ENERGY KITE

Soubhagya J
S5 EEE
ROLL NO:32
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 CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• LIMITS OF PRESENT RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES
• CROSS WIND KITE POWER
• CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILES
• OPERATING PRINCIPLE
• LIMITATIONS
• ADVANTAGES
• CONCLUSION
• REFERENCE

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 INTRODUCTION
• Energy kites, a revolutionary technique of power
generation.
• 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.

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 LIMITS OF PRESENT
RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES
 High production cost.
 Large occupation of land.
 The electricity generation is still not large
enough.
 Unreliable.
 Low efficiency levels.

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 CROSSWIND KITE POWER
• Traditional wind turbine is replaced by energy kite,
a wind turbine with a rotor supported in air.
• Avoids the expense of tower construction.
• The kite tethered to ground, files 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.
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 CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS

The three main components

 Kite
 Tether
 Ground station

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 KITE
• The main component of the power generation system.
• Materials used must be light as well as strong to sustain
various types of forces acting on it.
• Consist of small turbines that generate power by using the
velocity of wind.
• Increase in number of rotors increase power output.

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 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.

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 GROUND STATION
• Holds the tether.
• Used as a resting place for the energy kite when
note in flight.
• Occupies less ground space.
• The ground station strength decides the length
up to which the kite can be tethered.

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 OPERATING PRINCIPLE
• Power generated by the energy kite can be given by
P=2/27 ρ A (Vw) ^3CL(CL/CD)^2
• A ratio of lift coefficient to that of drag coefficient is
the drag ratio
• Initially the kite is taken to a considerable height by
the on board rotors attached to the kite
• When it reaches at suitable altitudes the kite gets into
its circular trajectory

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 LIMITATIONS
• The non aerodynamic forces acting on the kite
reduces the total usable power that can be harvested
to a great extend.
• Kites come down when there is insufficient wind.
• A prohibited airspace zone is required.
• During bad weather conditions, kite must be brought
back down to the ground and covered.

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 ADVANTAGES
Minimal effort in terms of
 generator structure.
 cost .
 land occupation.
 Operates at significantly higher altitudes above the ground
where stronger and more constant wind can be found and
thus higher amounts of energy is generated.

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 CONCLUSION
• 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, there by decreasing air
pollution.
• Use of this clean energy will decrease the rate of global
warming.

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 REFERENCE
Wikipedia
www.seminarsonly.com
www.kite energy.net
https://Makanipower.com

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THANK YOU

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