DocumentCode
1495110
Title
A Generalized Approach to Estimating Capacity Factor of Fixed Speed Wind Turbines
Author
Ditkovich, Yuri ; Kuperman, Alon ; Yahalom, Asher ; Byalsky, Michael
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Electron., Ariel Univ. Center of Samaria, Ariel, Israel
Volume
3
Issue
3
fYear
2012
fDate
7/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
607
Lastpage
608
Abstract
This letter presents a method for estimating the capacity factor of stall regulated wind turbines, based on the wind probability distribution function and manufacturer-provided power curve. It is further shown that the existing capacity factor formulations, e.g., for pitch regulated wind turbines, are a specific example of the derived method. Rather than using a particular model for approximating the power curve, polynomial fitting is employed in order to preserve the generality.
Keywords
polynomials; statistical distributions; wind turbines; capacity factor estimation; fixed speed wind turbines; generalized approach; manufacturer-provided power curve; polynomial fitting; probability distribution function; stall regulated wind turbines; Economics; Educational institutions; Fitting; Polynomials; Wind speed; Wind turbines; Capacity factor; Weibull distribution; curve fitting; fixed-speed wind turbine;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Sustainable Energy, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1949-3029
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TSTE.2012.2187126
Filename
6183500
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