Vertical characterization of the wind mode and its effect on the wind farm profitability of Sidi Daoud - Tunisia

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1539-1549

  Elamouri, M ^a   Ben Amar, F ^a,b   Trabelsi, A ^c  

^a University of Sfax   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^c Consultant with Company MADE ^*  (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Aerogenerators; Availability rate; Logarithmic law; Mean efficiency; Power law; Rayleigh method; Shear coefficient; Use factor; Weibull method; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

AEROGENERATORS; LOGARITHMIC LAW; MEAN EFFICIENCY; POWER LAW; RAYLEIGH METHOD; SHEAR COEFFICIENT; USE FACTOR; WEIBULL METHOD; WIND ENERGY;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; METEOROLOGY; PROFITABILITY; SPEED; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; WIND EFFECTS;

WIND POWER;

EID: 78649324593     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2010.10.014     Document Type: Article

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