Kite Farm Simulation

Assessing the impact of flight paths for multiple-unit airborne wind energy systems

Master thesis (2019)

Authors

H.L. Johnson Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Contributors

P. Faggiani Kitepower (mentor)
R. Schmehl Wind Energy - Aerospace Engineering (graduation committee member)
Faculty
Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
Copyright: © 2019 Holly Johnson
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Published Date

19-08-2019

Language

English

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Faculty

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Abstract

As airborne wind energy is a relatively new field, much of the current research is rapidly progressing towards the development of larger commercial systems with larger airborne components. Farms of airborne wind energy systems can provide higher power generation than a single kite system and offer a potential solution to issues that single kite systems exhibit with continuous power production. An in depth analysis of small scale kite farm systems will be conducted based on Kitepower’s single kite flight path model. This model has been further developed for improved performance, and has been verified with experimental data from the Kitepower system. From this single kite model, a kite farm simulation was developed to evaluate the effects of varied flight paths for several kite farm layout configurations, providing results for power density, power stability, and spatial requirements of the systems.

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