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Numerical Analysis with CFD Model for Site Designation in Urban Mountain Area (도심지 산악지형의 풍력발전 입지선정을 위한 전산유동해석 수치모의)

  • Lee, Hwa-Woon;Park, Soon-Young;Lee, Soon-Hwan;Kim, Dong-Hyuk
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.11a
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    • pp.498-500
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    • 2009
  • When we urgently need to develop and supply an alternative energy, wind power is growing with much interest because it has relative low cost for generating power and small area for wind turbine. To estimate the wind power resource, it is necessary to make an observation first. Although the large wind farm and resources are near coast and mountain area, the wind energy in urban area has the strong thing of direct access to power generator. In this study, we estimate the probability of wind energy in urban mountain area using A2C (Atmospheric to CFD) model, which is used for horizontally urban scale phenomena. In the steady state results, the site C is most suitable for wind power in the point of the only wind speed. But, estimating the TKE and vertical wind shear, the site B is showing the better results than the site C.

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Classification of Wind Sector for Assessment of Wind Resource in South Korea (남한지역 풍력자원 평가를 위한 바람권역 분류)

  • Jung, Woo-Sik;Kim, Hyun-Goo;Lee, Hwa-Woon;Park, Jong-Kil;Lee, Soon-Hwan;Choi, Hyun-Jung;Kim, Dong-Hyuk
    • 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.11a
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    • pp.318-321
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    • 2008
  • We classified wind sectors according to the wind features in South Korea. In order to get the information of wind speed and wind direction, we used and improved on the atmospheric numerical model. We made use of detailed topographical data such as terrain height data of an interval of 3 seconds and landuse data produced at ministry of environment, Republic of Korea. The result of simulated wind field was improved. We carried out the cluster analysis to classify the wind sectors using the K-means clustering. South Korea was classified as 10 wind sectors which have a clear wind features.

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Characteristics of Wind Energy for Long-term Period (10 years) at Seoguang Site on Jeju Island (제주 서광지역에 대한 풍력에너지의 장기간 (10년) 특성)

  • Ko, Kyung-Nam;Kim, Kyoung-Bo;Huh, Jong-Chul
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.45-52
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    • 2008
  • In order to clarify characteristics of variation in wind energy over a long-term period, an investigation was carried out at Seoguang site on Jeju island. The wind data for 10 years from Automatic Weather System (AWS) were analyzed for each year. The variation in the annual energy production (AEP) for the 2 MW wind turbine was estimated through statistical work. The result shows that the range of the yearly average wind speed at 15 m above ground level for 10 years was from -22.6% to +13.7%, which is wider range than that in Japan. The coefficient of variation for the AEP was 22.7%, which is about twice of that for the yearly average wind speed. Therefore, for estimating the wind energy potential accurately at a given site, the wind data should be analyzed over a long-term period based on the data from the meteorological station.

A Prediction of Turbulent Characteristics in a Complex Terrain by Linear Theory (선형이론에 의한 복잡지형 내 난류 특성의 예측)

  • Yoon, J.E.;Kyong, N.H.;Kim, S.W.
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.79-86
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    • 2005
  • The external conditions for estimating dynamic wind loads of wind turbines, such as the turbulence, the extreme wind, the mean velocity gradients and the flow angles, are simulated over GangWon Wind Energy Test Field placed in one of the most complex terrain in Korea. Reference meteorological data has been gathered at a height of 30m from 2003 to 2004 with a ultrasonic anemometer. The absolute value of the spectral energy are simulated and the verification of this prediction has been carried out with comparing to the experimental data. The most desirable place for constructing new wind turbine are resulted as Point 2 and Point 3 due to the lower value of Turbulence Intensity and the higher value of wind resource relatively.

Wind energy assessment at complex terrain using mixture probability distribution (혼합확률분포를 이용한 복잡지형의 풍력자원 평가)

  • Song, Ho-Sung;Kwon, Soon-Duck
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.18-27
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    • 2013
  • This paper presents a method for assessing the wind energy potential at complex terrain using probability distribution. And the proper probability models of the parameters estimating the wind energy are presented. Finally a mixture-Weibull determined by numerical methods procedure are proposed to assess the probability distribution of the energy potential at a site. The developed method is applied to the Kwanjungchun Bridge and compared with wind records which the neighboring weather station.

