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A Study of Using Optimal Hysteresis Band Amplitude of CRPWM Converter for DFIG of Tidal Current (조류발전 이중여자발전기의 CRPWM 컨버터 히스테리리스 밴드 크기 최적화에 관한 연구)

  • Ki, Kyung-Hyun;Lee, Yong-Sik;Jeong, Sung-Won;Gim, Jae-Hyeon
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2009.07a
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    • pp.507_508
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    • 2009
  • As a result of environmental concerns, renewable energy systems are rapidly increasing and particularly tidal current is a potential source of energy. In accordance with a large-capacity trend, doubly-fed induction generator is applied such as wind farms and tidal systems. In this paper, Optimal hysteresis band amplitude of CRPWM Converter is determined for improving rotor current waveform and electrical quality.

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Performance and Cavitation Analysis on Tidal Current Turbine for Low Water Level Channel

  • Chen, Chengcheng;Choi, Young-Do
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.17 no.5
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    • pp.60-66
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    • 2014
  • Most tidal current turbine designs are focused on medium and large scale for deep sea, less attention is paid in low water level channel, such as the region around the islands and costal sea. This study is to develop a horizontal axis tidal current turbine rotor blade which is applicable to low water level island region in southwest coastal region of Korea. In this study, the hydrofoil NACA63-415 and NACA63-817 are both adopted to analyze. The blade using NACA63-817 showed the higher maximum power coefficient and good performance at small TSR (Tip Speed Ratio), which gives the blade more advantages in operating at lower water level channel, where is characterized by the fast-flowing water. The cavitation pattern of hydrofoil is predicted by the CFD analysis and verified that the NACA63-817 is the appropriate hydrofoil in the test site of tidal current resource and the hydrofoil showed considerable performance in avoiding cavitation.

Ocean Current Power Parks using Garyuk Draining Sluices of Saemankeum (새만금 가력배수갑문을 이용한 해류발전단지)

  • Jang, Kyungsoo;Lee, Jungeun
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2010.06a
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    • pp.235.1-235.1
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    • 2010
  • Two ocean current power parks are suggested in the front and back of the Garyuk draining sluices of Saemankeum in Korea. They are characterized by installing a plurality of ocean current turbine generators which are arranged in five rows respectively in the land-side ocean current power park behind the Garyuk draining sluices and in the sea-side ocean current power park before the Garyuk draining sluices, generating electricity using the ocean current flowing through the Garyuk draining sluices in the ebbs and tides of Yellow sea. The potential energy of tidal difference of 2.611m at neap in Saemankeum can be converted into the kinetic energy of high speed ocean current via the Garyuk draining sluices which makes it possible to run the ocean current power parks on a large scale. The total facility capacity of two ocean current power parks that consist of 240 ocean current turbine generators with 4m diameter of turbine blades is about 134MW, and the expected total annual power output is about 586GWh.

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Seasonal Variation of Kinetic and Potential Energy of Residual Flow Field in Suyoung Bay, Korea (한국수영만에서 잔차류장의 운동 .위치에너지의 계절변화)

  • 김동선;유철웅
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.313-322
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    • 1997
  • In order to study the seasonal variation of kinetic and potential energy of residual flow field In Suyoung Bay of Korea, we calculated Its energy budget and compared It with the tidal energy there. The potential energy shows the large value In winter and spring and the small one In summer and early autumn when the density stratification Is developed. The kinetic energy of residual flow varies seasonally and the seasonally averaged kinetic energy of residual flow per unit area is 6.4$\times$$10^{-4}ergs s^{-1}cm^{-}2$. It Is mainly governed by the density-driven current with the exception of that In November when the kinetic energy of tide-induced residual current is larger than those of density-driven current and wind-driven current. An averaged traction of the kinetic energy of tide-Induced residual current, wind-driven current and density-driven current, which are the major components of residual flow, is 29.1%, 3.4%, 67.5%, respectively, to the kinetic energy of residual flow, The fraction of kinetic energy of residual flow, potential energy and tidal energy per unit area is 1.0 : 6.7$\times$$10^3$: 8.2$\times$$10^4$ respectively.

