New method for estimating CF of pitch-regulated wind turbines

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

doi:10.1016/j.epsr.2010.04.001

New method for estimating CF of pitch-regulated wind turbines

M. H. Albadi^*, E. F. El-Saadany

^*Corresponding author for this work

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

40 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

This paper presents a new formulation for wind turbine capacity factor (CF) estimation using wind speed characteristics at any site and the power performance curve parameters of any pitch-regulated wind turbine. Compared to the existing model, the proposed formulation is simpler and results inmoreaccurate CF estimation. The accuracy of the proposed model is verified using measured data from an existing wind farm. Four illustrative case studies and parameter sensitivity analysis are presented to test the effectiveness of the model in turbine-site matching applications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1182-1188
Number of pages	7
Journal	Electric Power Systems Research
Volume	80
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsr.2010.04.001
Publication status	Published - Sept 2010

Keywords

Capacity factor
Turbine-site matching
Weibull distribution
Wind turbines

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Access to Document

10.1016/j.epsr.2010.04.001

Cite this

@article{a2748908b5f943799fbe1daea446cbff,

title = "New method for estimating CF of pitch-regulated wind turbines",

abstract = "This paper presents a new formulation for wind turbine capacity factor (CF) estimation using wind speed characteristics at any site and the power performance curve parameters of any pitch-regulated wind turbine. Compared to the existing model, the proposed formulation is simpler and results inmoreaccurate CF estimation. The accuracy of the proposed model is verified using measured data from an existing wind farm. Four illustrative case studies and parameter sensitivity analysis are presented to test the effectiveness of the model in turbine-site matching applications.",

keywords = "Capacity factor, Turbine-site matching, Weibull distribution, Wind turbines",

author = "Albadi, {M. H.} and El-Saadany, {E. F.}",

year = "2010",

month = sep,

doi = "10.1016/j.epsr.2010.04.001",

language = "English",

volume = "80",

pages = "1182--1188",

journal = "Electric Power Systems Research",

issn = "0378-7796",

publisher = "Elsevier BV",

number = "9",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - New method for estimating CF of pitch-regulated wind turbines

AU - Albadi, M. H.

AU - El-Saadany, E. F.

PY - 2010/9

Y1 - 2010/9

N2 - This paper presents a new formulation for wind turbine capacity factor (CF) estimation using wind speed characteristics at any site and the power performance curve parameters of any pitch-regulated wind turbine. Compared to the existing model, the proposed formulation is simpler and results inmoreaccurate CF estimation. The accuracy of the proposed model is verified using measured data from an existing wind farm. Four illustrative case studies and parameter sensitivity analysis are presented to test the effectiveness of the model in turbine-site matching applications.

AB - This paper presents a new formulation for wind turbine capacity factor (CF) estimation using wind speed characteristics at any site and the power performance curve parameters of any pitch-regulated wind turbine. Compared to the existing model, the proposed formulation is simpler and results inmoreaccurate CF estimation. The accuracy of the proposed model is verified using measured data from an existing wind farm. Four illustrative case studies and parameter sensitivity analysis are presented to test the effectiveness of the model in turbine-site matching applications.

KW - Capacity factor

KW - Turbine-site matching

KW - Weibull distribution

KW - Wind turbines

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78650773208&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=78650773208&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.epsr.2010.04.001

DO - 10.1016/j.epsr.2010.04.001

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:78650773208

SN - 0378-7796

VL - 80

SP - 1182

EP - 1188

JO - Electric Power Systems Research

JF - Electric Power Systems Research

IS - 9

ER -

New method for estimating CF of pitch-regulated wind turbines

Abstract

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this