9th international Airborne Wind Energy Conference (AWEC 2021): Book of Abstracts

Development of an Aeroelastic Simulation Framework for Leading Edge Inflatable Kites

Open-Source Parametric Finite-Element Meshing Tool for Fixed-Wing AWE Kites

The Airborne Wind Energy Resource Analysis Tool AWERA

Fostering International Collaboration Within IEA Wind TCP Task 48

A Semi-Empirical Aerodynamic Model Based on Dynamic Stall for Rigid-Framed Delta Kites during Figure-of-Eight Maneuvers

Low and High Fidelity Aerodynamic Simulations for Airborne Wind Energy Box-Wings

A Reference Economic Model for Airborne Wind Energy Systems

8th Airborne Wind Energy Conference (AWEC 2019): Book of Abstracts

Niche Strategies to Introduce Kite-Based Airborne Wind Energy

Kite-based airborne wind energy systems are new high-tech systems that provide sustainable wind energy. Instead of using a wind turbine, these systems use a kite to generate energy. Commercializing such new high-tech systems is a risky strategy, the failure rate is high. This chapter identifies barriers that block large-scale diffusion of kite...

Design and Economics of a Pumping KiteWind Park

The development of airborne wind energy is steadily progressing towards the market introduction of the technology. Even though the physical foundations of the various conversion concepts are well understood, the actual economic potential of distributed small-scale and centralized large-scale power generation under realworld conditions is...

Airborne wind energy conversion using a rotating reel system

The study proposes a new airborne wind energy system based on the carousel concept. It comprises a rotary ring kite and a ground-based rotating reel conversion system. The moment generated by the ring kite is transferred by several peripheral tethers that connect to winch modules that are mounted on the ground rotor. A generator is coupled to...

Current and expected airspace regulations for airborne wind energy systems

Safety is a major factor in the permitting process for airborne wind energy systems. To successfully commercialize the technologies, safety and reliability have to be ensured by the design methodology and have to meet accepted standards. Current prototypes operate with special temporary permits, usually issued by local aviation authorities...

Flight path planning in a turbulent wind environment

To achieve a high conversion efficiency and at the same time robust control of a pumping kite power system it is crucial to optimize the three-dimensional flight path of the tethered wing. This chapter extends a dynamic system model to account for a realistic, turbulent wind environment and adds a flight path planner using a sequence of...

7th Airborne Wind Energy Conference (AWEC 2017): Book of Abstracts

6th Airborne Wind Energy Conference (AWEC 2015): Book of Abstracts