Novel method for estimating the CF of variable speed wind turbines

Author

Albadi, M.H. ; El-Saadany, E.F.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

fYear

2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper presents a novel method for estimating the capacity factor (CF) of variable speed wind turbines using wind speed characteristics at any site and the power performance curve parameters of any variable speed wind turbine (VSWT). Compared to the existing model, the proposed CF formulation is simpler and results in more accurate CF estimation. The accuracy of the proposed CF model is verified using measured data. Moreover, the new formulation is modified to estimate the CF at any tower height. The accuracy of the modified CF model over that of the existing extrapolation one is verified using a case study.

Keywords

extrapolation; wind turbines; CF estimation; capacity factor; extrapolation; power performance curve parameters; tower height; variable speed wind turbines; wind speed characteristics; Extrapolation; Measurement standards; Poles and towers; Power generation; Shape; Velocity measurement; Virtual colonoscopy; Wind energy; Wind speed; Wind turbines; Capacity factor; Turbine-Site matching; Wind power; and Weibull distribution function;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power & Energy Society General Meeting, 2009. PES '09. IEEE

Conference_Location

Calgary, AB

ISSN

1944-9925

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4241-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PES.2009.5275966

Filename

5275966