Zvimwe mashoko ari mumitauro iyi anogona kunge ashandurwa nechigadzirwa chemachina uye anogona kusanganisira zvikanganiso. Kubatsira kuvandudzwa kwayo Ona chinyorwa chekutanga muChirungu
Offshore wind turbines iri kugara mu violet uye orange sunset sky, zuva pa horizon pamusoro pechiedza cheblue sea.
Green Initiative · Kuvhura tsvakurudzo

The Fan Wall

Tichazvigadzirisa kuti kusanganisira kugadzira mudziyo mu computer vatambi kuti kuita urume kubva kumhepo. The physics akati hapana kuti chirevo. Itwo akaratidza imwe yakanaka. Here ndivo yose mathematics, chii chakaratidzwa, chii hachisi, uye chii chaizotora kuziva.

掬茶, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Nekuti zvose zvinofamba nemhepo zvaunenge waona zvinoenderana nechinangwa chimwe chete: imwe rotor iri yakakura sezvinobvira, iri pamusoro sezvaigona. Inoshanda zvakanaka, uye inodiwa macranes, nzvimbo yakavhurika uye makore ezvibvumirano. Chii chinotibatsira? Mazhinji emarotori madiki, akaiswa kumaguta, anogona kuita magetsi pamitengo inonzwisisika? Izvo hazvisi nyore. Fan Wall yakatanga kutaurwa mu Local Solar System Foundation muna 2020; iyi peji ndiyo yakavhurika, yakagadziridzwa model.

Iyi peji yakanyorwa kune vanhu vanogona kubhadharisa, kugadzira kana kuyedza chirongwa ichi. Icho hachisi chinyorwa chekutengesa. Tichaenda mazita ekutanga dhizaini yedu, tinowana uko kunonoka, tichigadzirisa uye tichiendazve. The short version: a wall of computer fans on a facade cannot work, a crown of larger ducted rotors on a windy roof edge can make real electricity, and it won’t beat solar panels on price unless several things we can test turn out well. Every figure below comes from our open model (code, data).

2.2%yesimba remhepo, panzvimbo pechikuru, inogona kutenderera nevanhu vanofamba-famba vakaiswa pamakona ezvivakwa zvakavharwa: hapana nzvimbo iyo mweya unoenda
159 kWhper m² per year from the improved crown at a windy 6.5 m/s site (central; range 43 to 509)
225 kWhper m² pagore kubva rooftop solar panels pane imwe imba (central)
$0.84per kWh yekuvandudza mhere, Central nyaya, windy nzvimbo (mativi $0.14 to $ 6.30); Rooftop solar: $ 0.19

Version 1, uye nei ichi hachishanda

Chirongwa chekutanga chaive nefacade yechivakwa, 40 m yakareba uye 15 mativi epamusoro, akasungirwa muvatambi vanopfuura 110.000 ve120 mm, mumwe nemumwe achifamba kumashure kuti mota yake iite segenerator. Ichi ndicho chifananidzo chakanaka. Ichi chisingaite nekuda kwezvikonzero zvitatu, mumatanho ekuti chii chinokosha.

Front elevation of the version 1 Fan Wall, 40 metres long and 15 floors high, covered in modules of small fans, with a person and a bus for scale.
Version 1: 1,800 m² of facade covered in 120 mm fans. Local Solar System Foundation concept drawing.

