Grant: Engage Grants Program

The objective of this introductory project is to investigate the potential of optimizing wind regimes of vertical axis turbines suitable in agricultural and rural environments. This project will involve three stages. The first is the identification and performing theoretical analysis of suitable methods. The second is bench top testing, using scale models, of the methods identified in stage one. The objective of stage two is to determine the best method of optimizing the wind regime. Stage 3 will be a full scale test using mobile structures built by the Nova Scotia Agricultural College (NSAC). Pending a satisfactory outcome of this introductory project, it is envisaged that a more detailed project will be undertaken. The ultimate objective of the subsequent project will be to create software that can be used to assess wind regime in rural, agricultural and the urban environments to determine positioning of the wind turbine and mobile structures to maximize wind turbine performance. This project should result in a proprietary program that will provide Cleanfield Energy with significant differentiation from competitive companies.