Ocena wpływu warunków meteorologicznych na sprawność turbin wiatrowych

Podstawowym celem przeprowadzonych badań było określenie wpływu zmian gęstości powietrza atmosferycznego na wyniki obliczeń wskaźników charakteryzujących sprawność elektrowni wiatrowych. W części wynikowej przedstawiono wykresy obrazujące wpływ zarejestrowanych parametrów atmosferycznych na przebiegi krzywej mocy i wartości sprawności. Zależności zostały wyznaczone na podstawie rejestracji temperatury, ciśnienia i wilgotności powietrza atmosferycznego, które wykonano dla dwóch turbin wiatrowych Tacke Tw 600.

The main objective of the studies whose results are presented in this paper was to determine the impact of air density changes on the calculation results of indicators characterizing the efficiency of a wind power plant. It was assumed that the efficiency is described by the amount of electricity generated in a specified period of time, under existing weather conditions for the given location and when taking into account the generated energy quality and the real efficiency of components of the wind turbine generators and their control systems. The equipment used for measuring purposes, location of measuring instruments and their calibration methods are characterized in the descriptive part of the paper. Additionally, basic recommendations on the methodology of measuring the ambient air temperature, pressure and humidity in order to determine the wind turbine efficiency are given. In the part of the paper presenting the results there are shown the graphs illustrating the impact of the recorded atmospheric parameters on the courses of the empirical power curve and the real efficiency value. The dependencies were determined on the basis of the recorded ambient air values of temperature, pressure and humidity in summer, autumn and winter periods for the two Tacke Tw 600 wind turbines. Respectively, Figs. 2-5 show the graphs presenting the impact of changes of the recorded air temperature, atmospheric pressure, relative humidity and air density on the course of the empirical power curve and the real efficiency value (Fig. 6) of the wind turbines being studied.