TY - GEN
T1 - Wind turbine as an energy fuel saver - A case study for remote area in oman
AU - Malik, Arif
AU - Al-Badi, Abdullah H.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - A number of years worth of data concerning the wind speed in Oman have been presented in this article. The data are obtained from a remote agricultural research station in Oman. The annual mean wind speed is 5.7 m/s. In this station, electricity supply is provided with dieselengine generating units. The annual peak load and minimum load recorded at the site is 130 kW and 28 kW, respectively. A 50-kW wind turbine is selected to demonstrate the economic feasibility of the turbine as a fuel saver. The results show that wind energy utilization is an attractive option with total specific cost of the selected wind turbine at 7.8 kWh at 7.55% discount rate comparing to diesel generation operating cost of 14.3 c/kWh, considering the capital cost of diesel units as sunk. The simple payback period of the turbine is 5.4 years and discounted payback 7.2 years.
AB - A number of years worth of data concerning the wind speed in Oman have been presented in this article. The data are obtained from a remote agricultural research station in Oman. The annual mean wind speed is 5.7 m/s. In this station, electricity supply is provided with dieselengine generating units. The annual peak load and minimum load recorded at the site is 130 kW and 28 kW, respectively. A 50-kW wind turbine is selected to demonstrate the economic feasibility of the turbine as a fuel saver. The results show that wind energy utilization is an attractive option with total specific cost of the selected wind turbine at 7.8 kWh at 7.55% discount rate comparing to diesel generation operating cost of 14.3 c/kWh, considering the capital cost of diesel units as sunk. The simple payback period of the turbine is 5.4 years and discounted payback 7.2 years.
KW - Energy fuel saver
KW - Oman
KW - Wind turbine
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U2 - 10.1109/EURCON.2009.5167692
DO - 10.1109/EURCON.2009.5167692
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:70449637679
SN - 9781424438617
T3 - IEEE EUROCON 2009, EUROCON 2009
SP - 590
EP - 595
BT - IEEE EUROCON 2009, EUROCON 2009
T2 - IEEE EUROCON 2009, EUROCON 2009
Y2 - 18 May 2009 through 23 May 2009
ER -