Generation of an Annual Typical Meteorological Wind Speed for Armidale NSW, Australia

摘要

The most common data for describing the local wind climate is through what is called Typical Meteorological Year data (TMY). Typical wind speed data is very important for the calculations of many wind applications. In this study, Typical Wind Speed year for Armidale town in New South Wales in Australia are generated from the daily and monthly wind speed data measured at ten meter height from ground level and collected for 20 years during the period 1994 to 2013, utilising the Finkelstein-Schafer statistical method. The study outcome is expected to show how wind speed is potential in Armidale NSW and would be a real help for wind energy generation systems' designers in this region for all building applications varying between residential, educational, administrative and commercial for sizing and maximising efficiency of such systems by using the tabular TYR outcome for the each day of the year.