Wind speed characteristics and energy potential for selected sites in Saudi Arabia

Salah, Mukhtar M.; Abo‐Khalil, Ahmed G.; Praveen, R. P.

doi:10.1016/j.jksues.2019.12.006

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“…The strategic planning for the diversification of electrical energy sources in KSA includes an ambitious plan (costing approximately 108.9 B USD) to integrate an installed capacity (up to 54 GW) with the help of renewable resources (Salah et al, 2019). This plan was initiated by King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (K. A.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…To the authors' knowledge, very little research has been conducted regarding the loading, designing, and analyzing of onshore and offshore wind turbine structures in KSA. Salah et al (Salah et al, 2019) assessed and analyzed the wind energy characteristics at different potential sites in KSA by estimating power generation levels and determining their suitable locations. Allhibi et al (Allhibi et al, 2019) analyzed wind data of KSA for the last decade, and they recommended potential locations and wind turbine specifications across the country.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The Potential of Wind Energy and Design Implications on Wind Farms in Saudi Arabia

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Aburamadan

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Int. J. Renew. Energy Dev.

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Climate change and natural resource depletion are likely to affect the future economic development of a country. The generation of power from oil and gas is among the major causes of reserves depletion and global warming. However, renewable energy is also deemed a clean and green choice for power generation to promote sustainability in engineering. The coastal lines of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) are widely extended, and wind energy appears to be a viable alternative to traditional sources, which needs to be investigated as it is highly desirable to seek energy from renewable energy sources, for instance, wind. This paper is aimed at addressing the wind energy potential along the Red Sea coast of KSA. Afterward, a suitable wind turbine based upon careful structural analysis has been proposed, which would form a basis, especially during the machine selection and design phases. For this purpose, seven different sites located along the coastal line, namely: Al Wajh, Umluj, Yanbu, Rabigh, Jeddah, Haddad, and Gizan, were initially selected to assess the wind energy availability. After that, a suitable turbine is recommended for yielding maximum output. It has been found from the reconnaissance that Al Wajh has sufficient land availability that receives high perennial wind speed, alongside shallow offshore water depth for monopile installation. Hence, this site is recommended for the development of a wind farm. Furthermore, turbines need to be installed at the height of almost 100 m to produce maximum energy to appropriately utilize the available indigenous wind energy. It is pertinent to mention that the superstructure of the turbines is designed based on the local loading conditions (wind, currents, waves, etc.) of the Al Wajh region. Also, the monopile substructures are proposed in the selected area in accordance with the available bathymetry.

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The Potential of Wind Energy and Design Implications on Wind Farms in Saudi Arabia

Naqash

Aburamadan

Harireche

et al. 2021

Int. J. Renew. Energy Dev.

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“…Saudi Arabia is a vast and arid country that has a growing demand for freshwater and electricity. The country's 2030 vision aims to increase the use of renewable energy sources with the goal of generating 40 GW of solar energy and 17 GW of wind energy [7]. These renewable sources of energy will notably serve as sources of electricity and to power autonomous, decentralized, and off-grid water desalination and treatment systems in the remote areas of the country.…”

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“…While the desert climate of the country is known to provide it with an excellent potential source of solar energy, a recent survey showed that wind energy is also a viable source in the country, with many areas having a wind speed of over 3.5 m/s [7]. It becomes imperative, therefore, to study the potential of harnessing the available wind energy in these areas to produce potable water from local aquifers via autonomous and decentralized RO desalination plants.…”

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Optimization of Wind Driven RO Plant for Brackish Water Desalination during Wind Speed Fluctuation with and without Battery

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This work aimed to carry out an optimal investigation of the design and operation of a large capacity reverse osmosis (RO) desalination plant powered by wind energy. Different scenarios involving two design options, such as using storage tanks or batteries, and operation options, such as using variable or fixed feed pressure, were analyzed and optimized. In addition, another operation option, of using a fixed number of RO vessels or a varying number of active RO vessels, was also considered. It was found that an optimized plant using storage tanks can provide a less expensive water cost and a less complicated plant structure. Moreover, the use of a variable feed pressure can help in attenuating the disturbances incurred in the form of wind intermittency. Conversely, the use of fixed feed pressure and constantly supplied power per vessel can run the RO units smoothly, leading to a predictable production rate. However, this requires operating the plant on different active sets of vessels each hour, which mandates additional automatic control systems. The water cost when storage tanks are utilized can be as low as 7.42 $/m3, while it is around 19.7 $/m3 when a battery is used.

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“…Although oil is the main source used worldwide, there is an increase in the participation of other sources. Wind energy stands out, which went from a simple 0.22% to 9% of world generation in the same period [1].…”

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A Sensorless Wind Speed and Rotor Position Control of PMSG in Wind Power Generation Systems

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Currently, among the topologies of wind energy conversion systems, those based on full power converters are growing. The permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) uses full power converter to allow wide speed ranges to extract the maximum power from the wind. In order to obtain efficient vector control in a synchronous generator with permanent magnets, it is necessary to know the position of the rotor. The PMSGs work over a wide range of speed, and it is mandatory to measure or estimate their speed and position. Usually, the position of the rotor is obtained through Resolver or Encoder. However, the presence of these sensor elements increases the cost, in addition to reducing the system’s reliability. Moreover, in high wind power turbine, the measured wind speed by the anemometer is taken at the level of the blades which makes the measurement of the wind speed at a single point inaccurate. This paper is a study on the sensorless control that removes the rotor position, speed sensors and anemometer from the speed control. The estimation of the rotor position is based on the output of a rotor current controller and the wind speed estimator is based on the opposition-based learning (OBL), particle swarm optimization and support vector regression.

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Wind speed characteristics and energy potential for selected sites in Saudi Arabia

Cited by 30 publications

References 14 publications

The Potential of Wind Energy and Design Implications on Wind Farms in Saudi Arabia

The Potential of Wind Energy and Design Implications on Wind Farms in Saudi Arabia

Optimization of Wind Driven RO Plant for Brackish Water Desalination during Wind Speed Fluctuation with and without Battery

A Sensorless Wind Speed and Rotor Position Control of PMSG in Wind Power Generation Systems

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