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WindDesignExample

Wind Resorce Assesment

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WindSpeedProbabilityDistribution (ApproximatelyWeibull)

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Windspeeddistribution
Measurements ofwindspeeddistributionorfrequencydistributionisanessential ingredientincalculatingtheoutputofthewindenergyataparticularsite.The windspeeddistributioncanbemathematically represented byseveralanalytical functions. Oneofthemathematical functionsthathavebeensuccessfully appliedtofitwind speeddistributionsistheWeibull distributionfunction.Thegeneralformofthe Weibull distributionfunction,whichisatwoparameterfunction,forwindspeedis givenby,

(Reference: Modeling Wind Speed Distributions inSelected Weather Stations: Proceedings ofthe Technical Sessions, 23 (2007) 16Institute ofPhysics SriLanka)

Wheref(v)istheprobabilityofobservingwindspeedv,kisdimensionlessWeibull shapeparameterandcisascaleparameter havingunitsofwindspeed

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CumulativeDistributionFunction
Scaleparameter,c,indicateswindinessofalocationunder consideration,whereastheshapeparameter,k,indicatessharpnessof thewindspeeddistribution(i.e.ifmeasuredwindspeedsareveryclose toacertainvalue,thedistributionwillhaveahighkvalueandbe narrow) Thecumulativedistributionfunctionisgivenas,

Fittingtheaboveequationtoasetofwindspeeddatadeterminesthe parametersoftheWeibull distributionfunction.Takingthenatural logarithmsofbothsidesoftheaboveequationtwice,gives,ln{ln[1 F(v)]=kln(v) kln(c) Thusaplotofln{ln[1F(v)]Vsln(v)representsastraightlineofwhich thegradientiskandtheinterceptiskln(c).

Plotofln{ln[1F(v)]Vsln(v

ShapeParameterandScaleParameter
Fromthegraphkandcareestimated.
ShapeParameter(k)=1.42 ScaleParameter(c)=5.82

Shapeparameterof1.42andscalarparameter of5.82representgoodpowerinthewind.

CumulativeWindSpeedDistribution

ShapeParameter
ThehigherthevalueofShape (from1to3)thehigher themedianwindspeed. p aswellassome Locationswithlotsoflowwindspeeds verystrongwindswouldhaveavalueofshapeof below2. Locationswithfairlyconsistentwindspeedsaround themedianwouldhaveashapevalueof3.

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