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http://dx.doi.org/10.7837/kosomes.2021.27.1.047

Electromagnetic Interference of GMDSS MF/HF Band by Offshore Wind Farm  

Oh, Seongwon (Division of Naval Officer Science, Mokpo National Maritime University)
Park, Tae-Yong (Division of Naval Officer Science, Mokpo National Maritime University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety / v.27, no.1, 2021 , pp. 47-52 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, the share of wind power in energy markets has sharply increased with the active development of renewable energy internationally. In particular, large-scale wind farms are being developed far from the coast to make use of abundant wind resources and to reduce noise pollution. In addition to the electromagnetic interference (EMI) caused by offshore wind farms to coastal or air surveillance radars, it is necessary to investigate the EMI on global maritime distress and safety system (GMDSS) communications between ship and coastal stations. For this purpose, this study investigates whether the transmitted field of MF/HF band from a ship would be subject to interference or attenuation below the threshold at a coastal receiver. First, using geographic information system digital maps and 3D CAD models of wind turbines, the area of interest is electromagnetically modeled with patch models. Although high frequency analysis methods like Physical Optics are appropriate to analyze wide areas compared to its wavelength, the high frequency analysis method is first verified with an accurate low frequency analysis method by simplifying the surrounding area and turbines. As a result, the received wave power is almost the same regardless of whether the wind farms are located between ships and coastal stations. From this result, although wind turbines are large structures, the size is only a few wavelengths, so it does not interfere with the electric field of MF/HF distress communications.
Keywords
Offshore wind farm; Electromagnetic interference; Distress communications; HF; MF;
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