How wind speed shear and directional veer affect the power production of a megawatt-scale operational wind turbine [electronic resource]

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 333.9 Other natural resources
• Thông tin xuất bản: Washington, D.C. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. : United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy ; Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2020
• Mô tả vật lý: Size: p. 1169-1190 : , digital, PDF file.
• Bộ sưu tập: Metadata
• ID: 257146
• Chủ đề: 1. 17 wind energy; 2. Directional veer; 3. Turbine; 4. Wind energy; 5. Wind speed shear

Tóm tắt

 Most megawatt-scale wind turbines align themselves into the wind as defined by the wind speed at or near the center of the rotor (hub height). However, both wind speed and wind direction can change with height across the area swept by the turbine blades. A turbine aligned to hub-height winds might experience suboptimal or superoptimal power production, depending on the changes in the vertical profile of wind, also known as shear. Using observed winds and power production over 6 months at a site in the high plains of North America, we quantify the sensitivity of a wind turbine's power production to wind speed shear and directional veer as well as atmospheric stability. We measure shear using metrics such as <
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