NUMERICAL DISTRIBUTION SIMULATION OF TYPHOONS’ WAVE ENERGY IN THE TAIWAN STRAIT AND ITS ADJACENT WATERS

As new energy technologies boom in recent years, marine renewable energy, especially wave power is one potential trend. However, few relevant studies focus on extreme sea conditions. In this paper, a numerical model of typhoon waves the Taiwan Strait established based third-generation ocean SWAN and then calculated by empirical equation. Typhoon No. 200808 Fung-wong, strong 200815 Jangmi 201808 Maria are used for verification analysis. Finally, results show that most concentrated values more than 300 kW/m 900 typhoons, over 60 times 180 annual average (5 kW/m) Chinese area, respectively. terms other locations, corresponding 50 100 kW/m. Therefore, typhoons’ certainly huge asset if fully utilized.