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A Study on Inflow Rate Variation for Shrouded Wind Turbine Rotors (쉬라우드가 장착된 풍력터빈 로터의 유입 유량 변동 특성 연구)

  • Ham, Hwi-Chan;Kim, Ho-Hyeon;Lee, Chae-Yeon
    • Proceeding of EDISON Challenge
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    • 2015.03a
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    • pp.563-568
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    • 2015
  • 풍력터변의 성능을 높이기 위한 방법으로 최근 해외에서는 쉬라우드를 장착하여 유입 유량을 증진시키는 형상에 대한 새로운 아이디어가 제안되고 시범적으로 적용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 쉬라우드가 장착된 수평축 풍력터빈에 대해서 EDISON CFD를 이용하여 쉬라우드 내부로 유입되는 질량 유량의 변동을 몇 가지 형상에 대해 수치적으로 비교 분석하였다. 유동장은 비압축성 난류유동으로 가정하였으며, 수치 해석 결과로부터 쉬라우드 주변의 순환의 세기를 형상 변동에 따라 도출하였다. 쉬라우드 형상으로는 캠버를 갖는 goe 417 에어포일을 두 개의 받음각(5도, 10도)에 대해서 수치해석을 수행하였으며, 브림을 갖는 디퓨저 형상(Wind-lens)에 대해서도 유입 유량 변동과 순환 세기에 대해 수치해석을 수행하고 결과를 상호 비교하였다. 본 연구를 통해 쉬라우드가 발생시키는 순환에 의한 유입 유량 증가 현상을 파악할 수 있었으며, 이로써 풍력터빈의 출력을 증대시킬 수 있음을 확인하였다.

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The Influence of the Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF)-Dependent Ionospheric Convection on the Thermospheric Dynamics

  • Kwak, Y.S.;Ahn, B.H.;Richmond, A.D.
    • Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.34-34
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    • 2003
  • To better understand how high-latitude electric fields influence thermospheric dynamics, we study winds in the high-latitude lower thermosphere using the Thermosphere-Ionosphere-Electrodynamics General Circulation Model of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR/TIEGCM). In order to compare with Wind Imaging Interferometer (WINDII) observations the model is run for the conditions of 1992-1993 southern summer. The association of the model results with the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) is also examined to determine the influences of the IMF-dependent ionospheric convection on the winds. The wind patterns show good agreement with the WINDII observations, although the model wind speeds are generally weaker than the observations. It is confirmed that the influences of high-latitude ionospheric convection on summertime thermospheric winds are seen down to 105 km. For negative and positive IMF By the difference winds, with respect to the wind during null IMF conditions, show significantly strong anticyclonic and cyclonic vortices, respectively, down to 105 km. For positive IMF Bz the difference winds are largely confined to the polar cap, while for negative IMF Bz they extend to subauroral latitudes. The IMF Bz-dependent diurnal wind component is strongly correlated with the corresponding component of ionospheric convection velocity down to 108 km and is largely rotational. The influence of IMF By on the lower thermospheric summertime zonal-mean zonal wind is substantial at high latitudes, with maximum wind speeds being 60 m/s at 130 km around 77 magnetic latitude.

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Atmospheric Pollutant Concentrations under the Influences of Internal Gravity Wave and Sea-Land Breeze Circulations in the Mountainous Coastal Regions (산악연안지역에서 내부중력파와 해륙풍순환 영향하의 대기오염농도)

  • Hyo Choi;Joon Choi
    • International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics Korean Journal of Geophysical Research
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.18-33
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    • 1995
  • Under the synoptic scale strong westerly winds flowing over the large steep mountains in the eastern coastal region, the strong downslope wind storms such as internal gravity waves should be generated in the lee-side of mountain. Int he daytime as sea breeze circulation induced by meso-scale thermal forcing from sea toward inland confines to the offshore side of coastal sites due to the eastward internal gravity waves. Thus, surface winds near the coastal seas were relatively weaker than those in the open sea or the inland sites. Evidently, two different kinds of atmospheric circulations such as an internal gravity wave circulation with westerly wind and a sea breeze circulation with both easterly wind near the sea surface and westerly in the upper level were apparently produced. Under this situation the atmospheric pollutants at Kangnung city should be trapped by two different circulations in the opposite directions and resulted in the high concentrations of Total Suspended Particles (TSP) and ozone (O3). At night a meso-scale land breeze from land toward the more intensification of westerly winds in the coastal regions. The concentrations of TSP controled by the strong surface winds blowing from the mountain side toward the coastal sea were relatively higher at night than those in the daytime case and the concentrations of O3 due to the downward transport of ozone from the upper atmosphere toward the surface were also much higher at night than during the day. Consequently, the atmospheric pollutant concentrations in the mountainous coastal region under the downslope wind storms were higher than those after and before the occurrences of wind storms.

