Wind energy potential above a high-rise building influenced by neighboring buildings: An experimental investigation

Abstract

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On the Wind Energy Resource above High-Rise Buildings

“…Surface pressure measurements have also been performed using 64 pressure taps on the rooftop and on the sides of the building models. More details about the wind tunnel tests are reported in detail in [30] and are not further discussed in this work.…”

“…Thus, the number of measurement sets is kept at minimum while being able to extract the general trend of the curve. Measurement sets are also published as Mendeley Data [28] and more details on uncertainty estimation can be found in [30].…”

“…A previous work, based on the same experimental results, focused mainly on the flow pattern by predicting separation regions above the roof of the high-rise building. Based on the velocity and pressure fields flow pattern over the isolated building was analysed [29], while [30] focus on clustering effect. In addition, in [31] the flow above the flat roof was simulated using CFD approach.…”

Role of Inflow Turbulence and Surrounding Buildings on Large Eddy Simulations of Urban Wind Energy

“…Or rather, the validation of a numerical model for a specific statistic in a specific location is not a guarantee of the accuracy of the overall simulation [10]. In fact, the validation of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) applications made with reference to the boundary layer development above specific locations or alignments within the urban area of interest, e.g., above the building heights or at the inlet, might very possibly not be evidence of the quality of urban winds assessment [11]. This is especially worrisome if the most convenient use of CFD is made: extending the experimental scope beyond its physical limitations (e.g., varying wind or geometry characteristics) [12].…”

A Conceptual Design of Energy Harvest from Roadside Trees of a Highway

“…There can be found numerous examples of oscillation or swing to the body or structure in different situation and location for the wind energy where the wind energy is being wasted. In fact, there is a good potential of harvesting energy from wind at high rise building areas (Glumac et al, 2018). In fact, build spacing and high rise buildings in the urban area cause to flow strong wind at base (pedestrian level at the ground) and also at the top of the buildings (Blocken and Stathopoulos, 2013;Blocken et al, 2016;Ricci et al, 2018;Sheng et al, 2018;Stathopoulos, 1985;Zheng et al, 2018).…”