• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제25권12호
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• pp.1597-1611
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• 2016

A numerical assessment using mesoscale-CFD (computational fluid dynamics) coupled A2C (atmosphere to CFD) model was carried out to analyze the variation of microscopic air flow pattern due to the construction of the Chilgok barrage in the Nakdong River. Scenarios with air flow patterns were classified into pre- and post-construction. The increased width of the river due to the construction of the Chilgok barrage induced obvious changes in moisture and the thermal environment around the river. However, air temperature variation was restricted within an area along the windward side in the numerical assessment. The impact of barrage construction on air temperature tends to be stronger during the nighttime than the daytime. It also stronger during the winter than the summer. In the simulation, the convergence of mesoscale wind is more pronounced after barrage construction than before. This is caused by the change of heat flux pattern induced by the widening of the river. Although this work is a case study with restricted atmospheric stability conditions that has several limitations in the numerical simulations, the impacts of the land-use changes brought about by the construction of the barrage in the river acceptable.

• Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.270-282
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• 2017

To evaluate the deposition amount on a ground surface, mesoscale numerical models coupled with atmospheric chemistry are widely used for larger horizontal domains ranging from a few to several hundreds of kilometers; however, these models are rarely applied to high-resolution simulations. In this study, the performance of a dry and wet deposition model is investigated to estimate the amount of deposition via computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models with high grid resolution. Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) simulations are implemented for a cone and a two-dimensional ridge to estimate the dry deposition rate, and a constant deposition velocity is used to obtain the dry deposition flux. The results show that the dry deposition rate of RANS generally corresponds to that observed in wind-tunnel experiments. For the wet deposition model, the transport equation of a new scalar concentration scavenged by rain droplets is developed and used instead of the scalar concentration scavenged by raindrops falling to the ground surface just below the scavenging point, which is normally used in mesoscale numerical models. A sensitivity analysis of the proposed wet deposition procedure is implemented. The result indicates the applicability of RANS for high-resolution grids considering the effect of terrains on the wet deposition.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제18권8호
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• pp.833-839
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• 2009

The calculation of the wind field for resource assessment is done by using CFD Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes simulations performed with the commercial software WindSim. A new interface has been created to use mesoscale simulation data from a meteorological model as driving data for the simulations. This method makes it necessary to take into account thermal effects on the wind field to exploit the full potential of this method. The procedure for considering thermal effects in CFD wind field simulations as well as the impact of thermal effects on the wind field simulations is presented. Simulations for non-neutral atmospheric conditions with the developed method are consistent with expected behavior and show an improvement of simulation results compared with observations.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.59-74
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• 2015

A coupled model system for Wind Resource Assessment (WRA) was studied. Using a mesoscale meteorological model, the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model, global-scale data were downscaled to the inner nested grid scale (typically a few kilometers), and then through the coupling Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) mode, FLUENT. High-resolution results (50 m in the horizontal direction; 10 m in the vertical direction below 150 m) of the wind speed distribution data and ultimately refined wind farm information, were obtained. The refined WRF/FLUENT system was then applied to assess the wind resource over complex terrain in the northern Poyang Lake region. The results showed that the approach is viable for the assessment of wind energy.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제25권7호
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• pp.1017-1028
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• 2016

Wind information is one of the major inputs for the prediction of urban air flow using computational fluid dynamic (CFD) models. Therefore, the numerical characteristics of the wind data formed at their mother domains should be clarified to predict the urban air flow more precisely. In this study, the formation characteristics of the wind data in the Seoul region were used as the inlet wind information for a CFD based simulation and were analyzed using numerical weather prediction models for weather research and forecasting (WRF). Because air flow over the central part of the Korean peninsula is often controlled not only by synoptic scale westerly winds but also by the westerly sea breeze induced from the Yellow Sea, the westerly wind often dominates the entire Seoul region. Although simulations of wind speed and air temperature gave results that were slightly high and low, respectively, their temporal variation patterns agreed well with the observations. In the analysis of the vertical cross section, the variation of wind speed along the western boundary of Seoul is simpler in a large domain with the highest horizontal resolution as compared to a small domain with the same resolution. A strong convergence of the sea breeze due to precise topography leads to the simplification of the wind pattern. The same tendency was shown in the average vertical profiles of the wind speed. The difference in the simulated wind pattern of two different domains is greater during the night than in the daytime because of atmospheric stability and topographically induced mesoscale forcing.

