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PO405: ZX 300e performance verification at 200m masts and in complex terrain
Seyi Latunde-Dada, Senior Algorithm Scientist, ZX Lidars
Abstract
The ZX 300e series of ground-based CW lidars manufactured by ZX Lidars is a hardware and software upgrade of the ZX 300 series. This includes updates to the data processing and filtering algorithms that enhance both 10-minute averaged wind speed and wind direction accuracy and data availability as well as hardware improvements to increase power-saving and user access. The performance of the ZX 300e series has been verified extensively and this study shares results specifically from two 200m masts in Germany, a 91m mast in the UK and a highly complex site with a collocated 120m mast in the UK. At the 200m masts, mast-lidar correlation parameters for 10-minute averaged wind speeds met the wind industry best practice criteria with data availability above 85% at all heights up to 200m. Furthermore, 25 ZX 300e units were verified at the 91m mast in the UK over a period of three weeks. The mast-lidar correlation parameters from all the units met the wind industry best practice criteria with data availability above 95% at all heights. At the UK Remote Testing Site (ZX & DNV), the reference measurement heights were extended above 91m by mounting a verified lidar at the top of the mast. This configuration called the Midar (‘Mast’ + ‘Lidar’) allowed the ground-based lidars to be verified up to 200m. Midar-lidar correlation parameters from all the units also met the wind industry best practice criteria with data availability above 95% up to 200m. At the highly complex site, CFD correction factors were successfully applied to the wind speeds. This yielded mast-lidar correlation parameters that met the wind industry best practice criteria.
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