Minia University

Faculty of Engineering
Electrical Engineering Dept.
Fourth Year
Course: Energy Conversion - Code: EE421
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[5] Refer to the sketches in Fig. 8.13. Consider a wind, upstream speed u0, passing
through the rotor of a turbine, with n blades each of length R turning at angular
velocity W. Assume that this movement disturbs a length d of the airflow, which
passes in time tw
i) Define the time tb for a blade to move to the position of a previous blade and
the time tw.

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 ii) If maximum power is extracted when tw ≈ tb, show that the tip-speed ratio

iii) If wind tunnel tests on certain model turbines show that maximum power
extraction occurs when approximately d ≈ R/2, show that the maximum power
coefficient occurs at λ ≈ 6 for a two-bladed model, and at λ ≈ 3 for a four-bladed model

[6] Idealized Power Curve with Rayleigh Statistics. A NEG Micon 1000/54 wind
turbine (1000-kW rated power, 54-m-diameter rotor) has a cut-in windspeed VC = 4
m/s, rated windspeed VR = 14 m/s, and a furling wind speed of VF = 25 m/s. If this
machine is located in Rayleigh winds with an average speed of 10 m/s, find the
following:
a. How many h/yr is the wind below the cut-in wind speed?
b. How many h/yr will the turbine be shut down due to excessive winds?
c. How many kWh/yr will be generated when the machine is running at
rated power?

With Best Wishes

Ass. prof. Mohamed Abdelaziz Mohamed
Eng. Mahmoud Khalifa Abdelhamid

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