Award Number: DE-EE0007032CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.3Wind Energy Technologies OfficeLocation(s): MAOffice(s): Golden Field Office
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March 6, 2019
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Award Number: DE-EE0007032
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.3
Wind Energy Technologies Office
Location(s): MA
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide funding to the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) to design a series of biomimetic whistles which produce pulses of high-intensity, frequency-modulated ultrasound, when placed on a turbine blade, and which successfully deter bats from approaching the sound source. Proposed project activities include both in-laboratory design, development, fabrication and testing of the biomimetic whistles, as well as field testing of the same devices.