Consider a wind farm composed of 100 turbines of 1-MW each. The rotor diameter D of each turbine is 60 m. The turbines are arranged in 2 rows of 50 turbines using 5 D x 10 D tower spacing. An additional 10 D buffer space around the entire turbine array is added as shown in the following figure: Average Wind Speed: 10 m/s 10 D 10 D 49 x 5 D = 245 D 50 Turbines 50 Turbines Buffer 5D 10 D 10 D 10 D Calculate the total area required for the wind farm including the buffer zone in square kilometer (Km²) 28.62 sq.km Calculate the the total power density in Watt / square meter (w/sqm) 3.494 w/sq.m
Consider a wind farm composed of 100 turbines of 1-MW each. The rotor diameter D of each turbine is 60 m. The turbines are arranged in 2 rows of 50 turbines using 5 D x 10 D tower spacing. An additional 10 D buffer space around the entire turbine array is added as shown in the following figure: Average Wind Speed: 10 m/s 10 D 10 D 49 x 5 D = 245 D 50 Turbines 50 Turbines Buffer 5D 10 D 10 D 10 D Calculate the total area required for the wind farm including the buffer zone in square kilometer (Km²) 28.62 sq.km Calculate the the total power density in Watt / square meter (w/sqm) 3.494 w/sq.m
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Transcribed Image Text:Consider a wind farm composed of 100 turbines of 1-MW each. The rotor diameter D of each turbine is 60 m. The turbines are arranged in 2
rows of 50 turbines using 5 D x 10 D tower spacing. An additional 10 D buffer space around the entire turbine array is added as shown in the
following figure:
10 D
10 D
Average Wind Speed: 10 m/s
49 x 5 D = 245 D
50 Turbines
50 Turbines
Buffer
5D
10 D
10 D
10 D
Calculate the total area required for the wind farm including the buffer zone in square kilometer (Km²) 28.62 sq.km
Calculate the the total power density in Watt / square meter (w/sqm)
3.494 w/sq.m
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