School of Science and Engineering

Mechanical Engineering Department

MENG 413/4613
Renewable Energy Systems
Dr. Amr Serag-Eldin
Fall 2020

Assignment #3
15th of November

Mohanad Oraby 900151282

Question 6:

u_bar_hub c E Cf
6 7.438191 8.3931 541959.6 0.103325
8.2 10.16553 11.47057 1198031 0.228405
10 12.39698 13.9885 1588245 0.3028

E_T(kW.h)/y vs u(m/s)
1800000
1600000
1400000
E_T(kW.h/y)

1200000
1000000
800000
600000
400000
200000
0
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
u(m/s)

CF vs u(m/s)
0.35
0.3
0.25
0.2
Cf

0.15
0.1
0.05
0
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
u (m/s)
Question 7

i)

700

600

500

400
PT(kW)

300 P_T_model
P_T_true
200

100

0
0 5 10 15 20 25
u(m/s)

ii)

int u_i u_i+1 Phi_i Phi_i+1 P_T_i P_T_i+1 E

23 to 25 23 25 0.015745 0.010478089 600 600 137543.9834
25 to 27 25 27 0.010478 0.006650967 600 600 89845.32726

Sum (
E_gain ) 227389.3107

%
u_bar_hub c E_old Cf_old E_gain Cf_new increase
10 12.39698493 13.9885 1588245 0.302 227389.3 0.346152 14.62%

Since the frequency of speeds 23 to 27 are not as frequent as other speeds, the energy gained from the
speeds after cut out speed are also not substantial therefore it is not worth it to modify it.

iii)
 For u
=10
E
int u_i u_i+1 phi_i phi_i+1 Pt_i Pt_i+1 (kW.h/year)
0.03767 7493.06457
4 to 6 4 6 4 0.051019875 0 16.8 3
71.4461538 44316.4454
6 to 8 6 8 0.05102 0.058956814 16.8 5 1
0.05895 71.4461 161.538461 123406.090
8 to 10 8 10 7 0.061311851 5 5 1
0.06131 161.538 295.938461 238596.445
10 to 12 10 12 2 0.058758489 5 5 5
0.05875 295.938 483.507692 374150.827
12 to 14 12 14 8 0.052554135 5 3 6
0.05255 483.507
14 to 16 14 16 4 0.044201077 7 600 453980.583
0.04420 416101.335
16 to 18 16 18 1 0.03512885 600 600 3
0.03512 323095.273
18 to 20 18 20 9 0.026469425 600 600 4
0.02646 238255.853
20 to 22 20 22 9 0.018954172 600 600 7
0.01895 99418.4241
22 to 24 22 24 4 0.01292128 600 0 3

2318814.34
SUM ( E ) 3

E_T
U_r (kW.h/year)
15 2318814
19 1588245

New E_T with reduced U_r (15 m/s) gives higher E_T than U_r (19 m/s) thus it is proven that energy
extraction becomes more effective when reducing U_r to an appriopriate number.
Question 8

P=
Z/Zs Uz/Us (Uz/Us)^3
1 1 1
2 1.104089514 1.345900193
3 1.169930813 1.601328886
4 1.219013654 1.811447329
5 1.258498951 1.993235316
6 1.291708342 2.155228856
7 1.320469248 2.302421724
8 1.345900193 2.438027308
9 1.368738107 2.5642542
10 1.389495494 2.682695795
11 1.408543888 2.794545279
12 1.426161635 2.900722932

140

120

100

80 at 60
Z(m)

60 Uz/Us
(Uz/Us)^3
40
at 120
20

0
1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5
(u/us), (u/us)^3

% increase from 60m to 120 m = 25.7%

For small wind turbines the power gain above the height from 60m to 120 m is around 25%. This
increase in power is not cost efficient because as the height increases from 60m to 120m, the cost
increases to a substantial amount.

For large wind turbines, we are forced to put it at a high elevation to prevent the blades from
obstructing with the ground and wakes that could occur due to the ground as compared to small wind
turbines