Flight Anomaly Detection for Airborne Wind Energy Systems

Salma, Volkan; Schmehl, Roland

doi:10.1088/1742-6596/1618/3/032021

Cited by 3 publications

(5 citation statements)

References 12 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…In some of these contexts, AWE systems could potentially replace electricity produced by diesel generators with cheaper and renewable electricity [40,43]. However, AWE systems are more complex to realize technically than wind turbines [44]. Some technical challenges have not been entirely solved yet, such as continuous automated operation (including take-off, nominal operation, landing), long-term durability of system components, operation under extreme weather conditions, and safe landing in an emergency [11].…”

Section: Figurementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the expectation of public safety concerns, there was a consensus in the reviewed literature that the industry has to prove reliable operation to increase the support for the technology from investors, regulators, and the general public [22,44,56,57]. Proving reliable operation includes establishing safety regulations [58][59][60], having AWE systems with high fault tolerance [56,61], and minimizing the risk of accidents to an acceptable level [62].…”

Section: Safety and Related Aspectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

The Social Acceptance of Airborne Wind Energy: A Literature Review

et al. 2022

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Airborne wind energy (AWE) systems use tethered flying devices to harvest higher-altitude winds to produce electricity. For the success of the technology, it is crucial to understand how people perceive and respond to it. If concerns about the technology are not taken seriously, it could delay or prevent implementation, resulting in increased costs for project developers and a lower contribution to renewable energy targets. This literature review assessed the current state of knowledge on the social acceptance of AWE. A systematic literature search led to the identification of 40 relevant publications that were reviewed. The literature expected that the safety, visibility, acoustic emissions, ecological impacts, and the siting of AWE systems impact to which extent the technology will be accepted. The reviewed literature viewed the social acceptance of AWE optimistically but lacked scientific evidence to back up its claims. It seemed to overlook the fact that the impact of AWE’s characteristics (e.g., visibility) on people’s responses will also depend on a range of situational and psychological factors (e.g., the planning process, the community’s trust in project developers). Therefore, empirical social science research is needed to increase the field’s understanding of the acceptance of AWE and thereby facilitate development and deployment.

show abstract

Section: Figurementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Safety and Related Aspectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Social Acceptance of Airborne Wind Energy: A Literature Review

et al. 2022

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…In expectation of public safety concerns, there is a consensus in the field that the industry has to prove safe operation to gain favourable public responses [5,15,51,52]. Proofing reliable operations includes establishing safety regulations [53][54][55], having AWE systems with high fault tolerance [51,56], and minimizing the risk of accidents to an acceptable level [57].…”

Section: Safety and Related Aspectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In some of these contexts, AWE systems could potentially replace electricity produced by diesel generators with cheaper and renewable electricity [11,12]. However, AWE systems are more complex to realize technically than wind turbines [15]. Some technical challenges are not completely solved yet, such as continuous automated operation (including take-off, nominal operation, landing), long-term durability of system components, and operation under extreme weather conditions or landing in an emergency [16].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Public Responses to Airborne Wind Energy: A Literature Review

Schmidt

Vries

Renes

et al. 2021

Preprint

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Airborne wind energy (AWE) systems use tethered flying devices to harvest higher-altitude winds to produce electricity. For a successful deployment of these systems, it is crucial to understand how the public perceives them. If public concerns about the technology are not taken seriously, implementation could be delayed or, in some cases, prevented, resulting in increased costs for project developers and a lower contribution of the sector to renewable energy targets. This literature review assessed the current state of knowledge on public responses to AWE. An exhaustive literature search led to the identification of 40 relevant publications that were reviewed. The literature assumed that the safety, visibility, acoustic emissions, ecological impacts, and the siting of AWE systems shape public responses to the technology. The reviewed literature views people’s responses to AWE very optimistically but lacks scientific evidence to back up its claims. It seems to overlook that the influence of AWE’s characteristics (e.g., visibility) on public responses will also depend on a range of situational and psychological factors (e.g., people’s general attitude towards AWE, the public’s trust in project developers). Therefore, empirical social scientific research is needed to increase the field’s understanding of public responses to AWE and thereby facilitate deployment.

show abstract

“…Different missions apply their specific FDIR architecture. A publicly available FDIR architecture for AWES was presented in [14], building on an architecture that was originally developed for space applications [15]. The SAVOIR-FDIR working group at ESA is working on a FDIR guideline for the system level [16].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Operation Approval for Commercial Airborne Wind Energy Systems

Salma

Schmehl

2023

Energies

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Integrating the operation of airborne wind energy systems safely into the airspace requires a systematic qualification process. It seems likely that the European Union Aviation Safety Agency will approve commercial systems as unmanned aircraft systems within the “specific” category, requiring risk-based operational authorization. In this paper, we interpret the risk assessment methodology for airborne wind energy systems, going through the ten required steps of the recommended procedure and discussing the particularities of tethered energy-harvesting systems. Although the described process applies to the entire field of airborne wind energy, we detail it for a commercial flexible-wing airborne wind energy system. We find that the air risk mitigations improve the consolidated specific assurance and integrity level by a factor of two. It is expected that the framework will increase the safety level of commercial airborne wind energy systems and ultimately lead to operation approval.

show abstract

Flight Anomaly Detection for Airborne Wind Energy Systems

Cited by 3 publications

References 12 publications

The Social Acceptance of Airborne Wind Energy: A Literature Review

The Social Acceptance of Airborne Wind Energy: A Literature Review

Public Responses to Airborne Wind Energy: A Literature Review

Operation Approval for Commercial Airborne Wind Energy Systems

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About