Hourly wind speed analysis in Sicily

Bivona, S.; Burlon, R.; Leone, Cláudio

doi:10.1016/s0960-1481(02)00230-6

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“…The latter is a 100 W wind turbine developed by Practical Action-Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG) to provide access to electricity to communities in rural or remote areas in developing countries. The turbine is especially suited to operate at low wind speeds, and was designed following the appropriate technology philosophy, i.e., it was intended to be simple, low-cost, robust, reliable, easy to maintain and, above all, producible by local workshops or microenterprises using a minimum of imported materials and components 1 The start-up speed is the wind speed at which an unloaded rotor starts turning. 2 The cut-in speed is the wind speed at which a wind turbine starts pushing power into the battery bank or the grid.…”

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An assessment of the sea breeze energy potential using small wind turbines in peri-urban coastal areas

Bueso

Rojas

Jou

et al. 2015

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

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From wind speed data recorded hourly at 2 m high during 18 years (1993)(1994)(1995)(1996)(1997)(1998)(1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010) in the Llobregat Delta (15 km south of Barcelona city; northeast of the Iberian Peninsula), wind speed distributions at 10 m high were computed for the whole year and for the sea breeze period (from March 1 to September 30, from 10 to 19 local time). Weibull probability density functions fitted to the distributions were used to assess the wind energy generated by two offgrid small wind turbines: the IT-PE-100 and the HP-600W. Results from FAST and AeroDyn simulation tools were compared with those obtained by applying measured wind speeds to manufacturer power curves. Using manufacturer data, the IT-PE-100 would deliver 132 kWh during the whole year (70 kWh during the sea breeze period). From the simulations, the IT-PE-100 would deliver 155 kWh during the whole year (80 kWh during the sea breeze period). It is concluded that the sea-breeze is an interesting wind energy resource for micro-generation, not only in the Mediterranean basin but in other areas of the world with similar wind regimes, and particularly in peri-urban coastal areas where large-scale wind farms cannot be implemented.

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“…Knowledge of the wind speed patterns in these areas is essential for enabling good assessments of wind energy generation. For this purpose, in the last years, research on the local regimes of winds has been intense [1]- [4]. There are also many investigations in the literature regarding wind farms in coastal sites [5]- [7].…”

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An assessment of the sea breeze energy potential using small wind turbines in peri-urban coastal areas

Bueso

Rojas

Jou

et al. 2015

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

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“…The Weibull shape factor is taken from Ref. [49], whereas the values of the other advanced statistical parameters are within the typical ranges reported in [51].…”

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Method for size optimisation of large wind–hydrogen systems with high penetration on power grids

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“…Several statistical distributions have been used for the description of the wind speed distribution. The two-parameter Weibull distribution function has been commonly 432 used in many fields including wind energy assessment (Rehman et al, 1994;Bivona et al, 2003). Silva and Cordeiro (2012) were among the first among researchers to use compound distributions to model wind speed.…”

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On the Exponentiated Weibull Distribution for Modeling Wind Speed in South Western Nigeria

Shittu

Adepoju

2014

J. Mod. App. Stat. Meth.

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One of the bases for assessment of wind energy potential for a specified region is the probability distribution of wind speed. Thus, appropriate and adequate specification of the probability distribution of wind speed becomes increasingly important. Several distributions have been proposed for describing wind distribution. Among the most popular distributions is the Weibull whose choice is due to its flexibility. An exponentiated Weibull distribution is proposed as an alternative to model wind speed data with a view to comparing it with the existing Weibull distribution. Results indicate that the proposed distribution outperforms the existing Weibull distribution for modeling wind speed data in terms of minimum Akaike information criterion (AIC) and likelihood function. Thus, the exponentiated Weibull can be used as an alternative distribution that adequately describe the wind speed and thereby provide better representation of the potentials of wind energy.

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Hourly wind speed analysis in Sicily

Cited by 62 publications

References 15 publications

An assessment of the sea breeze energy potential using small wind turbines in peri-urban coastal areas

An assessment of the sea breeze energy potential using small wind turbines in peri-urban coastal areas

Method for size optimisation of large wind–hydrogen systems with high penetration on power grids

On the Exponentiated Weibull Distribution for Modeling Wind Speed in South Western Nigeria

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