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Drag power kite with very high lift coefficient

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  • Bauer, Florian
  • Kennel, Ralph M.
  • Hackl, Christoph M.
  • Campagnolo, Filippo
  • Patt, Michael
  • Schmehl, Roland

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As an alternative to conventional wind turbines, this study considered kites with onboard wind turbines driven by a high airspeed due to crosswind flight (“drag power”). The hypothesis of this study was, that if the kite's lift coefficient is maximized, then the power, energy yield, allowed costs and profit margin are also maximized. This hypothesis was confirmed based on a kite power system model extended from Loyd's model. The performance of small-scale and utility-scale kites in monoplane and biplane configurations were examined for increasing lift coefficients. Moreover, several parameters of the utility-scale system were optimized with a genetic algorithm. With an optimal lift coefficient of 4.5, the biplane outperformed the monoplane. A 40 m wing span kite was expected to achieve a rated power of about 4.1 MW with a power density of about 52 kW/m2. A parameter sensitivity analysis of the optimized design was performed. Moreover, to demonstrate the feasibility of very high lift coefficients and the validity of a utilized simplified airfoil polar model, CFDs of a proposed high-lift multi-element airfoil were performed and the airfoil polars were recorded. Finally, a planform design of a biplane kite was proposed.

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  • Bauer, Florian & Kennel, Ralph M. & Hackl, Christoph M. & Campagnolo, Filippo & Patt, Michael & Schmehl, Roland, 2018. "Drag power kite with very high lift coefficient," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 118(C), pages 290-305.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:118:y:2018:i:c:p:290-305
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2017.10.073
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    2. Malz, E.C. & Hedenus, F. & Göransson, L. & Verendel, V. & Gros, S., 2020. "Drag-mode airborne wind energy vs. wind turbines: An analysis of power production, variability and geography," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 193(C).
    3. Trevisi, Filippo & Gaunaa, Mac & McWilliam, Michael, 2020. "Unified engineering models for the performance and cost of Ground-Gen and Fly-Gen crosswind Airborne Wind Energy Systems," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 162(C), pages 893-907.
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    5. Trevisi, Filippo & McWilliam, Michael & Gaunaa, Mac, 2021. "Configuration optimization and global sensitivity analysis of Ground-Gen and Fly-Gen Airborne Wind Energy Systems," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 178(C), pages 385-402.

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