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http://dx.doi.org/10.11108/kagis.2010.13.2.094

Comparison of Two Methods for Estimating the Appearance Probability of Seawater Temperature Difference for the Development of Ocean Thermal Energy  

Yoon, Dong-Young (Department of Geoinformatic Engineering, Inha University)
Choi, Hyun-Woo (Ocean Data Management Team, Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute)
Lee, Kwang-Soo (Coastal Engineering & Ocean Energy Research Department, Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute)
Park, Jin-Soon (Coastal Engineering & Ocean Energy Research Department, Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute)
Kim, Kye-Hyun (Department of Geoinformatic Engineering, Inha University)
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Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies / v.13, no.2, 2010 , pp. 94-106 More about this Journal
Abstract
Understanding of the amount of energy resources and site selection are required prior to develop Ocean Thermal Energy (OTE). It is necessary to calculate the appearance probability of difference of seawater temperature(${\Delta}T$) between sea surface layer and underwater layers. This research mainly aimed to calculate the appearance probability of ${\Delta}T$ using frequency analysis(FA) and harmonic analysis(HA), and compare the advantages and weaknesses of those methods which has used in the South Sea of Korea. Spatial scale for comparison of two methods was divided into local and global scales related to the estimation of energy resources amount and site selection. In global scale, the Probability Differences(PD) of calculated ${\Delta}T$ from using both methods were created as spatial distribution maps, and compared areas of PD. In local scale, both methods were compared with not only the results of PD at the region of highest probability but also bimonthly probabilities in the regions of highest and lowest PD. Basically, the strong relationship(pearson r=0.96, ${\alpha}$=0.05) between probabilities of two methods showed the usefulness of both methods. In global scale, the area of PD more than 10% was less than 5% of the whole area, which means both methods can be applied to estimate the amount of OTE resources. However, in practice, HA method was considered as a more pragmatic method due to its capability of calculating under various ${\Delta}T$ conditions. In local scale, there was no significant difference between the high probability areas by both methods, showing difference under 5%. However, while FA could detect the whole range of probability, HA had a disadvantage of inability of detecting probability less than 10%. Therefore it was analyzed that the HA is more suitable to estimate the amount of energy resources, and FA is more suitable to select the site for OTE development.
Keywords
OTE(Ocean Thermal Energy); Frequency Analysis; Harmonic Analysis; Seawater Temperature Difference; Appearance Probability;
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