Abstract
This paper presents an investigation of wind observations made at three (of a network of ten) stations in Dublin. Two of the stations are located over different parts of the urbanized landscape and one is located at Dublin Airport, which exemplifies a typical meteorological station. The purpose of the analysis is to evaluate the nature of the wind resource in the urban area. The potential output of a range of commercially available micro wind turbines at one of the stations is considered. At this location, an anemometer is mounted in a similar manner to international examples of building mounted domestic installations of micro wind turbines. Finally, the paper investigates the relevancy of the Weibull and Rayleigh probability density functions as a means to represent urban wind power density for this Network.
Original language | English |
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DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Event | 46th International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC) - Duration: 5 Sep 2011 → 8 Sep 2011 |
Conference
Conference | 46th International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC) |
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Period | 5/09/11 → 8/09/11 |
Keywords
- wind observations
- Dublin
- urbanized landscape
- Dublin Airport
- wind resource
- micro wind turbines
- anemometer
- Weibull
- Rayleigh probability density functions
- urban wind power density