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QUICK‐Guide Version 2.7

WindPRO 2.7 QUICK‐Guide – June 2010

EMD International A/S Niels Jernes Vej 10 DK‐9220 Aalborg Ø tel.: +45 9635 4444 fax: +45 9635 4446 e‐mail: [email protected] web: www.emd.dk

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EMD International A/S Niels Jernesvej 10 DK‐9220 Aalborg Ø tel.: +45 9635 4444 fax: +45 9635 4446 e‐mail: [email protected] web: www.emd.dk

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Content

1. How to get started with WindPRO ‐ Introduction .......................................................................................... .... 2

2. Installation and licens activation .................................................................................................................... .... 2

3. Start a project ................................................................................................................................................. .... 4 3.1 The Project Explorer .................................................................................................................. 4 3.2 Create a project ........................................................................................................................ 4 3.3 Attachment of maps .................................................................................................................. 6 3.4 Defining the Site center ............................................................................................................. 6

4. Projecting ....................................................................................................................................................... .... 8 4.1 Maps and object ....................................................................................................................... 8 4.2 Inserting wind turbines ............................................................................................................ 10 4.3 Inserting simple wind data ........................................................................................................ 11

5. Calculations and result ................................................................................................................................... .. 13

6. The objects in WindPRO ................................................................................................................................. .. 15

7. Additional guided tours .................................................................................................................................. .. 16 7.1 Adding height contours data ..................................................................................................... 16 7.2 Exporting to Google Earth ........................................................................................................ 17

1. How to get started with WindPRO ‐ Introduction This quick guide will teach you how to get started with WindPRO through exercises. The first step to start a project is to use the Project Explorer. Then you will learn how to attach background maps and work with coordinates. Following this, you will learn about inserting objects to show you how the relevant data for your task is set up in WindPRO. The material for you to practice is available at WindPRO Data\Samples\Ebeltoft. Other sample data are also included so you can follow the same steps, using different sites. So let’s get started with the installation of WindPRO!

2. Installation and license activation WindPRO2.7 can run under Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7. Hardware requirements are as follows: Minimum specification is a 1GHz Pentium processor, 1GB RAM, 1GB HD free space. Recommended specification is 2GHz processor, 2 GB RAM, 2 GB HD free space. Note that if you are running Windows Vista, a multi‐core CPU is highly recommended. For 3D‐Animator, a 3D‐accelerated graphics card is required. When you install from the "original" WindPRO DVD or USB stick, you just plug‐in the DVD or stick in the computer, click on , the installation will start automatically after selecting

"Install WindPRO 2.7" from the menu. From a DOWNLOAD or simply from a file, where WindPRO is just one of many applications, you need to find the MSI file and run it. The installation program will guide you through the installation on the screen. The default folder for WindPRO is: C:\Program Files\EMD\WindPRO2.7\. Start‐up of WindPRO. WindPRO is started automatically after the installation or by entering the “Start” menu and click the All Programs| WindPRO| WindPRO2.7 icon. Select the software language by clicking on the corresponding flag.



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Activation The license file is called WindPRO2.7.erf and can be found on the WindPRO USB stick or in an email from EMD if you have been in contact with EMD ([email protected]). In case you have received the license file by e‐mail, you should save it on your computer from your e‐mail program. Click on Browse and find WindPRO2.7.erf on the USB or the computer. After reading the license file, the End user license agreement must be accepted. Click on Next to the window “Activation information”. Assuming you are an end‐user, just write your name and e‐mail twice in the form. In the window ”Select module selection method”, accept “Activate All modules” by clicking on Next. In the window “Enter activation code”, you need to enter the activation code which was sent to the email address that you typed in previously. Click on Next and the license should now be successfully activated.

3. Start a project

3.1 The Project Explorer

WindPRO starts with the Globe – the Project Explorer view: a useful tool for managing your projects. A small window will ask you “Do you want to auto‐update the list of projects?” click on Yes. Red spots will appear. They stand for the sample projects available in WindPRO Data\Samples (which can be found under my documents or C:\ driver on a computer with a former WindPRO version). Do not double click on one of these red spots because it will open an existing project (keep this for later). The purpose of this quick guide is indeed to make you create a new project from scratch. Add a user layer as a backdrop for the map – this uses GIS data in the ESRI SHP format:

Select the "WindPRO Data\Globe\Europe\Europeanwindatlas.shp" file. Click on a colour region and see the country and the wind speed interval at the same time in the "search user layer field". Now you have an idea which possibilities the globe offers you – explore further details later.

3.2 Create a project

Let’s create a project in Denmark for which data are included in the installation of WindPRO. Try to find Denmark and zoom in on the country. Select the "new project" crosshair by clicking it

and place it (click) next to the colored spot at the "nose tip" of Jutland, Denmark (Ebeltoft) as show on the following figure.



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Click then the "create new project" button:

In the “Save as” window, select the folder WindPRO Data\samples\Ebeltoft\ for your new project and name it "My first test". (Normally you should create a new folder for each new project you make in order to keep all project relevant data together). The file format of a WindPRO project is w3p.