Estimating Spatial Scope of Local Government Ordinance for Onshore Wind Energy Generation Facilities (육상풍력 발전시설 지자체 규제 공간범위 산정 연구)

  • Sung Hee, Hong;So Ra, Kim;Eun Jung, Park;Hye Rim, Lee;Jin Young, Kim;Su Jin, Hwang;Jung Eun, Song
    • New & Renewable Energy
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.38-53
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    • 2022
  • T Recently, the government has been promoting the expansion and supply of renewable energy as an alternative for achieving carbon neutrality and the nationally determined contributions by 2030. In 2020, the Ministries of Industry and Environment and the Korea Forest Service collaborated to build a nationwide onshore wind energy siting atlas considering wind resources and forestry and environmental regulations focused on central regulations. In this study, the ordinances of the local governments were analyzed to examine the effects of regional location regulations on the expansion of onshore wind power energy generation facilities, in addition to those of central regulations. A development permit standard survey of 226 urban plan ordinances of the local governments nationwide showed that presently in 2022, 52 municipalities are applying regulations on wind energy generation facilities by ordinances. This is twice more than that in 2018, when renewable energy power generation facility development was difficult. Additionally, the location regulations applied by these ordinances were organized by items and regions, and regulatory characteristics, such as the number and scope, were analyzed by regions. To analyze the spatial distribution characteristics, JeollaNamdo was selected as the case area. A spatial DB was established for regulated areas based on the regional and central regulations, and the spatial distribution characteristics and the regulatory scope were compared and analyzed.

Installation of Meteorological Mast for the Test Bed of Offshore Wind Power (서해 100MW 해상풍력 실증단지 기상타워 구축사례)

  • Ryu, Moosung;Kang, Keumseok;Kim, Jiyoung;Lee, Junshin
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.55.2-55.2
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    • 2011
  • The final site of offshore wind power plant should be decided by comprehensive examination of various conditions such as wind resource, sea depth, geology, grid connection, social circumstance and environmental issue. Wind condition is typically regarded as the most important factor because wind energy increases in proportion to wind velocity and it directly relates to the amount of power output, efficiency of power plant and profitability. Advanced countries in the offshore wind power sector such as Denmark, UK and Germany, they are analyzing wind resource accurately by installing the meteorological mast in the ocean in order to get the optimal type of wind turbine and maximum generation efficiency. Also, it is made much of designing offshore power plant on the basis of actual measurement by met-mast and those wind farms have a chance to get the loan with reduced interest rate in project financing. In Korea, the HEMOSU-1 is installed in the ocean around Wido island to analyze wind resource of test bed of 100MW offshore wind power on october last year. This paper deals with the design and construction procedure of the first met-mast in Korea and also shows the site characteristics of test bed. Therefore, this paper will give useful information to local governments and private business sector who are trying to construct offshore wind farm and it can also be a good reference for the following projects of meteorological mast in near future.

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Calibration Equation for Nacelle Anemometer Derived by LIDAR Measurements (라이다 측정을 이용한 나셀 풍속계 보정식 제안)

  • Kim, Hyun-Goo;An, Hae-Joon;Yang, Seung-Joo;Park, Woo-Jae;Kim, Seok-Woo
    • New & Renewable Energy
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.12-16
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    • 2013
  • The nacelle anemometer mounted behind the blade roots of a wind turbine measures distorted wind speed comparable with free-stream wind because of the wake effects caused dependent upon the operation of the wind turbine and the rotation of its blades. The field campaign was carried out to measure free-stream wind speed at a height identical to the height of the nacelle anemometer by deploying a ground-based remote-sensing equipment, LIDAR. It is derived that a third-order polynomial equation for correcting wind speed measured by the nacelle anemometer to undistorted free-stream wind speed incident to a wind turbine. It is anticipated that the derived correction equation enables wind speed measured by the nacelle anemometer to be used as a precise input for a wind turbine performance test and for developing an active control logic.

Site Selection and Potential Analysis using the Frame for Assessing Environmental-friendly Wind Power Plant (환경친화적 풍력단지 평가체계 구축을 통한 입지선정 및 잠재량 분석)

  • Kim, Eunyoung;Jeon, Seong-Woo;Kim, Yu-Hoon;Lee, Jungwon;Song, Wonkyong;Kim, Hyun-Goo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.17-27
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    • 2014
  • Wind power which is one of renewable energies is higher economical efficiency and technical maturity than other renewable energies. Recently, the government of ROK announced to increase the proportion of renewable energy through the National Energy Plan. Also, industry required to deregulate for large-scale wind power as Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) is introduced. Wind power whereas the eco-friendly energy, is a serious level of damage of the natural environment and topography when the wind power is located. Therefore, the study selected the indicators required for site selection of wind power and proposed the feasible area for wind power based on wind resource map. We selected the 15 indicators including 12 legal protected area, Ecology and Nature Map, rarity, and connectivity (National Ecological Network). After site selection, we should be considered slope and altitude at the stage of design for wind farm to mitigate the environmental impact. Results of analysis showed that 22.3% of wind resource map is available to locate wind power in real. Through the field survey we had verified the accuracy of the results was significantly correct.

Refined numerical simulation in wind resource assessment

  • Cheng, Xue-Ling;Li, Jun;Hu, Fei;Xu, Jingjing;Zhu, Rong
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.20 no.1
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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.