Within the analysis facilities at the Sotavento Experimental Wind Farm the main parameters are monitored for the comprehensive method of study and analysis of real systems. This data is forms an extensive database that makes SOTAVENTO a reference centre and a driving force for technological studies previously agreed and signed for in conjunction with universities, companies and foundations. The complete list of variables monitored by type of facility is as follows:
DATA AVAILABLE
Anemometric towers
- Wind speed and direction at two heights
- Pressure and temperature of air at lower level
- Air density
- Solar radiation
Wind Turbine SCADA built-in data
- Power generated (10 minutely)
- Wind Speed (10 minutely)
- Cumulative generated energy (10 minutely)
Network analyzer for each turbine
- Voltage per phase and triphasic
- Current per phase and triphasic
- Power consumption per phase and triphasic
- Exported Energy
- Imported Energy
- Line frequency
Reactive wind turbine regulator
- Actual capacity of capacitor banks
- State of the capacitor
- Transactions in capacitors
- Connection time each capacitor
Substation network analyzer
- Voltage per phase and triphasic
- Current per phase and triphasic
- Power consumption per phase and triphasic
- Exported Energy
- Imported Energy
- Line frequency
Substation reactive regulator
- Actual capacity of capacitor banks
- State of the capacitor
- Operations performed in capacitors
- Connection time each capacitor
Meter and energy recorder: half-hourly and quarter-hourly
- Exported Energy
- Imported Energy
- Inductive reactive energy imported
- Inductive reactive energy exported
- Capacitive reactive energy imported
- Capacitive reactive energy exported
SOLAR GARDEN
Fixed Monoc.
- Voltage, current and power into DC power
- Voltage, current and active and reactive power in AC
- Cumulative generated energy
- Solar radiation
- Rainfall data
- Wind speed and direction
Fixed CIS
- Voltage, current and power into DC power
- Voltage, current and active and reactive power in AC
- Cumulative generated energy
- Solar radiation
- Rainfall data
- Wind speed and direction
Fixed Polic.
- Voltage, current and power into DC power
- Voltage, current and active and reactive power in AC
- Cumulative generated energy
- Solar radiation
- Rainfall data
- Wind speed and direction
1 Axis Polic.
- Voltage, current and power into DC power
- Voltage, current and active and reactive power in AC
- Cumulative generated energy
- Solar radiation
- Rainfall data
- Wind speed and direction
2 Axis Polic.
- Voltage, current and power into DC power
- Voltage, current and active and reactive power in AC
- Cumulative generated energy
- Solar radiation
- Rainfall data
- Wind speed and direction
Climatological data
- Air pressure and temperature
- Relative humidity
- Horizontal irradiance
- Rainfall data
- Wind speed
- Wind direction
Photovoltaics
- Instantaneous power of each photovoltaic subsystem (East, South and West)
- Cumulative energy generated by each photovoltaic subsystem (East, South and West)
- Voltage, current and power on the DC side of each subsystem
- Voltage, current, active and reactive power on the AC side of each subsystem
- Radiation, temperature of each subsystem
Small wind turbine
- Voltage, current, active and reactive power on the AC side
- Instantaneous power
- Cumulative generated energy
Installation of hot water and heating generation
- Cold water inlet temp of network to plate heat exchanger
- Cold water output temp of network to plate heat exchanger
- Hot water temp inter accumulator output
- Hot water temp after mixing (3-way)
- Entrance temp of solar plate heat exchanger circuits
- Output temp of solar plate heat exchanger circuits
- Solar storage temp at three different heights
- Buffer tank temp at five different heights
- Buffer tank output temp ->solar storage
- Solar tank outlet temp->buffer tank
- Under floor drive temp
- Under floor return temp
- Air heater drive temp
- Air heater return temp
- Inlet temp of solar accumulator circuit
- Output temp of solar accumulator circuit
- Inlet temp of primary heat pump circuit
- Output temp of primary heat pump circuit
- Inlet temp of secondary heat pump circuit
- Output Temp of secondary heat pump circuit
- Input temp of biomass boiler
- Output temp of biomass boiler
- Temperature of the fluid in the inlet and outlet of the upper battery
- Temperature of the fluid in the inlet and outlet of the lower battery
- Solar circuit energy meter
- Under floor circuit energy meter
- Primary biomass boiler circuit energy meter
- Secondary heat pump circuit energy meter
- Voltage, current, electrical power consumed by the heat pump
- Voltage, current, electrical power consumed by the house
