Implantation, Operation Data and Performance Assessment of An Urban Area Grid-Connected Small Wind Turbine
Over the last few decades, and more prominently currently, many countries have launched and reinforced campaigns to reduce CO<sub>2</sub> emissions from all human activities and, in the area of energy, promote energy generating technologies from low carbon, renewable sources, especially...
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| description | Over the last few decades, and more prominently currently, many countries have launched and reinforced campaigns to reduce CO<sub>2</sub> emissions from all human activities and, in the area of energy, promote energy generating technologies from low carbon, renewable sources, especially wind and solar. In recent years, this promotion of renewables can be seen in statistics as well as an extraordinary increase in plants using renewable sources. There is more activity surrounding the use of small devices installed close to consumers, such as small wind turbines (SWT). In cities, the best places to install SWT are tall buildings. The Institute of Energy and Environment (IEE-USP) has installed a 1.8 kW SWT on the University of São Paulo campus in São Paulo, Brazil. Even with low-magnitude winds at the site, the SWT installation was carried out to serve as a didactic apparatus and demonstration initiative of wind energy generation connected directly to the University’s electric grid, which already has other embedded renewable sources installed, namely photovoltaic and biogas plants. The turbine was placed on the roof of the existing High Voltage Laboratory building, leading to an operating height of 35 m. This paper presents previous local wind data measurements using a Lidar system, annual energy yield estimation calculations, and measurements, also bringing all implementation details. It reports and analyzes the operation and energy production data from three full operational years, from 2018 to 2020, discussing and concluding with further improvements of SWT from technical and economic aspects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4fd744b0c43a44fabd62f21ee08d2deb2023-11-24T18:44:05ZengMDPI AGWind2674-032X2022-11-012471173210.3390/wind2040037Implantation, Operation Data and Performance Assessment of An Urban Area Grid-Connected Small Wind TurbineWelson Bassi0Alcantaro Lemes Rodrigues1Ildo Luis Sauer2Institute of Energy and Environment (IEE), University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo 05508-010, BrazilInstitute of Energy and Environment (IEE), University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo 05508-010, BrazilInstitute of Energy and Environment (IEE), University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo 05508-010, BrazilOver the last few decades, and more prominently currently, many countries have launched and reinforced campaigns to reduce CO<sub>2</sub> emissions from all human activities and, in the area of energy, promote energy generating technologies from low carbon, renewable sources, especially wind and solar. In recent years, this promotion of renewables can be seen in statistics as well as an extraordinary increase in plants using renewable sources. There is more activity surrounding the use of small devices installed close to consumers, such as small wind turbines (SWT). In cities, the best places to install SWT are tall buildings. The Institute of Energy and Environment (IEE-USP) has installed a 1.8 kW SWT on the University of São Paulo campus in São Paulo, Brazil. Even with low-magnitude winds at the site, the SWT installation was carried out to serve as a didactic apparatus and demonstration initiative of wind energy generation connected directly to the University’s electric grid, which already has other embedded renewable sources installed, namely photovoltaic and biogas plants. The turbine was placed on the roof of the existing High Voltage Laboratory building, leading to an operating height of 35 m. This paper presents previous local wind data measurements using a Lidar system, annual energy yield estimation calculations, and measurements, also bringing all implementation details. It reports and analyzes the operation and energy production data from three full operational years, from 2018 to 2020, discussing and concluding with further improvements of SWT from technical and economic aspects.https://www.mdpi.com/2674-032X/2/4/37small wind turbineurban wind energydistributed generationcapacity factorbuilding adapted wind turbineLidar wind measurements |
| spellingShingle | Welson Bassi Alcantaro Lemes Rodrigues Ildo Luis Sauer Implantation, Operation Data and Performance Assessment of An Urban Area Grid-Connected Small Wind Turbine Wind small wind turbine urban wind energy distributed generation capacity factor building adapted wind turbine Lidar wind measurements |
| title | Implantation, Operation Data and Performance Assessment of An Urban Area Grid-Connected Small Wind Turbine |
| title_full | Implantation, Operation Data and Performance Assessment of An Urban Area Grid-Connected Small Wind Turbine |
| title_fullStr | Implantation, Operation Data and Performance Assessment of An Urban Area Grid-Connected Small Wind Turbine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Implantation, Operation Data and Performance Assessment of An Urban Area Grid-Connected Small Wind Turbine |
| title_short | Implantation, Operation Data and Performance Assessment of An Urban Area Grid-Connected Small Wind Turbine |
| title_sort | implantation operation data and performance assessment of an urban area grid connected small wind turbine |
| topic | small wind turbine urban wind energy distributed generation capacity factor building adapted wind turbine Lidar wind measurements |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2674-032X/2/4/37 |
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