Supplementary materials for PhD thesis “The Aeolian Roof: a building integrated wind and solar energy system in order to supply the electricity needs of a building”

This dataset comprises the files contained on a CD-ROM which was attached to the thesis when it was submitted in 2007. It was uploaded to ORDO in 2024 for preservation purposes. For more information, please refer to the thesis “The Aeolian Roof: a building integrated wind and solar energy system in order to supply the electricity needs of a building” via ORO.AbstractThis thesis has researched an innovative way of providing ‘zero carbon dioxide emitting electricity’ by the use of a patented novel wind or wind and solar building integrated energy system, the Aeolian Roof. The Aeolian Roof conceived and patented by Dr Derek Taylor, is specifically intended to act as a wind power concentrator, increasing the amount of wind resource available on the top of the building for wind energy exploitation. In order to achieve that, the Aeolian Roof uses a special fairing or wing-like 'planar concentrator' known as a SolAirfoilTM, which, in the particular arrangement examined in this thesis is attached and aligned to the upper region of the roof of a building.The theoretical modelling of the Aeolian Roof has been undertaken with the aid of steady-state two dimensional Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations. CFD results led to the construction of the first Aeolian Roof prototype on a dual pitch low-rise building located on an open country terrain. The experimental part of this work has shown that the Aeolian Roof concept works as a means of enhancing the power generated by a building-mounted wind turbine. For the Aeolian Roof configuration tested, it is possible to increase the wind power generated by a wind turbine in the Aeolian Roof by up to 60%. Means of achieving further enhancement have been identified as a result of this work and further testing is currently taking place.The combination of hourly weather data and the experimental results have shown that for a site with an annual mean wind speed of 4.6 m/s on an exposed terrain the annual electricity produced with an Aeolian Roof should be capable of exceeding that generated over a year by the same wind turbine mounted on a mast - but able to yaw - by 12%. In terms of providing a value for the cost of the electricity generated with the Aeolian Roof, the analysis undertaken in this thesis has shown that for discount rates between 3.5% and 7.5% the cost of the electricity generated with the Mark 1 Aeolian Roof could be between 12 and 16 p/kWh respectively.

本数据集收录了2007年提交论文时所附带的CD-ROM中的所有文件。为保存目的，该数据集于2024年上传至ORDO。如需了解更多信息，请参阅题为《风能屋顶：一种建筑一体化风能和太阳能系统，以供应建筑用电需求》的论文，可通过ORO获取摘要。该论文研究了通过使用专利的革新性风能或风能及太阳能建筑一体化能源系统（以下简称风能屋顶）来提供‘零二氧化碳排放电力’的方法。风能屋顶由Derek Taylor博士构想并取得专利，旨在作为风力发电集中器，增加建筑顶部可用于风力发电的风能资源。为实现此目的，风能屋顶采用了一种特殊的整流器或翼型‘平面集中器’，称为SolAirfoilTM，在该论文所考察的特定配置中，该整流器被附着并校准于建筑屋顶的上部区域。风能屋顶的理论建模是在稳态二维计算流体动力学（CFD）模拟的帮助下进行的。CFD结果导致了位于开阔乡村地形上的双坡低层建筑上第一个风能屋顶原型的构建。本工作的实验部分表明，风能屋顶概念可以作为增强建筑安装的风力发电机发电量的手段。对于所测试的风能屋顶配置，通过风能屋顶可以将风力发电机产生的风能提高至60%。本工作识别了进一步提高的方法，并且正在进行进一步的测试。结合每小时天气数据和实验结果，表明对于年平均风速为4.6 m/s的暴露地形，使用风能屋顶产生的年电力应能超过相同风力发电机在桅杆上（但能偏航）一年内产生的电力12%。在提供使用风能屋顶产生的电力的成本方面，本论文的分析表明，对于3.5%至7.5%的折现率，使用第一代风能屋顶产生的电力的成本分别在12至16便士/千瓦时之间。