RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 Wind resource assessment on Puná Island
A1 Merizalde Zamora, Yury Humberto
A1 Hernández Callejo, Luis
A1 Gracia Bernal, Javier
A1 Telmo Martínez, Enrique
A1 Duque Pérez, Óscar
A1 Sánchez, Francisco
A1 Llombart Estpopiñán, Andrés
K1 Renewable energy
K1 Energía renovable
K1 Wind energy
K1 Energía eólica
K1 Electricity - Generation
K1 Electricidad - Generación
AB Puná Island, located in the Pacific Ocean off the southern coast of Ecuador, has a population of approximately 3344 inhabitants. However, not all inhabitants have access to electricity, which is largely supplied by diesel generators. Therefore, to identify a renewable, sustainable, environmentally friendly and low-cost alternative, a 40-m-high anemometer tower was installed for wind resource assessment and to determine the possibility of generating electricity from wind energy. Based on mathematical models for electricity generation from wind energy, data were analyzed using the software Windographer and WAsP, to determine a long-term wind speed of 4.8 m/s and a mean wind power density of 272 W/m2. By simulating the use of a 3.3-MW wind turbine, we demonstrated that as much as 800 kWh could be generated during the hours when the wind reaches its highest speed. In addition to demonstrating the technical feasibility of meeting the electricity demands of Puná Island through wind power, this study exemplifies a method that can be used for wind resource assessment in any location.
PB MDPI
SN 2076-3417
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/55898
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/55898
LA eng
NO Applied Sciences, 2019, vol. 9, n. 14, 2923
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 17-may-2024