• 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

• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.247-268
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• 2023

Tidal stream energy extraction remains a site-specific resource due to the "first generation" criteria requiring high-velocity tidal streams. Most studies on tidal energy and turbine blade design heavily focus on installation sites with higher velocity conditions that are non-existent in tropical countries such as the Philippines. To shorten this gap, this review paper tackles tidal turbine design considerations for low-energetic regions such as the tropics. In-depth discussions of operating principles, methods of analysis, and designs of tidal turbine blades are presented. Notable tidal stream projects around the world are also mentioned in the paper. Also, it provides a perspective on the potential of this renewable energy to produce electricity for various sites in the Philippines. Finally, the paper emphasizes the need for new tidal turbine blade designs to be viable in tropical regions, such as the Philippines.

• 한국마린엔지니어링학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국마린엔지니어링학회 2011년도 전기공동학술대회 논문집
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• pp.309-309
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• 2011

This paper outlines extraction potential of tidal stream resources from the simplified channel in which flow is driven by a head difference between inlet and outlet. Energy extraction alters the flow within a simple channel, and extraction of 10% energy flux in a natural channel would give rise to a flow speed reduction of about 5.7%.

• 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.

• 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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• 제41권3호
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• pp.193-202
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• 2019

There have been various approaches for efficiency improvement of a Darrieus tidal stream turbine after it was introduced as an alternative of horizontal axis turbines. Among the approaches, the researches on the interaction effect of dual configuration were conducted. In this study, a dual Darrieus turbine with a coupling mechanism was proposed for investigating the interaction effect. Also, the effect of bi-directional tidal stream was analyzed with prototype fabrication, apparatus set-up and experiment conduction in indoor and offshore facilities. As the results of the experiments, the dual turbine in case of counter-rotation and inflow between the turbines improved efficiencies by 9.5% and 11.31%, respectively, as compared to the single turbine. Also, the dual turbine in case of the inflow improved efficiencies by 9.4% and 16.62%, respectively, as compared to that in case of outflow between the turbines which represented the case of 180 degrees change of flow direction after slack water. Therefore, the proposed dual turbine showed the advantage in terms of the efficiency as compared to the single turbine and the effect level of the slack water on the performance of the dual turbine was investigated.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.23-28
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• 2011

조류자원을 평가하기 위해 양쪽이 무한한 바다에 연결되어 있고, 수평한 바닥을 갖고 있는 수로를 가정하고, 수위의 시간변화에 따른 동적효과를 무시한 개수로 유동에서 양 끝단의 수두 차에 의해 구동되는 단순 수로에 대해 에너지 추출 모델을 제안하였다. 조류에너지는 그 단면을 지나는 유속의 3승에 비례하며, 수로 내에서의 에너지 추출은 반드시 유속의 감소를 초래하였다. 교란되지 않는 흐름의 수로에서 10%의 에너지 추출은 약 5.7%의 유속 감속을 초래하며, 20%가 추출되면 유속은 약 11.3%로 감소되었다. 또한, 수로 내에서 더 유속 감소가 가능하다면 이용 가능한 에너지의 추출은 보다 높을 수 있음을 보였다.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.187-193
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• 2017

본 연구는 전남 서남해안 우이도 주변해역의 조류흐름 특성에 따른 조류에너지 자원을 평가하였다. 먼저 대상해역의 조류 특성에 관한 정보 수집을 통한 타당성 조사와 유한요소법을 적용한 수심평균 2차원 ADCIRC(Advanced Circulation) 수치모델로 조석과 조류속의 변화에 대한 모의실험을 수행하였다. 조석분조는 우리나라 해역에 가장 큰 영향을 미치는 4대 분조(M2, S2, K1, O1)를 기본으로 설정하였다. 실제 평균 수심이 반영된 수치모형의 4곳을 관측점으로 설정하여 분석한 결과, 대조기 때 고고조 2.2m, 최강조류속 1.33 m/s를 나타냈다. ADCIRC Model의 결과값은 국립해양조사원(KHOA) 실제 관측 자료와 비교 및 분석하여 검증하였다. 또한 대상해역의 수치모델 조류속값에 지형적 특성을 반영한 조류속기법(Tidal Flux Method)을 이용하여 조류에너지 밀도 분포에 대해 평가하였다. 우이도 해역의 5개 평가 영역 중 최대 $1.75kW/m^2$의 조류에너지 분포를 보였으며, 조위 및 조류속뿐만 아니라 해역의 지형적 특성을 고려한 조류에너지 밀도 분포도를 작성하여 최적의 조류발전단지 후보지를 선정하였다.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.47-53
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• 2014

This paper aims to present the design and performance evaluation of a counter-rotating tidal turbine using CFD and to compare its performance with single rotor. The device scale is 10kW and the rotating part consists of two rotors which rotate in opposite direction. Compared with conventional single rotor, the counter-rotating system shows higher power efficiency at high stream velocity but lower efficiency at low stream velocity. The added counter-rotated rotor together helps improve the energy absorption capacity but has influence on the upstream rotor that reduces its performance. In terms of power capture, the designed counter-rotating tidal turbine is more advantageous in high speed tidal condition.

• 한국해양학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.86-97
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• 1972

The tides, tidal currents and tidal prisms at Inchon Harbor are studied with recent data. The tides at Inchon Harbor is of semi-diurnal type having a spring range of 798cm and a phase age of 2 days. The monthly mean sea level at Inchon has a maximum at August and a minimum at January with a annual range of about 40cm. the tidal currents at Inchon Outer Harbor are of semi-diurnal type same as tides and nearly reversing type. The flood and ebb currents set north and south with a velocity of about 90-175 cm/sec and 120-225 cm/sec at spring tide and begin 0.2 hours after L.W. and 0.7 hours after H. W., respectively. Non-tidal currents flow southward with 10-20 cm/sec at west side of the stream and northward with 15-20 cm/sec at east side of the stream at Inchon Outer Harbor. The flood volume through the Inchon Outer Harbor fluctuates fortnightly from 590 10$\^$6/㎥ spring tide to 260 $10^6/m^3$ at neap tide and ebb volume changes from 470 $10^6/m^3$ at spring tide to 200 $10^6/m^3$ at neap tide, respectively. The flow area along the channel to the Estuary of Yeomha is controlled by the tidal prism as expressed by $A=1.14{\times}10^{-4}P^{0.966}$