Proposal for a Workshop on Basic Research at the Intersection of Marine/Hydrokinetic Energy and the Aquatic Environment

关于海洋/水动力能源与水生环境交叉点基础研究研讨会的提案

• 批准号: 1136563
• 负责人: Efi Foufoula-Georgiou
• 金额: $ 4.01万
• 依托单位: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-15 至 2013-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1136563&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Proposal; Workshop; Basic; Research; Intersection

Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy (MKE) generates power by harnessing the natural flow of water without using a dam, a diversionary structure, or an impoundment. It is defined as electrical energy from waves, tides, currents and temperature differentials in oceans, estuaries, and tidal areas, as well as from free flowing water in rivers, lakes, streams and man-made channels. Marine and hydrokinetic energy has the potential to provide almost 10% of the US electricity demands. However, the potential environmental effects of marine and hydrokinetic energy are far from well understood, both in general scientific, engineering, socio-economic, and ecological principles and in site-specific cases. The objective of this project is to bring together a group of experts via a workshop to: (1) lay down the major research challenges and opportunities at the interface of marine/hydrokinetic energy and the environment, and (2) to create synergies among principal investigators towards forming multi-disciplinary research groups that can better undertake end-to-end research in energy and the environment. Invitees will include researchers in academic institutions, National Research Laboratories, and Federal agencies to foster across-agency interactions. Topics to be covered in the workshop span the full spectrum of physical-engineering-economic aspects of MHK energy in oceans, estuaries and rivers including: impact of offshore MHK farms on ocean waves and seabed geomorphology, impact of energy devices on hydrodynamics, wave propagation and turbulence, impact on sediment transport and stream morphodynamics, and evaluation of ecosystem changes and trade-offs including alteration of stream biology and bio-geochemistry as well as impacts on fish movement and migration,. Engineering aspects of turbine size and cluster arrangement on the above aspects will also be studied. As marine and hydrokinetic energy technology develops at a fast pace and as the pressure for new licenses piles up, accelerated research in providing the scientific understanding of harnessing the natural power of water for renewable energy without harming the environment becomes a priority and thus this workshop is very timely. About 25 ? 30 scientists with expertise in fluid mechanics, wave propagation, geomorphology, sediment transport, hydrology, aquatic biology, nutrient transport, bio-geochemistry, and ocean engineering will be invited, seeking a balance between senior and junior investigators, gender and underrepresented groups. Also, an expert in communicating science to the public and science education will be invited to participate. Participants will be invited to give a presentation of their recent work as well as their perspectives on research opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. Students and post-docs will be encouraged to attend and will be provided with travel funds. In addition to presentations, focus groups will be created to discuss specific topics and to contribute to a state-of -the-art summary on MHK energy and the environment research status and future needs.

海洋和流体动力能源 (MKE) 通过利用自然水流发电，无需使用水坝、导流结构或蓄水池。它被定义为来自海洋、河口和潮汐区的波浪、潮汐、水流和温差，以及来自河流、湖泊、溪流和人造渠道中自由流动的水的电能。海洋和流体动力能源有潜力满足美国近 10% 的电力需求。 然而，无论是在一般科学、工程、社会经济和生态原理还是在特定地点的情况下，海洋和流体动力能源的潜在环境影响还远未得到充分了解。该项目的目标是通过研讨会聚集一组专家：（1）确定海洋/流体动力能源与环境界面的主要研究挑战和机遇，以及（2）在主要研究人员之间建立协同作用研究人员致力于组建多学科研究小组，以便更好地开展能源和环境方面的端到端研究。 受邀者将包括学术机构、国家研究实验室和联邦机构的研究人员，以促进跨机构互动。 研讨会涵盖的主题涵盖海洋、河口和河流中 MHK 能源的物理、工程和经济各个方面，包括：海上 MHK 发电场对海浪和海底地貌的影响、能源装置对流体动力学的影响、波浪传播和湍流，对沉积物运输和河流形态动力学的影响，以及生态系统变化和权衡的评估，包括河流生物学和生物地球化学的改变以及对鱼类运动和洄游的影响。 还将对上述方面的涡轮机尺寸和集群布置的工程方面进行研究。随着海洋和流体动力能源技术的快速发展以及新许可证压力的不断增加，加速研究以提供科学理解，在不损害环境的情况下利用水的自然力量来获取可再生能源成为当务之急，因此本次研讨会非常及时。 大约25？将邀请 30 名在流体力学、波浪传播、地貌学、沉积物输送、水文学、水生生物学、营养物输送、生物地球化学和海洋工程方面具有专业知识的科学家，寻求高级和初级研究人员、性别和代表性不足群体之间的平衡。 此外，还将邀请一位从事科学传播和科学教育的专家参加。 参与者将被邀请介绍他们最近的工作以及他们对未来研究机会和挑战的看法。 我们将鼓励学生和博士后参加，并将为其提供旅费。 除了演讲之外，还将成立焦点小组来讨论特定主题，并为 MHK 能源和环境研究现状和未来需求提供最先进的总结。