Energies, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 18(10), P. 2626 - 2626
Published: May 20, 2025
Urban distributed energy systems play a crucial role in the development of sustainable and low-carbon cities. Evaluating urban wind resources is essential for effective harvesting, which requires detailed information about flow field. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has emerged as viable scalable method assessing resources. This review paper synthesizes characteristics environment resources, outlines general framework CFD-aided resource assessment, addresses future challenges perspectives. It highlights critical need to optimize harvesting complex built environments. The discusses conditions particularly extraction boundary performance small turbines (SWTs). Additionally, it notes that while large eddy simulation (LES) high-fidelity model, still less commonly used compared Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) models. Several remain, including broader adoption LES models, integration wake models extreme conditions, application these methods at larger scales real potential multi-scale modeling approaches enhance feasibility scalability also emphasized. findings are intended promote utilization further CFD accelerate creation resilient energy-efficient cities, well foster interdisciplinary innovation systems.
Language: Английский