TY - JOUR

T1 - Uncertainty contribution of a wind turbine to the electric field of a DVOR antenna as a function of wind direction and rotor position

AU - Sandmann, Sergei

AU - Garbe, Heyno

N1 - Funding Information: We acknowledge support by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and Open Access Publishing Fund of Leibniz Universitat Hannover. Support granted by the Federal Ministry of Economy and Energy according to a resolution by the German Federal Parliament, FKZ: 0325644A-D.

PY - 2016/9/28

Y1 - 2016/9/28

N2 - The presence of a wind turbine (WT) has the potential to distort electromagnetic fields emitted by terrestrial radio navigation AIDS. In this paper especially the field distortion of a Doppler Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Radio Range (DVOR) surveillance navigation system is investigated as a function of wind direction and rotor position. Therefor, the field distribution of a DVOR is simulated in the surrounding of a WT for 104 combinations of the angles of wind direction and rotor position. Furthermore, these calculations are executed for two different rotor diameters and 10 steps of distance between DVOR and WT in the range of 10 km. Based on the calculated data a method to estimate the maximum field distortion is developed. It is shown that the presented method allows to approximate the worst case field distortion with the results of two general simulation setups. Eliminating the need of simulating all possible geometric constellations of the WT this method hereby offers the benefit of significantly reduced simulation effort.

AB - The presence of a wind turbine (WT) has the potential to distort electromagnetic fields emitted by terrestrial radio navigation AIDS. In this paper especially the field distortion of a Doppler Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Radio Range (DVOR) surveillance navigation system is investigated as a function of wind direction and rotor position. Therefor, the field distribution of a DVOR is simulated in the surrounding of a WT for 104 combinations of the angles of wind direction and rotor position. Furthermore, these calculations are executed for two different rotor diameters and 10 steps of distance between DVOR and WT in the range of 10 km. Based on the calculated data a method to estimate the maximum field distortion is developed. It is shown that the presented method allows to approximate the worst case field distortion with the results of two general simulation setups. Eliminating the need of simulating all possible geometric constellations of the WT this method hereby offers the benefit of significantly reduced simulation effort.

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U2 - 10.5194/ars-14-17-2016

DO - 10.5194/ars-14-17-2016

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84990041217

VL - 14

SP - 17

EP - 24

JO - Advances in Radio Science

JF - Advances in Radio Science

SN - 1684-9965

ER -