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A Study on Seawater Flow Characteristics inside the Shrouds used in Tidal Current Generation Systems for Various Geometric Angles under Constant Tidal Current Velocity

조류발전 시스템용 쉬라우드의 형상각도별 일정 조류속도장 내 해수유동 특성연구

  • Kim, Jong-Won (Division of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Ho (Division of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Wonkwang University)
  • 김종원 (원광대학교 기계자동차공학부) ;
  • 이상호 (원광대학교 기계자동차공학부)
  • Received : 2011.09.27
  • Accepted : 2012.03.05
  • Published : 2012.04.30
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Abstract

Numerical analyses through Computational Fluid Dynamics have been performed to investigate the seawater flow field characteristics for various shrouds used in horizontal axis tidal current turbine systems. Seawater flow characteristics are largely influenced under constant tidal current velocity by the shroud geometry and there is considerable difference in fluid velocity distributions around the shrouds. Especially the location and magnitude of maximum seawater flow velocity directly affect turbine performance for power generation. For the cylinder-diffuser type shroud system whose cylinder and diffuser parts have the same length accelerated flow region is formed in the overall cylinder part while maximum velocity in the nozzle-diffuser type whose nozzle and diffuser parts have the same length with symmetry, locally appears near the minimum sectional area. In case of cylinder-diffuser type shroud fluid velocity increases rather high compared with current velocity. And fluid velocity at the centerline gradually increases from the entrance, and then decreases rapidly after reaching a peak close to the middle of the cylinder part unlike the nozzle-diffuser while there is not much variation near the rear of the shroud. These results of the seawater flow characteristics with various shroud geometries can be applied to optimal design for the development of efficient tidal current power generation systems.

수평축 조류발전 시스템에 사용되는 쉬라우드의 기하학적 형상각도별 해수의 유동장 특성을 전산유체역학을 통해 분석하였다. 쉬라우드를 포함한 전체 유동장 내 해수의 유속 분포는 일정한 조류속도조건에서 쉬라우드의 형상에 따라 크게 영향을 받으며 특히 발전성능에 직접적으로 영향을 미치는 쉬라우드 내 최대유속의 위치 및 크기는 형상 별로 큰 차이가 있다. 실린더와 디퓨저부분의 길이가 같은 실린더-디퓨저 형태의 쉬라우드에서는 실린더 영역에서 비교적 높은 유속분포가 형성되었으며 노즐과 디퓨저부분의 길이가 같은 대칭구조의 노즐-디퓨저에서는 내경이 최소인 지점에서 국부적으로 나타났다. 실린더-디퓨저 쉬라우드에서 조류속도에 비해 높은 유속이 형성되었으며 중심축상의 유속은 노즐-디퓨저와는 다르게 쉬라우드 입구 근처에서 점차 증가하기 시작하여 실린더부분의 중앙 부근에서 피크값을 지나 디퓨저에서 급격히 감소한 후 다시 일정한 속도로 유지되어 가는 특성을 나타내었다. 이러한 쉬라우드의 형상과 해수유동장 변화특성에 대한 분석결과는 효율적인 조류발전시스템을 위한 쉬라우드의 최적설계에 응용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

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