TY - JOUR
T1 - An integrated approach for site selection of offshore wind-wave power production
AU - Lin, Yu Hsien
AU - Fang, Ming Chung
N1 - Funding Information:
Manuscript received January 13, 2011; revised January 29, 2012 and April 11, 2012; accepted May 18, 2012. Date of publication July 18, 2012; date of current version October 09, 2012. This work was supported by the National Science Council under Grant 100-2917-I-564-064 and by the Research Center for Energy Technology and Strategy, National Cheng-Kung University (NCKU). Guest Editor: Y. Li. Y.-H. Lin is with the Mechanical Engineering Department, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94703 USA (e-mail: vyhlin@gmail.com). M.-C. Fang is with the Department of Systems and Naval Mechatronic Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan City 70101, Taiwan (e-mail: fangmc@mail.ncku.edu.tw). Color versions of one or more of the figures in this paper are available online at http://ieeexplore.ieee.org. Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/JOE.2012.2201796
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - This study aims to develop a database utilized for assessing the synthetic power production combined with wind and wind-generated wave energy resources. The procedure of data extraction and classification is a key factor in determining the accuracy and quality of growing seas. Subsequently, this research suggests a well-calibrated wind-wave model based on the Texel-Marsen-Arsloe (TMA) spectrum, which is applied to calculate the growing seas with the variation of wind scales. According to the distribution of directional wind and wave data at varying locations, it is evident that an annual monsoon plays a vital part in determining wind resources and growing seas. Empirical formulas used for forecasting significant wave heights and energy periods are obtained by considering relationships with wind speeds. The ocean climate around Taiwan is selected for analysis. The assessment of wind and wind-generated wave power through a year is carried out by obtaining the wind data, together with giving a rational range of wind speeds derived from Rayleigh distribution. Conclusively, Penghu sea area is found to be an optimal place for synthetic power production by evaluating its annual wind energy, wind-generated wave energy as well as swell energy.
AB - This study aims to develop a database utilized for assessing the synthetic power production combined with wind and wind-generated wave energy resources. The procedure of data extraction and classification is a key factor in determining the accuracy and quality of growing seas. Subsequently, this research suggests a well-calibrated wind-wave model based on the Texel-Marsen-Arsloe (TMA) spectrum, which is applied to calculate the growing seas with the variation of wind scales. According to the distribution of directional wind and wave data at varying locations, it is evident that an annual monsoon plays a vital part in determining wind resources and growing seas. Empirical formulas used for forecasting significant wave heights and energy periods are obtained by considering relationships with wind speeds. The ocean climate around Taiwan is selected for analysis. The assessment of wind and wind-generated wave power through a year is carried out by obtaining the wind data, together with giving a rational range of wind speeds derived from Rayleigh distribution. Conclusively, Penghu sea area is found to be an optimal place for synthetic power production by evaluating its annual wind energy, wind-generated wave energy as well as swell energy.
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U2 - 10.1109/JOE.2012.2201796
DO - 10.1109/JOE.2012.2201796
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84867885921
VL - 37
SP - 740
EP - 755
JO - IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering
JF - IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering
SN - 0364-9059
IS - 4
M1 - 6243230
ER -