本研究主要分析風力壓縮空氣系統中各子系統的運作。為了使系統能夠更有效率的運用風能來進行空氣壓縮，系統中的垂直式風車、無段變速器、飛輪與空氣壓縮機的最佳運作情況與效率分析是必須進行的研究工作。然而為了改善系統整體的操作效率，各子系統的最佳特性是無法兼顧的，必須有所取捨才能讓系統整體操作在最佳效率點。
本論文將先說明風力壓縮空氣系統的架構及運作方式，接著依序分析各子系統的特性與運作方式並建立其模型，以期未來能夠整合各子系統之特性找出整體系統運作之最佳化模式。

This study works on the efficiency analysis of a pneumatic wind energy system which is composed of a windmill, a continuous variable planetary (CVP) transmission, a flywheel, a clutch, a reciprocating compressor, and an air tank. To make the system operate at its best performance, the subsystems’ characteristic must be fully understood. In this study, we examine the five main subsystems of the pneumatic wind energy system: vertical axis windmill, CVP transmission, flywheel-clutch, reciprocating compressor and controller thoroughly by experiments and analysis. To optimize the performance of the pneumatic wind energy system, there would be some trade-off to the efficiency of subsystems.
This study starts with the configuration and the designed operation modes of pneumatic wind energy system. Then, the subsystems are examined individually in sequence. The operation models are established both theoretically and experimentally. This study shows the subsystems operation characteristic for the pneumatic wind energy storage system. We expect to find the optimized performance of the pneumatic wind energy system based on this study in the future.

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