**1. Air haazogone kubuda kuburikidza neyakavharwa wall. ** A turbine anotora simba kubva air kuti inofamba kuburikidza nayo. Panzvimbo yakaoma, uswa hunomira (vagadziri vanoitaura sekugara kwemvura) uye hunofamba kumusoro, pasi uye kumashure. Kana kuti kana chero fan yaive ne30 cm yepakati penzvimbo, yakavhurika kumashure, kuenderera mberi kunoisa chiyero chakaoma: zvese zvemhepo zvinopinda mu1,800 m² yevatambi zvichafanira kuenda kuburikidza ne39 m² yepakati penzvimbo, saka zvinogona kukwira mumabhawa pa2.2% yesimba remhepo. Power inoenda nechidimbu chesimba, saka mudziyo unoramba wakadzika kupfuura 0.01% yezvaiita mabhatiri emagetsi kana uchigara uchizvibata. Kuongororwa kwezvinhu zvakaita sechivharo chemabhaudhi zvinoti: 0.2 kusvika 0.6 m/s yemhepo inopinda muvhu kana kupisa kwasvika 5 m/s (Salonvaara et al., 2007). Switch the 3D model above to version 1 to see it: the wind streaks stop at the wall and slide away.

Section through the building: wind stagnates on the closed facade and rises to turn over the roof edge, where the crown of modules sits.
Kune uko huswa hunogona kuenda. Concept drawing, model version 2.

**2. Tiny mabhureki kushanda zvakaipa. ** 120 mm fan blade ane chords yeanenge 2 cm. Iyo yekunze inofamba paReynolds number yakati rebei 10,000, iyo regime apo mabwe anorasikirwa neakawanda eiyo lift-to-drag ratio: yakachena airfoils inovandudza “kusvika padanho repamusoro” pamusoro peiyo critical Reynolds number ye70,000 (Lissaman, 1983). Kuongororwa kwesentimita-skala turbines inosvika simba rekuita masimba anenge 9% (Howey, Bansal uye Holmes, 2011); a 10 cm computer-fan rotor yakashandiswa seturbine inoburitsa 28 mW pa5 m / s, pamusoro pe4% yesimba remhepo pasi rose nehuwandu hwedu (Federspiel naChen, 2003). Mabhatiri ekombuta anoumbwa kuti aite mhepo, kwete kuti aite.

Six square black 80 mm computer fans with their cables and a wire finger guard, on a white background.
Standard 80 mm computer fans. Version 1 yakanga yakafungidzira nezve 110,000 yevabereki vavo vashoma vakakura ve120 mm paimwe facade. Photo: cappie2000 (public domain)

**3. Mamiriyoni emagenerators madiki anoparadza izvo zvishoma zvavanoita. ** Fan motor inoburitsa fraction yewatt pavolts mashoma inogona kupora 10 kusvika 40% mu diode rectifier chete. Isu tinofungidzira kuti chikamu chekutenderera kwemagetsi kubva pakupisa kusvika ku grid chinogona kunge chiri 54%.

Kunyangwe uchisiyanisa nekutanga chikonzero zvachose (a free-standing wall of fans), vhezheni 1 ichadhura nezve $4.20 per kWh on a windy coast and $18 muguta, makumi maviri kusvika kumazana emakore nguva yemitengo yezuva re rooftop.

The physics kuti inowedzera miganhu

Iyo simba rakatorwa nemhepo kuburikidza nenzvimbo A i P = ½ ρ A v³, ine tembiricha yemhepo ρ = 1.225 kg/m³. The cube is everything: at 6 m/s a square metre carries 132 W, at 12 m/s 1,058 W. Panguva imwecheteyo gore rega rega, imba yeguta ine 4 m/s yemhepo inosvika 75 W pa m²; an exposed coast at 6.5 m/s about 321 W pa m².

Betz limit. Hapana yakavhurika rotor inogona kubvisa kupfuura 16/27 ≈ 59.3% yesimba rinofamba kuburikidza nenzvimbo yayo, nekuti mhepo inofanira kuramba ichifamba kunze kwenzira.

