Distributed hydrokinetic power generation for remote community applications in cold climates

寒冷气候下偏远社区应用的分布式水力发电

基本信息

批准号：
RGPIN-2016-05902
负责人：
Bibeau, Eric
金额：
$ 2.77万
依托单位：
University of Manitoba
依托单位国家：
加拿大
项目类别：
Discovery Grants Program - Individual
财政年份：
2018
资助国家：
加拿大
起止时间：
2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=645433
关键词：
Distributed hydrokinetic power generation remote

项目摘要

In Canada 84% of our energy for electricity, heat and transportation comes from fossil fuels; for remote communities, energy needs are mainly supplied by fossil fuels. Energy drivers---greenhouse gases that lead to climate change, peak oil, environmental emissions, long term energy security and sustainability---require our society to develop a portfolio of technologies that are cost effective in order to harness renewable energy and increase the percentage of renewable energy used in our communities. The activities proposed in this Discovery Grant renewal are directed towards developing novel technologies that are required by the marine industry to achieve lower levelized costs and to address practical requirements needed by the industry to provide sustainable communities with river and tidal hydrokinetic turbines. A new, rugged instrument will be developed to measure velocities for up to 2 years at potential river turbine sites to predict power production. This new instrument will be tested in-situ at the Canadian Hydrokinetic Turbine Testing Center (CHTTC) and the data will be used to develop expressions to predict velocity distribution, capacity factors and cumulative distribution of water velocities (2 MSc). The CHTTC flow channel will be characterized by simultaneously measuring velocities in 2-D planes, by traversing the water column with acoustic Doppler anemometry, and by using a microstructure profiler. This will be the first time such detailed velocity and turbulence measurements are made in a high velocity river location (2 MSc). A new 1-kW deployment system for hydrokinetic river applications in cold climates will be modeled, manufactured and tested to simplify deployment and achieve turbine stability in the flow. Its purpose is to significantly decrease the levelized cost of electricity when operating year round marine turbines in sustainable communities in cold climates (1 PhD). Numerical modeling and experimental testing of Darrieus turbines at the CHTTC will be performed to understand how to optimally position turbines to maximize power production (1 PhD). The value of the proposed research program is to allow communities living in cold climates to become self-reliant and sustainable by operating hydrokinetic turbines at levelized costs that is lower than alternatives.**

在加拿大，我们有84％的电力能源，热量和运输来自化石燃料。对于偏远的社区，能源需求主要由化石燃料提供。能源驱动因素---导致气候变化，石油峰值，环境排放，长期能源安全和可持续性的温室气体 - 要求我们的社会开发一种具有成本效益的技术组合，以利用可再生能源并增加我们社区中使用的可再生能源的百分比。这项发现授予申请授予的活动旨在开发新型技术，这些新技术是海洋工业所需的，以实现较低的水平成本，并解决该行业为提供河流和潮汐水力学涡轮机提供可持续性社区所需的实际要求。将开发一种新的，坚固的仪器，以在潜在的河涡轮机场测量长达2年的速度以预测发电。该新仪器将在加拿大基金会涡轮测试中心（CHTTC）的原位测试，数据将用于开发表达式以预测速度分布，容量因子和水速度的累积分布（2 MSC）。 CHTTC流通道的特征是同时测量2-D平面中的速度，通过使用声学多普勒驱动器和使用微结构探测仪来遍历水柱。这将是第一次在高速河位（2 MSC）中进行这种详细的速度和湍流测量值。将在寒冷气候下进行基本动力学河应用的新的1 kW部署系统进行建模，制造和测试，以简化部署并实现流量中的涡轮机稳定性。它的目的是在寒冷气候中可持续社区的全年船用涡轮机（1博士学位）中大大降低电力的水平成本。将对CHTTC的达里乌斯涡轮机进行数值建模和实验测试，以了解如何最佳定位涡轮机以最大化功率产生（1 PHD）。拟议的研究计划的价值是允许生活在寒冷的气候下的社区通过操作的基本动力学涡轮机以低于替代方案的水平成本而变得自力更生和可持续。**