A pre-feasibility study of wind resources in Kutubdia Island

Titre du document / Document title

A pre-feasibility study of wind resources in Kutubdia Island, Bangladesh

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

SHAFIUZZAMAN KHAN KHADEM ⁽¹⁾ ; HUSSAIN Muhtasham ⁽¹⁾ ;

Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)

⁽¹⁾ Renewable Energy Research Centre, Energy Park, Faculty of Science, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, BANGLADESH

Résumé / Abstract

Kutubdia is one of the coastal islands in Bangladesh. The wind speed data at the wind monitoring station of Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), Kutubdia, located in a built-up area, appears to be low, but at another location, near the seashore, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) finds that the wind energy availability should be reasonably high. Considering the surface roughness, obstacle condition and terrain information of the island, a micro-scale prediction has been done using (100 x 100m²) grid cells in the Wind Atlas Analysis and Application Program (WAsP) to develop monthly and annual wind atlas and also a wind resource map which shows that at 50m height, the annual wind speed over Kutubdia coast varies from 5.1 to 5.8m/s. Southern and Eastern sides of Kutubdia appear to be promising for wind electricity generation using large turbines where wind power density at a height of 50 m or higher is found to be above 200 W/m² annually over the year September 1996 to August 1997. It is found that at 30m height, the coast side of Kutubdia should be sustainable for small turbines.

Revue / Journal Title

Renewable energy ISSN 0960-1481

Source / Source

2006, vol. 31, n^o14, pp. 2329-2341 [13 page(s) (article)] (16 ref.)

Langue / Language

Anglais

Editeur / Publisher

Elsevier Science, Oxford, ROYAUME-UNI (1991) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

Asia ; Measurement ; Modeling ; Power density ; Wind generator ; Roughness ; Wind velocity ; Wind energy ; Bangladesh ; Island ; Wind ; Feasibility studies ;

Mots-clés français / French Keywords

Asie ; Mesure ; Modélisation ; Puissance volumique ; Aérogénérateur ; Rugosité ; Vitesse vent ; Energie éolienne ; Bengla Desh ; Ile ; Vent ; Etude faisabilité ;

Mots-clés espagnols / Spanish Keywords

Asia ; Medida ; Modelización ; Generador aire ; Rugosidad ; Velocidad viento ; Energía eólica ; Bangla Desh ; Isla ; Viento ;

Mots-clés d'auteur / Author Keywords

Wind resource assessment ; WAsP analysis ; Kutubdia Island ; Bangladesh ;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 20690, 35400013354130.0090

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