Feasibility study of irrigation system with wind generator

The paper considers the possibility to use wind generator for feeding of irrigation system. The developed methodology uses statistical meteorological data for the considered site and is based on operation simulation for one year period. The meteorological data are converted according to the wind generator hub height and then converted in produced energy using the wind turbine power curve and interpolation method. The methodology is applied to 7 different sites in Bulgaria. The considered agricultural crop is grapevines. Different configurations of wind generator rated power and water tank capacity are considered. The results allow the estimation of the feasibility of this power supply.