- 풍력발전기 유지보수로봇을 위한 표면 적응 이동 시스템
- ㆍ 저자명
- 김병곤,박소라,전민석,전경태,홍대희,Kim. Byunggon,Park. Sora,Jun. Minsoek,Jun. Kyungtae,Hong. Daehie
- ㆍ 간행물명
- 한국정밀공학회지
- ㆍ 권/호정보
- 2013년|30권 9호|pp.969-975 (7 pages)
- ㆍ 발행정보
- 한국정밀공학회
- ㆍ 파일정보
- 정기간행물| PDF텍스트
- ㆍ 주제분야
- 기타
As energy shortage is getting more serious, wind energy source is more promoted around the world. Blade is a key component of wind turbine. Local breakages and/or contamination in the blade bring degradation in aerodynamic efficiency and life-time. However, it is not easy and even dangerous for human workers to access the blade for inspection and maintenance since its size is huge and located at high mountains and rough sea, which are windy places. This paper deals with a novel moving mechanism that efficiently carries human workers or robots to the wind turbine blade. The proposed mechanism utilizes flexible tube with pressurized air that rolls and climbs over the blade surface. So, the tube naturally adapts the changing surface of the blade and acts no harm to it. This paper discusses about its concept, detail design, and advantages. The feasibility of the proposed mechanism is proved through experiments prototype.