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Frontiers in Energy >> 2012, Volume 6, Issue 3 doi: 10.1007/s11708-012-0194-x

Investigation on available wind energy at Tungku beach

1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Institute Technology Brunei, Brunei Darussalam; 2. Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Institute Technology Brunei, Brunei Darussalam

Available online: 2012-09-05

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Abstract

In this paper, wind velocities and directions (sea and land) are recorded in different days and times. The data collected were compared with the weather data from the Brunei Darussalam Meteorological Service (BDMS) and the findings of other researchers and were found to be in good agreement. The potential of wind energy is predicted from the available data collected. The average generated power (forenoon and afternoon) is found to be 25 (mean) and 18 W (median), 101 (mean) and 73 W (median), 912 (mean) and 660 W (median), 10137 (mean) and 7331 W (median) for a rotor with a diameter of 2.5, 5, 15 and 50 m, respectively. The power density for wind farming is found to be 0.26 (mean) and 0.19 (median), 0.31 (mean) and 0.22 (median) for the rotor whose diameter is 2.5 and 50 m, respectively, while the average values are found to be 0.28 (mean) and 0.2 (median) for the rotor whose diameter is 5 and 15 m.

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