Systematic framework for the efficient integration of wind technologies into buildings

elmokadem, ashraf; Megahed, Naglaa A.; Noaman, Dina S.

doi:10.1016/j.foar.2015.12.004

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“…It has been shown that wind technologies are most efficient when augmented to buildings, specifically the high buildings, as the wind speeds are higher at higher heights, Figures 5 and 6. The systematic framework introduced by [34], Figure 16, can be used as guidance and a model for implementing the wind technologies in buildings [33,34]. Possible methods are shown in Figure 17.…”

Section: Building Integrated Wind Technology For Lighting Purposesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Examples of building-mounted wind turbine with a vertical axis rotor type and building-mounted wind turbine with a horizontal axis rotor type are shown in Figures 18 and 19 [34,35]. Therefore, using renewable energy on buildings will become more profitable nowadays because of applying advanced technology and using wind energy technology to create comfort with low energy consumption.…”

Section: Building Integrated Wind Technology For Lighting Purposesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Wind energy utilisation for water desalination, street and buildings lighting − a case study for The Emirate of Ajman − UAE

Darwish

2021

Renew. Energy Environ. Sustain.

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Electricity demand is increasing worldwide due to the advancements in lifestyle, technology, and increased population. Governments are facing common challenges to generate electricity from low-cost and clean energy resources. Water desalination, air-conditioning, and lighting are the main sectors that consume a significant amount of electricity with great demand in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Many countries' water shortage problem, specifically in the Gulf area, has led to increased challenging electricity demand. Electric power is currently generated from mainly fossil fuel, which has an enormous ongoing impact on environmental pollutions and, thus, climate problems. UAE has recently started to look and was managed to deploy environmental-friendly energy resources, such as renewables for power generation. Attempts were made to utilise solar energy for desalination systems, and none of these attempts was made regarding using wind energy systems. The water need is met by seawater desalination. This purpose's energy consumption is getting high with the increase of demand to separate the salt from seawater. There exists more consumption in building and street lighting. Ajman is the smallest Emirate in the UAE, which imports its power from the neighbouring emirates with a cost to be paid. This research reviews the feasibility of resourcing more than 20% of the electricity demand by wind energy to satisfy power needs towards desalination and lighting for street and official and newly built buildings. Wind energy potential at the Emirate of Ajman has been reviewed and showed a suitable wind energy potential for utilisation to supply more than 20% of the demand of about 350 MW. A wind-powered desalination system can meet the water demand when a properly design system is to be installed.

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Section: Building Integrated Wind Technology For Lighting Purposesmentioning

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Section: Building Integrated Wind Technology For Lighting Purposesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Wind energy utilisation for water desalination, street and buildings lighting − a case study for The Emirate of Ajman − UAE

Darwish

2021

Renew. Energy Environ. Sustain.

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“…When the building is designed specifically for this purpose, the turbine is called a Building Integrated Wind Turbine (BIWT). Some recent examples of this are given in ELMokadem et al [107] and Ishugah et al [5]. Various novel designs for BIWTs were also discussed in van Bussel and Mertens [108].…”

Section: Building Integrated Wind Energymentioning

confidence: 99%

A Review of Urban Wind Energy Research: Aerodynamics and Other Challenges

Micaleff

Bussel

2018

Energies

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Urban wind energy research is crucial for the success or failure of wind turbines installed in the built environment. Research in this field is fragmented into various research groups working on different topics in isolation with seemingly few efforts of integrating the various fields. This review aims at highlighting the synergies between the various advances, particularly in aerodynamics, but also in other areas. Past and current work has been focused on establishing reliable wind statistics at the site of interest. Advances in building aerodynamics have provided new insight on the local flow occurring at the rotor location. An outlook toward future research and the need to treat the different flow scales in a holistic manner is emphasized given also the recent advances in rotor aerodynamics related to the effect of flow skewness and turbulence. This will shed light on the critical issues that need to be addressed by scientists in order to make urban wind energy viable for decentralized generation. Various other present challenges are discussed briefly including structural aspects, noise emissions, economics and visual impact. Research in this field should be the guidepost for more targeted certification standards, in an effort to regularize the small wind energy market.

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“…In recent years the application of wind energy in urban areas has been gaining some interest primarily in the areas of small wind turbine technology (Wang, et al, 2017;Ishugah, et al, 2014;ELMokadem, et al, 2016). Numerous studies (Drew, et al, 2013;Grieser, et al, 2015;Sunderland, et al, 2010;Heath, et al, 2007;Millward-Hopkins, et al, 2013) in urban wind energy to date have focussed on the potential for micro and small scale wind systems (e.g.…”

Section: Wind Energy In the Urban Environmentmentioning

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Observed site obstacle impacts on the energy performance of a large scale urban wind turbine using an electrical energy rose

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Hewitt²,

Griffiths³

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Energy for Sustainable Development

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Large scale wind turbines deployed in "behind the meter" applications at medium and large scale industrial consumer sites can offset the purchase of retail electricity from the utility. However, unlike traditional onshore wind farm sites in elevated rural areas, such industrial sites tend to be at lower elevations and located in more urbanised areas with a higher likelihood of being in vicinity of manmade obstacles such as buildings. This research case study presents observed impacts of various site obstacle features, from local buildings to regional topography on the energy performance of an 850kW rated wind turbine operating in a peri-urban area. The study is based on the analysis of 10-minute SCADA data measured over multiple years. The analysis includes a novel wind turbine electrical energy rose (EER) approach to determine the directional variation of the wind turbine electrical energy output in relation to site features around the turbine location. The paper concludes that low broad buildings with heights of only 20% of the turbine hub height can have a significant energy reducing impact compared to taller narrow buildings and that hills ~ 8km from the turbine site have an energy reducing impact. The outcomes of the study should be of benefit to those involved in the pre-feasibility stages of deploying single large scale wind turbines at industrial sites in peri-urban areas.

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Systematic framework for the efficient integration of wind technologies into buildings

Cited by 8 publications

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Wind energy utilisation for water desalination, street and buildings lighting − a case study for The Emirate of Ajman − UAE

Wind energy utilisation for water desalination, street and buildings lighting − a case study for The Emirate of Ajman − UAE

A Review of Urban Wind Energy Research: Aerodynamics and Other Challenges

Observed site obstacle impacts on the energy performance of a large scale urban wind turbine using an electrical energy rose

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