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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 112, 2019
8th International Conference on Thermal Equipment, Renewable Energy and Rural Development (TE-RE-RD 2019)
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Article Number | 02011 | |
Number of page(s) | 9 | |
Section | Renewable Energy | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/201911202011 | |
Published online | 20 August 2019 |
Noise assessment of the small-scale wind farm
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics, University Politehnica of Bucharest, RO-060042, Street Splaiul Independenţei no.313 , sector 6, Bucharest, Romania
* Corresponding author: cristian.alionte@upb.ro
The importance of renewable energy and especially of eolian systems is growing. For this reason, we propose the investigation of an important pollutant - the noise, which has become so important that European Commission and European Parliament introduced Directive 2002/49/CE relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise. So far, priority has been given to very large-scale systems connected to national energy systems, wind farms whose highly variable output power could be regulated by large power systems. Nowadays, with the development of small storage capacities, it is feasible to install small power wind turbines in cities of up to 10,000 inhabitants too. As a case study, we propose a simulation for a rural locality where individual wind units could be used. This specific case study is interesting because it provides a new perspective of the impact of noise on the quality of life when the use of this type of system is implemented on a large scale. This option, of distributed and small power wind turbine, can be implemented in the future as an alternative or an adding to the common systems.
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