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A case study of space-time performance comparison of wind turbines on a wind farm

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  • Ding, Yu
  • Kumar, Nitesh
  • Prakash, Abhinav
  • Kio, Adaiyibo E.
  • Liu, Xin
  • Liu, Lei
  • Li, Qingchang

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This paper presents an academia-industry joint case study, which was conducted to quantify and compare multi-year changes in power production performance of multiple turbines scattered over a mid-size wind farm. This analysis is referred to as a space-time performance comparison. One key aspect in power performance analysis is to have the wind and environmental inputs controlled for. This research employs, in a sequential fashion, two principal modeling components to exercise tight control of multiple input conditions—a covariate matching method, followed by a Gaussian process model-based functional comparison. The analysis method is applied to a wind farm that houses 66 turbines on a moderately complex terrain. The power production and environmental data span nearly four years, during which period the turbines have gone through multiple technical upgrades. The space-time analysis presents a quantitative and global picture showing how turbines differ relative to each other as well as how each of them changes over time.

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  • Ding, Yu & Kumar, Nitesh & Prakash, Abhinav & Kio, Adaiyibo E. & Liu, Xin & Liu, Lei & Li, Qingchang, 2021. "A case study of space-time performance comparison of wind turbines on a wind farm," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 171(C), pages 735-746.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:171:y:2021:i:c:p:735-746
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2021.02.136
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