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Derivation of Candidate Sites for a Tidal Current-Pumped Storage Hybrid Power Plant Using GIS-based Site Selection Analysis (GIS기반 적지분석을 통한 조류-양수 융합발전시스템 설치후보지 도출 연구)

  • LEE, Cholyoung;CHOI, Hyun-Woo;PARK, Jinsoon;KIM, Jihoon;PARK, Junseok
    • Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.184-207
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    • 2020
  • This study aimed to determine candidate areas for tidal current-pumped storage hybrid power plants using GIS-based site selection analysis. The study area is the southwestern sea surrounding Jindo Island in South Korea. Factors to be considered for the site selection analysis were derived considering the design and installation characteristics of the hybrid power plant. Numerical simulation to predict tidal speed was performed using the MOHID(Modelo HIDrodin?mico) and the results were converted into spatial data. Subsequently, a GIS-based overlay analysis method proposed in this study was applied to derive the installation candidate area. A total of 10 regions were identified as candidate sites. Among them, it was determined that the power generator could be installed in relatively wide sea areas in Jindo, Seongnamdo, and Hajodo.

Silty Tidal Rhythmites from the Upper Pleistocene Sedimentary Sequence, Western Coast of Korea

  • Park, Yong-Ahn;Choi, Kyung-Sik
    • Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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    • v.33 no.3
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    • pp.71-79
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    • 1998
  • Silty tidal rhythmites were found from the upper Pleistocene sequence unconformably overlain by the Holocene tidal deposits within the macrotidal coastal zone of Youngjong Island, western coast of Korea. The rhythmites occur as vertically accreted, parallel and planar laminae that are 0.1-2.5 mm in thickness. Each lamina grades from coarse silt (mean grain size: 5-6.5 ${\phi}$) at the lower part into fine silt to mud (mean grain size: 6-7.5 ${\phi}$) at the upper part. The rhythmites can be classified into two types based on the patterns in laminar thickness variation. Type I is a bundle of 12-20 laminae in which laminar thickness varies sinusoidally. Type ll is an alternation of thick and thin laminae as a couplet. Type I is inferred as a product of varying tidal energy during a semimonthly (neap-spring) tidal cycle, in which thicker laminae were deposited during spring tides and thinner laminae were formed during neap tides. Type ll is interpreted to have been formed by asymmetric semidiurnal tidal currents in association with diurnal inequality, whereby thick lamina of each couplet represents dominant tidal current and the thin lamina reflects subordinate tidal current.

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Feasibility Study for Tidal Power Plant Site in Garolim Bay Using EFDC Model (EFDC모형을 이용한 가로림만의 조력발전 위치 타당성 검토)

  • Shin, Bum-Shick;Kim, Kyu-Han;Kim, Jong-Hyun;Baek, Seung-Hwa
    • Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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    • v.23 no.6
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    • pp.489-495
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    • 2011
  • Fossil fuel energy has become a worldwide environmental issue due to its effect on global warming and depletion in its supply. Therefore, the interest in developing alternative energy source has been rising. Ocean energy, especially, has gained strength as an alternative energy source for its unlimited supply with low secondary risks. Among all the ocean energy, the west coast of Korea holds the field of large-scale energy development because of its distinctive tidal range. Tidal power plant construction at the sea may expedite multi development effects such as bridge roles, tourism resource effects and adjustability of flood inundation at the inner bay. This study introduces the validity of tidal power plant construction at Garilim Bay in west coast of Korea by examining anticipated hydraulic characteristics using EFDC model. Through EFDC numerical simulations, the feasibility of Garolim Bay as a tidal power plant field has been proved. And the most effective tidal power plant construction would be to install hydraulic turbine in the west side of bay entrance where ebb current is stronger, and install water gate in the east side of bay entrance where the flood current is superior.

The Characteristics of Tidal Residual Current in Youngil Bay (영일만의 조석잔차류 거동 특성)

  • Kim Jong-Kyu
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.14-23
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    • 2001
  • The characteristics of tidal circulation with Hyungsan River discharges in Youngil Bay by the numerical experiments is elucidated. For the simulation of tidal residual currents related to inflow by the river discharges in Youngil Bay located in the southeastern part of Korean Peninsula, the two-dimensional numerical experiment is peformed. The tidal elevation boundary conditions of the 4 main tidal harmonic constituents (M₂, S₂, K₁ and O₁) on the open boundary and river discharges at the river boundary are considered. The computed results obtained from numerical experiment showed good agreements with the field observation ones. The residual currents generally flow toward the inner bay through the western (Dalman-Gap) and central areas of the bay, and then the currents go toward the outer bay along the eastern shore (Changgi-Gap) of the bay with anti-clockwise circulation. Especially, in the numerical experiment without Hyungsan River discharges, these flow patterns are disappeared. Based on the results, it showed that the Hyungsan River discharges play the dominant role in the patterns of tidal residual currents. This flow pattern of tidal residual currents are important mechanism of water quality, material transport in Youngil Bay.

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