RAPID: Wind Energy and Rainwater Harvesting Solutions for Sustainable Recovery of Haiti

2010年1月12日地震后，水和能源是快速反应的两个重要领域。 海地雨量充沛，但供水和卫生系统不足，这些系统现在基本上已被地震摧毁。 此外，即使在地震前，海地的电力生产和分配水平也极低。 为了满足这两个关键领域的需求，将部署和测试两项新技术。 在水的收集和处理方面，设计了一个系统，利用多孔粘土陶瓷将雨水收集和处理结合起来。 除了在雅克梅勒部署和展示该系统外，还将测试其在容量、处理率和水质方面的有效性。对于可再生能源生产，将部署、演示和测试一种专门为救灾部署而设计的新型5千瓦风力涡轮机。此外，还将在雅克梅勒建立一个气象测量站，以确定风力资源的特征。最后，将进行高分辨率数值大气模拟，利用天气研究和预报模型绘制太子港周围和海地其他地点的风力资源和潜在风力涡轮机安置地点的地图。 从这两种新型设备的部署中，将有许多关于灾难中部署的容易性、操作效率以及有效性和可靠性的“经验教训”。 预计这些研究结果将可推广到其他发展中国家。海地灾难提供了一个时间敏感的机会，可以推进技术，以便在发展中国家建立更好的可持续应对和重建。布鲁斯·汉密尔顿项目总监环境可持续发展3/26/10

Following the earthquake of January 12, 2010, two areas of importance for RAPID response are water and energy. Haiti is a country with abundant rainfall but inadequate water and sanitation systems, which now have been largely demolished by the earthquake. Furthermore, Haiti, even before the earthquake, had extremely low electric power production and distribution. To address these two key areas of need, two novel technologies will be deployed and tested. For water collection and treatment, a system has been designed for combined rainwater harvesting and treatment using porous clay ceramics. In addition to deploying and demonstrating this system in Jacmel, its effectiveness in terms of capacity, treatment rate, and resulting water quality will be tested. For renewable energy production, a novel 5 kW wind turbine designed specifically for deployment in a disaster relief scenario will be deployed, demonstrated, and tested. Additionally, a meteorological measurement station to characterize wind resources at the Jacmel location will be set up. Finally, fine resolution numerical atmospheric simulations will be conducted, using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model to map the wind resources and potential wind turbine placement sites around Port-au-Prince and other sites in Haiti. From the deployment of these two novel devices, there will be numerous "lessons learned" about the ease of deployment in a disaster, their efficiency of operation, and their effectiveness and reliability. These findings are anticipated to be translatable to other developing world locations. The disaster in Haiti presents a time sensitive opportunity to advance technologies for built better sustainable response and reconstruction in the developing world.Bruce HamiltonProgram DirectorEnvironmental Sustainability3/26/10