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Experimental Study for the Resonance Effect of the Power Buoy Amplitude

공진형 전력부이의 상하변위증폭 효과에 관한 실험적 연구

  • 권혁민 (경주대학교 건축토목학과) ;
  • 고혁준 (제주대학교 풍력특성화협동과정) ;
  • 김정록 (제주대학교 해양시스템공학과) ;
  • 최영환 (경주대학교 에너지융복합서비스학과)
  • Received : 2012.09.06
  • Accepted : 2013.02.25
  • Published : 2013.03.30
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Abstract

In this study, laboratory experiments and numerical simulations were conducted to test the performance of resonance power buoy system proposed by Kweon et al.(2010). The system is composed of a linear generator and a mooring buoy. The mover of the linear generator mainly has heave motion driven by vertical oscillation of the buoy. In this system, the velocity discrepancy between the mover and the buoy makes electricity. However, ocean wave energy as a natural resource around Korean peninsula is comparatively small and the driving force for producing electricity is not enough for commercialization. Therefore, it is necessary that the buoy motion be amplified by using resonance characteristics. In order to verify the resonance effects on the test power buoy, the experimental investigations were conducted in the large wave flume (length of 110 m, width of 8 m, maximum depth of 6 m) equipped with regular and random plunger wave generator. The resonance draft of test power buoy is designed for the corresponding period of incident wave, 1.96 sec. Regular wave test results show that the heave response amplitude operator(RAO) by a test buoy has the amplification of 5.66 times higher compared to the wave amplitude at the resonance period. Test results of random waves show that the buoy has the largest spectrum area of 20.73 times higher at the point of not the resonance period but the shorter one of 1.85 sec. Therefore this study suggests the resonance power buoy for wave power generation for commercial application in the case of the coastal and oceanic area with smaller wave energy.

공진형 파동에너지 추출시스템은 권혁민 등(2010)에 의해 최초로 제안되었다. 본 시스템은 계류장치와 직렬발전기 그리고 발전기를 가진하는 부이로 구성되어 있으며 직렬발전기의 운동자는 부이의 수직운동에 의해 내부 진동하는 시스템이다. 하지만, 우리나라와 같이 파랑에너지가 비교적 적은 지역에서는 가진체인 부이의 수직운동 크기를 증폭시킬 필요가 있다. 본 연구는 발전기를 탑재한 부이가 공진할 수 있도록 제원을 조절하고 이의 증폭효과를 실험적으로 확인하였다. 모형부이는 공진주기 1.96 sec에 해당하는 흘수를 확보하도록 제원을 조절하였다. 부이공진 실험은 최대수심 6.0 m, 폭 8 m, 길이 110 m인 대형수조에서 규칙파 및 불규칙파에 대하여 수행되었다. 실험파는 평상파의 파형경사에 해당하는 약 0.01에 상응하도록 파를 선택하였다. 부이의 수직변위 관측시계열 자료는 규칙파의 진폭증폭율과 불규칙파의 스펙트럼 면적비에 대하여 분석하였다. 분석결과, 규칙파실험은 모형 전력생산부이의 공진주기 1.96 sec에서 최대 진폭증폭율 5.66을 얻었으며 불규칙파의 경우는 첨두주기가 1.96 sec보다 약간 짧은 1.85 sec에서 최대 스펙트럼면적비 20.73을 얻었다. 본 실험성과로부터 부이의 공진설계가 전력생산의 증대에 유효하며 우리나라와 같이 비교적 파랑에너지가 적은 지역에서 상업적 전력생산을 위하여 필수불가결함을 알았다.

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