A framework for wind energy conversion to promote sustainability in product design

Zachary Ball; Joe Szabo; Felipe M. Pasquali; John F. Hall

doi:10.1115/DETC201768393

A framework for wind energy conversion to promote sustainability in product design

Zachary Ball
, Joe Szabo
, Felipe M. Pasquali
, John F. Hall

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

University at Buffalo

SUNY Buffalo

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

2 Scopus citations

Abstract

This paper presents a sustainable design method for wind turbines. Sustainable design recognizes three main pillars; economic growth, social equity, and environmental protection. A framework is developed to observe the tradeoffs among these areas of sustainable design. Each pillar of sustainability is mapped to a design variable, and normalized objective functions are defined. For the economic component, the objective function is based on costs and power production. The societal objective function focuses on noise and aesthetics impacts. These are represented by risk averse utility functions. Carbon dioxide emissions and noise pollution are the environmental objectives. A multi-objective genetic algorithm is also used with Pareto optimality to identify tradeoffs between these three sustainability factors. Wind speed data from three sites is used to simulate the performance of the system. The sets of data are unique and represent low, medium, and high wind speed areas. In all three cases, the results indicate that the economic and environmental objectives can both be met with a relatively small tradeoff. However, a greater amount of tradeoff is necessary when considering societal impacts.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	29th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology
Publisher	American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
ISBN (Electronic)	9780791858219
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC201768393
State	Published - 2017
Event	ASME 2017 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2017 - Cleveland, United States Duration: Aug 6 2017 → Aug 9 2017

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Name	Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference
Volume	7

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Conference	ASME 2017 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2017
Country/Territory	United States
City	Cleveland
Period	08/6/17 → 08/9/17

Keywords

Design automation
Economic design
Environmental design
Societal design
Sustainable design
Wind energy conversion

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Ball, Z., Szabo, J., Pasquali, F. M., & Hall, J. F. (2017). A framework for wind energy conversion to promote sustainability in product design. In 29th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology (Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference; Vol. 7). American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC201768393

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Ball, Z, Szabo, J, Pasquali, FM & Hall, JF 2017, A framework for wind energy conversion to promote sustainability in product design. in 29th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology. Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference, vol. 7, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), ASME 2017 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2017, Cleveland, United States, 08/6/17. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC201768393

A framework for wind energy conversion to promote sustainability in product design. / Ball, Zachary; Szabo, Joe; Pasquali, Felipe M. et al.
29th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017. (Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference; Vol. 7).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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