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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Feasibility study of an integrated wind and solar farm by evaluating the wind turbine shadows

Shanghavi, Sahil 10 July 2012 (has links)
This thesis analyzes the feasibility of having an integrated wind and solar farm to optimize the use of land resources and capital investment by evaluating the effect that wind turbine shadows have on the area surrounding them. Two methods are used to predict shadow impact. The first method is based on the traditional textbook “Clear Sky” equations, which have maximum sensitivity to shadows because the method considers every day to be a perfect day. The second method uses measured global-horizontal and diffuse-horizontal solar radiation in units of W/m2, which take into account the true variations of daily conditions. The calculations are performed for 1 square meter surfaces, over different assumed areas of a wind power plant, for every second of the day. For purposes of shadow calculations, the tip-top height (i.e., tower height plus blade length) is used. All calculations are performed with the specifications of a GE 1.5 MW wind turbine, which is the most commonly used wind turbine in USA. / text

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