Author(s)

Akira Nishimura^1*, Masanobu Kakita¹, Junsuke Murata¹, Toshitake Ando¹, Yasunari Kamada¹, Masafumi Hirota¹, Mohan Lal Kolhe²

¹Division of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Mie University, Tsu, Japan.
²Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Agder, Grimstad, Norway.

It is very important to consider proper intelligent integration and locations of renewable energy sources into the built environment for developing smart cities. Wind speed distribution study in the built environment is very essential for analyzing the wind turbine performance located in the built environment. In this work, the building layout like nozzle is proposed and the objective is to optimize the building layout for increasing electrical energy output of wind turbine, assumed to be installed in actual cities of Japan. The wind speed distribution across buildings is numerically simulated by using CFD-ACE+. Wind turbine power output is estimated using the power curve of a real commercial wind turbine and wind speed distribution is simulated using CFD software. The meteorological data of Fukushima city and Tsu city of Japan are utilized for evaluating the wind speed distribution profile across the building and for finding the electrical energy output from wind turbine. The proposed building models, which have the angle between two buildings like nozzle of 90°, 135° and 180°, can provide the wind acceleration at the back of buildings for the wind blowing from the main wind direction and the angle of 135° is optimum building layout. In the case of installing the proposed building model in Fukushima city and Tsu city, the wind energy output in winter season is higher while that in summer season is lower irrespective of the buildings’ angle. The interaction between the change in frequency distribution of wind speed and direction throughout the year and the location of open tip of building model decides the power generation characteristics of the proposed building model.

Built Environment Wind Turbine, Built Environment Wind Speed Distribution, Building Layouts for Built Environment Wind Turbine, Smart City

Nishimura, A. , Kakita, M. , Murata, J. , Ando, T. , Kamada, Y. , Hirota, M. and Kolhe, M. (2015) Optimization of Building Layouts to Increase Wind Turbine Power Output in the Built Environment Assumed to Be Installed at Fukushima City and Tsu City in Japan. Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, 6, 279-292. doi: 10.4236/sgre.2015.69023.