PRESENTATION OVERVIEW

• Introduction
• Energy sources
• Limits of present renewable technologies
• Cross wind kite power
• Constructional details
• Operating principles
• Limitations
• Advantages
• Comparison with other renewable resources
• Summary
• References
 INTRODUCTION
• Energy Kites, a revolutionary technique of power
generation.
• Conventional source of energy causes pollution.
• Renewable energy is very low in cost.
• It does not have much negative impact on the
environment.
• Airborne wind energy replaces the traditional
structure of wind turbine by Kites tethered to
ground.
 ENERGY SOURCES
• Conventional energy sources: Coal, petroleum
and natural gas, fuel woods, hydropower, nuclear
energy.

• Non-conventional energy sources: Solar energy,

wind energy, tidal energy, geothermal energy,
biomass, biogas, energy from urban waste
 LIMITS OF PRESENT
RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES
• High production
costs
• Large occupation of
land
• The electricity
generation capacity is
still not large enough.
• Unreliable
• Low-efficiency levels
CROSSWIND KITE POWER
• Traditional wind turbine is replaced by Energy
Kite, a wind turbine with a rotor supported in the
air.
• Avoids the expense of tower construction.
• The Kite tethered to ground, flies in a crosswind
direction.
• After achieving certain altitude this Kite obtains
a circular trajectory.
• The power generated by energy Kite is
transmitted to ground simultaneously.
 CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS
• Three main components:
• Kite
• Tether
• Ground Station
• Kite:
• The main component of the power generation system.
• Material used must be light as well as strong to sustain
various types of forces acting on it.
• Consists of small turbines that generate power by using
the velocity of wind.
• Increase in number of rotors increases power output.
• Tether:
• Acts as a link for Kite to ground contact.
• Used to transmit energy generated by energy Kite to the
ground station.
• Made of thick Aluminium wires surrounded by a high
strength composite fibre covering.
• When tether length exceeds a limit, it may lead to minor
instability of the system.
• To overcome this and to get efficient power generation
at short tethering distance, multiple Kites are used.
• Ground station:
• Holds the tether.
• Used as a resting place for the energy Kite, when not in
flight.
• Occupies less ground space.
• The ground station strength decides the length up to
which the Kite can be tethered.
 LIMITATIONS
• The non aerodynamic forces acting on the kite
reduces the total usable power that can be
harvested to a great extent.
• Kites come down when there is insufficient wind.
• Bad weather such as could temporarily suspend
use of the machines.
• A prohibited airspace zone is required.
• During bad whether conditions, kite must be
brought back down to the ground and covered.
 ADVANTAGES
• Minimal effort in terms of
a) generator structure.
b)cost
c)land occupation.
• Operates at significantly higher altitudes above
the ground where stronger and more constant
winds can be found and thus higher amounts of
energy is generated.
 COMPARISON WITH OTHER
RENEWABLE RESOURCES
• Power generation of energy Kite is 150 times
more than photovoltaic cell with much less land
requirement.
• Power output of conventional wind turbines has
increased at a cost of increase in rotor diameter as
well as high cost to build such a huge structure.
• The mass of only 39 tons of Energy Kite generate
30 MW with wing area of 845msq.
• This equals to power output of four largest wind
turbines in the world each with a rated power
output of 7.5MW
• Each Blade has a weight of 65 tons and a rotor
diameter of 126 meter. Hence total weight of
twelve blade of these four turbines goes to 780
tons. Including the weight of the tower total
weight goes up to 12,400 tons.
 SUMMARY
• Use of Energy Kites opens a new world of
opportunities in the field of wind power
generation by making complete use of air at high
altitude too.
• If such technology is implemented on a large
scale, the use of power plants that burn out
conventional resources could be decreased to a
great extent, thereby decreasing air pollution.
• Use of this clean energy will decrease the rate of
global warming significantly.
 REFERENCES
• http://www.creativeworld9.com/2011/04/abstract-and-full-paper-
on-renewable.html
• http://www.environmentalpollution.in/energy/sources-of-energy-
conventional-and-nonconventional-sources-explained/292
• http://www.preservearticles.com/201104235869/what-are-the-
non-conventional-sources-of-energy.html
• http://www.solarschools.net/resources/stuff/advantages_and_disad
vantages.aspx
• http://www.kitenergy.net/technology-2/key-points/
• http://www.conserve-energy-future.com/advantages-and-
disadvantages-of-renewable-energy.php