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Wind states and power curve modeling: A case study for La Rumorosa I Wind Farm

  • Jesus O. Inzunza Castro (Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Facultad de Ingenieria) ;
  • Alexis Acuna Ramirez (Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Facultad de Ingenieria) ;
  • Marlene Zamora Machado (Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Facultad de Ingenieria) ;
  • Magali Arellano Vazquez (INFOTEC, Centro de Investigacion e Innovacion en TIC) ;
  • Noemi Lizarraga Osuna (Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Facultad de Ingenieria)
  • Received : 2023.02.24
  • Accepted : 2024.08.17
  • Published : 2024.09.25
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Abstract

This paper analyzes La Rumorosa I Wind Farm's wind states and their characteristics in the operation of two wind turbines over the course of one year of records. This information identifies the impact of wind states on wind power output. The study used the Gaussian Mixture Model to classify the occurrence and frequency of the dominant wind states in the generation of energy from the turbines. Results were obtained for mesoscale wind states and local scale wind states, such as cold fronts and Santa Ana winds, as well as daytime, nighttime and hot days, respectively, which were statistically analyzed to determine their relationship to power output by generating power and power coefficient curves. Between the cut-in speed and the rated speed of the wind turbines, cold fronts show higher efficiency, unlike nighttime wind states, which are the most efficient past the rated speed. In addition, cold fronts are also those that occur to the greatest extent, contributing 31.26% of the energy produced per year, compared with the Santa Ana winds, which occur to a lesser extent; however, they contribute 22.11% of the energy produced per year.

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Acknowledgement

To Baja California State Energy Commission for providing data from the La Rumorosa I Wind Farm, and the first author thanks the National Council for the Humanities, Sciences and Technologies (CONAHCyT for its acronym in Spanish) for the doctoral scholarship.

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