- Data on soil temperatures of housing surrounds
- Data on partitions and cladding temperatures
- Data on roof space temperatures
- WIND FARM INSTALLATION
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Anemometric towers
- Wind speed and direction at two heights
- Pressure and temperature of air at lower level
- Air density
- Solar radiation
Wind Turbine SCADA built-in data
- Power generated (10 minutely)
- Wind Speed (10 minutely)
- Cumulative generated energy (10 minutely)
Network analyzer for each turbine
- Voltage per phase and triphasic
- Current per phase and triphasic
- Power consumption per phase and triphasic
- Exported Energy
- Imported Energy
- Line frequency
Reactive wind turbine regulator
- Actual capacity of capacitor banks
- State of the capacitor
- Transactions in capacitors
- Connection time each capacitor
Substation network analyzer
- Voltage per phase and triphasic
- Current per phase and triphasic
- Power consumption per phase and triphasic
- Exported Energy
- Imported Energy
- Line frequency
Substation reactive regulator
- Actual capacity of capacitor banks
- State of the capacitor
- Operations performed in capacitors
- Connection time each capacitor
Meter and energy recorder: half-hourly and quarter-hourly
- Exported Energy
- Imported Energy
- Inductive reactive energy imported
- Inductive reactive energy exported
- Capacitive reactive energy imported
- Capacitive reactive energy exported
- PHOTOVOLTAIC FACILITY
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SOLAR GARDEN
Fixed Monoc.
- Voltage, current and power into DC power
- Voltage, current and active and reactive power in AC
- Cumulative generated energy
- Solar radiation
- Rainfall data
- Wind speed and direction
Fixed CIS
- Voltage, current and power into DC power
- Voltage, current and active and reactive power in AC
- Cumulative generated energy
- Solar radiation
- Rainfall data
- Wind speed and direction
Fixed Polic.
- Voltage, current and power into DC power
- Voltage, current and active and reactive power in AC
- Cumulative generated energy
- Solar radiation
- Rainfall data
- Wind speed and direction
1 Axis Polic.
- Voltage, current and power into DC power
- Voltage, current and active and reactive power in AC
- Cumulative generated energy
- Solar radiation
- Rainfall data
- Wind speed and direction
2 Axis Polic.
- Voltage, current and power into DC power
- Voltage, current and active and reactive power in AC
- Cumulative generated energy
- Solar radiation
- Rainfall data
- Wind speed and direction
- BIOCLIMATIC DEMONSTRATION HOUSE
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Climatological data
- Air pressure and temperature
- Relative humidity
- Horizontal irradiance
- Rainfall data
- Wind speed
- Wind direction
Photovoltaics
- Instantaneous power of each photovoltaic subsystem (East, South and West)
- Cumulative energy generated by each photovoltaic subsystem (East, South and West)
- Voltage, current and power on the DC side of each subsystem
- Voltage, current, active and reactive power on the AC side of each subsystem
- Radiation, temperature of each subsystem
Small wind turbine
- Voltage, current, active and reactive power on the AC side
- Instantaneous power
- Cumulative generated energy
Installation of hot water and heating generation
- Cold water inlet temp of network to plate heat exchanger
- Cold water output temp of network to plate heat exchanger
- Hot water temp inter accumulator output
- Hot water temp after mixing (3-way)
- Entrance temp of solar plate heat exchanger circuits
- Output temp of solar plate heat exchanger circuits
- Solar storage temp at three different heights
- Buffer tank temp at five different heights
- Buffer tank output temp ->solar storage
- Solar tank outlet temp->buffer tank
- Under floor drive temp
- Under floor return temp
- Air heater drive temp
- Air heater return temp
- Inlet temp of solar accumulator circuit
- Output temp of solar accumulator circuit
- Inlet temp of primary heat pump circuit
- Output temp of primary heat pump circuit
- Inlet temp of secondary heat pump circuit
- Output Temp of secondary heat pump circuit
- Input temp of biomass boiler
- Output temp of biomass boiler
- Temperature of the fluid in the inlet and outlet of the upper battery
- Temperature of the fluid in the inlet and outlet of the lower battery
- Solar circuit energy meter
- Under floor circuit energy meter
- Primary biomass boiler circuit energy meter
- Secondary heat pump circuit energy meter
- Voltage, current, electrical power consumed by the heat pump
- Voltage, current, electrical power consumed by the house
- Data on soil temperatures of housing surrounds
- Data on partitions and cladding temperatures
- Data on roof space temperatures