Affiliation:
1. Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences de l’Ingénieur (LARSI), Department of Electrical Engineering, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Ingénieurs (ENSI), University of Lomé, BP 1515, Lomé
2. Laboratoire sur l'Energie Solaire (LES), Faculté Des Sciences (FDS) ), University of Lomé, BP 1515, Lomé
Abstract
In this study, the effectiveness of seven numerical methods is evaluated to determine the shape (K) and scale (C) parameters of Weibull distribution function for the purpose of calculating the wind speed characteristics and wind power density. The selected methods are graphical method (GPM), empirical method of Justus (EMJ), empirical method of Lysen (EML), energy pattern factor method (EPFM), maximum likelihood method (MLM) moment method (MOM) and the proposed. Hybrid method (HM) derived from EPFM and EMJ. The purpose is to identify the most appropriate method for computing the mean wind speed, wind speed standard deviation and wind power density for different costal locations in West Africa. Three costal sites (Lomé, Accra and Cotonou) are selected. The input data was collected, from January 2004 to December 2015 for Lomé site, from January 2009 to December 2015 for Accra site and from January 2009 to December 2012 for Cotonou. The results indicate that the precision of the computed mean wind speed, wind speed standard deviation and wind power density values change when different parameters estimation methods are used. Five of them which are EMJ, EML, EPF, MOM, ML, and HM method present very good accuracy while GPM shows weak ability for all three sites. ©2020. CBIORE-IJRED. All rights reserved
Publisher
Institute of Research and Community Services Diponegoro University (LPPM UNDIP)
Subject
Energy Engineering and Power Technology,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,Environmental Engineering
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