Chii chinotevera rotor anogona kuwedzera. Maviri rotors mu series (sezvimwe zvirongwa zvejet engine) anogona kusvika pakutanga 16/25 = 64% yesimba kuburikidza nenzvimbo imwe rotor, uye pasina kumbobvira vakawanda chete 2/3 (Newman, 1986). A jet injini stacks mapoka nekuti inomanikidza gasi kuburikidza neyakavharwa core nekurumidza pressure difference kubva kuparadzira mafuta. Free uswa anopa hapana sezvinomanikidza: chero extra chiitiko inononoka nemhepo pamusoro, uye slow air kubuda pamusoro chigadzirwa. Kuongororwa kwezviwanikwa zvekutenderera kwemhepo zvinosiyana kubva pa0 kusvika pa60%, asi zvakanyatsogadziriswa bvunzo dzekare dzichi cluster at 2 kusvika 10% (Adema et al., 2026 kuongorora).

Chii stator vanes anogona kuwedzera. A rotor anosiya swirling, uye swirl simba rako rakarasikirwa. Pazviyero zvepamusoro-speed zvemadiki rotors, matambudziko akakura: iyo yakakwana Glauert rotor inosvika pa0.42 panzira ye1, 0.51 pa2 uye 0.57 pa5. Zvisirizvo vanes pamberi rotator anogona kudzosera chikamu ichi. Hapana munhu akaongorora izvi paturbine yemhepo; pazvikepe zvendege zvina zvakaita sevanes zvakapa 2 kusvika 5% (Li et al., 2017).

Chii chinogona kuwanikwa neduct. A duct ine flat brim (iyo “wind lens” yeKyushu University) inoderedza pressure yakati kure nerotor uye inotora zvakawanda zvemhepo kuburikidza nayo. Mukuedza kwewind-tunnel, compact brimmed diffuser yakawedzera simba resimba kubva pa0.37 yevharo rotor kusvika pakati pe0.7 ne0.88, zvichienzaniswa nenzvimbo yerotor, asi kusvika chete pa0.48 kusvika 0.54 zvichienzaniswa nehukuru hwese (Ohya naKarasudani, 2010). Izvi zvinokonzera kuti: pamita imwe chete ye frontal nzvimbo, maducts haasi kumbobvira asvika pakubata Betz limit, “mukuita simba rekuwedzera zvinhu pamusoro pe3 hazvina kuwanikwa”, uye ducted turbines dzakange dziine “more than 50 years. So far without any commercial success” (van Bussel, 2007). Iyo yakanyanya kudhura yekuedza, FloDesign / Ogin, yakabvisa maturbine ayo mukati memwedzi mitatu uye yakagadziriswa mu2017 (Gipe, 2017).

Mamwe ma turbines emhepo ari pazvigaro zvakakura zvemavara, nerotor imwe chete yakasungirirwa nechimiro chekutenderera chine umbozha hwakanaka, pamusoro penyika ine mhere.
Turbines dzemhepo dzinoita sema lens muIto campus yeKyushu University, Japan: chero rotor inofamba mukati mechimiro chekuzunguruka chinoita sembozha hwakanaka, iyo nyaya iyi inobva ku module yedu yekufambisa. Photo: Hot cake syrup, CC BY-SA 3.0

Ukuru hunobatsira nekuda kweReynolds nhamba. Takafungidzira yakanakisisa rotor pamwechete neblade-element momentum model (Glauert’s optimum ine wake rotation, tip uye hub losses, uye lift-to-drag ratio iyo inosvika neReynolds nhamba, kubva kumamiriro ekunze akaenzana seSelig’s SG6043):

Rotor diameterBlades, tip-speed ratioReynolds nhamba (75% radius)Best dhizaini CP
4 cm8, 1.254,5000.23
12 cm (computer fan)8, 1.512,0000.29
25 cm8, 2.020,0000.36
50 cm (yakagadzirirwa module)6 to 7, 2.543,0000.39 to 0.40
1 m6, 3.074,0000.42
7 m (diki turbine)8, 4.5265,0000.49

Izvi zvinonzi zvisimbiso zvemabhakitiriya akagadzirwa nechinangwa, pamberi pekuora kwechokwadi. Sezvakanyorwa, chinangwa-yakagadzirwa 39 cm portable turbine yakaenzana 0.32, apo yedu model inopa pamusoro 0.39 yeiyo saizi (Kishore, Coudron uye Priya, 2013): tinofunga kuti yekutanga hardware inosvika 65 kusvika ku90% yechimiro chemari, uye zvakanyanya kupfuura masentimita rotors, uko laminar kuparadzana kunotungamira.

