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http://dx.doi.org/10.5515/KJKIEES.2012.23.4.533

Design of Wind Turbines for Reducing Interference to Radar Signals  

Park, Kang-Kook (Department of Electrical Engineering: POSTECH)
Chin, Hui-Cheol (Department of Electrical Engineering: POSTECH)
Kim, Kyung-Tae (Department of Electrical Engineering: POSTECH)
Kim, Hyo-Tae (Department of Electrical Engineering: POSTECH)
Kim, Jin-Bong (Korea Institute of Materials Science: KIMS)
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Abstract
The use of wind energy is gaining importance because of its many advantages. Nations worldwide are promoting the installation of wind farms to produce electricity in an attempt to tackle climate change and increasing oil costs. But, wind turbines can generate undesired signals which disturb the performance of military radar systems. Because the current generation of on and off-shore three bladed wind turbines have radar signatures consistent with their very large physical size. So this study considers the options available for the reduction of wind turbine radar signature and presents solutions for each of the main external turbine components. The radar signature reduction approaches are based on existing technologies developed for aerospaces stealth applications. However, the realization of these for the purposes of reduction wind turbine radar signatures is a novel development, particularly in the solutions proposed. This paper is presented techniques which reduce radar signatures of wind turbine. We know that radar signatures of wind turbine reduce by using these techniques.
Keywords
Wind Turbine; Radar Signature Reduction; Radar Cross Section(RCS); Stealth Design;
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