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

2010年1月12日地震后，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的国家，但供水和卫生系统不足，现在大部分都被地震摧毁了。此外，即使在地震前，海地的电力生产和分配也极低。为了满足这两个关键领域的需求，将部署和测试两种新技术。对于水的收集和处理，已经设计了一个系统，用于联合雨水收集和处理使用多孔粘土陶瓷。除了在Jacmel部署和演示该系统外，还将测试其在容量、处理率和最终水质方面的有效性。在可再生能源生产方面，将部署、演示和测试一种专门用于救灾场景的新型5千瓦风力涡轮机。此外，将在雅克梅勒地区建立一个气象测量站，以表征风资源。最后，将使用天气研究与预报（WRF）模型进行精细分辨率数值大气模拟，绘制太子港和海地其他地点周围的风力资源和潜在风力涡轮机放置地点的地图。从这两种新型设备的部署中，我们将获得许多关于灾难中部署的便利性、操作效率以及有效性和可靠性的“经验教训”。预计这些发现将适用于其他发展中国家。海地的灾难提供了一个时间敏感的机会来推进技术，以便在发展中世界建立更好的可持续反应和重建。布鲁斯·汉密尔顿项目主管环境可持续性2010年3月26日

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