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Long-term Variability of Sea Surface Temperature in the East China Sea: A Review (동중국해 표층수온의 장기 변동성: 종설)

  • Lee, Jae Hak;Kim, Cheol-Ho
    • Ocean and Polar Research
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    • v.35 no.2
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    • pp.171-179
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    • 2013
  • The long-term variability of sea surface temperature in the East China Sea was reviewed based mainly on published literatures. Though the quantitative results are not the same, it is generally shown that sea surface temperature is increasing especially in recent years with the rate of increase about $0.03^{\circ}C$/year. Other meaningful results presented in the literatures is that the difference of water properties between layers upper and lower than the thermocline in summer shows an increasing trend both in temperature and salinity, suggesting that the stratification has been intensified. As a mechanism by which to evaluate the wintertime warming trend in the region, the weakening of wind strength, which is related to the variation of sea level pressure and atmospheric circulation in the western North Pacific and northern Asian continent, is suggested in the most of related studies.

Seasonal Circulation and Estuarine Characteristics in the Jinhae and Masan Bay from Three-Dimensional Numerical Experiments (3차원 수치모의 실험을 통한 진해·마산만의 계절별 해수순환과 염하구 특성)

  • JIHA KIM;BYOUNG-JU CHOI;JAE-SUNG CHOI;HO KYUNG HA
    • The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.77-100
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    • 2024
  • Circulation, tides, currents, harmful algal blooms, water quality, and hypoxic conditions in Jinhae-Masan Bay have been extensively studied. However, these previous studies primarily focused on short-term variations, and there was limited detailed investigation into the physical mechanisms responsible for ocean circulation in the bays. Oceanic processes in the bays, such as pollutant dispersal, changes on a seasonal time scale. Therefore, this study aimed to understand how the circulation in Jinhae-Masan Bay varies seasonally and to examine the effects of tides, winds, and river discharges on regional ocean circulation. To achieve this, a three-dimensional ocean circulation model was used to simulate circulation patterns from 2016 to 2018, and sensitivity experiments were conducted. This study reveals that convective estuarine circulation develops in Jinhae and Masan Bays, characterized by the inflow of deep oceanic water from the Korea Strait through Gadeoksudo, while surface water flows outward. This deep water intrusion divides into northward and westward branches. In this study, the volume transport was calculated along the direction of bottom channels in each region. The meridional water exchange in the eastern region of Jinhae Bay is 2.3 times greater in winter and 1.4 times greater in summer compared to that of zonal exchange in the western region. In the western region of Jinhae Bay, the circulation pattern varies significantly by season due to changes in the balance of forces. During winter, surface currents flow southward and bottom currents flow northward, strengthening the north-south convective circulation due to the combined effects of northwesterly winds and the slope of the sea surface. In contrast, during summer, southwesterly winds cause surface seawater to flow eastward, and the elevated sea surface in the southeastern part enhances northward barotropic pressure gradient intensifying the eastward surface flow. The density gradient and southward baroclinic pressure gradient increase in the lower layer, causing a strong westward inflow of seawater from Gadeoksudo, enhancing the zonal convective circulation by 26% compared to winter. The convective circulation in the western Jinhae Bay is significantly influenced by both tidal current and wind during both winter and summer. In the eastern Jinhae Bay and Masan Bay, surface water flows outward to the open sea in all seasons, while bottom water flows inward, demonstrating a typical convective estuarine circulation. In winter, the contributions of wind and freshwater influx are significant, while in summer, the influence of mixing by tidal currents plays a major role in the north-south convective circulation. In the eastern Jinhae Bay, tidally driven residual circulation patterns, influenced by the local topography, are distinct. The study results are expected to enhance our understanding of pollutant dispersion, summer hypoxic events, and the abundance of red tide organisms in these bays.

