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Stochastic Analysis of Wind Energy for Wind Pump Irrigation in Coastal Andhra Pradesh, India

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The rapid escalation in the prices of oil and gas as well as increasing demand for energy has attracted the attention of scientists and researchers to explore the possibility of generating and utilizing the alternative and renewable sources of wind energy in the long coastal belt of India with considerable wind energy resources. A detailed analysis of wind potential is a prerequisite to harvest the wind energy resources efficiently. Keeping this in view, the present study was undertaken to analyze the wind energy potential to assess feasibility of the wind-pump operated irrigation system in the coastal region of Andhra Pradesh, India, where high ground water table conditions are available. The stochastic analysis of wind speed data were tested to fit a probability distribution, which describes the wind energy potential in the region. The normal and Weibull probability distributions were tested; and on the basis of Chi square test, the Weibull distribution gave better results. Hence, it was concluded that the Weibull probability distribution may be used to stochastically describe the annual wind speed data of coastal Andhra Pradesh with better accuracy. The size as well as the complete irrigation system with mass curve analysis was determined to satisfy various daily irrigation demands at different risk levels.

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  1. Office of the Chief Engineer Nagarjunasagar Project Irrigation & CAD (P.W.) Department, Hill Colony, Nalgonda District, 508202, Andhra Pradesh, India

    M. M. Raju

  2. Department of Soil and Water Conservation Engineering, College of Technology, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, 263 145, India

    A. Kumar

  3. Department of Mathematics, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, 201304, India

    D. Bisht

  4. Department of Agro-Energy, College of Agricultural Engineering, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Bapatla, Hyderabad, 500 030, India

    D. B. Rao

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Raju, M.M., Kumar, A., Bisht, D. et al. Stochastic Analysis of Wind Energy for Wind Pump Irrigation in Coastal Andhra Pradesh, India. J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. A 95, 157–168 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40030-014-0086-7

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