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Analysis of Prediction Models for Wind Energy Characteristics, Case Study: Karaj, Iran Energy Equip. Sys./ Vol. 6/No. 1/March 2018/ 27-37 Energy Equipment and Systems http://energyequipsys.ut.ac.ir www.energyequipsys.com Analysis of prediction models for wind energy characteristics, Case study: Karaj, Iran Authors Hiva Sadeghi a ABSTRACT Reza Alimardani a* Iran is a country completely dependent on fossil fuel resources. In order to Majid Khanali a a obtain a diversity of energy sources, it requires other resources, especially Ahmad Omidi renewable energy. Utilization of wind energy appears to be one of the most efficient ways of achieving sustainable development. The quantification of wind a potential is a pivotal and essential initial step while developing strategies for Department of Agricultural the development of wind energy. This study presents an investigation of the Machinery Engineering, Faculty of potential of wind power, using two methods—Weibull and Rayleigh—at Karaj, Agricultural Engineering and Technology, University of Tehran, the center of Alborz province of Iran. The wind speed data for a three-hour Karaj, Iran time interval measured over a 10-year period (2004–2015) was used to calculate and estimate the wind power generation potential. After calculating the factors related to power density and wind energy, it was concluded that data fitting via Weibull distribution was partly better than the Rayleigh distribution function. The RMSE values of Weibull and Rayleigh were respectively 0.018 and 0.013, and R2 values of Weibull and Rayleigh were 0.95 and 0.97 in Karaj for the years 2004–2015. The wind rose charts of Karaj for the 2004–2015 period show that the most prevalent wind direction is NW (North-West). The wind power density obtained indicates the region is not completely suitable for large on-grid wind farms and related investments. But Article history: the region can be suitable for off-grid applications such as water pumping and Received : 27 June 2017 irrigation, lighting, electric fan, battery charging, and, as hybrid, with other Accepted : 22 October 2017 power sources. Keywords: Wind Power,Arhive Wind Energy, Weibull Function, Rayleighof Function SID. 1. Introduction Fossil fuel reserves are limited and some negative economic and social development but also poses a environmental issues like greenhouse gas lot of environmental challenges. By 2050, the emissions, global warming, and environmental global demand for energy would possibly be pollution have arisen in connection with the double or even triple, as the population rises and utilization of fossil fuels in earlier years, which developing countries expand their economies. have led to some undesirable phenomena that Energy production from renewable energy have not been previously experienced in known resources is a part of the solution to the crisis of human history. Energy is an essential tool for limited sources of fossil fuels, rapid depletion of their reserves, and the environmental challenges * Corresponding author: Reza Alimardani of greenhouse gases [1, 2]. The deleterious Department of Agricultural Machinery Engineering, impacts of fossil fuels usage have actuated Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran researchers to turn toward clean and renewable Email: [email protected] energies that are environmentally friendly [3, 4]. www.SID.ir 28 Hiva Sadeghi et al. / Energy Equip. Sys. / Vol. 6/No. 1/March 2018 Wind energy—as a major renewable energy—is 2. Materials and methods one of the fastest growing energy sources in the world. Wind energy potential can be enough for 2. 1. Site location and case study more than 35% of the total global energy consumption and is a clean, valuable energy Karaj city is the provincial capital of Alborz, resource in many countries, especially Iran. The and located in the northern central region of total capacity of the installed equipment for Iran. It is located in the south part of Alborz harnessing wind energy is more than 282 GW, (mountains), at 35°31´ N latitude and 50°10´ E which is more than 3% of total global energy longitude at a height of 1,292 meters above the consumption [5, 6]. sea level. It was considered the target station for The wind energy potential was studied at 45 gathering the required data. The vast Karaj appropriate locations and it was found that the plain is the intercommunication link between least potential of wind power in Iran is 6,500 Tehran, Ghazvin, Zanjan, and Azarbayjan MW [7]. Binalood and Manjil are the leaders in provinces. Based on the 2011 census results of installed wind turbines in the country. In Iran, the statistical center of Iran, the population of electrical energy generation via wind power Karaj was around 1,614,626, the fourth largest were 47, 82, 