A small three-bladed model wind turbine on a slim tower in a wind tunnel, in front of a large grid of metal flaps driven by motors.
A model wind turbine in a wind tunnel at the University of Oldenburg, Germany, in front of an active grid of motor-driven flaps that stirs the air into controlled turbulence. Phase 1 yeroadmap yedu ndiyo imwe nzira yekuyedza izvi. Photo: Schottler, Reinke, Hölling, Whale, Peinke and Hölling, CC BY 3.0

Kuenda kwemhepo. A fixed module chete anoshandisa chikamu chekupisa kwemhepo ichibva mukati. Power inosvika nechikwereti chekuchinjana kweangle yeavhareji yekuvhura rotors uye zvirinani kune maducts (Tamaro et al., 2024; Richmond-Navarro et al., 2022). Nechiedza chinopisa chine simba, module inotarisana nayo inogara iri pamusoro pe 47% yesimba anogara-akazvimirira rotor aizowana. Verenga 1 yakafungidzirwa 100%.

Iyo yakagadzirirwa dhizaini: a crown pawindward roof edge

Take zvese pamusoro uye dhizaini yakafanana neyakazvinyora: madiki rotors uko Reynolds nhamba inoshamisa, mumigwagwa iyo inodzivirira uye inowedzera kuomarara kwadzo, iri nyore kugara pasi pemhepo, ichitarisana nemhepo yakaoma panzvimbo yebhizimusi uko mvura iri kubuda. Iyo nzvimbo ndiyo edge yevhu. Air kuti hits facade rinokwira uye anoshandura pamusoro pegumi; pamusoro upwind fence fence uswa iri 1.06 kusvika 1.25 nguva yesimba padhigirii dhigirii, asi chete 0.38 nguva apo iyo fence iri downwind (Mertens, 2006).

Each module is 725 mm square: a 0.5 m seven-blade rotor in a compact wind-lens duct, five stator vanes that recover some swirl and carry a 50 to 300 W generator, a stainless guard mesh and one sealed power board with maximum-power-point tracking. Maviri maruva anoumba 1.45 m yakareba korona pasimbi rails pamusoro peparapeti. Mumwe munhu anogona kubvisa module uye kuchinjanisa.

![Section through the improved module: guard mesh, seven-blade rotor, duct with a flat brim, stator vanes and generator pod, with dimensions.](/wind/module-section.svg “Kuvandudzwa kwemudziyo: mutsetse wekudzivirira, rotor ine mabwe mana, duct ine yakapfava chimiro, vanobata vemo vemo uye generator pod, pamwe nematanho.](/wind/module-section.svg “Mudziyo wakagadziridzwa. Concept drawing, model version 2.”)

Mabhakitiriya haasi kufungidzirwa. Iyo model inoita kuti vaone Reynolds number, inosvika 45,000 pa6 m/s: chord 62 mm pedyo neroot ine taper kusvika ku36 mm patip, twist kubva ku38° kuenda ku10°, design tip-speed ratio ye2.5. Pa 6 m / s rotor inotenderera pa 700 rpm; zvigunwe zvayo zvinofamba pa 30 m / s mu10 m / s uswa, pasi pechiuru chema 79 m / s zvemativi emhando yepamusoro yeturbine.

Blade planform uye tafura ye chord, twist, Reynolds number uye lift-to-drag ratio pamakumi mana emadziro.
Blade chord and twist from the blade-element momentum model.

