FLOWENERGY

Flow energy harvesting in assemblies of vibrating solids: stability analysis and non-linear coupled dynamics

Coordinatore	ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE    more  Organization address address: ROUTE DE SACLAY city: PALAISEAU postcode: 91128 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Aurélie Cognome: Eray Email: send email Telefono: 33169333254
Nazionalità Coordinatore	France [FR]
Totale costo	75˙000 €
EC contributo	75˙000 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2010-RG
Funding Scheme	MC-IRG
Anno di inizio	2011
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2011-06-01   -   2014-05-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE  Organization address address: ROUTE DE SACLAY city: PALAISEAU postcode: 91128 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Aurélie Cognome: Eray Email: send email Telefono: 33169333254	FR (PALAISEAU)	coordinator	75˙000.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The development of new energy harvesting technologies from renewable sources is essential for the European Union not only to prove its leadership in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but also to achieve a greater energetic independence from limited fossil fuels. To assess the performance and identify the potential of particular technological designs to harvest energy from geophysical flows, a fundamental understanding of the underlying fluid-solid interactions instabilities and non-linear dynamics is essential. The proposed research project will adopt a fundamental point of view to investigate three aspects of flow energy harvesting using coupled fluid-solid instabilities: (i) the impact of the harvesting system on the fluid-solid dynamics, (ii) the coupling between multiple harvesting units through the flow and the coupled dynamics of lattices of vibrating solids, (iii) and the similarities with the active flapping problem as encountered in collective biological locomotion (e.g. fish schooling). Vibrating cylinders in cross flow and flexible plates in axial flows will be considered. This research work will be performed during Dr. Michelin's re-integration period at LadHyX at Ecole polytechnique after his research experience in the United States from 2005 to 2010. It will benefit from the scientific excellence of this institution and the expertise in these disciplines gained by Dr. Michelin during the beginning of his career. This project will ensure the long-term establishment of Dr. Michelin's research activities in Europe and the development of a leading research at Ecole polytechnique on flow energy harvesting.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Depletion and the negative environmental impact of fossil fuels are the main drivers behind the quest for renewable energy technologies. EU-funded scientists studied the potential of newly developed prototype devices to exploit geophysical flows.