On-Site Analysis to Assess the Feasibility of Wind Power

摘要

Due to the lack of appropriate wind data in the rural environs of northwest Kansas, a mobile on-site analysis unit to assess the feasibility of wind power was proposed and subsequently constructed. The trailer, with a 45' telescoping tower, is equipped with an recording anemometer and windvane. The mobile unit consists of a two wheeled, steel trailer with mounting hardware to support the 45' tower. Guy wires are necessary, at all heights, to withstand the high wind gusts often encountered on the Great Plains. When a complete alternative energy analysis is desired, a weather shelter is available to be mounted on the trailer to house the additional monitoring instruments. (ERA citation 09:019969)