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Umbono wenkampani yeAlfabhethi iMakani (ifunyenwe I-Google ngo-2014) iya kubandakanya ukuthumela iitekhnoloji eziphezulu (i-tethered drones) amakhulu eemitha esibhakabhakeni ukuvelisa umbane usebenzisa imimoya eqhubekayo. Ngombulelo kwezo teknoloji, kunokwenzeka ukwenza amandla omoya ubusuku nemini. Nangona kunjalo, iteknoloji efunekayo ukuphumeza ngokupheleleyo esi sicwangciso isephantsi kophuhliso.

Uninzi lweenkampani kunye nabaphandi abazinikele ekudaleni itekhnoloji yamandla phezulu esibhakabhakeni bahlanganisene kwinkomfa eGlasgow, eSkotlani kwiveki ephelileyo. Babonise iziphumo zophando, imifuniselo, iimvavanyo zentsimi kunye nomzekelo ochaza amathuba kunye nokusebenza kweendleko zobuchule obuhlukeneyo obuchazwa ngokudibeneyo njengamandla omoya omoya (AWE).

Ngo-Agasti, i-Alameda, i-California-based Makani Technologies iqhube iinqwelomoya zokubonisa ii-injini zomoya zomoya, leyo nkampani ibiza i-kites yamandla, kuLwandle lwaseNyakatho, malunga neekhilomitha ezili-10 ukusuka kunxweme lwaseNorway. Ngokokutsho kwengqonyela yaseMakani uFort Felker, uvavanyo lolwandle lwaseMntla lubandakanya ukusungulwa kunye nokuhla kwenqwelo-moya elandelwa luvavanyo lokubhabha apho ikayiti yahlala phezulu kangangeyure kwimimoya ebhudla ngamandla. Olu yayiluvavanyo lokuqala lolwandle lwejenereyitha zomoya ezinje kwinkampani. Nangona kunjalo, iMakani ibhabha iinguqulelo ezikude nonxweme zeekayiti zayo ezinamandla eCalifornia naseHawaii.

“Ngo-2016, saqalisa ukubhabha iikayiti zethu ezingama-600 kW kwiindawo ezinqumlayo – indlela apho amandla enziwa khona kwinkqubo yethu. Sasebenzisa imodeli efanayo xa sivavanywa eNorway,” utshilo uMnu. Felker. Xa kuthelekiswa, eyesibini eyona kite enamandla omoya ephuhliswayo namhlanje iyakwazi ukuvelisa iikilowathi ezingama-250. "Indawo yethu yovavanyo eHawaii igxile ekudaleni inkqubo yekhayithi yamandla ukuze iqhubeke nokusebenza ngokuzimela."

Izilingo zaseNorway zibonisa izibonelelo ze-AWE. Iprototype kaMakani yeemitha ezingama-26 iM600, eyakhiwe ngokuyinxenye ngenkxaso evela kwiRoyal Dutch Shell Plc, ifuna kuphela ibhoyi esisigxina ukuze isebenze. I-injini yomoya yemveli ifumana imithwalo yomoya emikhulu kakhulu kwiincakuba zayo ezinkulu kwaye kufuneka ibekwe ngokuqinileyo kwizakhiwo ezibambelele ezantsi elwandle. Ngaloo ndlela, amanzi oLwandle lwaseNyakatho, apho ubunzulu bufikelela kwiimitha ezingama-220, akafanelekanga nje kwiiinjini zomoya eziqhelekileyo, ezinokuthi zisebenze kuphela kubunzulu obungaphantsi kweemitha ezingama-50.

Njengoko inkqubo yobuchwephesha benkqubo uDoug McLeod ecacisile kwi-AWEC2019, amakhulu ezigidi zabantu abahlala kufutshane nolwandle abanamanzi angekho nzulu kufutshane kwaye ngenxa yoko abakwazi ukusebenzisa amandla omoya ovela elunxwemeni. “Okwangoku abukho itekhnoloji ekhoyo enokusebenzisa amandla omoya ngokwezoqoqosho kwezi ndawo,” utshilo uMnu McLeod. “Ngobuchwephesha bukaMakani, sikholelwa ukuba kuyenzeka ukuba singene kobu butyebi bungekasetyenziswa.”

I-buoy ye-airframe ye-M600 yenziwe ngezinto ezikhoyo zeqonga le-oyile negesi, utshilo. I-M600 yi-monoplane engenamntu ene-rotors ezisibhozo eziphakamisa i-drone esibhakabhakeni ukusuka kwindawo ethe nkqo kwi-buoy. Nje ukuba ikhayithi ifikelele kumphakamo - ikheyibhile ngokwakaloku nje inwebe kangangeemitha ezingama-500 - iinjini ziyacima kwaye iiroyitha zibe ziiinjini zomoya ezincinci.

Umququzeleli we-AWEC2019 kunye noprofesa odibeneyo wobunjineli be-aerospace kwiYunivesithi yaseDelft yeTekhnoloji yaseNetherlands, uRoland Schmehl, uthe i-rotors ezisibhozo, nganye ivelisa i-80 kW, ivumele inkampani ukuba yenze inkqubo ekhangayo eya kuba nzima kwezinye iinkampani ukuba zibethe. “Umbono kukubonisa ukuba luncedo kokubhabha elwandle ngekhayithi ye-600-kilowatt,” utshilo. "Kwaye ubungakanani benkqubo kunzima ukuba uninzi lweenkampani eziqalayo ukuba zicinge."

Inkosi yaseMakani uFort Felker yaqaphela ukuba injongo yovavanyo lweenqwelomoya ngo-Agasti kuLwandle lwaseNyakatho yayingekokuvelisa amandla kufutshane nomthamo wokuvelisa we-airframe. Endaweni yoko, inkampani ibiqokelela idatha ezinokuthi iinjineli zeMakani zisebenzise ngoku ngakumbi ukulinganisa kunye novavanyo njengoko bephuhlisa ngakumbi inkqubo yabo.

"Iinqwelomoya eziphumeleleyo ziqinisekisile ukuba ukuqaliswa kwethu, ukuhla kunye neemodeli zenqwelomoya eziwela kwiqonga elidadayo zichanekile ngokwenene," utshilo. "Oku kuthetha ukuba sinokusebenzisa ngokuzithemba izixhobo zethu zokulinganisa ukuvavanya utshintsho lwenkqubo-amawakawaka eeyure ezilingisayo zokubhabha azakubeka emngciphekweni itekhnoloji yethu ngaphambi kokuthengisa."

umthombo: 3dnews.ru