Abstract
The performance of a wind turbine located above a cubic building is not well understood. This issue is of fundamental importance for the design of small scale wind turbines. One variable which is of particular importance in this respect is the turbine height above roof level. In this work, the power performance of a small wind turbine is assessed as a function of the height above the roof of a generic cubic building. A 3D Computational Fluid Dynamics model of a 10m x 10m x 10m building is used with the turbine modelled as an actuator disc. Results have shown an improvement in the average power coefficient even in cases where the rotor is partially located within the roof separation zone. This goes against current notions of small wind turbine power production. This study can be of particular importance to guide the turbine installation height on building roof tops.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 022044 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Journal of Physics: Conference Series |
| Volume | 753 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 3 Oct 2016 |
| Event | TORQUE 2016: 6th International Conference "The Science of Making Torque from Wind" - Technische Universität München (TUM), Campus Garching, Munich, Germany Duration: 5 Oct 2016 → 7 Oct 2016 https://www.events.tum.de/?sub=29 |