SBIR Phase II: Integrated Solution for Low Cost Distributed Wind Energy Generation

这个小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第二阶段项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力在于它有很强的潜力颠覆小型风能市场，该市场迄今一直落后于太阳能同行。通过在商业建筑上双重安装太阳能，拟议的屋顶边缘风力涡轮机将能够以更短的回收期为建筑物提供增强的能量捕获系统，从而提高成本效益和电力潜力，并吸引更多的采用者。通过改善可再生能源领域的产品供应，这项技术有可能促进可持续基础设施，减少对化石燃料的依赖和消耗。这项小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第二阶段项目开发了一种具有商业可行性的屋顶边缘风力捕捉技术。拟议的分布式风能技术通过利用屋顶边缘较高的风速、优化动力总成架构以及通过向太阳能安装商销售来降低软成本来降低成本，太阳能安装商已经实现了显著的市场渗透率，但将从多元化的投资组合中受益。该项目旨在：1)证明将垂直轴风力涡轮机集成到系统中的可行性；2)在美观、结构集成、安装简易性和代码合规性方面为其他利益相关方进行设计，同时维护扩大规模所需的成本目标；3)使用用于商业扩大的组件设计和测试完整的动力总成架构；4)制造和测试完整的涡轮机，以进行可靠性和认证测试。这些努力将在大规模商业推广之前告知需要解决的关键需求，为将其转换为可靠且经济高效的分布式风能解决方案提供坚实的基础。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project is in its strong potential to disrupt the small wind market, which to date has lagged behind solar counterparts. Through dual installation with solar on commercial buildings, the proposed roof-edge wind turbines will be able to deliver enhanced energy capture systems to buildings, with a shorter payback period, thus improving cost-efficiency and power potential, and attracting a broader body of adopters. By improving product offerings in the renewable energy sector, this technology has the potential to promote sustainable infrastructure, reducing reliance on and consumption of fossil fuels.This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project develops a roof-edge wind capture technology with commercial viability. The proposed distributed wind technology reduces costs by harnessing elevated wind speeds at the roof edge, optimizing powertrain architecture, and mitigating soft costs through sale to solar installers, who have already achieved significant market penetration yet would benefit from a diversified portfolio. The project aims to: 1) Prove the feasibility of integrating a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine into the system 2) Design for additional stakeholders, with respect to aesthetics, structural integration, ease of installation, and code compliance, while maintaining cost targets needed for scaleup 3) Design and test full powertrain architecture using components intended for commercial scaleup and 4) Build and test the full turbine for reliability and certification testing. These efforts will inform critical needs to address prior to large-scale commercial rollout, providing a strong foundation for translation as a reliable and cost-efficient distributed wind solution.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.