Research Article
Jan 1980
Performance Evaluation of Wind Turbines
Publication: Transportation Engineering Journal of ASCE
Volume 106, Issue 1
Abstract
A relatively straightforward technique termed the method of bins has been developed that may be used in the determination of the average output characteristics of a particular wind turbine. The technique is applicable to any size or type wind turbine. The output power of a wind turbine as a function of wind speed is not an adequate measure of the power production of a wind turbine. However, the output power as a function of wind speed can be combined with either a knowledge or an estimate of the wind characteristics at a particular location to predict the annual power produced by the turbine. This approach of estimating the annual power production of a wind turbine in some assumed environment is a useful way of evaluating different machines or of evaluating the effects of locating a particular machine at different sites.
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Transportation Engineering Journal of ASCE
Volume 106 • Issue 1 • January 1980
Pages: 19 - 29
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© 1980 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Jan 1980
Published online: Feb 5, 2021
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Robert E. Akins, AM.ASCE
Asst. Prof., Dept. of Engrg. Sci. and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Blacksburg, Va.
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