CNIC: U.S.-Denmark Project Development in Wind Energy Systems Research and Engineering Education

CNIC：美国-丹麦风能系统研究和工程教育项目开发

• 批准号: 1444149
• 负责人: Kevin Lowe
• 金额: $ 3.51万
• 依托单位: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-08-01 至 2016-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1444149&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CNIC; U.S.; Denmark; Project; Development

This catalytic project development visit led by principal investigator, Kevin Todd Lowe, will initiate new collaboration between researchers at the Center for Renewable Energy and Aerodynamic Testing (CREATe) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) and counterparts in the Department of Wind Energy at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). Scientists at both institutions have well-established expertise and share common interests in basic and applied research on wind energy systems. Their ongoing activities and existing facilities are fully complementary for addressing component scale wind energy testing (Virginia Tech) with full scale wind turbine research (DTU). A balanced, mutually beneficial match of strengths would position this U.S.-Danish team to make significant future contributions in renewable energy. For broader impact, four U.S. graduate students will participate in the Virginia Tech planning visit to gain valuable early career experience through exposure to the full-scale testing capabilities at DTU. To fully realize plans for follow-on cooperation and proposal preparation, the U.S. and Danish researchers and students will anchor their visit, during September 26-October 4, 2015, with a core planning meeting at the DTU Risø campus where the Department of Wind Energy facilities are located. The primary goal is to jointly outline the next steps for addressing critical needs for research, including education as well as technological development, for wind energy advancement in areas such as noise reduction on wind tunnel blades.These U.S. and Danish partners have significant and complementary capabilities in wind energy engineering research and education. The DTU team offers world class facilities such as full-scale wind turbine testing up to the 10 megawatt scale and an extensive catalog of courses geared specifically toward the details of wind energy science and technology. Virginia Tech hosts a leading U.S. academic facility for research on wind turbine blade aerodynamics and aeroacoustics, the Stability Wind Tunnel, while offering courses on several fundamental topics in aerodynamics, aeroacoustics, computational fluid dynamics and instrumentation. The partners envision extensive opportunities for research cooperation and collaboration using the unique strengths of both sides. Initial success is expected to produce the data required for validating planned hybrid resolved/modeled turbulence simulations from wind tunnel developments to turbine-scale and farm-scale. Furthermore, integrated graduate student research visits in both directions are to be organized to provide the broad perspective needed by the next generation of scientists and engineers who must tackle important problems in renewable energy. For broader impact, the partners envision incorporating a course exchange and possibly research semesters abroad to more fully build the intended long-term U.S.-Danish collaboration in research and education.

这次由首席研究员Kevin Todd Lowe领导的催化项目开发访问将启动弗吉尼亚理工学院和州立大学(弗吉尼亚理工大学)可再生能源与空气动力学测试中心(CREATE)的研究人员与丹麦技术大学(DTU)风能系的同行之间的新合作。这两个机构的科学家都拥有成熟的专业知识，在风能系统的基础和应用研究方面有着共同的兴趣。他们正在进行的活动和现有设施对于解决组件规模风能测试(弗吉尼亚理工大学)和全面风力涡轮机研究(DTU)是完全互补的。平衡的、互惠互利的优势匹配将使这个美国-丹麦团队在未来的可再生能源领域做出重大贡献。为了产生更广泛的影响，四名美国研究生将参加弗吉尼亚理工大学的计划访问，通过接触DTU的全面测试能力获得宝贵的早期职业经验。为了充分实现后续合作和提案准备的计划，美国和丹麦的研究人员和学生将于2015年9月26日至10月4日在风能系设施所在的DTU Risø校园举行核心规划会议，以确定他们的访问行程。主要目标是共同概述下一步，以满足研究的关键需求，包括教育和技术开发，在风洞叶片降噪等领域促进风能的发展。这些美国和丹麦合作伙伴在风能工程研究和教育方面拥有重要的互补能力。DTU团队提供世界级的设施，例如高达10兆瓦的全尺寸风力涡轮机测试，以及专门针对风能科学和技术细节的广泛课程目录。弗吉尼亚理工大学拥有美国领先的研究风力涡轮机叶片空气动力学和空气声学的学术设施--稳定风洞，同时提供空气动力学、空气声学、计算流体动力学和仪器仪表等几个基本主题的课程。合作伙伴展望了利用双方的独特优势进行研究、合作和协作的广泛机会。初步的成功预计将产生验证从风洞开发到涡轮机规模和农场规模的计划中的混合解析/建模湍流模拟所需的数据。此外，还将组织两个方向的研究生综合研究访问，以提供下一代科学家和工程师所需的广阔视角，他们必须解决可再生能源方面的重要问题。为了产生更广泛的影响，合作伙伴设想在海外开展课程交流和可能的研究学期，以更全面地建立美国和丹麦在研究和教育方面的长期合作。