91, and 100 MWh in 2006, 2008, population of Iran (Fig. 1). The city has a 2009, and 2013 respectively [8]. The wind relatively cool climate; it is necessary for the energy potential for three regions, including application of renewable energy resources to Chabahar, Kish, and Salafchegan, were studied, supply energy. In this study, the meteorological based on annual wind speed data, at a height of data of Karaj were processed in the following 10 meters. The annual wind power density of parts in order to analyze the regional wind these regions was calculated as 38.88, 111.28, power potential [12]. and 114.34 W/m2 respectively [7]. The wind energy potential was evaluated in Tehran, and it was revealed that the Weibull probability density function could predict the wind speed, and the value of wind power density was calculated in the range of 74–122.48 W/m2 [9]. The wind energy potential and power density were investigated in Shahre-Babak of Iran. For a four-year period from 2007 to 2010, wind power density and the annual average of wind energy density were estimated at 305.514 W/m2 and 2676.3 kWh/m2 at a height of 40 meters [10]. On conducting another study in Booshehr city, the potential of wind energy was assessed, and wind power density was found to be 265 2 W/m in this region [8]. The wind energy potential and wind energy economic assessment Fig. 1. Map of Iran and Karaj County. for four different windArhive turbines were evaluated of SID in Zahedan city. Their results revealed that the 2.2. Wind data collection description Bergey Excel-R turbine—with rated power 7.5 kW—had a maximum rate of electricity All wind data for this station were measured production; it is identified as the most economic with an anemometer and weather cock label, wind turbine in comparison with Bergey XL.1, placed at a height of 10 meters above the Proven 2.5, and Southwest Whisper 500 wind ground. The wind data collected consisted of turbines [11]. speed, direction, and time of record (every three The aims of this study are to investigate the hours and averaged over a day). Other studies possibilities of exploitation of wind energy and indicated that the changes in height have a to calculate the following: The highest significant effect on wind speed. This variation probability and optimum wind speeds, in wind speed with altitude is called wind shear; comparison and evaluation of Weibull and therefore, wind speed will increase with the Rayleigh distribution, wind power and wind increase in height. It is essential to determine energy density, wind energy potential, and the wind speeds at the corresponding turbine assessment of wind direction in Karaj. hub height, because the anemometers and the www.SID.ir Hiva Sadeghi et al. / Energy Equip. Sys. / Vol. 6/No. 1/March 2018 29 wind turbine hub height are mostly not equal. 1 n 2 The hub height for wind turbines in Iran can be Vi Vavg (3) more than 40 meters. The relationship between n 1 i1 height and wind speed can be described by the power law method, and the extrapolated wind The most probable wind speed (Vmp (m/s)) speeds were determined by using the following and optimum wind speed (Vop (m/s)) (the equation [13]: maximum energy carrying by wind speed) can be calculated by using following equations [15, α 16, 17]: Vh22 = (1) 1 Vh11 K 1 K V C (4) mp K where 1 V = wind speed measured at reference 1 K 2 K height h1, (5) Vop C V2 = wind speed estimated at height h2, and K α = surface friction coefficient. As it is a variable for different terrain conditions, 2.4. Weibull and rayleigh distribution therefore, α for water, ice, and very flat surfaces There are various statistical distribution is 0.1, for forest and woodlands is 0.25, and for functions, such as normal, lognormal, Rayleigh, neutral stable conditions is 0.143 [14]. The and Weibull, for describing and modeling wind surface coefficient value was selected equal to speed data. In order to estimate the potential of 0.143 for this study. wind in a specific location, Weibull and There are various models for describing and Rayleigh probability distribution functions analyzing wind speed data. These models are (PDFs) can fit the wind speed data better than different probability distribution functions other distributions such as: Normal, Lognormal, (PDFs) like Weibull, Rayleigh, Pearson, Pearson, Chi2, etc. In fact, the Weibull and Gamma, Chi-2 and so on. Wind speed PDFs Rayleigh PDFs are special cases of Gamma show the probability that a particular wind distribution. The Weibull and Rayleigh PDFs speed is observed in a region. In the present are defined based on the following equations study, Weibull and Rayleigh distribution [18, 19]: functions were used because of their high K 1 K precision in calculating and describing wind K V V f (V ) exp data.
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