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تاثير شدة الاضطراب على اداء توربين الرياح == Effect of Turbulence Intensity on Wind Turbine Performance
Author name:
باسم عبد السادة محمد الكناني
Supervisor name:
عوني ادوار عبد الاحد | محمد احمد صالح
General topic:
Meteorology
Specific topic:
Atmospheric Sciences
Degree:
Doctorate
University:
Mustansiriyah University - College Of Science - Department Of Atmospheric Sciences
Language:
English
University location:
Baghdad
First pages:
32T59 - p.pdf
Abstract:
The ongoing depleting of oil and gas reserves, combined with the growing concerns about global warming, has made it inevitable to seek alternative resources of energy. To substitute oil produced energy and eventually minimize atmospheric degradation, renewable energy resources have increasingly become attractive and have been widely used. Therefore, this study focuses on one of the most important resources of renewable energy which is wind energy.Wind speed and direction data of Sulaymaniyah Province (airport station) in the north of Iraq in (2012) measured with 10 seconds time interval, were used to calculate wind potential in the site. Wind speed values with 10 seconds time interval are important to calculate wind turbulence intensity. Mean wind speed and standard deviation with (1, 10, and 60 minutes) time intervals were calculated, together with wind speed distribution, wind direction distribution, wind shear, and turbulence intensity; also, the appropriate class of wind turbine was identified.The impact of meteorological parameters (turbulence intensity, and wind shear) on the performance of wind turbine has been calculated using a MATLAB programming language, which was designed and implemented for this study.Results show that the turbulence intensity is the most significant parameter due to its major effects on the useful life time of a wind turbine. In addition, ambient turbulence intensity was determined, and the turbulence generated by wind turbines was calculated, this type of turbulence is called effective turbulence intensity (Ieff). It was found that wind turbine class (C) is a suitable choice to be installed at the study site (Sulaymaniyah airport station).VIAlso, results show that wind shear is a very important concept for wind turbine developers and installers, since a small difference in wind speed can lead to large difference in power output of a wind turbine. This can be achieved either by calculating wind speed at different heights using equivalent wind speed or by calculating wind speed at hub height using power law. It can be concluded that using equivalent wind speed to evaluate the site gives better calculation of mean wind speed available at that site than wind speed calculated at hub height only. In addition, shear exponent calculation as a function of height is more accurate than its assumed constant value (0.14), in power density estimation.Moreover, wind speed data, of Baghdad Province (Al - Mustansiriyah University meteorological station) in the middle of Iraq in (2008) measured with 15 minutes time interval, were used to calculate the characteristic turbulence intensity of small wind turbine, and monthly mean turbulence intensity. It was found that wind turbine class (B) is the best choice in Al - Mustansiriyah University site. In addition, the highest values of monthly mean turbulence intensity at Baghdad (Al - Mustansiriyah University) were obtained during November, and January, while the lowest values were in June, and July.Finally, wind data were analyzed using Weibull distribution function with its parameters (scale and shape), which were calculated using three analytical methods. Results show that the maximum likelihood method (MLM) gives the best calculation for Weibull parameters in both Sulaymaniyah airport and Al - Mustansiriyah University stations.
