Use of a wind tunnel for urban wind power estimation

Author

Al-Quraan, Ayman A. ; Pillay, Pragasen ; Stathopoulos, Ted

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng., Concordia Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada

fYear

2014

fDate

27-31 July 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper discusses a method of estimating urban wind power and energy by means of wind tunnel experiments. A case study in one building in Montreal called Equiterre building is discussed in detail. The wind speed field measurements for Equiterre building for three months is used to calculate the wind power and energy. The calculated wind energy is compared with the estimation by a methodology presented in this paper with error less than 40% obtained. Then this methodology is used to estimate the wind power and energy for one year over the roof of Equiterre building.

Keywords

buildings (structures); velocity measurement; wind power plants; wind tunnels; Equiterre building; Montreal; urban wind power estimation; wind energy; wind speed field measurements; wind tunnel experiments; Buildings; Estimation; Urban areas; Wind energy; Wind power generation; Wind speed; Dorval Airport Data; Energy Estimation; Equiterre Building; Urban Wind Measurements; Wind Energy; Wind Power; Wind Speed Estimation; Wind Tunnel;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

PES General Meeting | Conference & Exposition, 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

National Harbor, MD

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESGM.2014.6939264

Filename

6939264