The Significance of Wind Turbines Layout Optimization on the Predicted Farm Energy Yield
| Autor: | Aiman Albatayneh, Sahil Al Hmidan, Mustafa Jaradat, Johannes Wellmann, Mohammad Al-Addous |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Atmospheric Science
020209 energy 02 engineering and technology lcsh:QC851-999 Environmental Science (miscellaneous) Turbine law.invention law 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering wind energy wake effects Energy supply Arch Wind power Rotor (electric) business.industry 620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeiten Wind direction 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Electricity generation WindFarm 3D Environmental science topography effects lcsh:Meteorology. Climatology ddc:620 0210 nano-technology business Energy source optimization Marine engineering |
| Zdroj: | Atmosphere Volume 11 Issue 1 Atmosphere, Vol 11, Iss 1, p 117 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2073-4433 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/atmos11010117 |
| Popis: | Securing energy supply and diversifying the energy sources is one of the main goals of energy strategy for most countries. Due to climate change, wind energy is becoming increasingly important as a method of CO2-free energy generation. In this paper, a wind farm with five turbines located in Jerash, a city in northern Jordan, has been designed and analyzed. Optimization of wind farms is an important factor in the design stage to minimize the cost of wind energy to become more competitive and economically attractive. The analyses have been carried out using the WindFarm software to examine the significance of wind turbines&rsquo layouts (M, straight and arch shapes) and spacing on the final energy yield. In this research, arranging the turbines facing the main wind direction with five times rotor diameter distance between each turbine has been simulated, and has resulted in 22.75, 22.87 and 21.997 GWh/year for the M shape, Straight line and Arch shape, respectively. Whereas, reducing the distance between turbines to 2.5 times of the rotor diameter (D) resulted in a reduction of the wind farm energy yield to 22.68, 21.498 and 21.5463 GWh/year for the M shape, Straight line and Arch shape, respectively. The energetic efficiency gain for the optimized wind turbines compared to the modeled layouts regarding the distances between the wind turbines. The energetic efficiency gain has been in the range between 8.9% for 5D (rotor diameter) straight layout to 15.9% for 2.5D straight layout. |
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