modelPartialWindTurbine

Information

Model of a wind turbine whose power is computed as a function of wind-speed as defined in a table.

Input to the model is the local wind speed. The model requires the specification of a table that maps wind speed in meters per second to generated power P_t in Watts. The model has a parameter called scale with a default value of one that can be used to scale the power generated by the wind turbine. The generated electrical power is

P = P_t scale

For example, the following specification (with default scale=1) of a wind turbine

  WindTurbine_Table tur(
    table=[3.5, 0;
           5.5,   100;
           12, 900;
           14, 1000;
           25, 1000]) "Wind turbine";

yields the performance shown below. In this example, the cut-in wind speed is 3.5 meters per second, and the cut-out wind speed is 25 meters per second, as entered by the first and last entry of the wind speed column. Below and above these wind speeds, the generated power is zero.

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Revisions

• April 9, 2025, by Michael Wetter:
  Increased small number to extend table beyond cut-out wind speed.
  IBPSA, issue 1996.
• March 1, 2016, by Michael Wetter:
  Removed test for equality of Real variables. This is for issue 493.
• January 10, 2013, by Michael Wetter:
  First implementation.
• October 31, 2013, by Marco Bonvini:
  Models included in the AixLib library. Modified the information section.