Stochastic analytical approaches are particularly suitable to design and study engineering systems based on aleatory information, as wind systems are. The present paper provides a stochastic analytical model to evaluate the performance of a wind power plant. The model has been applied to a small isolated wind system. The results obtained indicate a strong influence of wind speed stochastic variability on the minimum production costs turbine size. The results also point out the economic advantage in the use of a stochastic analytical approach in wind system design compared with a design procedure based on system average performances evaluated according to a determinist approach.
Technical-Economic optimization of a Wind Power Plant by means of a Stochastic Analytical Model / Fortunato, B.; Mummolo, Giovanni. - In: ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT. - ISSN 0196-8904. - 38:8(1997), pp. 813-827. [10.1016/S0196-8904(96)00057-X]
Technical-Economic optimization of a Wind Power Plant by means of a Stochastic Analytical Model
MUMMOLO, Giovanni
1997
Abstract
Stochastic analytical approaches are particularly suitable to design and study engineering systems based on aleatory information, as wind systems are. The present paper provides a stochastic analytical model to evaluate the performance of a wind power plant. The model has been applied to a small isolated wind system. The results obtained indicate a strong influence of wind speed stochastic variability on the minimum production costs turbine size. The results also point out the economic advantage in the use of a stochastic analytical approach in wind system design compared with a design procedure based on system average performances evaluated according to a determinist approach.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.