Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology

The Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (대한기계학회)
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Site Calibration for the Wind Turbine Performance Evaluation

  • Nam, Yoon-Su (Division of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Yoo, Neung-Soo (Division of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Lee, Jung-Wan (Division of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, Kangwon National University)
  • Published : 2004.12.01
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Abstract

The accurate wind speed information at the hub height of a wind turbine is very essential to the exact estimation of the wind turbine power performance testing. Several methods on the site calibration, which is a technique to estimate the wind speed at the wind turbine's hub height based on the measured wind data using a reference meteorological mast, are introduced. A site calibration result and the wind resource assessment for the TaeKwanRyung test site are presented using three-month wind data from a reference meteorological mast and the other mast temporarily installed at the site of wind turbine. Besides, an analysis on the uncertainty allocation for the wind speed correction using site calibration is performed.

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