Laminar flow and turbulence modeling to trace wake pattern around building clusters for domestic scale wind turbine siting

Some of the primary concerns in integrating domestic scale renewable energy systems in city buildings is siting optimization and size scaling of domestic wind turbine models on building roof tops discounting the zone of wake influence. This is a Case study scenario of a regional wind resources distributions and predominant wind directions computation for CFD modeling to identify laminar and turbulent flow regions around building clusters which is crucial in tracing and discounting the wake and non potential zones which are not suitable for wind turbine installations. This study identifies potential locations for installing renewable energy systems for optimized energy conversion in future studies. This study also briefly summarizes the energy yield of a 50 kW wind turbine and evaluates the energy loss if the turbine´s real availability decreased due to improper turbine site location.