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Chapter 9—Wind Power Plants 9–27<br />

while for the double circuit case it is<br />

C s =4($0.363) + $1 = $2.452/ft<br />

C d =8($0.178) + $2 = $3.42/ft<br />

Note that both cases includes a neutral of the same ampacity as the three phase conductors.<br />

We now proceed to Table 2 of Appendix C to find the resistance of our conductors. We find that 2<br />

AWG has a resistance of 0.2561 Ω per 1000 ft while 3/0 has a resistance of 0.1013 Ω per 1000 ft. The<br />

resistances R s and R d of Fig. 5 are therefore<br />

R s = (300/1000)(0.1013) = 0.03039 Ω<br />

R d = (300/1000)(0.2561) = 0.07683 Ω<br />

The power losses at rated current are<br />

P s = 3(220) 2 (0.03039) = 4413 W<br />

P d =1.5(220) 2 (0.07683) = 5578 W<br />

In this particular case, the double circuit is both more expensive and more lossy than the single<br />

circuit. If a sufficiently large ampacity is required, then the double circuit will be less expensive. The<br />

losses for a double circuit will always be greater than the losses of a single circuit of the same ampacity.<br />

We now need the yearly energy loss in the low voltage conductors before we can complete<br />

our economic analysis. We cannot just multiply the loss at rated current by 8760 hours per<br />

year because the turbines are operating at rated current only a small fraction of the year.<br />

From the wind speed duration curves and the curve of turbine power versus wind speed we<br />

can calculate the fraction of time that the turbine is at each power level. However, this does<br />

not give the full picture since the power factor of the generator decreases as power production<br />

decreases. This means that if a rated current of 220 A, for example, occurs at rated power,<br />

the current at half power will be greater than 220/2 = 110 A. A detailed analysis will require<br />

a histogram of current versus time for one year, which may be more trouble than it is worth.<br />

A crude estimate of low voltage loss can be obtained by starting from the capacity factor<br />

CF for turbines at this site. A capacity factor of 0.2, for example, means that the yearly<br />

energy production of a turbine can be calculated by assuming the turbine is producing full<br />

Wind Energy Systems by Dr. Gary L. Johnson November 21, 2001

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