RESEARCH PROJECT
CURRENT WIND TURBINE APPLICATIONS IN BUILDINGS ARE USUALLY ABLE TO UTILIZE WIND THAT BLOWS ONLY IN ONE DIRECTION. THE ABSTRACT BEHIND THIS STUDY WAS TO INVESTIGATE A METHOD BY WHICH THE CHAOTIC, MULTI-DIRECTIONAL WIND OCCURING IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS CAN BE EFFECTIVELY MANIPULATED. GIVEN THAT AIR IS A FLUID, AS ANY FLUID IT WOULD STICK TO AND FOLLOW A SURFACE TO WHICH IT IS APPLIED \ DIRECTED. TO WHICH THE BEST EXAMPLE IS “COANDA EFFECT” IN AERODYNAMICS. THEREFORE, THE SHAPE OF A BUILDING CAN BE CONFIGURED TO MANIPULATE THE FLOW. THE TOP OF TOWER IS AN ENERGY SPIRE, A WINDFARM, AND IS SHAPED ACCORDINGLY - AS A SCREW, ONTO THE SPIRAL THREAD OF WHICH THE WIND MASS IS BLOWING AND THEN TRAVELS UP AND DOWN, FOLLOWING THE SURFACE AND GETTING DRAWN INTO THE CHANNELS WITH WIND TURBINES, SPINNING AS MANY OF THEM AS POSSIBLE REGARDLESS OF THE PREVAILING WIND DIRECTION OR UNIFORMITY OF THE FLOW.