Title: Variation of wind speed distribution characteristics across Indian sub-continent

Authors: D.C. Kiplangat; G.V. Drisya; K. Asokan; K. Satheesh Kumar

Addresses: Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, Nyeri, Nyeri County, Kenya ' Department of Futures Studies, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 695 581, India ' Department of Mathematics, College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 695 016, India ' Department of Futures Studies, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 695 581, India

Abstract: Knowledge of wind speed and its characteristics is important for the optimising the production and transmission of wind power generated by wind mills. In this paper, we analyse the frequency component level distribution characteristics of wind speed variations at the locations across Indian sub-continent. The results show significant variation of the distribution behaviour among frequency components. We also analyse effect of location, seasonal variation and temporal position in the solar cycle. The skewness and kurtosis show clear scaling behaviour against latitude showing a decrease as location approaches equator. The impact of solar cycle is more predominant at the locations closer to the equator. The seasonal impact on distribution characteristics is also the evident and more prominent at the locations closer to the equator in solar maximum year.

Keywords: Weibull distribution; wind speed; solar cycle; wavelet decomposition.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCSM.2018.096308

International Journal of Computing Science and Mathematics, 2018 Vol.9 No.6, pp.555 - 565

Received: 27 Jun 2016
Accepted: 19 Jun 2017
Published online: 26 Nov 2018 *

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