High Altitude Wind Energy Generation Using Controlled Power Kites

Canale, Massimo; Fagiano, Lorenzo; Milanese, M.

doi:10.1109/tcst.2009.2017933

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“…This underwater rope kite has a lifting force with an adjustable angle of attack using the two bridle lengths; it can also rotate counterclockwise in response to the imbalance between the lifting force and the weight of the tail pendant, similar to the lateral circling motion of a kite in the air (Stevenson et al, 2005;Houska and Diehl, 2006;Sánchez, 2006). This imbalance, which works as a lifting force, results in differences between the leading edge and trailing edge of the rope kite and consequently in shearing force as the rope kite rotates (Diehl et al, 2004;Canale et al, 2010). Testing first assessed whether the tail pendants caused good rotation of the rope kite.…”

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Performance of an Active Stimulating Device Using a Rope Kite or Array in the Cod End to Reduce Juvenile by-catch

Kim¹

2010

Fisheries and aquatic sciences

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An active stimulating device (ASD) using a rope apparatus may operated by the flow of turbulence inside a cod end, generating variable stimuli in addition to flow-related effects to minimize the bycatch of juvenile fishes. Preliminary testing involved a hydrodynamic effect inside the cod end with a rotating rope kite or conical rope array to generate variable stimuli (visual stimuli, water flow, or physical contact with fish) to change fish position. The experimental rope kite offered more choice in rotating period and range of sweeping action; adjusting the towing line or flow velocity helped to drive fish toward the net panel and encouraged escape. The conical shape of the rope array in the cod end helped to clear a path for fish by disturbing the rigging and providing more contrast between objects, preventing an optomotor response. This enabled more black porgy to be herded toward the net at an early stage of towing. Therefore, either a conical rope array or a rotating rope kite can be used as an effective ASD to prevent juvenile by-catch.

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Performance of an Active Stimulating Device Using a Rope Kite or Array in the Cod End to Reduce Juvenile by-catch

Kim¹

2010

Fisheries and aquatic sciences

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“…They investigated two different types of KiteGen through numerical simulations, the yo-yo configuration and the carousel configuration. For each configuration, a generator with the same characteristics was considered [65].…”

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Comparing Patent and Scientific Literature in Airborne Wind Energy

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Airborne Wind Energy (AWE) is a renewable energy technology that uses wind power devices rather than traditional wind turbines that take advantage of the kinetic wind energy, and remain in the air due to aerodynamic forces. This article aims to compare the scientific literature with the patents on wind power with tethered airfoils, to obtain better insights into the literature of this area of knowledge. The method used in this study was a comparative bibliometric analysis, using the Web of Science and Derwent Innovations Index databases, and the Network Analysis Interface for Literature Review software and VosViewer. It was possible to verify the main authors, research centers and companies, countries and journals that publish on the subject; the most cited documents; the technological classes; and the networks of collaborations of this work. It was also possible to identify that researches on wind energy with tethered airfoils began their studies in the late 1970s with the first patent apparently dated from 1975 by the inventors Dai and Dai. The first scientific publication was in 1979 by authors Fletcher and Roberts, followed by Loyd in 1980. United States is the country that presented the highest number of patents and scientific papers. Both scientific papers and patents set up networks of collaboration; that is, important authors are interacting with others to establish cooperative partnerships.

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“…Embellishments of the lumped-mass model take into account tether drag (Canale et al, 2010;Houska and Diehl, 2006) and rotational inertia (Breukels, 2010). Far more complex models have also been developed, such as the multi-body kite simulator developed by Breukels (2010) .…”

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Real-Time Optimization for Kites

Costello

François

Bonvin

2013

IFAC Proceedings Volumes

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Over the past decade, a large number of academics and start-ups have devoted themselves to developing kites as a renewable energy source. Determining the trajectories the kite should follow is a modeling and optimization challenge. We present a dynamic model and analyse how uncertainty affects the resulting optimization problem. We show how measurements can be used to rapidly correct the model-based optimal trajectories in real time. This novel real-time optimization approach does not rely on intensive online computation. Rather, it uses knowledge of the structure of the optimal solution, which can be studied offline.

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High Altitude Wind Energy Generation Using Controlled Power Kites

Cited by 181 publications

References 10 publications

Performance of an Active Stimulating Device Using a Rope Kite or Array in the Cod End to Reduce Juvenile by-catch

Performance of an Active Stimulating Device Using a Rope Kite or Array in the Cod End to Reduce Juvenile by-catch

Comparing Patent and Scientific Literature in Airborne Wind Energy

Real-Time Optimization for Kites

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