Journal of Power and Energy Engineering

Volume 9, Issue 6 (June 2021)

ISSN Print: 2327-588X   ISSN Online: 2327-5901

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Investigating the Prospect of Rooftop Flapping Wind Turbine in Bangladesh

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DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2021.96005    265 Downloads   1,144 Views  Citations

ABSTRACT

The objective of this research is mainly focused on environment-friendly and moderately slow flapping wind turbine which can easily operate in or near urban areas or rooftops owing to scale merit with low-frequency turbine noise, installation cost, avian mortality rate and safety consideration etc. We considered lift and drag based slow flapping type wind turbine to operate in the residential arena. In order to study the flapping wind turbine performance, we collect ten years of wind velocity records from the Bangladesh Meteorological Department for two different stations in Bangladesh. The velocity contours and profiles have been the points of observation to find out the suitable turbine shape having the efficiency to initiate the turbine rotation. We made a simple comparative study of the wind velocities profile obtained from the different stations in Bangladesh. A simple numerical study has been conducted and presented by graphical analysis to inspect the wind flow above the constructed structure. Finally, we analyze the wind velocity for the individual months and determine the turbine performance in terms of torque for the average wind velocities of Dhaka and Cox’s Bazar stations.

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Alam, M. , Hossain, M. , Hemel, R. and Azam, M. (2021) Investigating the Prospect of Rooftop Flapping Wind Turbine in Bangladesh. Journal of Power and Energy Engineering, 9, 62-75. doi: 10.4236/jpee.2021.96005.

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