Wind speed measurement and uncertainty analysis using ultrasonic sensors with Kalman filtering

Author

Espinoza, Carlos E Morales ; Villanueva, Juan M Mauricio ; Cavalcanti, Sebastian Y Catunda

Author_Institution

Fac. de Ing. Electr. y Electron., FIEE, Univ. Nac. de Ing., UNI, Lima, Peru

fYear

2010

fDate

3-6 May 2010

Firstpage

624

Lastpage

628

Abstract

In this work, analyses of Kalman filtering for wind speed measurement using ultrasonic sensors is presented. A technique based on the Kalman filter procedure is developed for the determination of the wind speed. Data are gathered using the Discrete Extended Kalman Filter (DEKF) algorithm. The assessment of uncertainties on the wind speed measurement is analyzed. Practical design issues are considered and an application example is shown in order to illustrate the proposed procedure.

Keywords

Kalman filters; ultrasonics; velocity measurement; wind power; Kalman filtering; discrete extended Kalman Filter algorithm; ultrasonic sensors; uncertainty analysis; wind speed measurement; Acoustic sensors; Filtering; Kalman filters; Measurement uncertainty; Particle measurements; Temperature dependence; Temperature sensors; Ultrasonic variables measurement; Velocity measurement; Wind speed; Kalman filter; Wind speed measurement; time-of-flight; ultrasonic sensors; uncertainties;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Austin, TX

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2832-8

Electronic_ISBN

1091-5281

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2010.5488177

Filename

5488177