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Development of Wind Energy and
New Wind Turbine System
Wind Power in KyushuUniversity Japan, Yuji Ohya professor.
If you are interested, please click the link below to a English-translated Kyuushu University page.
「風レンズ技術とレンズ風車」の九州大学 風工学分野
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Off-Shore Floating Energy Farm
Developed by Kyushu-Univ. : Current Progress
Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Interdisciplinary Graduate
School of Engineering Sciences KYUSHU UNIVERSITY
Global energy issues and demands for CO2 reduction have further attracted interests in development of new energies. As drastic reviews are on-going on the safety understanding and the next scenarios of the nuclear power generation, safe natural energies such as solar, geothermal, hydro, tidal as well as wind energies should be seriously challenged for each effective and practical utilization.Japan is sometimes mentioned with its small land and lack of natural resources, but the total area of territorial waters and exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is the 6th largest in the world. Kyushu University is currently challenging for development of new energies including one with novel high power efficiency Wind-lens turbines. The challenge is on-going with an outlook on realising High Density Off-Shore Electric Power Generation Farm utilizing very wide Japanese EEZ.
Here, Integrated Off-Shore Electric Power Generation Farm“ means an off-shore energy farm on floating bodies with combined power generation systems such as wind, solar, tidal, wave, tension power applied to the anchoring wire, etc.
Stage I
The first step has started towards Hybrid Off-Shore Electric Power Generation Farm with system development for off-shore wind power generation using 3kW Wind-lens turbines that have been developed by Wind-lens Research Team of Kyushu University. The plan in 2011 includes launching the floating body of ~18m diagonal in the east part of Hakata bay with two 3kW Wind-lens turbines.
For preparation, in March 2011, a large wave tank in Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, was used for the theoretically- scaled model experiments for investigating motions of the float responding against high waves and strong winds.
During the test experiments in the wave tank, a harsh conditions was generated corresponding to a wave height of 6m and a wind speed of 30m in the natural condition, and the stable behaviour of the floating body against the condition was confirmed.
StageII (plan)
In the next stage for constructing the floating body in Hakata Bay, an Integrated Off-shore Floating Energy Farm (1-2MW) is being planned with connecting 100m size large floating bodies in the off-shore area in Japan. This farm will accommodate medium size (300kW at a wind speed of 12m/s) Wind-lens turbines according to the current plan.A prototype of the medium 100kW Wind-lens turbine can be seen in Kyushu University Ito Campas.
Stage III (plan)
Challenges for further scaling-up in future of Wind-lens turbine (1MW class) and Off-shore Energy Farm are on-going through researches on improving structural materials, supporting structure of the wind-lens, etc.
http://www.riam.kyushu-u.ac.jp/windeng/index.php
Dec 2011 Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, KYUSHU UNIVERSITY
CG supplied by Kyushu University, Off-Shore Floating
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