Abstract
This paper studies the impact of tower shadow effect on the power output of a fixed-speed wind farm. A data acquisition unit was placed at a wind farm in Northern Ireland which consists of ten fixed-speed wind turbines. The recording equipment logged the wind farmpsilas electrical data, which was time stamped using the global positioning network. Video footage of the wind farm was recorded and from it the blade angle of each turbine was determined with respect to time. Using the blade angle data and the wind farmpsilas power output, studies where performed to ascertain the extent of tower shadow effect on power fluctuation. This paper presents evidence that suggests that tower shadow effect has a significant impact on power fluctuation and that this effect is increased due to the synchronising of turbine blades around the tower region.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 43rd International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC 2008) |
| Pages | 910-914 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-88-89884-09-6 |
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| Publication status | Published - Sept 2008 |
| Event | 43rd International-Universities-Power-Engineering Conference - Padova, Italy Duration: 01 Sept 2008 → 01 Sept 2008 |
Conference
| Conference | 43rd International-Universities-Power-Engineering Conference |
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| Country/Territory | Italy |
| City | Padova |
| Period | 01/09/2008 → 01/09/2008 |