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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-B.2016.40.4.201

Optimal Micrositing and Annual Energy Production Prediction for Wind Farm Using Long-term Wind Speed Correlation Between AWS and MERRA  

Park, Mi Ho (Environment & Piping Team, Korean Register of Shipping)
Kim, Bum Suk (Faculty of Wind Energy Engineering, Graduate School, Jeju Nat'l Univ.)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B / v.40, no.4, 2016 , pp. 201-212 More about this Journal
Abstract
A Wind resource assessment and optimal micrositing of wind turbines were implemented for the development of an onshore wind farm of 30 MW capacity on Gadeok Island in Busan, Republic of Korea. The wind data measured by the automatic weather system (AWS) that was installed and operated in the candidate area were used, and a reliability investigation was conducted through a data quality check. The AWS data were measured for one year, and were corrected for the long term of 30 years by using the modern era retrospective analysis for research and application (MERRA) reanalysis data and a measure- correlate-predict (MCP) technique; the corrected data were used for the optimal micrositing of the wind turbines. The micrositing of the 3 MW wind turbines was conducted under 25 conditions, then the best-optimized layout was analyzed with a various wake model. When the optimization was complete, the estimated park efficiency and capacity factor were from 97.6 to 98.7 and from 37.9 to 38.3, respectively. Furthermore, the annual energy production (AEP), including wake losses, was estimated to be from 99,598.4 MWh to 100,732.9 MWh, and the area was confirmed as a highly economical location for development of a wind farm.
Keywords
Wind Resource Analysis; Optimum Layout; Wind Farm Design; Wind Turbine System; Annual Energy Production;
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