ROOF-CAPTURE
Innovative Design for Wind Energy Capture in Urban Environments
| Coordinatore | Torclad Limited
Organization address
address: Princess Road East (West Walk House) 99 contact info |
| 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
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Torclad Limited
Organization address
address: Princess Road East (West Walk House) 99 contact info |
UK (Leicester) | coordinator | 414˙309.00 |
| 2 |
ECLECTIC ENERGY LIMITED
Organization address
address: "High Street, Edwinstowe" contact info |
UK (NOTTINGHAMSHIRE) | participant | 206˙957.00 |
| 3 |
SolarVenti Limited
Organization address
address: Fabriksvej 8 contact info |
DK (Thorso) | participant | 170˙643.00 |
| 4 |
Point L - Bulgaria Ltd
Organization address
address: Budapesta Street 18 contact info |
BG (Sofia) | participant | 146˙744.25 |
| 5 |
"Bioinnova Proyectos Sostenibles, S.L."
Organization address
address: Avda. de los Castros 36-1A contact info |
ES (Santander) | participant | 83˙785.00 |
| 6 |
THE UK MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE LIMITED
Organization address
address: MIDDLE ASTON HOUSE contact info |
UK (MIDDLE ASTON OXFORDSHIRE) | participant | 11˙948.00 |
| 7 |
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT
Organization address
address: Stevinweg 1 contact info |
NL (DELFT) | participant | 10˙260.00 |
| 8 |
BRODARSKI INSTITUT DOO*BI
Organization address
address: AVENIJA VECESLAVA HOLJEVCA 20 contact info |
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.