different wave energy converters and the electrical power transmission system is presented in order to investigate whether multiple wave energy converters can augment energy yield and improve network integration capabilities. Moreover, the model of an array of wave energy converters is developed with the goal of analyzing the effects of the offshore wave farm on the electrical network to which it is connected. It is also developed to ensure that the electricity generated by the array is sufficiently controllable, and of a quality that can be integrate into the electricity supply network without unduly increasing the cost of connection, production or delivery.