ROOF-CAPTURE

Innovative Design for Wind Energy Capture in Urban Environments

Coordinatore	Torclad Limited    more  Organization address address: Princess Road East (West Walk House) 99 city: Leicester postcode: LE1 7LF contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Mark Cognome: Robinson Email: send email Telefono: +44116 277 9577 Fax: +44116 277 9804
Nazionalità Coordinatore	United Kingdom [UK]
Sito del progetto	http://www.roofcapture.eu
Totale costo	1˙394˙042 €
EC contributo	1˙049˙975 €
Programma	FP7-SME Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs
Code Call	FP7-SME-2008-1
Funding Scheme	BSG-SME
Anno di inizio	2009
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2009-02-01   -   2011-01-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	Torclad Limited  Organization address address: Princess Road East (West Walk House) 99 city: Leicester postcode: LE1 7LF contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Mark Cognome: Robinson Email: send email Telefono: +44116 277 9577 Fax: +44116 277 9804	UK (Leicester)	coordinator	414˙309.00
2	ECLECTIC ENERGY LIMITED  Organization address address: "High Street, Edwinstowe" city: NOTTINGHAMSHIRE postcode: NG21 9 PR contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Peter James Cognome: Anderson Email: send email Telefono: 441624000000 Fax: 441624000000	UK (NOTTINGHAMSHIRE)	participant	206˙957.00
3	SolarVenti Limited  Organization address address: Fabriksvej 8 city: Thorso postcode: DK 8881 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Hans Jorgen Cognome: Christensen Email: send email Telefono: +45 8696 6700 Fax: +0045 8696 6955	DK (Thorso)	participant	170˙643.00
4	Point L - Bulgaria Ltd  Organization address address: Budapesta Street 18 city: Sofia postcode: 1000 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Petar Cognome: Petrov Email: send email Telefono: 35929746860 Fax: 35929740398	BG (Sofia)	participant	146˙744.25
5	"Bioinnova Proyectos Sostenibles, S.L."  Organization address address: Avda. de los Castros 36-1A city: Santander postcode: 39005 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Marta Cognome: Acha Email: send email Telefono: +34 94 20 70 324 Fax: +34 94 20 70 342	ES (Santander)	participant	83˙785.00
6	THE UK MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE LIMITED  Organization address address: MIDDLE ASTON HOUSE city: MIDDLE ASTON OXFORDSHIRE postcode: OX25 5PT contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Paul Cognome: Tranter Email: send email Telefono: +0044 845 094 7682 Fax: +0044 1664 501 589	UK (MIDDLE ASTON OXFORDSHIRE)	participant	11˙948.00
7	TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT  Organization address address: Stevinweg 1 city: DELFT postcode: 2628 CN contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Gerard Cognome: Van Bussel Email: send email Telefono: +3115 27 85178	NL (DELFT)	participant	10˙260.00
8	BRODARSKI INSTITUT DOO*BI  Organization address address: AVENIJA VECESLAVA HOLJEVCA 20 city: ZAGREB postcode: 10000 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Ernest Cognome: Vlacic Email: send email Telefono: 38516504103 Fax: +385 1 6504 280	HR (ZAGREB)	participant	5˙329.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'We propose a new approach for urban wind power to help the EU to meet renewable energy targets and make micro–generation acceptable in environmentally sensitive areas. Typically, the wind around buildings is too turbulent and slow to be of much use. Normal turbines need to be placed high above them which is expensive and attracts planning objections. If buildings could be used to augment turbine airspeeds, it’s estimated that the potential for energy capture in the built environment could exceed 10 TWh, creating CO2 savings of approximately 4 Megatonnes by 2020. We will develop a retro-fittable roof-mounted module that will be almost invisible from street level. It will accentuate the low pressure zone over a flat roof parapet and link it to high-pressure static air beneath using a tapered duct. The air speed in such a duct has been shown to exceed the free wind by more than 30%. Power increases with the square of air velocity, so a turbine in this region will generate more than double the power of a conventional turbine, and as a ducted fan it will cause significantly less noise and vibration. Further, we will use passively-warmed air injection to create a vortex in the duct, raising generator output by another 40%. The vortex can heat or chill air directly which, coupled to powered passive ventilation, might augment a building’s air conditioning and offset power consumption, cutting payback time still further. The potential EU market for building integrated wind turbines is €345m and we believe that we can capture a high proportion (20%) of it. Conventional wind turbines typically have payback periods of 15-30 years (depending on location) and our system has the potential to reduce this to 5 years. Regardless of the level of augmentation, this approach will significantly improve urban wind power viability and make wind power possible in wind-rich but planning-sensitive areas such as seaside towns and national park hillsides for the first time.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Novel technology is exploiting the wind sweeping over the roofs of city buildings. It could soon provide power, heat and cooling for these structures and significantly reduce dependence on fossil fuel combustion.