funded by NRF 2020~2024 

  Research Goals

  Development and verification of core technology for turtle-mimicked tidal current generator equipped with launch/recovery device and ESS

  Research Items

  To develop a power generation system that uses the turtle's four-legged structure as a turbine blade, is self-driven by flow, makes reciprocating rotational motion, and converts and stores this kinetic energy into electrical energy.

   Key technologies for this are:

1) Reciprocating blade (or hydrofoil) shape and motion design

2) Self-driving mechanism and body design

3) Power transmission design including unidirectional rotational conversion mechanism

4) Electric field design including power generation and energy storage system

5) Launch-recovery device design.

  The design and verification methodology is planned to be developed for each element in 1 year and 6 months, Subsystem design and verification will be conducted in next 1 year and prototype fabrication and implementation will be done for last 2 years. This project aims to achive TRL 4 or higher of this machine.