2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
DEVELOPMENT OF SIMULATION METHOD FOR SEAWEED MOVEMENT IN THE WATER FLOW
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25420206
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Intelligent mechanics/Mechanical systems
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| Research Institution | Hokkaido Information University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YAMAMOTO Masahito 北海道大学, 情報科学研究科, 教授 (40292057)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | 人工生命 / 物理モデリング / 海藻培養 / シミュレーション / 格子ボルツマン法 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
As a thermal power plant generates a great deal of CO2 as waste, it is an important problem how to reduce CO2. Alga seaweed makes use of CO2 to grow up and generates O2. Seawater absorbs CO2 with high concentration. The alga seaweed in such seawater can grow up faster than the usual seawater. The biotechnological ethanol is made of alga seaweed as an eco-energy source. As the alga seaweed grows in the seawater with CO2 high concentration, its population and density increase and cause twist phenomenon by themselves. The alga seaweed sometimes dies. To avoid it, the water flow in the seawater must be controlled. This research aims at establishing a control method of the water flow by simulation. For this purpose, the alga seaweed is modeled by use of physical modeling from a viewpoint of artificial life and simulated its movement to realize water flow by adopting fluid flow analysis method. It becomes possible to establish the water flow control method to avoid dying the alga seaweed.
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| Free Research Field |
知能機械
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