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http://dx.doi.org/10.7319/kogsis.2013.21.4.065

Power Law Exponent in Coastal Area of Northeastern Jeju Island for the Investigation of Wind Resource  

Moon, Seo Jeong (Test & Evaluation Research Center for Clean Energy Development)
Ko, Jung Woo (DAELIM Industrial Co.,Ltd.)
Lee, Byung Gul (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Jeju National University)
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Journal of Korean Society for Geospatial Information Science / v.21, no.4, 2013 , pp. 65-71 More about this Journal
Abstract
Wind shear means the variation of wind speed according to the height. Wind shear is the important factor affecting the energy production of wind turbines. Power Law is used to extrapolate wind speed data. Normally, a Power Law exponent of 0.143 is used and this is referred to as the 1/7th Power Law. The Power Law exponent is affected by atmospheric stability and surface roughness of the site. Thus, it is necessary to calculate the Power Law exponent of the site exactly for an accurate estimation of wind energy. In this study, wind resources were measured at the three Met-masts which were located in the coastal area of northeastern Jeju Island. The Power Law exponents of the sites were calculated and proposed using measured data. They were 0.141 at Handong, 0.138 at Pyeongdae, and 0.1254 at Udo. We compared annual energy productions which are calculated using a Power Law exponent of 0.143, the proposed value of the Power Law exponents for each site, and the measured data. As a result, the cases of calculating using the proposed values were more similar to the cases using the measured data than the cases using the 0.143 value. Finally, we found that the propsed values of the Power Law exponent are available to more accurately estimate wind resources.
Keywords
Power Law Exponent; Annual Energy Production; Wind Resource;
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