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

在2010年1月12日的地震之后，快速反应的两个重要领域是水和能源。海地是一个雨量充沛但供水和卫生系统不足的国家，这些系统现在已经基本上被地震摧毁。此外，即使在地震之前，海地的电力生产和分配也极低。为了解决这两个关键需求领域，将部署和测试两项新技术。在水收集和处理方面，设计了一种利用多孔粘土陶瓷进行雨水收集和处理的联合系统。除了在雅克梅勒部署和演示这一系统外，还将测试其在处理能力、处理率和由此产生的水质方面的有效性。在可再生能源生产方面，将部署、演示和测试专门为救灾方案而设计的新型5千瓦风力涡轮机。此外，还将建立一个气象测量站，以确定雅克梅尔地点的风资源的特征。最后，将进行精细分辨率的大气数值模拟，使用天气研究和预报(WRF)模式绘制太子港和海地其他地点周围的风力资源和潜在的风力涡轮机放置地点。从这两种新型设备的部署中，将会学到许多关于灾难中部署的简便性、操作效率以及有效性和可靠性的经验教训。这些调查结果预计将被翻译到其他发展中国家的地点。海地的灾难提供了一个时间敏感的机会，可以推进技术，在发展中国家建立更好的可持续响应和重建。布鲁斯·汉密尔顿项目主任环境可持续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