Abstract
Wind is now established as a major renewable energy resource, but its exploitation is generally confined to sparsely populated areas and may in future be increasingly limited by environmental constraints. The paper describes the development of a small axial flow turbine with vertical shaft, situated in a curved duct, which is intended to be completely integrated in a high rise building in an urban environment. The design is intended to make optimal use of the differential pressures which result from wind flow around a building. A small scale model and prototypes for field trials have been tested as free standing devices and their performance shown to be competitive with conventional small machines for low power applications. The aerodynamical response to different design options is subject to computational fluid dynamic analysis and will be used in conjunction with wind tunnel testing to refine rotor, stator and duct geometries. A trial deployment will shortly commence as a demonstration project on a newly refurbished building of historical significance in the center of Glasgow. (Author)
Dannecker, R;
Varela, G. Quinonez;
Grant, A
[1]
- Strathclyde Univ., Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Glasgow (United Kingdom)
Citation Formats
Dannecker, R, Varela, G. Quinonez, and Grant, A.
Development of the building integrated ducted wind turbine module.
United Kingdom: N. p.,
2000.
Web.
Dannecker, R, Varela, G. Quinonez, & Grant, A.
Development of the building integrated ducted wind turbine module.
United Kingdom.
Dannecker, R, Varela, G. Quinonez, and Grant, A.
2000.
"Development of the building integrated ducted wind turbine module."
United Kingdom.
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title = {Development of the building integrated ducted wind turbine module}
author = {Dannecker, R, Varela, G. Quinonez, and Grant, A}
abstractNote = {Wind is now established as a major renewable energy resource, but its exploitation is generally confined to sparsely populated areas and may in future be increasingly limited by environmental constraints. The paper describes the development of a small axial flow turbine with vertical shaft, situated in a curved duct, which is intended to be completely integrated in a high rise building in an urban environment. The design is intended to make optimal use of the differential pressures which result from wind flow around a building. A small scale model and prototypes for field trials have been tested as free standing devices and their performance shown to be competitive with conventional small machines for low power applications. The aerodynamical response to different design options is subject to computational fluid dynamic analysis and will be used in conjunction with wind tunnel testing to refine rotor, stator and duct geometries. A trial deployment will shortly commence as a demonstration project on a newly refurbished building of historical significance in the center of Glasgow. (Author)}
place = {United Kingdom}
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title = {Development of the building integrated ducted wind turbine module}
author = {Dannecker, R, Varela, G. Quinonez, and Grant, A}
abstractNote = {Wind is now established as a major renewable energy resource, but its exploitation is generally confined to sparsely populated areas and may in future be increasingly limited by environmental constraints. The paper describes the development of a small axial flow turbine with vertical shaft, situated in a curved duct, which is intended to be completely integrated in a high rise building in an urban environment. The design is intended to make optimal use of the differential pressures which result from wind flow around a building. A small scale model and prototypes for field trials have been tested as free standing devices and their performance shown to be competitive with conventional small machines for low power applications. The aerodynamical response to different design options is subject to computational fluid dynamic analysis and will be used in conjunction with wind tunnel testing to refine rotor, stator and duct geometries. A trial deployment will shortly commence as a demonstration project on a newly refurbished building of historical significance in the center of Glasgow. (Author)}
place = {United Kingdom}
year = {2000}
month = {Jul}
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