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Establishment of the Low-Resolution National Wind Map by Numerical Wind Simulation (수치바람모의에 의한 저해상도 국가 바람지도의 구축)

  • Kim, Hyun-Goo;Jang, Moon-Seok;Kyong, Nam-Ho;Lee, Hwa-Woon;Choi, Hyun-Jeong;Kim, Dong-Hyuk
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.31-38
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    • 2006
  • The national goal of wind energy dissemination has to be determined rationally based on technically available wind resource potential. For an accurate and scientific estimation of wind resource potential, a wind map is requisite. This paper introduces the national wind map of Korea established by numerical wind simulation. Therefore, quantification of national wind resource potential is now possible and is anticipating to be used as a core index for policy and strategy building of wind energy dissemination and technology development.

Wind Resource Assessment of Antarctic King Sejong Station (남극 세종기지의 풍력자원 분석)

  • Bae, Jae-Sung;Jang, Moon-Seok;Ju, Young-Chul;Yoon, Jeong-Eun;Kyong, Nam-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.53-60
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    • 2005
  • Energy resource is very important to the survival in the polar region. Wind energy, which is one of renewable energy, can guarantee the clean, inexhaustible, natural resource in the polar region. It is essential to assess the wind energy resource of the site where wind turbines will be installed. In the present study, the wind characteristics of the antarctic King Sejong station are analysed from its meteorological observation data. The wind resource of the Sejong station is also simulated and predicted using WAsP program. From the results, the Sejong station has very excellent wind resource and the site where small wind turbines will be installed is determined.

International Cooperation on Information Exchange and Research for Wind Energy Development (풍력에너지 개발을 위한 국제교류 및 공동연구 현황)

  • Kim, C.W.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.249-251
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    • 2011
  • International energy agency(IEA) consisted of OECD countries deals with international energy problems. IEA/Wind ExCo is an execution committee under IEA for the implementing agreement for co-operation in the research, development and deployment of wind energy systems. Currently 22 countries participate the committee and 11 research tasks are in progress. 11 tasks are base technology information exchange, wind energy in cold climates, offshore wind energy technology deployment, integration of wind and hydropower systems, power systems with large amounts of wind power, cost of wind energy, labelling small wind turbines, social acceptance of wind energy projects, MexNext aerodynamics and comparison of dynamic computer codes and models, offshore wind energy and wakebench. At the presentation, activities of major wind energy countries and IEA/Wind ExCo and research tasks are introduced.

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The Current Status and the Prospects of Wind Energy (풍력발전기술의 현황과 전망)

  • Jang, Moon-Seok;Bang, Hyung-Joon
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.18 no.8
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    • pp.933-940
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    • 2009
  • Recently, wind power generation is an emerging industry expanding its market rapidly thanks to the increasing need to solve the scarcity of fossil fuels and the risk of potential global warming. Wind power generation has shown to be an effective response plan to global warming, showing the most price competitiveness among the renewable energy sources by its higher efficiency. Therefore wind energy has attracted considerable attention as the industrial growth drive for the next generation. Considering Korea's high dependence of overseas energy resources, the importance of wind power is growing as the most effective alternative energy source to ensure energy security as well as becoming a key strategic industry for exports. In this study, the social and economic effects of the wind power industry is discussed and the current status and the future prospects of the wind energy market is also examined.

Analysis of Wind Energy Potential in Bieung-do Wind Farm(2008) (비응도 풍력발전 단지의 발전현황 및 풍자원 분석(2008년))

  • Kim, Jin-Taek;Go, Sung-Hwun;Kang, Ki-Won;Song, Hwa-Chang;Lee, Jang-Ho
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.11a
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    • pp.435-438
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    • 2009
  • Wind speed is measured on the nacelle at the location of wind turbines are installed. The wind speed is transformed to inlet wind speed at the front of hub using newly developed algorithm derived from energy conservation. Wind energy potential is analyzed using the inlet air velocity in the region of Bieung-do wind farm. As results, wind speed depending on the month, yearly averaged wind speed, wind speed distribution, and energy density are showed in this study. Bieung-do area is close to Saemankeum, and the analysis of wind energy potential in Bieung area will be helpful to understand and develop wind energy industry in Saemankeum area.

