Journal of Fundamentals of Renewable Energy and Applications
Open Access

Research, opportunities and challenges in low speed wind turbines

Joint Event 2^nd World Congress on Wind and Renewable Energy & 5^th World Congress and Expo on Green Energy

June 14-16, 2018 | London, UK

Kendrick Aung

Lamar University, USA

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Fundam Renewable Energy Appl

Abstract :

Wind energy is one of the fastest growing renewable energy sources in the world. Installed wind energy is 74.5 GW at the end of 2015, almost thirty-fold increase from 2000 where the installed wind energy is only 2.5 GW. However, most of these installed wind energy is produced by large scale wind turbines that requires an averaged wind speed of about 12 to 15 5 m/s. That requirement put a limit on the opportunities for using wind energy in many areas and locations around the world. As a result, research studies on the low speed wind turbines that can operate effectively at wind speed of 5 to 6 m/s have become increasingly common. In addition, non-traditional methods of deploying wind turbines, for example, using them by the roadside to generate electricity, have been studied more recently. In this presentation, current state-of-the-art research on the low speed wind turbines will be presented. Based on these researches, future opportunities and challenges facing extensive deployment of low speed wind turbines will be explored and discussed.

Biography :

KENDRICK AUNG is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Lamar University. He received his Bachelor degree In Mechanical Engineering from Rangoon Institute of Technology, Rangoon, Burma (Myanmar), and Master of Engineering degree in Energy Technology from Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, and Ph.D. degree in Aerospace Engineering from University of Michigan. Hejoined Department of Mechanical Engineering at Lamar University as an assistant professor in 2001. He is a life member of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and member of ASME, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). He has published over 80 technical papers and presented over 40 papers at national and international conferences. He is James G. Crump Distinguished Faculty Fellow at Lamar University.