Power Performance Testing Activities in the DOE-EPRI Turbine Verification Program
- Global Energy Concepts, LLC
- McNiff Light Industry
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory
As part of the US Department of Energy/Electric Power Research Institute (DOE-EPRI) Wind Turbine Verification Program, Global Energy Concepts (GEC) is engaged in planning and conducting power performance tests for wind turbines in Searsburg, Vermont; Glenmore, Wisconsin; Algona, Iowa; Springview, Nebraska; Kotzebue, Alaska; and Big Spring, Texas. The turbines under investigation include a 550-kW Zond Z-40 FS, a 600-kW Tacke 600e, two 750-kW Zond Z-50s, a 66-kW AOC 15/50, a 660-kW Vestas V-47, and a 1.65-MW Vestas V-66. The testing is performed in a variety of terrain types, including mountains, plains, deserts, and coastal tundra; and under a wide range of atmospheric conditions from arid to arctic. Because one goal of this testing program is to gain experience with the new International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 61400-12 standard, all of the measurements are being performed in accordance with this new standard. This paper presents the status of the power performance testing at each site, the methodologies employed, test results available, and lessons learned from the application of the IEC standard. Any sources of uncertainty are discussed, and attention is given to the relative importance of each aspect of the IEC standard in terms of its contribution to the overall measurement uncertainty.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-99GO10337
- OSTI ID:
- 763422
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/CP-500-28589; TRN: AH200033%%173
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: American Wind Energy Association's WindPower 2000, Palm Springs, CA (US), 04/30/2000--05/03/2000; Other Information: PBD: 11 Sep 2000
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
WIND TURBINES
PERFORMANCE TESTING
FIELD TESTS
POWER RANGE 100-1000 KW
POWER RANGE 10-100 KW
POWER RANGE 01-10 MW
STANDARDS
TURBINE VERIFICATION PROGRAM
TVP
ZOND
VESTAS
AOC
ATLANTIC ORIENT CORPORATION
ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE
EPRI
GLOBAL ENERGY CONCEPTS
GEC
IEC STANDARD 61400-12