Data on existing wind energy converters in Denmark
Abstract
The aim of this project has been to collect available data on existing wind energy converters (WEC) in Denmark. They have been collected on the basis of a general data sheet developed by ERA, UK, for common use by all EEC-participants in similar data collection projects in their respective countries. Per 1st January 1983 there were about 734 wind mills in operation in Denmark. The number of machines included in this project is 47, which represent different types with rated power between 3 kW and 2000 kW. Approximately half of the types reported are commercially available today. Different designs of wind turbines are represented, but the main part of the machines is a stall-regulated type with a three-bladed rotor and fixed blades placed upwind of the tower. The most common way of energy conversion is by means of one or two generators connected to the electric grid. Measured power curve characteristics are available for some of the machines, and the annual energy production has in those cases been calculated as a function of the annual mean wind speed. The present report contains a description of the procedure that has been used for the collection of the available data, a few remarks concerning the quality of the data, and in addition some general characteristics of the status of wind energy application in Denmark.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- 1986
- Bibcode:
- 1986STIN...8815300B
- Keywords:
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- Data Acquisition;
- Data Converters;
- Direct Power Generators;
- Wind Turbines;
- Windpowered Generators;
- Denmark;
- Wind Velocity;
- Windpower Utilization;
- Energy Production and Conversion