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”

<i>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 th</i><i>esis “</i><i>The Aeolian Roof: a building integrated wind and solar energy system in order to supply the electricity needs of a building</i><i>” via ORO.</i><b>Abstract</b>This thesis has researched an innovative way of providing ‘<i>zero carbon dioxide emitting electricity</i>’ by the use of a patented novel wind or wind and solar building integrated energy system, the <i>Aeolian Roof</i>. The <i>Aeolian Roof</i> 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 <i>Aeolian Roof</i> uses a special fairing or wing-like 'planar concentrator' known as a <i>SolAirfoil</i>^TM, which, in the particular arrangement examined in this thesis is attached and aligned to the upper region of the roof of a building.<br><br>The theoretical modelling of the <i>Aeolian Roof</i> 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 <i>Aeolian Roof</i> prototype on a dual pitch low-rise building located on an open country terrain. The experimental part of this work has shown that the <i>Aeolian Roof</i> concept works as a means of enhancing the power generated by a building-mounted wind turbine. For the <i>Aeolian Roof</i> configuration tested, it is possible to increase the wind power generated by a wind turbine in the <i>Aeolian Roof</i> 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.<br><br>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 <i>Aeolian Roof</i> 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 <i>Aeolian Roof</i>, 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 <i>Aeolian Roof</i> could be between 12 and 16 p/kWh respectively.

本数据集包含2007年提交学位论文时随附光盘内的全部文件。本数据集于2024年上传至ORDO以进行长期保存。如需获取更多信息，请通过ORO查阅题为《风动屋顶（Aeolian Roof）：集成于建筑的风光能源系统以满足建筑用电需求》的学位论文。

**摘要**
本论文研究了一种创新的“零二氧化碳排放电力”供应方案，该方案采用已获专利的新型建筑集成式风光能源系统——风动屋顶（Aeolian Roof）。该系统由德里克·泰勒（Derek Taylor）博士研发并获得专利，其核心功能为风力聚能装置，可提升建筑屋顶区域可获取的风力资源量，用于风能开发。为实现该目标，风动屋顶采用了一种特殊的整流罩或翼状“平面聚能器”，命名为SolAirfoil™，在本论文所研究的特定布置方案中，该装置安装于建筑屋顶上部区域并与之对齐。

本研究借助稳态二维计算流体动力学（Computational Fluid Dynamics，CFD）模拟完成了风动屋顶的理论建模。基于CFD模拟结果，研究团队在开阔野外地形中的双坡低层建筑上搭建了首台风动屋顶原型机。本研究的实验部分证实，风动屋顶概念可有效提升安装于建筑的风力涡轮机的发电功率。经测试的风动屋顶配置可使配套风力涡轮机的发电量提升最高达60%。本研究已识别出可进一步提升发电效能的优化方向，目前相关后续测试正在进行中。

结合逐时气象数据与实验结果可知，在暴露地形且年平均风速为4.6m/s的场址，搭载风动屋顶的风力涡轮机年发电量可比安装于具备偏航功能的桅杆上的同型号涡轮机高出12%。本论文所开展的成本分析显示，在折现率介于3.5%至7.5%的区间内，Mark 1型风动屋顶的发电成本分别为每千瓦时12至16便士。