The Influence of Tether Sag on Airborne Wind Energy Generation

Filippo Trevisi*, Mac Gaunaa, Michael McWilliam

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    Abstract

    The aim of this work is to propose engineering models to include the external forces acting on the tether into the power estimation of an Airborne Wind Energy System flying crosswind. The influence of aerodynamic drag, centrifugal force and gravitational force on power production is investigated. These three types of external loading acting on the tether are lumped with the kite and the tether is considered straight. In this way, a set of equations describing the tether shape and its influence on the power production is reduced to just one power equation. The formulation with straight tether and lumped quantities is suitable for preliminary designs and analyses and points out how the tether influence the system. On top of the results concerning the tether modelling, a new analytical model which includes the centrifugal forces into the power estimation for circular paths is presented.
    Original languageEnglish
    Article number032006
    Book seriesJournal of Physics: Conference Series
    Volume1618
    Issue number3
    Number of pages11
    ISSN1742-6596
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2020
    EventTORQUE 2020 - Online event, Netherlands
    Duration: 28 Sept 20202 Oct 2020
    https://www.torque2020.org/

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    ConferenceTORQUE 2020
    LocationOnline event
    Country/TerritoryNetherlands
    Period28/09/202002/10/2020
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