Annual Energy Production Estimation for Variable-speed Wind Turbine at High-altitude Site
Dongran Song, Songyue Zheng, Sheng Yang, Jian Yang, Mi Dong, Mei Su, Young Hoon Joo
Abstract
This letter presents a systematic approach to estimate the annual energy production (AEP) of variable-speed wind turbines erected at high-altitude sites. Compared with the existing empirical-model based approaches, the proposed approach models the influence of the air density on the power production while employing the theoretical power curve. Consequently, the proposed approach provides a precise estimation of AEP, which can serve as a foundation of the optimum turbine-site matching design at different-altitude sites.
Topics & Concepts
TurbineAltitude (triangle)Wind powerVariable (mathematics)Matching (statistics)Wind speedEnvironmental sciencePower (physics)Energy (signal processing)Production (economics)EstimationMeteorologyElectricity generationMarine engineeringAutomotive engineeringComputer scienceEngineeringAerospace engineeringStatisticsMathematicsElectrical engineeringGeographyMacroeconomicsMathematical analysisGeometryQuantum mechanicsSystems engineeringPhysicsEconomicsWind Energy Research and DevelopmentAerospace Engineering and Energy SystemsAdvanced Aircraft Design and Technologies