Wind turbine as an energy fuel saver - A case study for remote area in oman

Arif Malik; Abdullah H. Al-Badi

doi:10.1109/EURCON.2009.5167692

Wind turbine as an energy fuel saver - A case study for remote area in oman

Arif Malik, Abdullah H. Al-Badi

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IEEE EUROCON 2009, EUROCON 2009
Pages	590-595
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EURCON.2009.5167692
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	IEEE EUROCON 2009, EUROCON 2009 - St. Petersburg, Russian Federation Duration: May 18 2009 → May 23 2009

Other

Other	IEEE EUROCON 2009, EUROCON 2009
Country	Russian Federation
City	St. Petersburg
Period	5/18/09 → 5/23/09

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Keywords

Energy fuel saver
Oman
Wind turbine

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Networks and Communications
Control and Systems Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Communication

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Malik, A., & Al-Badi, A. H. (2009). Wind turbine as an energy fuel saver - A case study for remote area in oman. In IEEE EUROCON 2009, EUROCON 2009 (pp. 590-595). [5167692] https://doi.org/10.1109/EURCON.2009.5167692

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