Select the country (Denmark) under Site if it is missing. Select the time zone: (GMT+01:00) Copenhaguen, Stockholm, Olso … Go to the tab sheet “Coordinate System”. Select the UTM ED50 zone 32. WindPRO will automatically find the relevant zone based on the position of the project site on the globe. Now click on the tab sheet “Background Maps”.



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3.3 Attachment of maps

Using background maps is one of the great advantages when working with WindPRO ‐ and we recommend you to add some (the software can also be used without digital background maps). Many pre‐defined formats can be added as geo‐referenced maps – or you can define your own scanned maps yourself with the “MAP DEF” tool. For this DEMO tour, there are some previously geo‐referenced maps available saved as .BMI files.

• Double click on the icon “BMI file” and then browse the following directory C:\…\WindPRO Data\samples\Ebeltoft\maps , Select Ebe25k.bmi, Click OK .

• Double click again on the “BMI file” button and select Ebe50k.bmi, Click OK. You now have two maps in different scales, which can be used for the project.

3.4 Defining the Site center

Now click on one of the maps in the list to highlight it, and then on “View/set site centre”. The highlighted map from your list is then loaded.

If your original site centre (made with the crosshair on the globe) is outside the attached map, the globe will be shown as background, and the map borders as rectangles. Click now



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inside the map rectangle to move the site centre inside and click the “map‐button” above the globe in the upper left corner.

Drag the map around by holding down the left mouse button while moving the mouse. Find the harbour at Ebeltoft. With a single click with the left mouse button, when the mouse is held still, a red X can be placed ‐ this is your Site centre, and it means that this point will be centered on the screen when maps are loaded later on. If you want to change the site centre, just mark another location. Click OK to the map viewer and then OK in the main form and leave “Project Properties”.

You can always return to this menu by clicking on:



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4. Projecting

4.1 Maps and object

You are now returned to the main menu of WindPRO:

Projecting wind turbines (WTGs) on maps begins with loading your maps. Click the globe

icon on the left for loading the first map. You are redirected into the second working

space of WindPRO, the window called which looks like:



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Click the second globe icon (see icons) to proceed with map readings (you can click on the 2nd map button before first map is fully loaded). If you have more very large map files, make a cup of coffee while the maps are being loaded ‐ it may take about one minute, depending on your computer and the size of the maps

When the maps are loaded, you can switch quickly between the two maps by clicking on either one of the map buttons.



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Switch now to map button 1 where the detailed map is and where your project will be established.

4.2 Inserting wind turbines

New WTGs are created simply by left click on the "new WTG" symbol in right button

column and then left click on to the desired position on the map. The WTG type is selected from the WTG Catalog via the list box. Selecting "<more WTGs>" give you access to the complete WTG Catalog. By defining search profiles it is fast to find the desired WTG for any calculation. The catalogue is updated by EMD when new information is supplied by turbine manufacturers.

Select a WTG type from the WTG explorer with a double click.



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Create a row by increasing “Number in row” in the WTG‐properties. You can also set the angle of the row and the inter‐turbine distance on this tab. Click OK. The row will appear on the map. For rows of WTGs the following rules apply: Drag the center selection mark to move the row around. Drag an outer selection mark to rotate the row around the opposite outer selection mark. Hold down the <shift> key while dragging an outer selection mark to change the inter‐turbine distance. NB: In general for all objects on maps: Click once on an object to activate it (selection marks will appear) ‐ then position the cursor inside one of the selection marks ‐ press and hold down left mouse button and then drag the object to move it! A click with the right mouse button gives you access to “Object Properties”

4.3 Inserting simple wind data

After you have located your WTGs you need to decide which types of calculations you wish to perform: energy production, noise, visualization, etc. The types of calculations determine which additional objects you will need. For example in the following, we will describe one of the very simple ones: ENERGY calculation, based on measured mean wind speed at the wind farm.

Choose the Meteo Object and place it where the wind measurements were made (assume that these were on shore, just to the right of the wind farm).

You will be taken to the Guide tab. Select Go Weibull.



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Input the height of measurement (10m) in the cell on the top left corner. Set number of sectors to 1.Select “Input Mean Wind Speed” ‐ and enter the values as shown above (Mean Wind Speed = 7.0m/s, k‐parameter = 2 and frequency = 1)).

Test the “Graphics/Weibull” and take a look at the graphs. Click OK. You have now the relevant data (WTG type and wind data) for a very simple energy calculation. Notice that the WindPRO software knows the coordinates of your objects, which is important information for later calculations, for documentation for authorities, etc.



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5. Calculations and result

When all the necessary objects have been created you can return to the WindPRO main menu by

clicking the calculation tree button or at the bottom on .

A calculation is started by clicking the green or yellow button (arrow) next to the required

calculation. NB: Non‐licensed modules will appear with a yellow button indicating that you cannot perform calculations with these modules. Ask EMD for a temporary licence to “try before you buy”.

