Autonomous landing, storage and re-launching of a kite power system

Autonomous landing, storage and re-launching of a kite power system

van Breukelen García, Alejandro (TU Delft Applied Sciences)
Cerbino, Filippo (TU Delft Aerospace Engineering)
Dubois, Justin (TU Delft Aerospace Engineering)
Esser, Timo (TU Delft Aerospace Engineering)
Gün, Kerem (TU Delft Aerospace Engineering)
Jerez, Eduardo (TU Delft Aerospace Engineering)
Lacal Ip, Daniel (TU Delft Aerospace Engineering)
van Leeuwen, Roel (TU Delft Aerospace Engineering)
Olimid, Dominic (TU Delft Aerospace Engineering)
Smit, Adriaan (TU Delft Aerospace Engineering)
Stevens, Sebastien (TU Delft Aerospace Engineering)

Schmehl, R. (mentor)
van Elsloo, S.J. (mentor)
Jain, R. (mentor)

Delft University of Technology

Aerospace Engineering

AE3200 - Design Synthesis Exercise

2023-06-29

The aim of this executive overview is to summarise the content of this extensive report regarding the design of an Landing, Launching and Storage (LLS) system for a soft kite Airborne Wind Energy (AWE) system.
An innovative idea does not translate automatically to financial gain. With new technologies, such as AWEs it is crucial to assess the potential market for a product and the associated economic performance. Four market segments exist for energy generation: on-shore on-grid, on-shore off-grid, off-shore on-grid and off-shore off-grid. AWE performs best in on-shore offgrid applications due to its high mobility, higher capacity factor compared to wind and relatively lower land usage. AWE soft kites are currently targeting 100 kW to 500 kW range, which is currently dominated by medium-power diesel generators.

kite
kite power system

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Student theses

bachelor thesis

© 2023 Alejandro van Breukelen García, Filippo Cerbino, Justin Dubois, Timo Esser, Kerem Gün, Eduardo Jerez, Daniel Lacal Ip, Roel van Leeuwen, Dominic Olimid, Adriaan Smit, Sebastien Stevens