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Study on heated air flow for solar updraft power generation

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26630465
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Earth system and resources engineering
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

SUGIURA KUNITOMO  京都大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (70216307)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SHIRATO Hiromichi  京都大学, 大学院工学研究科, 教授 (70150323)
YAGI Tomomi  京都大学, 大学院工学研究科, 教授 (30293905)
KIM Chul-woo  京都大学, 大学院工学研究科, 教授 (80379487)
HASHIMOTO Kunitaro  神戸大学, 大学院工学研究科, 准教授 (40467452)
YAMAMOTO Kyosuke  筑波大学, 大学院システム情報工学研究科, 助教 (80635392)
鈴木 康夫  京都大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 助教 (50431698)
Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Keywordsソーラーアップドラフト発電 / 空気流 / 空気誘導構造 / 再生可能エネルギー / 太陽熱 / 塔状構造物 / 浮体
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The Manzanares prototype for Solar Updraft Power Plant(abbr. SUPG) is examined by scaled model test in the laboratory as well as outside. A theoretical model for calculating the steady inviscid airflow subjected to solar radiation at the collector of a solar updraft power plant is developed, and the numerical simulation method as incompressible fluid flow is also assessed. A comparison of simulation results is satisfactory; however, it is concluded that the further refinement is necessary.

The structural assessment on 1000m height tower for 200MW class SUPG in marine environment is assessed. It is feasible by steel shell structures, but the weight can not be resuded compared by that of concrete shell structures. However, steel truss structures can contribute to reduce the total weight drastically. Furthermore, it is understood that the dynamic response by wave faces might be relatively small because of its huge weight.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2015 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (2 results)

All 2015

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Aerothermal simulation and power potential of a solar updraft power plant2015

    • Author(s)
      Hadyan HAFIZH, Hiromichi SHIRATO
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Structural Engineering, JSCE

      Volume: 61A Pages: 8-4

    • NAID

      130005439049

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] FEASIBILITSTUDY ON OFFSHORE SOLAR UPDRAFT TOWER POWER PLANT2015

    • Author(s)
      Hayami SATO, Yasuo SUZUKI and Kunitomo SUGIURA
    • Organizer
      Proceedings of 5th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
    • Place of Presentation
      Crete Island, Greece
    • Year and Date
      2015-05-25 – 2015-05-27
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2017-05-22  

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