Impact of the Air Filtration in the Nacelle on the Wind Turbine Performance

Wind turbine farms require efficient operation and maintenance strategies to ensure long-term profitability cost-effectiveness. However, temperatures dust accumulation can significantly affect performance increase costs. This study investigates the impact of air filter clogging on wind nacelle temperature by collecting data from Supervisory Control Data Acquisition (SCADA) system in southern Jordan, including temperature, speed, power generation. The findings demonstrate that uncleaned filters lead inefficient heat dissipation, higher temperatures, reduced production. Turbines with experienced an average 15.44 °C compared 13.30 for turbines clean filters, resulting a difference production 66.54 kW.