Article ID: | iaor20011364 |
Country: | United States |
Volume: | 23 |
Issue: | 10 |
Start Page Number: | 909 |
End Page Number: | 917 |
Publication Date: | Aug 1999 |
Journal: | International Journal of Energy Research |
Authors: | Sahin A.Z., Aksakal A. |
Keywords: | statistics: decision |
The energy potential of wind for the eastern region of Saudi Arabia is investigated based on measurements of a complete year data at a coastal location in eastern Saudi Arabia. A suitable Weibull distribution is generated and a comparison of this model is made with the Rayleigh distribution of wind power densities. Two horizontal-axis type of wind energy conversion systems which operate at fixed rpm are considered for the determination of the extractable wind power, and a model of quadratic power output function is used between the cut-in speed and rated speed. It is shown that small-scale wind energy systems are suitable in the eastern part of Saudi Arabia for power generation and irrigation purposes.