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Title: | Technoeconomic analysis of ducted wind turbines and their slow acceptance on the market | Authors: | Masukume, Peace-maker Makaka, Golden Tinarwo, David |
Keywords: | Wind turbines Diffusers |
Issue Date: | 2014 | Publisher: | Hindawi | Series/Report no.: | Journal of Renewable Energy;Vol. 2014: p. 1-6 | Abstract: | The encasing of wind turbines in a duct to enhance performance is not new. A ducted wind turbine produces more power than an unducted wind turbine of the same parameters. A number of approaches in studying the effects of diffusers and other wind concentrating devices have been done and have resulted in a number of prototypes produced but without any commercialization. The aim of this paper is to investigate the failure of commercialization of ducted turbines. A technical and economic analysis of a ducted turbine is also presented. The work shows that traditional economic methods used to evaluate ducted wind turbines are erroneous; they do not account for external effects of power generation and individual and community benefits derived from this technology. Failure to penetrate the market is due to negative publicity as a result of the erroneous evaluation undertaken and lack of appropriate engineering techniques to protect ducted wind energy systems in extreme wind conditions. | URI: | https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/951379 https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jre/2014/951379/ http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4596 |
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