WIND POWER DENSITY

Wind power density (W/m2) is a comprehensive index in evaluating the wind resource at a particular
site that can be estimated by using following equation at 10m height is given by:
n
P 1 1
= ρ ∑ V3
A 2 n i=1 i

Where: P= power, A= swept area of rotor, ρ = air density and V i= wind velocity Based on Eq. 2.44, the
average wind power density of the site is calculated 501.97 W/m 2at height of 10m whereas wind power
density at each wind speed is alsoplotted as depicted in Fig. 3.13. It can be seen that the power density
varies from 0 at 0m/s to 5441.956W/m2 at 21.6 m/s at 10m height. The wind class of the site can be
3Ndecided based on annual mean wind speed and annual average power density as shown in appendix
B [13]. Accordingly, the mean wind speed of 8.455 m/s and the average power density of 501.97
W/m2of the Aysha wind farm site is categorized as class 7 (excellent wind energy resource). For
large-scale wind plants, class 4 or higher is preferred [13]. Therefore; the site is promising to construct
large wind farm.

Aysha wind class ……….

10 m height 50 m height
Wind Resource Wind power Mean wind Wind power Mean wind
power class potential density [W/m2] speed[m/s] density[W/m2] speed[m/s]
1 Poor <100 <4.4 <200 <5.6
2 Marginal 100-150 4.4-5.1 200-300 5.6-6.4
3 Moderate 150-200 5.1-5.6 300-400 6.4-7.0
4 Good 200-250 5.6-6.0 400-500 7.0-7.5
5 Excellent 250-300 6.0-7.0 500-600 7.5-8.0
6 Excellent 300-350 6.4-7.0 600-800 8.0-8.8
7 Excellent >400 >7 >800 >8.8

Resource…….

10 m height 50 m height
Wind Resource Wind power Mean wind Wind power Mean wind
power class potential density [W/m2] speed[m/s] density[W/m2] speed[m/s]
1 Poor <100 <4.4 <200 <5.6
2 Marginal 100-150 4.4-5.1 200-300 5.6-6.4
3 Moderate 150-200 5.1-5.6 300-400 6.4-7.0
4 Good 200-250 5.6-6.0 400-500 7.0-7.5
5 Excellent 250-300 6.0-7.0 500-600 7.5-8.0
6 Excellent 300-350 6.4-7.0 600-800 8.0-8.8
7 Excellent >400 >7 >800 >8.8
Resource…….NASA

Aysha wind data from 2015-2019

YEAR MONTH
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
2015 8.27 8.47 9.14 8.41 6.75 0.09 11.1 12.1 7.74 8.48 7.97 8.23 8.83
8 2
2016 8.39 9.09 8.70 6.98 7.02 10.1 11.0 11.5 9.03 8.17 8.30 8.89 8.89
6 8 4
2017 8.16 8.85 8.21 8.30 6.27 10.3 11.9 11.9 7.66 7.91 8.47 8.48 8.88
0 0 6
2018 8.10 8.84 8.85 6.99 8.20 9.87 11.8 11.5 7.80 8.00 8.52 8.08 8.89
5 3
2019 8.42 8.89 8.63 7.71 7.95 9.37 11.5 10.9 8.42 5.59 7.94 7.56 8.58
3 0