The honest numbers

Per square metre of frontal area ndiyo nzira yakakodzera yekuenzanisa: facade, roof crown uye highway barrier zvese zvinokwikwidza nezve chinhu chimwe chete, icho chiri pamusoro pemhepo. Central zvikamu, nezvose pessimistic-ku-optimistic marudzi mu model data. Energy inosanganisira kutendeuka kwemhepo, turbulence (5 to 15% loss) uye availability (92 to 97%). Kubhadhara kwesimba: 20 makore pa7% real discount rate, maintenance 2 kusvika ku5% yekudyara gore rega rega.

KugadziraCP pa frontal nzvimbokWh pa m² pagore, nzvimbo ine mhepo / gutaKugona kwefactor, windy / cityYakaiswa mutengo pa m²Mutengo pa kWh, nemhepo / gutaSimple payback pa $ 0.19 / kWh
A. Version 1, stock 120 mm vaenzi (zvizere-standing)0.04523 / 55.2% / 1.2%$765$4.21 / $18.0kamwe chete
A2. Custom 120 mm rotor0.08945 / 115.2% / 1.2%$805$2.23 / $9.45kamwe chete
B0. 0,5 m open rotors, crown0.148125 / 349.3% / 2.5%$1,192$1.19 / $4.37kamwe chete
B. Kuvandudzwa: 0,5 m ducted, stator, crown0.164159 / 4310.7% / 2.9%$1,074$0.84 / $3.10never (best case: 4.5 years windy)
B2. SezvaB pamwe nekontra-inotenderera rotor0.174168 / 4610.7% / 2.9%$1,245$0.92 / $3.40kamwe chete
B3. B seyakazvimirira chipingamupinyi0.164128 / 328.6% / 2.2%$944$0.92 / $3.66kamwe chete
Rooftop solar, imwe imba22512%$410$0.1910.6 makore
Solar pakumaodzanyemba facade1397.6%$630$0.4731 years
10 kW turbine, 7 m rotor pane 18 kusvika 30 m mast0.35 pa rotor31,600 / 10,300 kWh paturbine36% / 12%$8,910 pakW$0.35 / $1.0827 years windy

Chii tafura inoti:

  • Ini ndinofunga kuti duct inowana nzvimbo yayo, chete. Per frontal m², ducted modules (B) inokunda iyo rotor yakavhurika (B0) ne10 kusvika ku30%, kunyanya nekuti vanotonhorera nzira yemhepo zvakanaka. Vanogonawo kupa mudziviriri, chiratidzo chinotonhora uye nzvimbo ye stator.
  • The second rotor does not pay. It adds about 6% energy for 16% more cost. A jet-engine-style multi-stage uswa module i physics-yakavharwa, kwete ambition-yakavharwa.
  • Kubhadhara chete windward modules. A crown yose pamusoro pevhu anowana chete 55% pa module zvichienzaniswa nechiuno-kubva kuchamhembe chete, nekuti dzimwe nhengo dzinotarisana kubva pakuoma uswa nguva dzose. Panzvimbo yedu yekubatanidza (40 × 20 m, 45 m yakareba) iyo inonzwisisika mukurumbira ndeyekumusoro kwemhepo chete: 60 m², nezve $ 64,000, nezve 9,500 kWh gore rega rega panzvimbo ine mawindy, 2,600 muguta. Iyo imwechete mari mune rooftop solar inotenga nezve 155 m² yepaneru inoita nezve 35,000 kWh gore rega rega.
  • Mumigwagwa haigone kukwikwidza. Building-mounted micro wind ine yakaipa rekodhi: 26 turbines muWarwick Wind Trials yakaenzana ne0.85% yesimba rekushandisa (Encraft, 2009), uye matatu turbines paLondon’s Strata tower akavharwa mushure mekushaikwa kwemvura uye zvikanganiso zvekutonhora.

