Height extrapolation of capacity factors for wind turbine generators

Author

Jangamshetti, Suresh H. ; Rau, V. Guruprasada

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol., Kharagpur, India

Volume

19

Issue

6

fYear

1999

fDate

6/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

48

Lastpage

49

Abstract

This letter discusses height extrapolation of capacity factors of a wind power plant. The power law is used to arrive at a new mathematical formulation for the vertical adjustments of analytically computed capacity factors. The Weibull statistical model, using cubic mean of wind speeds, is employed for estimating the capacity factors. The new formulation is useful for estimating capacity factors at the time of planning and installation of new wind power stations and upgrading of existing wind stations by capacity addition

Keywords

Weibull distribution; extrapolation; power generation planning; wind power plants; wind turbines; Weibull statistical model; analytically computed capacity factors; capacity factors; cubic mean; height extrapolation; mathematical formulation; power law; wind power stations installation; wind power stations planning; wind speeds; wind turbine generators; Equations; Extrapolation; Power generation; Power measurement; Velocity measurement; Wind energy; Wind energy generation; Wind power generation; Wind speed; Wind turbines;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Engineering Review, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/39.768517

Filename

768517