Open AccessOptimum Selection of Wind Turbines Using Normalized Power and Capacity Factor Curves
Author(s) -
Firas A. Hadi,
Zaid F. Makki,
Rafa A. Al-Baldawi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iraqi journal of science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2312-1637
pISSN - 0067-2904
DOI - 10.24996/ijs.2021.62.8.33
Subject(s) - turbine , weibull distribution , wind power , capacity factor , mathematics , power (physics) , matching (statistics) , statistics , engineering , physics , mechanical engineering , electrical engineering , quantum mechanics , phase (matter)
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).