Methods to extrapolate wind resource to the turbine hub height based on power law: A 1-h wind speed vs. Weibull distribution extrapolation comparison

Renewable Energy

Volumn 43, Issue , 2012, Pages 183-200

  Gualtieri, Giovanni ^a   Secci, Sauro ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Fedi Impianti Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Power law; Surface roughness; Weibull distribution extrapolation; Wind energy yield; Wind shear coefficient; Wind speed extrapolation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; DATA SETS; ENERGY YIELDS; HUB HEIGHT; LOGARITHMIC LAW; POWER LAW; REFERENCE MODELS; TUSCANY , ITALY; WEIBULL; WIND CHARACTERISTICS; WIND ENERGY YIELD; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND PROFILES; WIND RESOURCES; WIND SHEAR COEFFICIENT; WIND SHEAR COEFFICIENTS; WIND SHEARS; WIND SPEED; WIND SPEED DISTRIBUTION; WIND SPEED PROFILES;

EXTRAPOLATION; HOLMIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPEED; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURBINES; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER;

FLOW VISUALIZATION;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; ENERGY RESOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POWER LAW; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WEIBULL THEORY; WIND POWER; WIND PROFILE; WIND SHEAR; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

ITALY; TUSCANY;

EID: 84856520583     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.12.022     Document Type: Article

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