bReeze (version 0.1-0)

weibull: Calculation of Weibull parameters

Description

Calculates the shape parameters (k) and scale parameters (A) of the Weibull distribution per direction sector.

Usage

weibull(mast, v.set, dir.set, num.sectors=12)

Arguments

mast

Met mast object created by createMast.

v.set

Set used for wind speed as numeric value (optional, if dir.set is given).

dir.set

Set used for wind direction as integer value (optional, if v.set is given).

num.sectors

Number of wind direction sectors as integer value. One of 4, 8, 12 or 16. Default is 12.

Value

• Returns a data frame containing:
• k
  Shape parameter of the Weibull distribution for each direction sector.
• A
  scale parameter of the Weibull distribution for each direction sector.
• wind.speed
  Mean wind speed of the Weibull distribution for each direction sector.
• frequency
  Frequency of the Weibull distribution for each direction sector.

encoding

UTF-8

Details

To evaluate the potential energy production of a site the observed data of a particular measurement period must be generalized to a wind speed distribution. This is commonly done by fitting the Weibull function to the data. The two-parametered Weibull distribution is expressed mathematically as: $$f(v) = \frac{k}{A} \left({\frac{v}{A}} \right)^{k-1} e^{-\left({\frac{v}{A}} \right)^k}$$ where $f(v)$ is the frequency of occurence of wind speed $v$, $A$ is the scale parameter (measure for the wind speed) and $k$ is the shape parameter (description of the shape of the distribution).

The resulting Weibull distribution characterizes the wind regime on the site and can directly be used for the calculation of the potential energy production of a wind turbine (see aep).

References

Brower, M., Marcus, M., Taylor, M., Bernadett, D., Filippelli, M., Beaucage, P., Hale, E., Elsholz, K., Doane, J., Eberhard, M., Tensen, J., Ryan, D. (2010) Wind Resource Assessment Handbook. http://www.awstruepower.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/10-30_wind-resource-handbook.pdf

Langreder, W. (2010) Wind Resource and Site Assessment. In: Wei Tong (Ed.), Wind Power Generation and Wind Turbine Design, Chapter 2, p. 49--87, Southampton: WIT Press

Weibull, W. (1951) A Statistical Distribution Function of Wide Applicability. Journal of Applied Mechanics -- Trans. ASME 18 (3), 293--297

See Also

createMast, plotWeibull

Examples

# load and prepare data
data(winddata)
set40 <- createSet(height=40, v.avg=winddata[,2], dir.avg=winddata[,14])
set30 <- createSet(height=30, v.avg=winddata[,6], dir.avg=winddata[,16])
set20 <- createSet(height=20, v.avg=winddata[,10])
ts <- formatTS(winddata[,1])
neubuerg <- createMast(time.stamp=ts, loc=NULL, desc=NULL, 
	set40, set30, set20)
neubuerg <- clean(neubuerg)

# calculate Weibull parameters
neubuerg.wb <- weibull(neubuerg, 1)

# if only one of v.set and dir.set is given, 
# the dataset is assigned to both
neubuerg.wb.2 <- weibull(mast=neubuerg, v.set=1)
neubuerg.wb.3 <- weibull(mast=neubuerg, dir.set=1)

# compare output
neubuerg.wb
neubuerg.wb.2
neubuerg.wb.3


# change number of direction sectors
neubuerg.wb.4 <- weibull(mast=neubuerg, v.set=1, num.sectors=16)

# compare output
neubuerg.wb
neubuerg.wb.4