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A Comparative Study on Lightning Characteristics and Lightning Damage to Wind Turbines of Jeju and Gangwon Region

제주와 강원 지역의 낙뢰특성 및 풍력발전기의 낙뢰피해 비교 연구

  • Yang, Dal-Seung (Namjeju Thermal Power Plant Wind Power Management Team, Korea Southern Power Co., LTD) ;
  • Kim, Kyoung-Bo (Jeju Institute for Regional Program Evaluation) ;
  • Ko, Kyung-Nam (Faculty of Wind Energy Engineering, Graduate School, Jeju National University)
  • 양달승 (한국남부발전(주) 남제주화력발전소) ;
  • 김경보 (제주지역사업평가원) ;
  • 고경남 (제주대학교 대학원 풍력공학부)
  • Received : 2014.05.12
  • Accepted : 2014.09.30
  • Published : 2014.10.31
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Abstract

An investigation on lightning characteristics and damage to wind turbines was performed on Jeju and Gangwon regions. The lightning data from January 2010 to September 2013 detected by IMPACT ESP were collected and analyzed in detail. Hangyeong and Seongsan wind farms of Jeju province and Taebaek, Changjuk, Taegisan and Gangwon wind farms of Gangwon province were selected for this study. Lightning rates and lightning damage events at the six wind farms were compared with each other. Lightning maps for the two regions were drawn using lightning frequency data. As a result, lightning frequency of Gangwon region was higher than that of Jeju region, while lightning strength of Gangwon was weaker than that of Jeju. Lightning rates were assessed to be good for all of the six wind farms. No lightning damage to wind turbines occurred at the two wind farms of Jeju, while some lightning damage to wind turbines took place at the four wind farms of Gangwon.

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