Select:

You can now choose some different calculation “set up” values, but the default values are normally good enough – just click the OK button and the calculation will begin. Please note that in the DEMO version you will not be able to perform the calculation. Instead you have the opportunity to open the help file with the module descriptions and print the examples. Shear data is required to extrapolate the wind from 10m to the hub height. Select User defined in the drop down menu and insert a Power law exponent of 0.1.



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When the calculation is finished, you can view reports by selecting the report name (left click the first line and “Print” for an entire report or another line for just one of the pages).

If you are keen on studying more facilities in WindPRO, feel free to create some of the other objects on your map as described on next page and test some of the other features (just click the globe button to return to the map).



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6. The objects in WindPRO

New WTG – create single WTG or row with equal spacing. Link to the comprehensive WTG catalogue, where all data for energy, noise, flicker, visualisation and economic is/can be given.

Existing WTG –Statistic information (actual energy production) can be added and when calculating energy you quickly see if your calculated level is OK. Existing WTGs has another status in calculation than new WTGs and is grouped separately in the PARK print out.

Park Design – Only available with OPTIMIZE license. Create large wind farm layouts with multiple rows in strictly geometric patterns (for example off‐shore). Together with the WTG area object, the Park design object can "auto‐realize" WTGs limited to non‐restricted areas.

Site Data – input of local terrain (roughness etc.) and regional wind statistics. When WAsP is connected, it is possible to link digital height contour maps and roughness lines. Used for ATLAS, WAsP interface, RESOURCE and PARK).

Meteo Object – to import or enter measured wind data for generating wind statistics or directly for energy calculation based on the measured wind data. Plenty of data import and analyse features.

Noise Sensitive Area – for calculation of noise (DECIBEL) at specific positions (neighbours).

WAsP Obstacle – to be used in energy calculations using WAsP as calculation engine.

Camera Object – contains all data for a PHOTOMONTAGE, position and photo direction, the background photo, the camera parameters (focal length, film format), weather conditions etc.

Control Point – to be used when calibrating camera models for PHOTOMONTAGE.

Shadow Receptor – for calculation of flickering (SHADOW) at specific positions (neighbours).

Line Object – makes it possible to digitise/edit contour lines on‐screen for use as digital height contour lines, roughness lines etc. Object can import lines from different databases/file formats.

3D‐visualization Object – makes it possible to render "free figures", drawn from Autocad (*.DXF files) into a photomontage or 3D‐animation.

Area Object – For digitising areas (polygons), e.g. forests, water, cities, farmland. The data can be used for multiple purposes; export of roughness lines, for ZVI, UMBRA and WIndPLAN calculations.

Result Layer – Presentation of grid data, typically wind resource maps but also shadow calculation results, noise isoline maps, ZVI maps etc. Advanced colour set‐up.

WTG Area – Creates boundaries for WTG projects. For each section design options can be set as number of WTGs, installed power and minimum distance requirements. Used by OPTIMIZE and WindPLAN.

Text object – Create a text on the background map.

Measure object – Create a measure tool for distance measurements.

VR object – contains all data for a 3D‐Animation (Virtual Reality), like size of area, sky background, surface texture etc.

Shape tool – draw a rectangle or circle on the map as support for layout or measuring. The tools can be used for other features like the terrain profile (WindPLAN).

e‐Grid objects – Create electrical lines, bus bar, transformers and loads for electrical calculations.



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7. Additional guided tours 7.1 Adding height contours data

Go to window (if needed, click on from the WindPRO main menu).

Select the Line Object on the right bar. Click on the symbol and place the line object on

the map near the site centre. Choose purpose: ”Height contour lines” and click on "Load file". Find the file: \WindPRO Data\Samples\ Ebel_oro.wpo and load it.

If you have existing objects you will get this window which ask for confirmation that the z coordinates from the objects shall come from the height contours. Click OK.



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Now the screen should look like this:

Please note, that the software calculates a "Triangular Irregular Network"(TIN), which is a height model where all points are used for creating triangles. This makes the software ready for calculating the Z‐level (altitude) at any point inside the TIN radius (the yellow circle), which by default is 3000 m, but can be changed in the Object Properties in the tab sheet "Presentation". Move the cursor around and see in the bottom of the window how the Z‐value is updated. Height contours data can be loaded in many file formats; you can also manually edit and change the height data. Last but not least you can load the NASA‐sourced Shuttle Radar Topography Mission height data from Internet. These data are available for free for most of the globe.

7.2 Exporting to Google Earth

In order to export any objects from WindPRO to Google Earth, you need to be connected to Internet and to have Google Earth installed on your computer (http://earth.google.com).

In click “show object” to view the object list. Select wind turbines in the list (by clicking on them with the mouse – to select more than one object, hold down

shift when clicking) and click Google Earth icon .



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WindPRO will create a kmz file which you can save in the same folder as the project data. Select Open and it will launch Google Earth (if installed) inserting the wind turbines in 3D at the right position.



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