• 한국농림기상학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.192-205
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• 2009

2009년 2월 9일 화왕산에서는 대보름 행사인 '억새 태우기'가 많은 사람들이 지켜보는 가운데 시작되었지만 예상하지 못한 강풍으로 산불로 확대되어 많은 인명피해가 발생하였다. 본 연구에서는 3차원 계산 유체역학 모형인 CFD_NIMR_SNU 모형을 이용하여 복잡한 산악지역에서 국지적 가열에 따른 바람장을 모사함으로써 이날 발생한 산악 화재의 특성을 분석하였다. 화재가 발생한 지역의 지표 온도는 가열이 없을 때, $300^{\circ}C$ 및 $600^{\circ}C$ 일 때의 3가지 가열 강도조건을 주어 모사하였다. 지표 가열은 화재 발생 지역 중앙에서 수직 바람장을 $0.7m\;s^{-1}(300^{\circ}C)$와 $1.1m\;s^{-1}(600^{\circ}C)$만큼 증가시켰다. 난류운동에너지는 화재의 열에너지 자체 및 열적 순환에 의해 증가된 운동에너지에 의해 증가하였다. 화재로 인한 열은 복잡한 지형과 강한 경계 바람 조건과 함께 화왕산의 예상하지 못한 난류와 강풍 조건을 유도하였다. CFD_NIMR_SNU 모형은 인명피해를 발생시킨 산불을 이해하는데 도움이 되는 귀중한 분석 자료를 제공하였다. 모사 결과에 따르면 화재 발생 지점은 풍상측의 높은 지형으로 인하여 화재 발생 직전까지는 바람이 거의 억제되었던 것으로 보인다. 이러한 바람의 억제는 화재 발생에 따른 뜨거운 공기의 상승과 강한 경계 바람 조건에 의해 쉽게 되돌려졌다. 즉, 강한 경계 바람과 화재로 인한 가열이 함께 작용하여 강한 난류가 만들어졌고, 여러 명의 사상자가 발생한 산악 화재로 확산되었던 것이다. CFD_NIMR_SNU 모형은 중규모 모형과의 결합을 통하여 좁은 영역의 화재로 인한 난류 예보를 생산하는 등 산불 예방을 위해 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 대기
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.47-55
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• 2012

The characteristics of flow and pollutant dispersion for fire scenarios in an urban area are numerically investigated. A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model coupled to a mesoscale weather research and forecasting (WRF) model is used in this study. In order to more accurately represent the effect of topography and buildings, the geographic information system (GIS) data is used as an input data of the CFD model. Considering prevailing wind, firing time, and firing points, four fire scenarios are setup in April 2008 when fire events occurred most frequently in recent five years. It is shown that the building configuration mainly determines wind speed and direction in the urban area. The pollutant dispersion patterns are different for each fire scenario, because of the influence of the detailed flow. The pollutant concentration is high in the horse-shoe vortex and recirculation zones (caused by buildings) close to the fire point. It thus means that the potential damage areas are different for each fire scenario due to the different flow and dispersion patterns. These results suggest that the accurate understanding of the urban flow is important to assess the effect of the pollutant dispersion caused by fire in an urban area. The present study also demonstrates that CFD model can be useful for the assessment of urban environment.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.134-153
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• 2015

도시 계획적 측면에서 도시의 구조적 변화에 따른 기후영향을 파악하여 그 결과를 도시계획에 반영하는 것은 중요하다. 서울시에서는 도시계획 시나리오 정보를 제공하기 위해 도시계획정보시스템(Urban Plan Information System, UPIS)을 활용 중이다. 지자체의 실제 도시계획에 따른 기후영향을 평가하고 분석하기 위해서는 UPIS에서 제공하는 도시계획시나리오와 도시기후분석모델을 손쉽게 연계할 수 있어야 한다. 본 연구에서는 국립기상과학원의 도시기후분석모델(Climate Analysis Seoul, CAS)과 도시계획 시나리오를 연계하는 기술을 개발하였다. CAS는 건물과 식생의 물리적 배치에 따른 온도, 바람 등의 국지규모 변화와 중규모 기상모델인 MetPhoMod(METeorology and atmospheric PHOtochemistry mesoscale MODel)의 분석결과를 바탕으로 찬공기의 생성, 이동, 정체와 바람흐름, 열적환경 등을 분석하는 기능을 가지고 있다. 정밀한 도시정보를 모델에 적용하기 위해 고해상도의 항공 LiDAR(LIgit Detection And Ranging) 측량을 통해 생성된 래스터자료(1m 해상도)와 KOMPSAT-2(KOrea Multi-Purpose SATellite) 위성영상 자료(4m 해상도)를 이용하여 토지피복 및 수치표고자료로 활용할 입력자료를 생성하였다. 보다 정확한 도시지면 특징을 반영하기 위해 수치표면모델인 DSM(Digital Surface Model)과 수치지형모델인 DTM(Digital Terrain Model)을 전산유체역학모델(Computational Fluid Dynamics, CFD) 입력자료로 사용하여 상세바람분석을 수행하였다. 8방위의 유입류를 고려하여 재정비 전후의 도시구조물 주변의 흐름 및 풍속 분포와 녹지축 형성 전후의 열환경 변화를 분석하였다. 현실적인 기상상태 반영을 위해 CAS의 중규모 기상장을 입력자료로 사용하였으며, 그 결과 재정비에 따른 도시구조물 변화에 의해 바람길에 큰 변화가 확인되었다. 녹지축 형성 이후 전반적으로 재정비지역 주변의 온도가 감소하였다. CAS와 CFD의 연동을 통해 도시지역 재정비와 녹지축 형성 전후의 주변 바람길과 열환경에 대한 실제적인 평가가 가능하며, 도시개발계획과 녹지조성계획 수립에 유용할 것으로 기대된다.