New estimation method of wind power density with three‐parameter Weibull distribution: A case on Central Inner Mongolia suburbs

作者：Wenxin Wang, Kexin Chen, Yang Bai, Yu Chen, Jianwen Wang · 发表于：Wind Energy · 年份：2021 · DOI：10.1002/we.2677 · 被引用次数：29 · 研究领域：Wind Energy Research and Development、Wind and Air Flow Studies、Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research

Abstract Suburbs have the potential for future wind energy development because of their open terrain, good wind conditions, closeness to the city, wind power that can be absorbed in place, and other advantages. Therefore, accurately evaluating the wind energy resources in the suburbs is particularly important. The three‐parameter Weibull distribution can accurately describe the wind speed in the suburbs, but research on the estimation of wind power density (WPD) with it is limited. On the basis of the mathematical models of wind speed probability distribution as Rayleigh, two‐parameter Weibull, and three‐parameter Weibull, a new WPD estimation formula with three‐parameter Weibull distribution is derived using the partial integration method and by introducing incomplete gamma function to solve the transcendental integration. A field experiment platform is built, and the accuracy of the formula is verified by the measured data. The analysis of the measured data collected in recent 3 years in the suburbs of Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, concludes that the statistical characteristics of the measured wind speed and the distribution of wind energy resources are more conducive to capture the scattered and changing wind energy in the suburbs by taking the month as the time scale. Moreover, the three‐parameter Weibull distribution estimated by the least square method can be used as the local wind speed model. The new method of WPD estimation can also reduce the calculation error by approxim...