Panzvimbo pekukwira, US yakawedzera 14 kusvika ku16% yesimba remhepo uye $6,680 to $9,630 pakW rakaiswa mu2024 ne2025 (PNNL Distributed Wind reports). Our mhirizhonga panzvimbo pamusoro $ 6,300 per kW rakanyorwa, muchikamu chimwe chete, iyo ndiyo chiratidzo chemari yakasanganiswa haasi Fantasy.

A small three-bladed wind turbine with a yellow tail vane on top of a tall lattice tower, against a blue sky above trees.
A Bergey Excel small wind turbine on a lattice tower at the City of Portland's composting site, Oregon. Zvidiki turbines pazvikuru mativi seiyi ndivo kupedzisira romutsara wemifananidzo pamusoro. Photo: Paul Gipe, CC BY-SA 4.0

Chii chinoratidza, chinofungidzirwa uye chinofungidzira

Proven (chikoro kana kuongororwa): simba mumhepo uye Betz muganho; 16/25 chisimbiso kwemaviri rotors; kuti mabhaudhi anowedzera simba panzvimbo rotor asi kwete kupfuura pamusoro Betz per frontal nzvimbo; kuti zvidiki mapepa paReynolds nhamba pasi pezviuru 70,000 kushaya efficiency; kuti yakavharwa wall haina kuburikidza-kubuda; kuti Roof edges accelerate upwind kubuda; kuti Building-akavakirwa micro turbines mumigwagwa vakaita zvakaipa.

Plausible (inotsigirwa, asi haisi kuongororwa kweiyi dhizaini): 0.5 m rotor yakagadzirwa yeReynolds 45,000 inosvika simba resimba renzvimbo ye0.3 uye 0.55 parotorari nzvimbo mu compact brimmed duct; 75% chain efficiency kubva kurotori kuenda kune grid ne50 kusvika ku300 W generators uye module-level MPPT; yakaiswa mutengo wakati $1,000 per m² for a first project.

Speculative (munofanira kuongororwa): sei ducts zvakapetwa pedyo neimwe neimwe vanorasikirwa kune mumwe nemumwe (tinofunga kuti 10 kusvika 30%); real speed-up uye turbulence pakurumbidza pane imwe imba; durability yezviuru zvemabhegi kupfuura 20 makore emvura, muswe uye dust; nyoro uye vibrations inoendeswa mukati meimba; wildlife interaction nemeshed ducts (mazhinji turbines kuuraya anopfuura 140.000 kusvika 328.000 mabwe gore muUS (Loss, Will and Marra, 2013); dzimba dzeglass kuuraya 365 kusvika 988 miriyoni (Loss et al., 2014); hapana munhu ane data remeshed roof-edge modules).

Three round openings in the curved top of a dark glass tower, each holding a wind turbine rotor, against a blue sky.
Zvimwe zviviri zvema turbines emhepo zvakavakwa mumusoro weStrata SE1, imwe yenzvimbo dzekugara dzeLondon, muna 2012. Photo: Cmglee, CC BY-SA 3.0

Chii chaizoda kuva chivi

Kuti uwane chigaro chekugara panzvimbo ine 6.5 m/s yemhepo, mutengo wemagetsi unoenderana nezvinhu zviviri zvatingashanda: kuti huwandu hwesimba rinogona kuwanikwa kubva pane imwe mita yakati sandara yenzvimbo yekupinda, uye kuti mari inodiwa yekuisa iripi.

CP pa frontal nzvimbo$300 pa m²$500 pa m²$800 pa m²$1,100 pa m²
0.15$0.24$0.40$0.63$0.87
0.20$0.18$0.30$0.47$0.65
0.25$0.14$0.24$0.38$0.52
0.30$0.12$0.20$0.32$0.43

Panogona kukunda, uye apo haigone

I can win:

