Experimental Investigation Optimization and Performance Prediction of Wind Turbines for Complex Terrain

Abstract

Renewable energy sources Ike wind energy is one of the most significant and rapidly newlinedeveloping renewable energy sources in the world and it provide a clean energy resource. and newlinecan help in reducing the dependency on fossil fuels. Wind energy has experienced a remarkable newlinexpansion in the past years. The global cumulative capacity of wind power generation has newlineexpa newlineincreased 20 times in a ten year period and is expected to grow even faster in the future. The newlineeconomic gain or loss in wind power investment is partly dependent on how well the energy newlineproduction is estimated prior to the installation of the wind turbines. newlineThe aim with this thesis is to perform an investigation on wind flow characteristics at RGPV Hill newlineTop, which includes selection of wind turbine class, forecasting the wind energy. mean wind newlinespeed and power density of the site, developing site wind resource map and preliminary wind newlineturbine micro siting. which would lead to the calculation of the estimated annual energy newlineproduction (AEP) at selected hilly site of RGPV campus. After getting the Net Energy wind newlineprediction of the existing wind turbines and wind resource assessment of RGPV terrain. the next newlinework methodology is to developed a new, innovative and indigenous wind turbine-quotDual Rotor newlineWind Turbinequot newlineIn this work the wind turbine site selection tool i.e. quotWind Atlas Analysis and Application newlineProgramquot (WAsP) has been used, which provides insights into the most feasible sites for a given newlinegeographic area based on user inputs, and can assist for the further planning. The influences of newlineroughness of the terrain, for the area were also taken into consideration, followed by the vector newlinemap of the area. These data were analyzed using WAsP software and regional wind climate of newlinethe area was determined, leading to a wind resource map of the whole site, providing vital details newlinewhich helped in selecting the proposed turbine sites. newlineA 2 kW Dual Rotor Wind Turbine is installed and field tested at Energy park of RGPV Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.