Ecological Study of Windfarms

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Ecological Study of Windfarms P M V Subbarao Professor Mechanical Engineering Department I I T Delhi Ecological Study is the 21st Century Need for Innovation & Development.......…

Thermodynamic Classification of Living Species Life on Earth Heterotrophs Autotrophs Extra-Somatic Heterotrophs Somatic Heterotrophs

The Origin of Gurukul

Are the Solutions Eco-friendly??? Creation of Motive Power: Dangerous & Inhuman Technologies by copying

Energy System Vs Human Evolution Silicon Era Machine Free Era ??? Machines Era Water Mills Wind Mills Heat Engines Steam /gas turbines Compound Tool Era Single body Tool Era Cattle as Energy Systems Pre-historic Technology Humans as Energy Systems Pre-historic Energy Systems

Safety & Site Selection – Stage 1 Most planning authorities demand safety and risk assessment studies. Wind turbines are not permitted to rotate above roads or railway-tracks. Where icing of the blades or nacelle is likely; special limitations may be placed on the operation of the turbines with the rotor being stopped during icing and only released for restart when the ice has dispersed.

Potential Negative Impacts of Windfarms : Stage 2 The potential negative impacts of wind energy can be divided into the following categories: Avian/bat interaction with wind turbines. Wind turbine noise. Visual impact of wind turbines. Electromagnetic interference effects of wind turbines. Land-use impact of wind power systems. Other impact considerations.

Progress of Windfarms In spite of growing needs, wind energy is still facing resistance from public/authorities due to health and environmental concerns. The governments have published a series of reports regarding noise generation of wind farms. Reflecting increasing public awareness of this potential issue.

Avian/Bat Interaction with Wind Turbines There are approximately 300–400 bird fatalities per MWh due to wind turbines. The species fatalities associated with fossil fuel plants are much higher, approximately 5,200 fatalities per kWh. The implication is that as wind energy displaces progressively more fossil fuel based electricity, the overall effect on avian populations will be positive. There are two primary concerns related to the adverse effects of wind turbines on birds: (1) Effects on bird populations from the deaths caused either directly or indirectly by wind turbines. (2) Violations of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and/or the Endangered Species Act.

Birds and Wind Turbines (- Ve) Windfarms can adversely affect birds in the following manners: Bird electrocution and collision mortality; Changes to bird foraging habits; Alteration of migration habits; Reduction of available habitat; Disturbance to breeding, nesting, and foraging.

Birds and Wind Turbines (+ve) Conversely, windfarms have the following beneficial effects on birds: Protection of land from more dramatic habitat loss; Provision of perch sites for roosting and hunting; Provision and protection of nest sites on towers and ancillary facilities; Protection or expansion of prey base; Protection of birds from indiscriminate harassment.

Quantitative Studies on Bird-windfarm Interactions Bird Utilization Rate (BUR): The number of birds using the area during a given time or time and area. Bird mortality (BM) : The number of observed deaths, per unit search area. Bird Risk (BR) : The likelihood that a bird using the area in question will be killed.

Ecological Optimization of Windfarm Bird risk can be used to compare risk differences for many different variables: Distances from wind facilities; Species, type, and all birds. Seasons; Turbine structure types. It can be used to compare risks between wind resource areas and with other types of facilities such as highways, power lines, and TV and radio transmission towers.

Windfarm Noise & Ecological Issues Although it is still unclear whether wind farm noise has negative health impact, it concerns both the developers and the residents near wind farms. Therefore noise is an important factor in environmental monitoring.

Noise generation in Windfarms Noise generation in wind turbines can be generally traced back to either mechanical noise or aerodynamic noise. Mechanical Noise : Due to operation of turbine’s mechanical components produces noise. Aerodynamic Noise : Generated by wind flow and its interaction with the turbine itself. Noise propagation is affected by several factors: Ground effects Topography, Temperature, Atmospheric conditions, Aerodynamic effects caused by wake interactions and The geometric configuration between noise sources and receivers.

Quantification of Noise Level The sound pressure level of a noise, L, in units of decibels (dB), is given by: p is the instantaneous sound pressure in Pa.

Noise Modeling ISO-9613-2 standard: Receptors are the locations where the sound level is to be measured or predicted. In wind farm layout design, all residences located within the wind farm terrain, or within a certain jurisdiction-dependent neighborhood. These locations are considered receptors for noise calculation purposes. During design and development, the equivalent continuous downwind Octave-Band Sound Pressure Level (SPL) at each receptor location is calculated for each point source,

Mono Octave Band S P L SPL at each of the eight octave bands with nominal midband frequencies from 63 Hz to 8 kHz, as where Lw is the octave-band sound power emitted by the source, Dc is the directivity correction for sources that are not omnidirectional, A is the octave-band attenuation, and subscript f indicating that this quantity is calculated for each octave band frequency.

The attenuation term (A) Geometrical divergence : Adiv Atmospheric absorption : Aatm Ground effects : Agr Sound barriers : Abar Miscellaneous effects : Amisc Generally the attenuation due to sound barriers and miscellaneous effects are negligible for windfarms.

Effective S P L Several octave-band weightings are available to convert the Individual band SPLs to an effective SPL. For wind farm layout applications, it is customary to use A-weighted SPLs . The equivalent continuous A-weighted downwind SPL at specific location is calculated from summation of contributions of each point sound source at each octave band where ns is the number of point sound sources, j is the index representing one of the eight standard octave-band mid band frequencies, Af(j) : the standard A-weighting coefficients

SPL (A-weighted) as a function of distance from the source

Sound pressure level contour maps generated by OPENWIND WR36 : 30 turbines