  • Windy tall zvivakwa uye kuchamhembe nzvimbo, sezvipo kune solar: uswa pavhu edge peak panguva yezuva, muzhizha uye mumvura yakasimba, apo solar panels kugadzirwa zvishoma.
  • Roofs yakati yakazara kana shaded. A crown inoshandisa edge, kwete nzvimbo yevhu, uye haasi kukwikwidza nepaneru, michina kana terraces.
  • Off-grid simba uko ma cables ari mitengo yakakwira: sensors, kuratidzwa, telecom equipment, weather stations pazvitima, mativi uye kuchamhembe kwegungwa.
  • Mabhawa achiri kuwanikwa: mabhawa emotokari nendege, maparapeti emahombekombe uye emasango, apo zvikamu zvezvivakwa zvinobhadharwa.
  • Visibility and education. A crown that turns is a public statement a solar panel is not; schools, museums and landmark buildings value that.
More than a dozen small white wind turbines on short masts crowded along a flat roof above a shop sign, with trees behind.
More than a dozen small turbines on two roofs in Morro Bay, California, in 2011. Kuisa rotors pavhu iri nyore; kuita kuti vabhadhare ndechekuoma chikamu, sezvakaratidzwa Warwick Wind Trials. Photo: Paul Gipe, CC BY-SA 4.0

I can’t win:

  • Seya cheap source of bulk electricity. Large wind and solar farms cost $0.04 to $0.10 per kWh; nothing on a building comes close.
  • Mumigwagwa yakachengeteka yeguta uye mumatunhu epasi pevhu, uko simba remhepo riri pasi pe4 kusvika 5 m / s pakureba kwevhu.
  • Flat pane facade. Sezvo rotors zvakagadzirwa, yakavharwa wall haina kutenderera.

Development roadmap uye chii chinodarika

PhaseKushandaKufunga kunobvumiraKufungidzirwa kwemari_Zvinyorwa
0. Design kudzidzaBlade uye duct dhizaini, CFD yeimwe module uye ye3 × 3 array, electrical topology, mutengo wemufananidzo neumwe mugadziriCp pane frontal nzvimbo pamusoro 0.2 zvinogoneka mumitsara?$30k to $60k3 kusvika 4 months
1. Wind tunnelThree rotors, matatu maducts, stator on uye off, wobva waita 3 × 3 array; 3 kusvika 15 m/s, yaw 0 kusvika 45°Mhedziro Cp, array kupera, kuvhura-up speed, nyoro$60k to $120k4 kusvika 6 months
2. Prototype moduleGenerator, simba board, yakavharwa module; kugadzikana, ice, mvura uye acoustic zvidzidzo (IEC 61400-11 nzira)Module efficiency uye kugadzikana$50k to $100k6 months
3. Rooftop pilot10 kusvika 20 modules panzvimbo ine makumbo anoenda kuchamhembe, ultrasonic anemometers kana lidar, makore edata, kamera yezvisikwaReal kWh per m², availability, noise in the building$80k to $150k12 months
4. Product nziraStructural uye facade engineering, IEC 61400-2 dhizaini base, UK MCS 006 kana US ACP 101-1 certification, electric uye fire compliance, insuranceChigadzirwa chinogona kutengeswa nemugari wemumba$100k to $250k12 kusvika 18 months

Phases 0 kusvika 3 zvinoda zvakapetwa $220,000 to $430,000 uye maviri makore. Kana mhepo tunnel isina kuratidzwa neCp yakatarisana ne0.2 mumitsara, tinomira pano uye tinoburitsa kuti nei.

