Validation and Measurements of Floating LiDAR for Nearshore Wind Resource Assessment Application

• DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.12.195
• Publication Date: 2015-01-12T13:14:02Z
• Authors: Chung-Yao Hsuan; Yuan-Shiang Tasi; Jhu-Hong Ke; Rico Aditia Prahmana; Ko-Jen Chen; Ta-Hui Lin
• Keywords: Maximum sustained wind; Ranging; Anemometer

Validation and measurements of a Floating LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) Device (FLD) were performed at Hsing-Da Harbor in the south Taiwan from October 16th to 26th, 2013. Six range gate heights set 50m, 70m, 90m, 110m, 150m 200m FLD sensor lens. Wind speeds, wind directions turbulence intensities measured by compared with those portable LiDAR, installed on top Ocean Research Institute (TORI) building. The distance between two LiDARs was about 320m. 1388 available timestamp datapoints recorded during deployment campaign. During test period, majority north. averaged speeds for #1∼6 4.7, 4.9, 5.3, 5.5, 5.6 5.8m/s respectively corresponding maximum 10-minute average 13.6, 14.2, 14.8, 15.9, 15.9 16.9m/s turbulent 0.187, 0.190, 0.191, 0.193, 0.197 0.192 six gates. results showed good agreements 10 minute data speed direction LiDARs. This implied that motion compensation function as specified. present preliminary validation performance FLD, which will be key tool assessment offshore resources future farm developments.