Title :
Low speed wind concentrator to improve wind farm power generation
Author :
Orosa, J.A. ; García-Bustelo, E.J. ; Oliveira, A.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Energia, Univ. da Coruna, A Corua, Spain
Abstract :
Nowadays, horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWT) do not work continuously, as they don´t work about 20% of the yearly period, due to low wind velocity conditions. In this present paper this problem is addressed by analyzing a wind farm and a vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) with a wind concentrator. Results proved that the electric energy production of HAWTs could be improved if they are combined with VAWTs.
Keywords :
wind power plants; wind turbines; electric energy production; horizontal axis wind turbines; low speed wind concentrator; wind farm power generation; Frequency; Power generation; Production; Reactive power; Voltage; Wind energy generation; Wind farms; Wind power generation; Wind speed; Wind turbines;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics, 2009. IECON '09. 35th Annual Conference of IEEE
Conference_Location :
Porto
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4648-3
Electronic_ISBN :
1553-572X
DOI :
10.1109/IECON.2009.5415152
