In: Mechanical Engineering
A potential wind turbine location has an average wind speed of 5 m/s at a height of 10 m.
A) Assuming a standard wind friction coefficient of 1/7, what is the average wind power per area at the proposed tower height of 80 m?
B) If the proposed turbine has a cut-in speed of 4 m/s and a furling speed of 20 m/s, how many hours per year is the windmill not spinning (assuming Rayleigh statistics)?
C) Estimate the yearly power output (in MWh) for a turbine with a 100 m diameter and a generator rate at 2500 kW.