Research Facilities

Towing Tank

  • 100m(L) X 8m(B) X 3.5m(D)
  • Ship resistance test, self-propulsion test, …
  • Equipped with 3-D wave maker

2-D Wave Tank

  • 32m(L) X 0.6m(B) X 1m(D)
  • Wave generation test, structure motion test, …
  • Equipped with 2-D wave maker
  • Transparent window for flow visualization

Flow Test Loop

  • Length: 20m (Test Section: 4m)
  • Flow circulation and visualization channel
  • Pipe and valve flow(air-water) test

Lab-scale Fuel Cell Performance Test Facility

  • 1~3kW PEMFC Test
  • Fuel cell power generation test under ship operating condition
  • Control for flow rate of fuel(H2 and air) and output current

MW-class Hydrogen FC-ESS System Test Bed

  • F.C. and ESS system performance test under ship condition
  • To be installed in 2022

Computing Server Cluster

  • (CPU) Intel Xeon 212 Core Parallel System
  • (GPU) Nvidia Geforce RTX3090 24GB x 10
  • Numerical computations (CFD, potential analysis)
  • Machine learning and deep learning

Measurement Equipment

Flow Visualization & Measurement System

  • High speed CCD/CMOS camera(Mono/Color)
  • Continuous / Nd: YAG laser
  • Optical lens
  • LED & halogen lamp
  • Acoustic Doppler Velocimetry(ADV)
  • Magnetic Flow meter
  • Flow meter for piping system

Force & Pressure Gauge

  • Piezo electric/resistive type pressure sensors
  • X-Y load cells / Dynamometers
  • Tension gauges(waterproof)

Ship Motion Measurement System

  • RODYM 6DOF motion measurement system
  • OptiTrack motion tracking system

Wave Gauge

  • Resistive type wave gauges
  • Capacitance type wave gauges

Field Measurement System

  • Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler(ADCP)
  • High resolution RTK-GNSS System
  • Inertial Navigation System (INS)
  • Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU)
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)
  • Echo Sounder
  • UPR/Gun-diver

Data Acquisition System

  • National Instruments (NI) PXI sets
  • Frame image grabber
  • Data acquisition board
  • Potential/Strain gauge amplifier

Softwares

Motion / Mooring Analysis Software

  • OrcaFlex
  • AQWA
  • Hydrostar
  • Ariane 8

CFD Simulation Software

  • STAR-CCM+

Piping System Analysis Software

  • FluidFlow
  • CAESAR II

Experiments / Measurement Software

  • LabVIEW
  • Motion/Dynamic Studio
  • Visisize
  • Storm
  • Hydropro

Others

  • Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): Gabi
  • Machine / Deep Learning: Tensorflow, Keras