Impact of Building Layouts on Wind Turbine Power Output in the Built Environment: A Case Study of Tsu City

Akira NISHIMURA; Takuya ITO; Masanobu KAKITA; Junsuke MURATA; Toshitake ANDO; Yasunari KAMADA; Masafumi HIROTA; Mohan KOLHE

doi:10.3775/jie.93.315

Special Articles: Sustainable Energy Technologies (Original Paper)

Impact of Building Layouts on Wind Turbine Power Output in the Built Environment: A Case Study of Tsu City

Akira NISHIMURA, Takuya ITO, Masanobu KAKITA, Junsuke MURATA, Toshitake ANDO, Yasunari KAMADA, Masafumi HIROTA, Mohan KOLHE

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Akira NISHIMURA
Division of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Mie University
Takuya ITO
Division of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Mie University
Masanobu KAKITA
Division of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Mie University
Junsuke MURATA
Division of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Mie University
Toshitake ANDO
Division of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Mie University
Yasunari KAMADA
Division of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Mie University
Masafumi HIROTA
Division of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Mie University
Mohan KOLHE
Faculty of Engineering & Science, University of Agder

Keywords: Wind turbine, Wind speed profiles, Wind energy estimation, Energy resource assessment, Smart city

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2014 Volume 93 Issue 4 Pages 315-322

DOI https://doi.org/10.3775/jie.93.315

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Abstract

In city planning, it is important to consider the future growth of renewable energy systems in the built environment. Wind speed analysis in the built environment is very important for analysing the wind turbine performance installed in the built environment. In this work, building topologies / layouts in Tsu city are considered for investing the wind speed distributions and directions. Wind speed profile in the built environment are developed by using CFD-ACE+. This work focusses on the analysis of the wind speed directions and distribution characteristics for finding out the proper location of the wind turbines in the built environment. The wind speed profiles and their directions and wind turbine characteristics are always changing; therefore a model has to put forward for estimation of the wind turbine power outputs. This work is useful for designing the building layouts in such a way to make the nozzle of the wind by using wind directions and then finding out the proper location of the wind turbine in the built environment. In this work, building layouts like nozzle is proposed and investigated to obtain the contracted flow by blowing wind through the buildings.

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