Power conversion performance of airborne wind turbine under unsteady loads

QS Ali, MH Kim - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The study presents the systematic analysis of power conversion performance of the airborne
wind turbine (AWT) using time-resolved air loads. The power harvesting behavior of the …

A Review on Crosswind Airborne Wind Energy Systems: Key Factors for a Design Choice

AFC Pereira, JMM Sousa - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Airborne wind energy (AWE) has received increasing attention during the last decade, with
the goal of achieving electricity generation solutions that may be used as a complement or …

Design and economics of a pumping kite wind park

P Faggiani, R Schmehl - Airborne Wind Energy: Advances in Technology …, 2018 - Springer
The development of airborne wind energy is steadily progressing towards the market
introduction of the technology. Even though the physical foundations of the various …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental rig investigation of a direct interconnection technique for airborne wind energy systems

ME Salari, J Coleman, C O'Donnell, D Toal - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Airborne wind energy is a new approach to reach the stronger and more consistent winds at
higher altitudes. In this paper, the interconnection of pumping mode airborne wind energy …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of direct interconnection technique for offshore airborne wind energy systems under normal and fault conditions

ME Salari, J Coleman, D Toal - Renewable Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Direct interconnection is a novel technique for interconnecting offshore airborne wind
energy (AWE) generators which facilitates the removal of power converters from the offshore …

Development and testing of a control system for the automatic flight of tethered parafoils

J Coleman, H Ahmad, D Toal - Journal of Field Robotics, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents the design and testing of a control system for the robotic flight of
tethered kites. The use of tethered kites as a prime mover in airborne wind energy is …

Airborne wind energy—A review

M Ebrahimi Salari, J Coleman, D Toal - 3rd International Congress on …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Airborne Wind Energy (AWE) is a new approach to harvest stronger wind streams at
higher altitudes for renewable energy. This paper reviews recent developments in this field …

Dynamic modeling of floating offshore airborne wind energy converters

A Cherubini, G Moretti, M Fontana - Airborne Wind Energy: Advances in …, 2018 - Springer
Airborne wind energy converters represent a promising new technology that aims at
providing low cost electricity by exploiting airborne systems to harvest energy from high …

A proposal and a theoretical analysis of a novel concept of a tilted-axis wind turbine

L Goldstein - Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
A novel wind turbine is proposed with a downwind rotor, tilted upward. An external cable that
is attached to the blades' center of force supports each rotor blade, and the tower is …

Power Control of Direct Interconnection Technique for Airborne Wind Energy Systems

M Ebrahimi Salari, J Coleman, D Toal - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
In this paper, an offshore airborne wind energy (AWE) farm consisting of three non-reversing
pumping mode AWE systems is modelled and simulated. The AWE systems employ …