Import and assign a wind turbine power curve in SAInt-GUI

This how-to-guide provides step-by-step instructions for importing a wind turbine and assigning it to a wind generator (WIND object). A long list of pre-defined wind turbine power curves from real manufacturers is available at the path C:\Documents\encoord\SAInt-v3\DataImport\WindTurbinePowerCurve.

This example is valid for AC(O)PF scenarios. Related how-to are generate wind profile and collect wind data.

1. Import a wind turbine power curve

Wind turbine power curve can be imported only in network mode. Before importing a WTPC into SAInt, make sure the template file is created in advance and saved as a .txt file. Go to the network tab and Import  Wind Turbine Power Curve to access the browser and select among the wind turbine power curve available at C:\Documents\encoord\SAInt-v3\DataImport\WindTurbinePowerCurve, as shown in Figure 1.

import wtpc 00
Figure 1. Import a wind turbine power curve into SAInt.

2. Assign a wind turbine power curve to a wind object

A wind turbine power curve can be assigned only to a WIND object after it has been imported. Open the property editor of the WIND object. In the wind turbine category, use ▼ in the property WindTurbCurveName to select the desired wind turbine power curve, as shown in Figure 2. The WindTurbCurveName property shows only the list of pre-imported wind turbine power curves. In this example, only the "Vestas_V90_3000KW" WTPC was imported.

import wtpc 01
Figure 2. Wind turbine power curve template.