A wind resource assessment around large mountain masses: The speed-up effect |
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Authors: | G Xydis |
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Institution: | 1. Lab of Soft Energy Applications &2. Environmental Protection, Piraeus University of Applied Sciences, Athens, Greece |
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Abstract: | The wind potential around an intensely mountainous area has been studied and an experimental analysis is presented the output of which could be used in the wind farm planning procedure aiming at maximization of the wind power production output of an area. The wind speed of a chosen site of Central Greece was studied based on field measurements around a large mountainous area of Central Greece. Understanding flow in the foothills and the wider area of the mountains is of great importance for estimating wind resource in rough terrain. In this article, special focus was given to the speed-up effect and forced air flow around mountainous masses. |
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Keywords: | Air flow foothills mountainous areas speed-up effect wind measurements |
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