A probabilistic method for the evaluation of the reliability of stand alone wind energy systems

Journal Article · Sun Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1992 · IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/60.124548· OSTI ID:5579473

Bakirtzis, A G ^[1]

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1. Aristotelian Univ. of Thessaloniki (GR)

This paper describes a probabilistic method for the computation of the loss of load probability (LOLP) and the expected unserved energy (EUE) of a stand alone wind energy system. The system consists of a wind generator and a storage battery supplying the consumer load. The statistics of the surplus generation (excess wind generation over load demand) time series are computed and used for the calculation of the desired reliability indices. It is shown that, in the probability computations, the serial correlation of the surplus generation cannot be ignored. The performance of the developed method is demonstrated with computational results. Some results useful for the design of stand alone wind energy systems are also presented.

• OSTI ID: 5579473
• Journal Information: IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States), Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States) Vol. 1; ISSN 0885-8969; ISSN ITCNE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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