C++ Based Systems Engineering Framework as a Key Approach Towards Efficient, Reliable, and Autonomous Flying Wind Turbine Products

Kitekraft: Building Flying Wind Turbines

Power Electronic Topologies of Drag Power Kites

Power Curve and Design Optimization of Drag Power Kites

On Multicopter-Based Launch and Retrieval Concepts for Lift Mode Operated Power Generating Kites

DC-link Control for Airborne Wind Energy Systems During Pumping Mode

Modular approach for the optimal wind turbine micro siting problem through CMA-ES algorithm (abstract)

Although, only in recent years, northern European countries started to install large offshore wind farms, it is expected that by 2020, several dozens of far and large offshore wind farms (FLOWFs) will be built. These FLOWFs will be constituted of a considerable amount of wind turbines (WTs) packed together, leading to an energy density increase....

Electric mobility & the urban environment; the Schiphol case

The introduction of electric mobility is one of the promising options to create a more sustainable mobility system for the future. Electric vehicles offer the promise of major reductions in local CO2, NOX and particulate emissions. In addition, electric vehicles are silent, easy to service and have high ‘well-to-wheel’ energy efficiency. However...

Product service systems and sustainable mobility: An electric vehicle introduction case

A product service system (PSS) is a function-oriented business model aimed at providing sustainability of both consumption and production. A PSS is defined as a marketable set of products and services capable of jointly fulfilling user needs. In theory PSSs are normally shown realized with smart products. The first PSS were largely motivated by...

Implementation of ILDMs based on a Representation in Generalized Coordinates

The usage of detailed chemical kinetics for the mathematical modeling of combustion processes is desirable, but leads to a high computational effort. In the present work one of the methods of simplification of chemical kinetics - Intrinsic low-dimensional manifolds (ILDMs) is considered. Whereas in most CFD applications ILDMs are calculated in...