Integrated technical analysis of wind speed data for wind energy potential assessment in parts of southern and central Nigeria

Ben, Ubong C.; Akpan, Anthony E.; Mbonu, Charles Chisom; Ufuafuonye, Chika Henrietta

doi:10.1016/j.clet.2021.100049

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“…Orlu, the research area is in the eastern Niger delta, which is heavily involved in petroleum exploration and exportation, large and small scale industrial and factory activities, farming, and fishing. And most of the Industrial energy is generated from non-renewable sources like fossil fuels-petroleum, coal and natural gas ( Ben et al., 2021 ). As a result, it is critical to determine the results of these activities in this area in order to establish baseline data and to observe the environment.…”

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Assessment of radiation hazard indices due to natural radioactivity in soil samples from Orlu, Imo State, Nigeria

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2021

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The use of a Radiation Alert Inspector device and a gamma-spectrometry system fitted with a Sodium Iodide (NaI) detector was used to determine the radioactivity concentration level of natural radionuclides 238 U, 232 Th, and 40 K in soil in several locations in Orlu, Imo State, Nigeria. 19 soil samples were collected for analysis from several locations of factories, agricultural farming-lands, gullies and water eroded areas, and soil deposits very close to flowing waters from rocks, due to environmental concerns arising from human activities in this region. The activity concentration values for 238 U, 232 Th, and 40 K were found to range from 0.14 to 9.34 Bq.kg −1 , 0.03–3.75 Bq.kg −1 , and 16.83–783.06 Bq.kg −1 , respectively, with average mean values of 4.15, 1.64, and 134.13 Bq.kg −1 . Radium equivalent activity, absorbed dose rate, and gamma index mean values for the samples were 16.822 Bq.kg −1 , 8.528 nGyh -1 , and 0.133 mSv respectively, the obtained values were below the safe limit values set by the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation of 370.0 Bq.kg −1 , 59.0nGyh −1 , and 1.0 mSv. According to the findings, the regions under study are reasonably safe for human outdoor activities such as agriculture, construction, and factory operations.

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Assessment of radiation hazard indices due to natural radioactivity in soil samples from Orlu, Imo State, Nigeria

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2021

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“…Since the direction of movement of spiders (towards or away) from each other depends mainly on neighboring spider's vibration, the movement was modeled using Eq. ( 12) (Akram & Abd-AlKareem, 2018;Ben et al, 2021b;Bhandari et al, 2018) as where, α, β, δ and r are random numbers within the range of 0 and 1, k is the total number of maximum iterations, TV is the threshold value otherwise known as the probability factor, and s c and s b are the nearest best spider to spider i, and the best spider in the entire population S, respectively.…”

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Novel methodology for the geophysical interpretation of magnetic anomalies due to simple geometrical bodies using social spider optimization (SSO) algorithm

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“…The frequency distribution of wind speed may result in different wind power densities for the same wind speed, so the knowledge of wind power density (WPD) needs to be taken into account for the analysis of wind potential. The WPD is expressed in terms of W/m 2 for the selected locations and is calculated based upon the probability distribution function of wind speed [41].…”

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A Parametric Approach to Compare the Wind Potential of Sanghar and Gwadar Wind Sites

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Wind is one of the world's most rapidly expanding and environmentally friendly renewable energy sources (RES). The aim of this study is to analyze the wind potential availability in Sanghar and Gwadar cities through the wind characteristics' analysis. To analyze the wind potential at the both sites, oneyear average wind speed data (including annual, monthly, day-night, and seasonal variations) for 2020 were used. A Weibull distribution parametric approach with five different technique was applied. Along with an analysis of the wind potential, an economic assessment was also out to estimate the installation cost, turbinecost, capacity factor of ten different wind turbines with different rated power were used at the selected sites. The results show that at the Sanghar site, the maximum power of 1612.82 kW was generated by Vestas V126/3300 whereas the minimum power 383.44 kW was generated by Nordex n60/1300. At the Gwadar site, Vestas V126/3300 generated the maximum power of 745.10 kW and least power of 157.98 kW was generated by Nordex n60/1300. With respect to an economic assessment, Vestas V126/3300 and Suzlon S66/1250 had the highest and lowest installation cost of turbines respectively at both sites. At the Sanghar site, the lowest value i.e., 0.

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Integrated technical analysis of wind speed data for wind energy potential assessment in parts of southern and central Nigeria

Cited by 29 publications

References 37 publications

Assessment of radiation hazard indices due to natural radioactivity in soil samples from Orlu, Imo State, Nigeria

Assessment of radiation hazard indices due to natural radioactivity in soil samples from Orlu, Imo State, Nigeria

Novel methodology for the geophysical interpretation of magnetic anomalies due to simple geometrical bodies using social spider optimization (SSO) algorithm

A Parametric Approach to Compare the Wind Potential of Sanghar and Gwadar Wind Sites

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