Design in small hydro power systems is the detailed work required a variety of epidemiological considerations. However, turbine designers were often feel the limitations due to repetitive calculations or drawings, rather than focusing on finding the turbine performance and efficiency improvements. Furthermore, miss the point in repeating the procedure design process or cross the interface is not easy to keep track of the changes required parameters should also feel the difficulties in efficient design. Improve this unreasonable points, though he design part is insufficient understanding of the hydro turbine, to automate the design to exclude the repetitive operations is the purpose of this study

Numerical analysis using commercial CFD code was carried out to develop the drag force type vertical axis hydraulic turbine for the improvement of the production efficiency of small hydro energy at low flow velocity condition. Blade pressure changes and internal flows were analyzed according to the presence or absence of the hydraulic turbine blade holes at flow velocity of less than 1.0~3.0 m/s. According to the numerical results, the pressure and flow velocity is severly affected by the flow velocity in turbine blade with no holes, while the influence of flow velocity is comparatively decreased in turbine blade with holes. It is also found that the pressure and flow velocity on the blade surface with holes are evenly distributed with no singular location and it is believed that forming a hole in the blade may be helpful in terms of structural safety.

하천의 유입량 변화와 이로 인한 소수력발전소의 수문학적 성능변화에 대한 연구가 수행되었다. 하천에서의 유입량변화를 분석하기 위하여 유량지속특성을 예측할 수 있는 모델이 개발되었고, 이를 기반으로 하여 소수력발전소의 수문학적 성능특성을 예측할 수 있는 모델이 개발되었다. 개발된 모델의 효용성을 확인하기 위하여 안동댐에서 32년간 측정된 월유입량자료를 분석하였으며, 안동댐 상류에 위치한 소수력발전소를 대상으로 하여 수문학적 성능특성을 분석하였다. 안동댐에서