Abstract
Climate change, population and economic growth, increasing fossil fuel prices and environmental issues together emphasize the generation of electricity through wind. The potential of wind for generating clean energy is remarkable in many parts of Iran. In this study, a statistical analysis was performed on wind data of Fadashk Station located in South Khorasan province in north east of Iran. Accordingly, a horizontal-axis wind turbine (HAWT) was designed for this station. Wind speed was studied in deferent months of the year at 10 m, 30 m and 40 m heights. In the mentioned heights, this station had a mean speed of 5.27, 6.20, and 6.33 m/s, respectively. Direction of the prevailing wind is almost fixed throughout the year and blows from southeast. Power density was obtained by estimating the potential of wind energy using Weibull probability distribution function. Furthermore, the amount of energy that could be obtained annually from this site was calculated by selecting two wind turbines, Kuriant18 turbine made by Kuriant Company and Vestas55 made by Vestas Company, in the actual state. Also, annual mean wind power density in this station was estimated 285 W/m 2.
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Abbreviations
- A:
-
Rotor swept area (m2)
- c:
-
Weibull scale factor
- ci :
-
Chord length, (m)
- Cl :
-
Two-dimensional lift coefficient
- Cd :
-
Two-dimensional drag coefficient
- CP :
-
Power coefficient
- \(\bar E\)/A:
-
Wind energy density (W/m2)
- Ew :
-
Wind machine energy (Wh)
- F:
-
Tip loss correction factor
- k:
-
Weibull shape factor
- N:
-
Number of long-term data points
- p(U):
-
Probability density function (PDF)
- Pw(U):
-
Power curve of the wind turbine
- \(\bar P\)/A:
-
Average wind power density
- \({\bar P_w}\) :
-
Average wind machine power
- TI:
-
Turbulence intensity
- U:
-
Wind speed (m/s)
- Ū:
-
Mean wind speed (m/s)
- α:
-
Angle of attack
- αi :
-
Axial contraction
- αi′:
-
Angular contraction
- θP :
-
Section pitch angle
- θT :
-
Blade twist angle
- ρ:
-
Air density (1.225 kg/m3)
- η:
-
Drive train efficiency
- φi :
-
Relative velocity angle
- λ:
-
Tip speed ratio
- Г(x):
-
Gamma function
- σ:
-
Solidity
- σu :
-
Standard deviation of wind speed
- σ′:
-
Local rotor solidity
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Jahangiri, M., Shamsabadi, A.A. Designing a horizontal-axis wind turbine for South Khorasan province: A case study. Int. J. Precis. Eng. Manuf. 18, 1463–1473 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12541-017-0174-5
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