| Unbalanced sediment transport by tidal power generation in LakeSihwa |
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학술지명 Renewable Energy
저자 권효근
발표일 2021-03-01
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An in-situ observational study was conducted to understand the sediment transport processes disturbedby the flood generation type of Sihwa tidal power plant (TPP). A surface mooring was deployed in LakeSihwa (inside of TPP) to collect time-series data of the current velocity and suspended sediment concentration(SSC). A TPP with a capacity of 254 MW has four sequential phases (power generationestandbyedrainestandby) of operation. The SSC during power generation was one order of magnitudehigher than that during drain, which led to heavily unbalanced sediment fluxes. The total residualsediment flux was always negative (into the lake), which was attributed to the mean advection processesassociated with the discharge. Over 18 day mooring period, 78.28 tons m1 of sediment was delivered tothe lake. The source of delivered sediment might be attributed to more local resuspension than thesediment inflow through the gates of TPP. Since the maximum sediment influx during power generationoccurred within the water head difference of 4e6 m, the reduction in discharge rate can be a possiblemeasure for solving the sediment accumulation within Lake Sihwa |