Deployment of wind turbine in between cement silos for small power generation

Abstract

This study provides an overview of Building-Integrated Wind Turbines, focusing on cement silos as wind concentrators, along with determining the amount of power that could be connected without regard to wind direction. The motivation of this research is the intermittency issue of wind stream in an open environment and non-exploration of wind turbines between cement silos. Building-Augmented Wind Turbines provide 717 W of aerodynamic power at 16 m/s, whereas Standalone Wind Turbines produce 562 W. This is due to the wind speed acceleration between buildings, which causes a concentration effect. Meanwhile, using the simulation software ANSYS, the turbine geometry is developed utilising a Computational Fluid Dynamics evaluation.