Method for wind turbine selection basing on in-field measurements

Katarzyna Wolniewicz; Waldemar Kuczyński; Adam Zagubień

doi:10.30464/jmee.2019.3.1.77

Katarzyna Wolniewicz Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Energetics, Koszalin University of Technology, Koszalin, Poland
Waldemar Kuczyński Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Energetics, Koszalin University of Technology, Koszalin, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7723-7650
Adam Zagubień Faculty of Civil Engineering, Environmental and Geodetic Sciences, Koszalin University of Technology, Koszalin, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3206-694X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30464/jmee.2019.3.1.77

Keywords: wind turbines, wind power, wind conditions

Abstract

The following paper covers a method for wind turbine selection with a horizontal axis of rotation basing on real in-field measurements of wind conditions. The basic meteorological properties and characteristics obtained during measurement campaigns using necessary equipment as well as the used methodology are vital for successful investment in wind farm. The main goal of in-field investigation is to collect meteorological data using a measurement mast installed at the possible future wind farm location. The conducted measurement campaign provided wind directions, velocities and wind blast parameters. The measurements were conducted in the northern Poland using measuring system installed on 100 meter high mast. The system was equipped with all devices necessary to measure and record the basic wind parameters. The reliability of measurements was verified using statistical data for the Weitbull distribution and the wind rose. In this way, the energy potential of raw air stream that could possibly drive a wind turbine was determined. Among 6 pre-selected wind turbine types, the optimal one for a given location was proposed.

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Author Biographies

Katarzyna Wolniewicz, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Energetics, Koszalin University of Technology, Koszalin, Poland

Katarzyna Wolniewicz has completed her MSc degree in Economic and also is PhD candidate at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Koszalin University of Technology. Her research interests are focused on infrasound, audible noise, fluctuations of acoustic pressure level in environment, multiscale analysis and modelling. She is an author and a co-author of over 10 scientific publications and oral presentations on international and national conferences.

Waldemar Kuczyński, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Energetics, Koszalin University of Technology, Koszalin, Poland

Waldemar Kuczynski is a graduate of the Koszalin University of Technology, Poland. Since 1999, he has been working as the Chair of Thermal Engineering and Refrigerating Engineering. In the year 2002, he was awarded the title of master of science in the field of machine construction and operation in the specialty of thermal engineering. In the years 2002 – 2007, he was a Ph.D. student at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Koszalin University of Technology. In the year 2008, under a project of the State Committee for Scientific Research, he defended his doctoral thesis entitled “Boiling Testing in Refrigerant Flow under the Conditions of Periodically Generated Disturbances" and in the year 2014 D.Sc. degree in Machinery Construction and Operation from Koszalin University of Technology. Since September 2008 he has been the head of the laboratory of the Chair of Thermal Engineering and Refrigerating Engineering and from 2016 he is also Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of Koszalin University of Technology. He has authored and co-authored more than 100 articles and co-authored nine research projects (and the director of three). His chief interests focus on the issues of wave phenomena and instability during the condensation and boiling of refrigerants in conventional channels and in minichannels.

Adam Zagubień, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Environmental and Geodetic Sciences, Koszalin University of Technology, Koszalin, Poland

Adam Zagubień got a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at Koszalin University of Technology (Poland). He is a lecturer at Faculty of Civil Engineering, Environmental and Geodetic Sciences, Koszalin University of Technology. His research interests are focused on infrasound, audible noise, fluctuations of acoustic pressure level in environment, multiscale analysis and modelling. He is an author and a co-author of over 50 scientific publications and oral presentations on international and national conferences. He is also an author and co-author of over 100 acoustic expertises for industry. He has been rewarded twice by the Chancellor of Koszalin University of Technology.