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Evaluation of wind potential in the sahelian area: case of three sites in Burkina Faso

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Author Affiliations

  • 1Equipe de Recherche en Sciences de l’Ingénieur (ERSI), Department of Electrical Engineering, Institut Universitaire de Technologie, University Nazi BONI of Bobo-Dioulasso, 01 BP 1091 Bobo-Dioulasso 01, BURKINA FASO
  • 2Equipe de Recherche en Sciences de l’Ingénieur (ERSI), Department of Electrical Engineering, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Ingénieurs (ENSI), University of Lomé, 01 BP 1515 Lomé 01, Lomé TOGO
  • 3Equipe de Recherche en Sciences de l’Ingénieur (ERSI), Department of Electrical Engineering, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Ingénieurs (ENSI), University of Lomé, 01 BP 1515 Lomé 01, Lomé TOGO
  • 4Equipe de Recherche en Sciences de l’Ingénieur (ERSI), Department of Electrical Engineering, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Ingénieurs (ENSI), University of Lomé, 01 BP 1515 Lomé 01, Lomé TOGO
  • 5Equipe de Recherche en Sciences de l’Ingénieur (ERSI), Department of Electrical Engineering, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Ingénieurs (ENSI), University of Lomé, 01 BP 1515 Lomé 01, Lomé TOGO

Res. J. Engineering Sci., Volume 6, Issue (11), Pages 43-53, December,26 (2017)

Abstract

This article proposes the evaluation of wind potential at different altitudes. A good wind speed data analysis with an accurate wind energy potential evaluation are very important factors for suitable development of wind power use or application at a given zone or region. This paper presents wind speed distribution for three (3) weather stations in Burkina Faso (Dori, Ouagadougou et Ouahigouya), to select the two-parameter Weibull method that provide accurate and efficient evaluation of energy output for wind energy devices. The shape parameter k and the scale parameter c are calculate based on measured three-hourly mean wind speed data in times-series from 2004 to 2013, collected for three (3) weather stations in Burkina Faso. Three numerical methods, namely Graphical Method (GM), Justus Method (JM) and Power Density Method (PDM) are examined to calculate the Weibull parameters. To analyze the efficiency of the methods and to ascertain how closely the measured data follow the Weibull methods, goodness of fit tests were performed using the correlation coefficient (R2) and Root Mean Square Error (RMSE). The obtained results revealed that the power density method is the most accurate and efficient method for calculating the value of the shape parameter k and the scale parameter c. The annual variation in the recoverable wind power density varies between 42.11 W/m2 in Ouahigouya and 12.78 W/m2 in Dori for the maximum and minimum value and 36.41 W/m2 in Ouagadougou. The results show that the energy potential of the Dori site is not suitable for electrical production. However, the average speed of Ouagadougou and Ouahigouya sites shows that electricity can be generated from wind power at these sites, but from a height of 80 meters.

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