Investigation of Wind Energy Resource on the Basis of Weibull and Rayleigh Models in North Eastern and Western, Nigeria

Abdullahi Ahmed; Bashir Isyaku Kunya

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Investigation of Wind Energy Resource on the Basis of Weibull and Rayleigh Models in North Eastern and Western, Nigeria

Abdullahi Ahmed, Bashir Isyaku Kunya

Published in American Journal of Aerospace Engineering (Volume 6, Issue 1)

Received: 31 July 2019 Accepted: 28 August 2019 Published: 16 September 2019

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This study is aimed to investigate wind energy resource on the basis of Weibull and Rayleigh models in north eastern (Bauchi and Maiduguri) and western (Kano and Sokoto) Nigeria, seventeen years (2000-2016) monthly wind speed data were collected from Nigeria meteorological station, Abuja at 10m height. The probability distribution function (pdf) of wind speed is very important tool needed in wind energy resource investigation, since wind power is proportional to the cube of wind speed. The Weibull parameters shape (k) and scale (c) for the four locations were determined and the values obtained for shape factors in Bauchi and Maiduguri range from 6.91 to 7.21 and Sokoto and Kano range from 9.27 to 10.68, while scale factors is in the range of 3.46 to 7.24 and 9.32 to 11.24, respectively. The Weibull model was found to be better fit than the Rayleigh model in analyzing the wind speed data. The north western part of Nigeria was found to have higher wind power density as compared to the north eastern part of the country.

Published in	American Journal of Aerospace Engineering (Volume 6, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajae.20190601.15
Page(s)	27-32
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Wind Power Density, Weibull Distribution, Rayleigh Distribution, Wind Speed Distribution

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Abdullahi Ahmed, Bashir Isyaku Kunya. Investigation of Wind Energy Resource on the Basis of Weibull and Rayleigh Models in North Eastern and Western, Nigeria. Am J Aerosp Eng. 2019;6(1):27-32. doi: 10.11648/j.ajae.20190601.15

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Abdullahi Ahmed

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Nigeria
Bashir Isyaku Kunya

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Nigeria

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