Performance of Wind Turbines at Three Sites in Iraq

Ali M. Rasham, Jasim M. Mahdi

Abstract


Matching between wind site characteristics and wind turbine characteristics for three selected sites in Iraq was carried out. To date, site-turbine matching for potential wind power application in Iraq has not yet been well reported on. Thus, in this study, five years’ wind speed data for sites located in Baghdad (23.26N, 44.23E), Nasiriyah (31.02N, 46.23E), and Basrah (30.37N, 48.25E) were collected. A full wind energy analysis based on the measured data, Weibull distribution function, and wind turbine characteristics was made. The primary objective was to achieve a standard wind turbine-site matching based on the capacity factor. Also, a new approach for matching based on the power density ratio of wind site and wind turbines was developed to assure that the initially-selected turbines operate at the most-efficient capacity factor. Results from the wind-energy analysis revealed that the Basrah site ranked the highest with wind class (5-Excellent) according to the international system of wind classification. Results from the wind turbine-site matching showed that Wikov W2000-93 was the best-matched wind turbine model for the Basrah site from the viewpoint of capacity factor. The results also showed that Nordex N90 Beta was the best-matched wind turbine model from the perspective of energy capture.



Keywords


Wind energy; wind turbine; Weibull parameters; capacity factor; site matching.

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