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Potential wind power generation at Khon Kaen, Thailand

  • Supachai, Polnumtiang;Kiatfa, Tangchaichit
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.35 no.6
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    • pp.385-394
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    • 2022
  • The energy demand of the world is increasing rapidly, mainly using fossil energy, which causes environmental damage. The wind is free and clean energy to solve the environmental problems. Thailand is one of the developing nations, and the majority of its energy is obtained from petroleum, natural gas and coal. The objective of this study is to test the characteristics of wind energy at Khon Kaen in Thailand. The wind measurement tools, the 3-cup anemometers to measure wind speed, and wind vanes to measure wind direction, were mounted on a wind tower mast to record wind data at the heights of 60, 90 and 120 meters above ground level (AGL) for 5 years between January 2012 and December 2016. The results show that the annual mean wind speeds were 3.79, 4.32 and 4.66 m/s, respectively. The highest mean wind speeds occurred in June, August and December, in order, and the lowest occurred in September. The majority of prevailing wind directions were from the North-East and South-West directions. The average annual wind shear coefficient was 0.297. Furthermore, five wind turbines with rated power from 0.85 to 4.5 MW were selected to estimate the wind energy output and it was found that the maximum AEP and CF were achieved from the low cut-in speed and high hub-height wind turbines. This important information will help to develop wind energy applications, such as the plan to produce electricity and the calculation of the wind load that affects tall and large structures.

A Basic Study for Wind Energy of Building Cladding using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD를 이용하여 건물 외피의 바람에너지에 관한 적용연구)

  • Chung, Yung-Bea
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.11a
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    • pp.39.2-39.2
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    • 2011
  • The new and renewable energy today has a great interest in all countries around the world. In special it has need more limit of the fossil fuel that needs of low carbon emission among the social necessary conditions. Recently, the high-rise building demand the structural safety, the economic feasibility and the functional design. The high-rise building spends enormous energy and it satisfied the design in solving energy requirements. The requirements of energy for the building depends on the partly form wind energy due to the cladding of the building that came from the surroundings of the high-rise building. In this study of the wind energy, the cladding of the building was assessed a tentative study. The wind energy obtains from several small wind powers that came from the building or the surrounding of the building. In making a cladding the wind energy forms with wind pressure by means of energy transformation methods. The assessment for the building cladding was surrounded of wind speed and wind pressure that was carried out as a result of numerical simulation of wind environment and wind pressure which is coefficient around the high-rise building with the computational fluid dynamics. In case of the obtained wind energy from the pressure of the building cladding was estimated by the simulation of CFD of the building. The wind energy at this case was calculated by energy transform methods: the wind pressure coefficients were obtained from the simulated model for wind environment using CFD as follow. The concept for the factor of $E_f$ was suggested in this study. $$C_p=\frac{P_{surface}}{0.5{\rho}V^{2ref}}$$ $$E_c=C_p{\cdot}E_f$$ Where $C_p$ is wind pressure coefficient from CFD, $E_f$ means energy transformation parameter from the principle of the conservation of energy and $E_c$ means energy from the building cladding. The other wind energy that is $E_p$ was assessed by wind power on the building or building surroundings. In this case the small wind power system was carried out for wind energy on the place with the building and it was simulated by computational fluid dynamics. Therefore the total wind energy in the building was calculated as the follows. $$E=E_c+E_p$$ The energy transformation, which is $E_f$ will need more research and estimation for various wind situation of the building. It is necessary for the assessment to make a comparative study about the wind tunnel test or full scale test.

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Operational Characteristics of Wind Turbine Generator Systems in Hangwon Wind Farm (행원 풍력발전단지에서 풍력발전시스템의 운전특성)

  • Ko, Kyung-Nam;Kang, Mun-Jong;Huh, Jong-Chul
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2007
  • This paper reveals both the operational situation and the cause of the error occurred in wind turbine generator system of Hangwon wind farm in Jeju island. The four wind turbines were selected for this work, and the monitored period was for six months. Wind resource in the wind farm was analyzed, and the estimated energy production was compared with the actual energy production. As a result, with a decrease of system error, the estimated energy production was in good agreement with the actual energy production. The errors occurring in components such as gearbox and hydraulic motor affected the Availability of the wind turbine. Also, poor external conditions such as a strong wind, lightning and gust caused a standstill of wind turbines.

Energy Yield, Power Quality and Grid Integration of Wind Energy Converters

  • Hanitsch R. E.
    • KIEE International Transaction on Electrical Machinery and Energy Conversion Systems
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    • v.5B no.2
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    • pp.97-102
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    • 2005
  • Because of the limited fossil resources and the need to avoid emissions and toxic waste the future energy supply will be based on a large portion of renewable energies: wind-, solar-, biomass- and geothermal energy. Focus is on the utilization of wind energy coming from onshore- and offshore-sites. Generating electricity from wind is state of the art and feeding large amounts of wind power into the electrical grid will create some additional problems. Suggestions concerning energy storage will be made and the problem of power quality is discussed.