The siting of wind turbines

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dc.contributor.advisorDutkiewicz, Ryszard Karolen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBotha, Paul Cedricen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-11T11:53:57Z
dc.date.available2014-10-11T11:53:57Z
dc.date.issued1988en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 73-82.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIn September 1984, Guy Roberts completed a report on the cost of wind energy in South Africa. His results showed that wind-energy in South Africa was uneconomical, but they suggest that at locations with higher wind speeds, the cost of wind power would approach the South African grid electricity cost. Knowing that locations with high annual average wind speeds would make the most suitable wind turbine sites, it was decided to investigate the wind enhancement, due to localized topography in such areas. Existing available wind data, together with previous studies on the South African wind energy potential suggested that the site worthy of investigation was in the vicinity of Cape Agulhas. A number of methods of ascertaining the wind potential over a given region were considered for investigating the area of interest. The two readily available techniques, physical and numerical modeling, were chosen to investigate the topographical wind enhancement. Previous work done on the siting of wind turbines using physical modeling was investigated prior to proceeding with the construction of and experimentation with a scale model. The utilization of two modeling techniques enabled the direct comparison of results.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBotha, P. C. (1988). <i>The siting of wind turbines</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Energy Research Centre. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8288en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBotha, Paul Cedric. <i>"The siting of wind turbines."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Energy Research Centre, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8288en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBotha, P. 1988. The siting of wind turbines. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Botha, Paul Cedric AB - In September 1984, Guy Roberts completed a report on the cost of wind energy in South Africa. His results showed that wind-energy in South Africa was uneconomical, but they suggest that at locations with higher wind speeds, the cost of wind power would approach the South African grid electricity cost. Knowing that locations with high annual average wind speeds would make the most suitable wind turbine sites, it was decided to investigate the wind enhancement, due to localized topography in such areas. Existing available wind data, together with previous studies on the South African wind energy potential suggested that the site worthy of investigation was in the vicinity of Cape Agulhas. A number of methods of ascertaining the wind potential over a given region were considered for investigating the area of interest. The two readily available techniques, physical and numerical modeling, were chosen to investigate the topographical wind enhancement. Previous work done on the siting of wind turbines using physical modeling was investigated prior to proceeding with the construction of and experimentation with a scale model. The utilization of two modeling techniques enabled the direct comparison of results. DA - 1988 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1988 T1 - The siting of wind turbines TI - The siting of wind turbines UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8288 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8288
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBotha PC. The siting of wind turbines. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Energy Research Centre, 1988 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8288en_ZA
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.departmentEnergy Research Centreen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEnergy and Development Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleThe siting of wind turbinesen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMScen_ZA
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