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2 | 2 | Model description |
3 | 3 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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| 5 | +Wind power plants |
| 6 | +================= |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +The windpowerlib provides three classes for modelling wind power as wind turbines (:py:class:`~.wind_turbine.WindTurbine`), |
| 9 | +wind farms (:py:class:`~.wind_farm.WindFarm`) and wind turbine clusters (:py:class:`~.wind_farm.WindFarm`). |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +Descisptions can also be found in the sections |
| 12 | +:ref:`wind_turbine_label`, :ref:`wind_farm_label` and :ref:`wind_turbine_cluster_label`. |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | + |
5 | 15 | Height correction and conversion of weather data |
6 | 16 | ================================================ |
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33 | 43 | average reduction of wind speeds within a wind farm induced by wake losses depending on the wind speed. These curves |
34 | 44 | were taken from the dena-Netzstudie II and the dissertation of Kaspar Knorr |
35 | 45 | (for references see :py:func:`~.get_wind_efficiency_curve`). |
| 46 | +The following graph shows all provided wind efficiency curves. The mean wind efficiency curves were calculated in |
| 47 | +the dena-Netzstudie II and by Kaspar Knorr by averaging wind efficiency curves of 12 wind farm distributed over Germany (dena) or |
| 48 | +respectively of over 2000 wind farms in Germany (Knorr). Curves with the appendix 'extreme' |
| 49 | +are wind efficiency curves of single wind farms that are extremely deviating from the respective |
| 50 | +mean wind efficiency curve. |
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37 | 52 | todo: add graph of provided curves |
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39 | 54 | The second option of considering wake losses is applying them to power curves by reducing the power values |
40 | 55 | by a constant or a wind speed depending wind farm efficiency (see :py:func:`~.wake_losses_to_power_curve`). |
41 | 56 | Applying the wind farm efficiency (curve) to power curves instead of to feed-in time series has the advantage that the |
42 | | -power curves can further be aggregated to achieve turbine cluster power curves (see WindTurbineCluster in :ref:`classes_label` section). |
| 57 | +power curves can further be aggregated to achieve turbine cluster power curves (see :py:class:`~.wind_turbine_cluster.WindTurbineCluster`). |
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44 | 59 | Smoothing of power curves |
45 | 60 | ========================= |
46 | 61 |
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47 | 62 | To account for the spatial distribution of wind speeds within an area the windpowerlib provides a |
48 | | -function for power curve uses the approach of Nørgaard and Holttinen (for references see :py:func:`~.smooth_power_curve`). |
| 63 | +function for power curve smoothing and uses the approach of Nørgaard and Holttinen (for references see :py:func:`~.smooth_power_curve`). |
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51 | 66 | The modelchains |
52 | 67 | =============== |
53 | 68 |
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54 | 69 | The modelchains are implemented to ensure an easy start into the Windpowerlib. They work |
55 | | -like models that combine all functions provided in the library. The :ref:`modelchain_module_label` is a model |
| 70 | +like models that combine all functions provided in the library. Via parameteres desired functions |
| 71 | +of the windpowerlib can be selected. For parameters not being specified default parameters are used. |
| 72 | +The :ref:`modelchain_module_label` is a model |
56 | 73 | to determine the output of a wind turbine while the :ref:`tc_modelchain_module_label` is a model to determine |
57 | 74 | the output of a wind farm or wind turbine cluster. |
58 | 75 | The usage of both modelchains is shown in the :ref:`example_section_label` section. |
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