Tinofanira kuita sei

  • Aerodynamicist nepakati-Reynolds uye ducted-rotor ruzivo, kugadzirwa uye ongorora mapepa, duct uye stator.
  • A university kana zvekutengesa wind tunnel, ne CFD engineer kuti aite zvidzidzo uye kuongorora maturusi ekugadzirisa.
  • Power-electronics engineer yezvidiki zvinoramba-magineti magenerators, anoshanda kudzoreredza, MPPT uye DC kuchengetedza kubva kune akawanda modules.
  • Structural uye facade engineer yemhepo yekutakura pakurudziro (EN 1991-1-4 / ASCE 7), kubatanidza, ice uye kufadza.
  • Acoustician ye tonal nyoro uye kutonhora kwakaendeswa mubhizimisi.
  • Urban wind specialist to measure and model the wind at candidate roof edges before anything is built.
  • Certification and compliance: zvidiki zvemhepo zvinodiwa (IEC 61400-2, -11, -12-1), masimba emagetsi uye moto, uye insurer anofara kutakura mudzidzi.
  • Ecologist kuti vagadzirise bird uye bat kuongorora.
  • Manufacturing partner mu injection molding kana rotomoulding kubhadharisa mapepa uye ducts pahuwandu.

A better idea is welcome

The Fan Wall ndiyo imwe mhinduro kune rimwe dambudziko guru: sei nzvimbo dzavanogara vanhu dzichigona kuita, kuchengeta kana kuchengetedza simba rakachena kupfuura zvavanoita pari zvino? Kana mazita ari pawebhusaiti ino akuudza kuti nzira imwe chete ichaita zvakanaka, tinoda kukuona uchitaura nezvazvo. Rooftop solar iyo zvakare inoita mhepo, thermal storage, energy yakawanikwa kubva kumatunhu emvura, waste heat kana smarter timing of demand inogona kukunda mabhaisikopo emhepo pazvivakwa zvakawanda. The idea radar inoenzanisa navo, uye mumwe nemumwe ane yake yega nyaya yakanyorwa nechokwadi icho isu tichishandisa pano.

Vamwe vatungamiri vesangano iri vanogona kunge vane vanhu vanoita kuti vazive zvauri kutaura. Kuti iite, pfungwa inofanira kunge iri kushanda, real-life model iyo inenge ichigadzira simba, nemhedzisiro yayo yakaenzana nechigadzirwa, kwete kutaurwa; izvo ndizvo chaizvo nei iyi peji ichipera mumhepo tunnel uye a rooftop pilot kupfuura drawing. Ipfungwa dzepapepa dziri kutarisirwawo: kana physics uye mazita ari nyore, tinogona kuzviburitsa pano pawebsite. Asi kusimudzira mari pasina kushanda model iri nyore, uye hapana pano ndiro mashoko emari, kudzoka kana kutsvagisa. Chiyero ichi ndechekuti iyi peji inoita kuti zvive nyore: ratidza mazita, ita shuwa kuti unotaura zvakaipa uye kumbira kuti uongororwe nemari shoma.

A white ultrasonic anemometer with three pairs of sensor arms on a mast above heather moorland, with a wind vane and other instruments above it.
An ultrasonic anemometer at Whim Moss, Scotland. Inoita ongororo yesimba remhepo uye nzira nezvombo zvemhangura, uye haina mativi anofamba. A rooftop pilot aizonyora uswa pakurumbidza nezvinhu seiyi imwe. Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0

Maitiro ekubatsira

  • Bring your expertise. Kana iwe uchishanda muimwe yenzvimbo dzakapfuura, pamwe nebasa. Kunyangwe neawa imwe chete yekuongorora yedu model inobatsira.
  • Offer a windy roof. A tall building on a coast, hill or open plain with safe roof access could host the pilot. Tiudzai kuti ndeipi nzvimbo uye kuti uswa hunofamba sei.
  • Share wind data. A year of wind measurements from a roof, bridge or coastal mast helps us choose the pilot site.
  • Cheka yedu maths. The model is open. Kana iwe ukawana dambudziko, tiudzai: isu tinogona kunge takagadzirirwa ikozvino kupfuura mushure mekuongorora.
  • Kupa zano rakanaka. Kutumira necontribution form pamwe nematambudziko ayo anogadzirisa, physics cheki, yakaderera mutengo pa kWh uye yakachipa bvunzo iyo inogona kuratidza kuti haisi yakakwana.

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