Estimation of wind speed profile using adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS)

M. Mohandes, S. Rehman and S.M. Rahman

Applied Energy, 2011, vol. 88, issue 11, 4024-4032

Abstract: Wind energy has become a major competitor of traditional fossil fuel energy, particularly with the successful operation of multi-megawatt sized wind turbines. However, wind with reasonable speed is not adequately sustainable everywhere to build an economical wind farm. The potential site has to be thoroughly investigated at least with respect to wind speed profile and air density. Wind speed increases with height, thus an increase of the height of turbine rotor leads to more generated power. Therefore, it is imperative to have a precise knowledge of wind speed profiles in order to assess the potential for a wind farm site. This paper proposes a clustering algorithm based neuro-fuzzy method to find wind speed profile up to height of 100m based on knowledge of wind speed at heights 10, 20, 30, 40m. The model estimated wind speed at 40m based on measured data at 10, 20, and 30m has 3% mean absolute percent error when compared with measured wind speed at height 40m. This close agreement between estimated and measured wind speed at 40m indicates the viability of the proposed method. The comparison with the 1/7th law and experimental wind shear method further proofs the suitability of the proposed method for generating wind speed profile based on knowledge of wind speed at lower heights.

Keywords: ANFIS; Fuzzy inference system; Artificial neural networks; Wind profile; Wind speed (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.04.015

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