Wind speed and power characteristics for Jubail industrial city, Saudi Arabia

Baseer, Mohammed Abdul; Meyer, Josua P.; Alam, Md. Mahbub; Rehman, Shafiqur

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2015.07.109

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“…The renewable sources of energy are independent of the location and hence can be tapped anywhere, and can provide energy to people living in remote areas which are not connected to the grid. Of these clean and freely available sources of energy, wind has been accepted commercially [1][2][3] due to ease of installation, operation and maintenance, and availability of advanced wind turbines of all sizes from few kilowatts to multi-megawatt. It is easy and fast to deploy wind turbines requiring minimal attention.…”

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confidence: 99%

Fuzzy Logic Based Multi-Criteria Wind Turbine Selection Strategy—A Case Study of Qassim, Saudi Arabia

Rehman

Khan

2016

Energies

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Abstract:The emergence of wind energy as a potential alternative to traditional sources of fuel has prompted notable research in recent years. One primary factor contributing to efficient utilization of wind energy from a wind farm is the type of turbines used. However, selection of a specific wind turbine type is a difficult task due to several criteria involved in the selection process. Important criteria include turbine's power rating, height of tower, energy output, rotor diameter, cut-in wind speed, and rated wind speed. The complexity of this selection process is further amplified by the presence of conflicts between the decision criteria. Therefore, a decision is desired that provides the best balance between all selection criteria. Considering the complexities involved in the decision-making process, this paper proposes a two-level decision turbine selection strategy based on fuzzy logic and multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approach. More specifically, the fuzzy arithmetic mean operator is used in the decision process. The proposed approach is applied to wind data collected from the site of Qassim, Saudi Arabia. Results indicate that the proposed approach was effective in finding the optimal turbine from a set of 20 turbines of various capacities.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Fuzzy Logic Based Multi-Criteria Wind Turbine Selection Strategy—A Case Study of Qassim, Saudi Arabia

Rehman

Khan

2016

Energies

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“…In the literature, the authors use frequently the performance indicators on an annual basis or for periods ranging from 1 to 10 years to evaluate the wind potential of a site, but these still estimated calculations. The purpose of this simulation is to measure the power produced by each station to get an idea of the different sites in terms of energy potential.…”

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Sustainable production of wind energy in the main Morocco's sites using permanent magnet synchronous generators

Mourabit¹,

Derouich²,

Allouhi³

et al. 2020

Int Trans Electr Energ Syst

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Summary This paper assesses the behavior of a wind energy conversion system (WECS) under the fuzzy control in several sites located in Morocco. The sites involved in this study are located in coastal areas, namely, Assila, Houceima, Tetouan, Dakhla, Essaouira, and Laayoun. Furthermore, the first part deals with an inventory and state of art of the wind potential, achievements, work in progress, and future projects in the Kingdom of Morocco. Subsequently, a statistical analysis of the wind data and concerning the wind speed and direction in relevant geographical areas was presented in detail. The second part of the paper examines the control of WECS which is based on the direct control of the permanent magnet synchronous generator. Generator connection to the power grid is achieved by two power converters in back‐to‐back configuration controlled by pulse width modulation. The whole system modeling including the generator modeling was discussed. The control development based on (Fuzzy‐proportional‐integral) corrector for the machine‐side converter and the maximization of the power extracted from the wind using the maximum power point tracking technique have been developed. The grid‐side converter ensures the system connection to the grid with good power quality and controls the DC bus voltage. The control strategy is verified through the simulation in the Matlab‐Simulink environment to validate and evaluate the dynamic performance of the system using real wind measurements for the selected sites. The obtained results prove the effectiveness of the intended control. Interestingly, the southern zone of Morocco is more convenient for the exploitation of electricity production compared to the northern zone of the country which it can be beneficial for autonomous applications.

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“…The study concluded that under the present scenario, the wind power potential can be exploited for off-grid applications for power generation. Baseer et al [30] studied the wind power characteristics for Jubail, the industrial city of Saudi Arabia using hourly mean wind speed measured at 10, 50, and 90 meters above ground level over a period of 5 years from 2008 to 2012. The study reported that 6825 MWh of energy could be generated annually at a plant capacity factor of 25% using a wind turbine of 3 MW rated capacity.…”

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Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Blade Design Methodologies for Efficiency Enhancement—A Review

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Among renewable sources of energy, wind is the most widely used resource due to its commercial acceptance, low cost and ease of operation and maintenance, relatively much less time for its realization from concept till operation, creation of new jobs, and least adverse effect on the environment. The fast technological development in the wind industry and availability of multi megawatt sized horizontal axis wind turbines has further led the promotion of wind power utilization globally. It is a well-known fact that the wind speed increases with height and hence the energy output. However, one cannot go above a certain height due to structural and other issues. Hence other attempts need to be made to increase the efficiency of the wind turbines, maintaining the hub heights to acceptable and controllable limits. The efficiency of the wind turbines or the energy output can be increased by reducing the cut-in-speed and/or the rated-speed by modifying and redesigning the blades. The problem is tackled by identifying the optimization parameters such as annual energy yield, power coefficient, energy cost, blade mass, and blade design constraints such as physical, geometric, and aerodynamic. The present paper provides an overview of the commonly used models, techniques, tools and experimental approaches applied to increase the efficiency of the wind turbines. In the present review work, particular emphasis is made on approaches used to design wind turbine blades both experimental and numerical, methodologies used to study the performance of wind turbines both experimentally and analytically, active and passive techniques used to enhance the power output from wind turbines, reduction in cut-in-speed for improved wind turbine performance, and lastly the research and development work related to new and efficient materials for the wind turbines.

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Wind speed and power characteristics for Jubail industrial city, Saudi Arabia

Cited by 71 publications

References 32 publications

Fuzzy Logic Based Multi-Criteria Wind Turbine Selection Strategy—A Case Study of Qassim, Saudi Arabia

Fuzzy Logic Based Multi-Criteria Wind Turbine Selection Strategy—A Case Study of Qassim, Saudi Arabia

Sustainable production of wind energy in the main Morocco's sites using permanent magnet synchronous generators

Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Blade Design Methodologies for Efficiency Enhancement—A Review

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