Urban wind energy: some views on potential and challenges

Ted Stathopoulos; Hatem Alrawashdeh; Ayman Al-Quraan; Bert Blocken; Aierken Dilimulati; Marius Paraschivoiu; Pragasen Pilay

doi:10.1016/j.jweia.2018.05.018

Urban wind energy: some views on potential and challenges

Ted Stathopoulos
, Hatem Alrawashdeh
, Ayman Al-Quraan
, Bert Blocken
, Aierken Dilimulati
, Marius Paraschivoiu
, Pragasen Pilay

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Abstract

Urban wind energy consists of the utilization of wind energy technology in applications to the urban and suburban built environment. The paper provides some views on the progress made recently in the areas of wind resource assessment in the urban habitat; the utilization of suitable wind turbines for enhancing the exploitation of these resources; and the significant role of knowledge of building and urban aerodynamics for an optimal arrangement of interfacing augmented wind with its extraction mechanisms. The paper is not intended to be exhaustive, rather its purpose is to provide some views on the above-mentioned topics from the viewpoint of wind engineering and industrial aerodynamics in the context of buildings and cities.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	146-157
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
Volume	179
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2018.05.018
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2018

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This paper is based on a keynote lecture presentation given by the first author at WINERCOST′17, University of Coimbra, Portugal on April 21, 2017. The financial support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada for this study is gratefully acknowledged.

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Keywords

Building aerodynamics
Designs
Turbines
Urban aerodynamics
Urban energy
Wind

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