PFI: BIC- The Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy Project: Optimizing Novel Hydro-Kinetic Renewable Energy Systems via State-of-the-Art Computational Fluid Dynamics Research

PFI：BIC-罗斯福岛潮汐能项目：通过最先进的计算流体动力学研究优化新型水动力可再生能源系统

• 批准号: 1318201
• 负责人: Fotis Sotiropoulos
• 金额: $ 59.95万
• 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: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-07-15 至 2016-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1318201&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: PFI; BIC; Roosevelt; Island; Tidal

This Partnership for Innovation: Building Innovation Capacity project from the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory-University of Minnesota (SAFL) seeks to 1) leverage novel computational fluid dynamics algorithms and experimental techniques developed by SAFL, the unique marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) energy field facilities and industry-leading expertise of Verdant Power, Inc. (VPI), and advances in material science and manufacturing of composite blades by Energetx Composites, Inc. (ECI) to tackle major technological and environmental roadblocks hindering commercial development and wide-spread deployment of technologies for harnessing MHK energy resources; and 2) contribute toward educating the next generation workforce for the MHK industry with emphasis on Native American students. A three-pronged research plan is proposed aimed at 1) Designing and testing via fluid-structure interaction computational tools the next generation of MHK turbine rotor blades optimized for reliable and efficient operation in real-life aquatic environments; 2) Optimizing via site-specific computational modeling the layout of VPI's pilot-scale 30-turbine, 1.05MW array to be developed in the Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy (RITE) site in the East River in New York City; and 3) Developing and demonstrating the utility of the computational tools for quantifying and mitigating environmental effects due to coupled MHK array-geomorphology interactions. At the core of the educational plan of this project is the collaboration with Salish Kootenai Colleg (SKC), which will seek to enrich the 4-year degree program of this college with technological and entrepreneurial content focused on MHK energy. The computational framework to be used in this project is able to carry out high-resolution simulations of turbulence in arbitrarily complex waterways with embedded natural and/or man-made hydraulic structures and/or MHK turbines and multi-turbine arrays, taking into account hydro-elastic effects of turbine blades, and the interactions between turbines and waterway morphodynamic processes. This computational framework will be further developed and demonstrated in a real-world MHK project by leveraging the industry-leading expertise and unique field facilities of the two small business partners. The resulting simulation-based toolbox will be translated to the business partners to provide them for the first time with in depth mechanistic understanding of how turbines perform in and interact with real-life aquatic environments; and a powerful simulation-based engineering science toolbox for site-specific optimization of turbine arrays for efficiency and environmental compatibility.Technologies for harnessing clean and renewable energy from MHK resources are currently at the pre-commercial stage of development and a number of technological and environmental challenges need to be overcome for this emerging industry to impact the nation's economy and renewable energy portfolio. Today, the U.S. MHK industry is at a stage similar to the early days of wind power technology prior to the emergence of a viable industry. Due to market pressures confronting small businesses in a nascent industry sector, the innovation capacity of companies like VPI and ECI is seriously impaired. The proposed PFI will enable both industry partners to leverage unique state-of-the-art simulation tools and emerge as international leaders in the MHK industry. Furthermore, the success of VPI's highly visible RITE project in New York City will provide a major boost to the entire U.S. MHK industry sector and help accelerate the wide-spread deployment of MHK energy technologies throughout the nation. The PFI educational plan will provide pilot content for the SKC Hydrology degree program that will uniquely link a Native American reservation with promising new technologies at a point where technology and entrepreneurial development are happening simultaneously; open-up a new potential marketplace for MHK technology in rural communities on a Native American reservation; and pilot this effort as a model for implementation in other rural communities in the U.S. and in third-world countries.Partners at the inception of the project are the 1) Lead Institution: St. Anthony Falls Laboratory at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (College of Science and Engineering); 2) Small Business Partners: Verdant Power, Inc. (Roosevelt Island, NY) and Energetx Composites, Inc. (Holland MI); and an 3) Academic Institution: Salish Kootenai College (Pablo, MT).

这项创新合作伙伴关系：从圣安东尼瀑布实验室实验室建设创新能力项目（SAFL）寻求1）利用新型计算流体动力学算法和实验技术，由独特的海洋和水力学（MHK）能源现场和工业界的材料和工业的材料和工业知识（VP）（VP。 Energetx Composites，Inc。（ECI）的复合叶片，以应对主要的技术和环境障碍，阻碍了商业开发和广泛部署技术来利用MHK能源资源； 2）有助于教育MHK行业的下一代劳动力，重点是美国原住民学生。 提出了一个三管齐下的研究计划，针对1）通过流体结构相互作用计算工具设计和测试的下一代MHK涡轮转子叶片优化了，以在现实生活中的水生环境中可靠，有效的操作； 2）通过特定地点的计算建模优化VPI的Pilot-Scale 30涡轮机，1.05MW阵列将在纽约东河的Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy（Rite）地点开发； 3）开发和证明计算工具的实用性，以量化和减轻耦合的MHK数组 - 地球形态相互作用引起的环境影响。 该项目的教育计划的核心是与Salish Kootenai Colleg（SKC）的合作，该合作将寻求以技术和企业家内容为重点以MHK Energy的技术和创业内容来丰富该学院的4年学位课程。该项目中要使用的计算框架能够使用嵌入式自然和/或人造的液压结构和/或MHK涡轮机以及多涡轮机阵列进行任意复杂的水道中的湍流模拟，并考虑到涡轮晶体的水力弹性效应，以及涡轮机的相互作用，以及涡轮机之间的相互作用。 通过利用两个小型企业合作伙伴的行业领先的专业知识和独特的现场设施，将在现实世界中的MHK项目中进一步开发和证明该计算框架。 由此产生的基于仿真的工具箱将被转化为业务合作伙伴，以便对它们进行深入的机械理解，以了解涡轮机在现实生活中的水生环境的性能和互动；以及一个强大的基于模拟的工程科学工具箱，用于针对涡轮阵列的特定地点优化，以提高效率和环境兼容性。目前，用于利用MHK资源的清洁和可再生能源的技术正在开发的前商业阶段，并且许多技术和环境挑战都必须克服这个新兴行业的国家经济和竞争性的能源，并影响了国家经济和Reeneworio and renewoliow。 如今，美国MHK行业正处于与可行行业出现之前风能技术初期相似的阶段。由于在新生行业中面临的小型企业面临的市场压力，VPI和ECI等公司的创新能力受到严重损害。 拟议的PFI将使两个行业合作伙伴能够利用独特的最先进的模拟工具，并成为MHK行业的国际领导者。 此外，VPI在纽约市高度可见的仪式项目的成功将为整个美国MHK行业部门提供重大的推动力，并有助于加速全国MHK Energy Technologies的广泛部署。 PFI教育计划将为SKC水文学位计划提供试点内容，该计划将在技术和企业家发展同时发生的那一刻将美洲原住民保留与有希望的新技术联系起来；在美国原住民保留地开设农村社区MHK技术的新潜在市场；并以这种努力作为在美国和第三世界国家的其他农村社区实施的典范。该项目成立于1）领导机构：明尼苏达大学两国城市的圣安东尼瀑布实验室（科学与工程学院）； 2）小型企业合作伙伴：Verdant Power，Inc。（纽约州罗斯福岛）和Energetx Coposites，Inc。（Holland Mi）； 3）学术机构：萨利什·库特内奈学院（MT Pablo）。