TY - GEN
T1 - Small Wind Turbine Systems for Application in Oman
AU - Ahshan, Razzaqul
AU - Al-Badi, Abdullah
AU - Hosseinzadeh, Nasser
AU - Shafiq, Mohammed
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.
PY - 2018/8/21
Y1 - 2018/8/21
N2 - Application of small-scale wind energy systems has an increasing trend. This increasing trend is due to the technological advancement in the wind turbines, which has reduced the cost of wind energy. This paper investigates the potential utilization of small wind turbines for the extraction of wind power in the Sultanate of Oman. This study is based on analysis of the site wind data, the annual energy capture by the turbines, the length of the time for the effective wind speed and the wind turbines capacity factors at various locations. The effect of pressure and temperature on the air density for a particular site has accounted to calculate the annual energy output and the capacity factor of a turbine at this site. A group of five different small wind turbines has considered for three different sites in this study. The results of this research reveal that the small wind turbine has a very good potential for the applications such as home, schools/campuses, communities, green houses, irrigation and small business in the Sultanate of Oman.
AB - Application of small-scale wind energy systems has an increasing trend. This increasing trend is due to the technological advancement in the wind turbines, which has reduced the cost of wind energy. This paper investigates the potential utilization of small wind turbines for the extraction of wind power in the Sultanate of Oman. This study is based on analysis of the site wind data, the annual energy capture by the turbines, the length of the time for the effective wind speed and the wind turbines capacity factors at various locations. The effect of pressure and temperature on the air density for a particular site has accounted to calculate the annual energy output and the capacity factor of a turbine at this site. A group of five different small wind turbines has considered for three different sites in this study. The results of this research reveal that the small wind turbine has a very good potential for the applications such as home, schools/campuses, communities, green houses, irrigation and small business in the Sultanate of Oman.
KW - Wind energy
KW - annual energy
KW - capacity factor
KW - small wind turbine
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U2 - 10.1109/EPECS.2018.8443520
DO - 10.1109/EPECS.2018.8443520
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85053635193
SN - 9781538664575
T3 - 2018 5th International Conference on Electric Power and Energy Conversion Systems, EPECS 2018
BT - 2018 5th International Conference on Electric Power and Energy Conversion Systems, EPECS 2018
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 5th International Conference on Electric Power and Energy Conversion Systems, EPECS 2018
Y2 - 23 April 2018 through 25 April 2018
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