A Study on Effect of Improvement Plan for Wind Energy Forecasting (풍력 발전 예보 정확도 향상을 위한 국지 기상장 수치모의 개선 방안 연구)

  • Jung, Ji-A;Lee, Hwa-Woon;Jeon, Won-Bae;Kim, Dong-Hyeok;Kim, Hyun-Goo;Kang, Young-Heack
    • Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.31 no.1
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    • pp.1-14
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    • 2015
  • This study investigates the impact of enhanced regional meteorological fields on improvement of wind energy forecasting accuracy in the southwestern coast of the Korean Peninsula. To clarify the effect of detailed surface boundary data and application of analysis nudging technique on simulated meteorological fields, several WRF simulations were carried out. Case_LT, which is a simulation with high resolution terrain height and land use data, shows the most remarkable accuracy improvement along the shoreline mainly due to modified surface characteristics such as albedo, roughness length and thermal inertia. Case_RS with high resolution SST data shows accurate SST distributions compared to observation data, and they led to change in land and sea breeze circulation. Case_GN, grid nudging applied simulation, also shows changed temperature and wind fields. Especially, the application of grid nudging dominantly influences on the change of horizontal wind components in comparison with vertical wind component.

Analysis of Local Wind in Busan Metropolitan Area According to Wind Sector Division - Part II : Detailed Wind Information Using A Local-Scale Atmospheric Circulation Model - (바람권역 구분을 통한 부산지역 국지바람 분석 - Part II : 국지 대기유동장 수치모델을 이용한 상세 바람정보 -)

  • Jung, Woo-Sik;Lee, Hwa-Woon;Leem, Heon-Ho
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.103-119
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    • 2007
  • We have analysed the observed surface and vertical meteorological data to get atmospheric information over the Busan metropolitan area. For this, we have selected 10 days in all season such as spring, summer I(Jangma season), summer II(hot season), autumn and winter. The result which have performed cluster analysis using atmospheric data represented that these days are included to most frequently appeared synoptic cluster. We have simulated wind field around Busan metropolitan area which is assigned as $1km^2$ using RAMS. The calculated air temperature and the wind speed was similar to the observed the that, and the trends of daily variation showed good agreement. RMSE and IOA also showed reliable value. These results indicated the RAMS is able to simulate and predict detailed atmospheric phenomenon.

Observational analysis of wind characteristics in the near-surface layer during the landfall of Typhoon Mujigae (2015)

  • Lin Xue;Ying Li;Lili Song
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.37 no.4
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    • pp.315-329
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    • 2023
  • We investigated the wind characteristics in the near-surface layer during the landfall of Typhoon Mujigae (2015) based on observations from wind towers in the coastal areas of Guandong province. Typhoon Mujigae made landfall in this region from 01:00 UTC to 10:00 UTC on October 4, 2015. In the region influenced by the eyewall of the tropical cyclone, the horizontal wind speed was characterized by a double peak, the wind direction changed by >180°, the vertical wind speed increased by three to four times, and the angle of attack increased significantly to a maximum of 7°, exceeding the recommended values in current design criteria. The vertical wind profile may not conform to a power law distribution in the near-surface layer in the region impacted by the eyewall and spiral rainband. The gust factors were relatively dispersed when the horizontal wind speed was small and tended to a smaller value and became more stable with an increase in the horizontal wind speed. The variation in the gust factors was the combined result of the height, wind direction, and circulation systems of the tropical cyclone. The turbulence intensity and the downwind turbulence energy spectrum both increased notably in the eyewall and spiral rainband and no longer satisfied the assumption of isotropy in the inertial subrange and the -5/3 law. This result was more significant in the eyewall area than in the spiral rainband. These results provide a reference for forecasting tropical cyclones, wind-resistant design, and hazard prevention in coastal areas of China to reduce the damage caused by high winds induced by tropical cyclones.

INTERNATIONAL SCATTEROMETER TANDEM MISSIONS AND POTENTIAL SYNERGISM

  • Liu, W. Timothy;Xie, Xiaosu
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • v.1
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    • pp.130-133
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    • 2006
  • Three scatterometers will be launched by Europe, India, and China in the next few years and they will fly in tandem with QuikSCAT of the United States. The potential improvement in coverage will open up new operational and research applications.

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