Kornel Rozsavolgyi
kornel.rozsavolgyi@ttu.edu
National Wind Institute
Content of presentation
 Necessity of special software applications
 Software applications for wind farm project development
 Training (Software) via NWI
 Levels
 Learning outcomes and gained skills
 Cooperation and possibilities with NWI
Why special software applications are
needed
 Due to wind farm project development complexity special software applications are necessary to help:
Increase efficiency and revenue of project
Ensure feasible and constructible design (setbacks)
Lower uncertainty in data and design and project risk
Optimize layout design, project execution
and O&M to lower costs
Support better decision making
Software applications for wind farm
project development
Some of the popular wind flow models
WAsP: Denmark – linear model
MS‐Micro: Canada – linear model
WindSim: Norway – non‐linear CFD model, solves the (RANS) equations
MeteoDyn: France – non‐linear CFD model, solves the (RANS) equations. NWP and/or mesoscale models: 3TIER,
Windlogics, AWS TruePower, etc
Training via NWI
(Online or face to face)
Training level hierarchy
Gaining more and more skills and knowledge
Deeper and more detailed understanding
Level 1 (Windographer & WAsP)
 Get detailed knowledge about wind data processing, quality control and data collection systems via state of the art data analysis and modeling software package
 Get useful overview about different wind flow modeling, resource analysis and site assessment software
 Develop ability to compare and evaluate wind data and select wind turbines for wind farm projects and gain useful experience in wind farm layout design using WAsP
 Learn principles of boundary layer meteorology, wind flow modeling,
resource assessment and wake effect Level 2 (QGIS/ArcMAP)
 Gain well rounded understanding about GIS principles, applications, file structures, coordinate and projection systems, GIS products and solutions applicable in numerous fields such as wind power industry
 Learn how to use geoprocessing tools to consider complex spatial setbacks during wind farm site assessment and project design
 Get experience in calculating GIS results and composing complex maps that help decision making
 Successfully build and use of attribute database table and SQL operations as well as get deeper understanding about vector and raster data in GIS
Level 3 (WindPro & Adv.WAsP)
 Get detailed and advanced knowledge in wind farm project design and development using WindPro, GIS and flow modeling applications
 Learn how to optimize a wind farm project design based on cost of energy and wind turbine site suitability in order to ensure safety and maximize revenue or production, while reduce risk and cost
 Work on comprehensive wind farm project and layout design focusing on numerous setbacks, micro siting, engineering and financial factors
 Acquire advanced skills in data processing, analysis and integrated modeling using WindPro with embedded flow models
Cooperation and possibilities with NWI
 Workforce training
Engineers, scientists, financial experts and decision makers
 Research cooperation
Software development, testing and validation
Methodology and workflow optimization
Support wind turbine validation and testing (REESE)
 NWI ‐ REESE
 Contracting for projects
 Grands and proposals
R&D
 Internship development NWI ‐ REESE Center
 200 m Met tower
 Boundary Layer wind tunnel
 Low level boundary layer profiler
 West TX Mesonet (~80 met stations)
 NWI Radar truck
 Wind turbine test an validation site
 SWIFT project Scaled Wind Farm Technology Facility to address possible wind farm underperformance and wake effect issues
Questions?
Thank you for your time and attention!