Abstract
The main objective of this paper is present a novel method to choice a certain wind turbine for a specific site by using normalized power and capacity factor curves. The site matching is based on identifying the optimum turbine rotation speed parameters from turbine performance index (TPI) curve, which is obtained from the higher values of normalized power and capacity factor curves. Wind Turbine Performance Index a new ranking parameter, is defined to optimally match turbines to wind site. The relations (plots) of normalized power, capacity factor, and turbine performance index versus normalized rated wind speed are drawn for a known value of Weibull shape parameter of a site, thus a superior method is used for Weibull parameters estimation which is called Equivalent Energy Method (EEM).
Highlights
The process of generating electric power by wind turbine systems at a particular location depending on many factors, the most important of these factors is the wind speed at that location and most notably the wind turbine speed characteristics themselves; namely, rated speed, cut-in speed and furling or cut-out speed including wind turbine hub height [1]
The normalized power PN, capacity factor Capacity factor (Cf) and turbine performance index Turbine Performance Index (TPI) curves are shown in Figure7 and the necessary computations are given in Tables 2 and Table 3
A new method of matching wind turbine generators systems to a site using Turbine performance index, normalized power, and capacity factor curves is presented in this work
Summary
The process of generating electric power by wind turbine systems at a particular location depending on many factors, the most important of these factors is the wind speed at that location and most notably the wind turbine speed characteristics themselves; namely, rated speed (vr), cut-in speed (vc) and furling or cut-out speed (vf) including wind turbine hub height [1]. This Lake is located 15 km north west of Karbala. This location has been chosen based on the global wind distribution map produced by Global Wind Atlas. Through this map, there is an abundance of high wind speeds in the western region of Iraq, where the average speed through the year ranges between 5.00-6.00 m/s at 50m height, and high speeds are concentrated almost in two areas, Al-Razzaza and Tharthar lakes.
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