Energy kites

Introduction
Energy sources
Limits of present renewable technologies
Construction Details
Operational Principle
contents Advantages
Limitations
Applications
Conclusion
References
 Energy Kites, a revolutionary technique of
power generation.
Airborne wind energy replaces the
traditional structure of wind turbine by Kites
tethered to ground.
Introduction Due to the generation of electricity by the
motors on the Kite board while in
trajectory, energy Kites are also called as
on-board power generator.
Conventional energy sources : Coal,
petroleum and natural gas, fuel
woods, hydropower, nuclear energy.
Energy
Non-conventional energy sources : 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
 Cost

Area

Wind turbines
vs energy Height range

kites
Electricity generation

Environment effects
Cont..
Construction
Details
There are three main
components

. Kite

. Tether

. Ground Station
 • 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.
kite • Consists of small turbines that generates
power by using the velocity of wind.
• Increase in number of rotors increases the
power output.
 Acts as a link for Kite to ground contact.

• Used to transmit energy generated by Kite to the

ground station.

• Made of thick Aluminium wires surrounded by a high

Tether 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.
 • Holds the tether.

• Used as a resting place for the energy

Kite, when not in flight.
Ground
station
• Occupies less ground space.

• The ground station strength decides the

length up to which the Kite can be
tethered.
 Operation principle
oPower generated by energy kites is given by

where A- area of the kite wing

CL- lift coefficient

CD- drag coefficient

VW- velocity of wind

• 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, which are powered by electricity from the
ground station.
 • When it reaches a suitable
altitude, the Kite gets into its
circular trajectory.

• After this stage the same rotor

Cont.. generates energy, when the Kite
gets into circular motion.

• Tether length plays an important

role in setting the diameter of
rotation of the Kite.
 Easy to install

Cost effective

Advantages High power with low input

Eco-Friendly

Renewable Energy Source

 Requires continuous monitoring
Depends on wind completely
The non aerodynamic forces acting on
the kite reduces the total usable power that
can be harvested to a great extent.
Limitations  Kites come down when there is
insufficient wind.
 During bad weather conditions, kite must
be brought back down to the ground and
covered.
 Teaching

Transport
Application of
kites
Military

Energy generation
working
 Wind Power from Kites is a potential
renewable energy technology
 High‐altitude wind power using tethered
Conclusion wind turbine devices has the potential to
open up a new wind resource in areas that
are not served by conventional turbines.
 • M. Canale, L. Fagiano, and M. Milanese, "Power
Kites for Wind Energy Generation," IEEE 4384641,
IEEE Control Systems 27, No. 6, 26 (December
2007).
• U. Ahrens, M. Diehl, and R. Schmel, eds., Airborne
Wind Energy (Springer, 2013).
• M. L. Loyd, “Crosswind Kite Power,” Journal of
Energy, Vol. 4, No. 3, 1980, pp.
References • G. M. Joselin Herbert, S. Iniyan, E. Sreevalsan and
S. Rajapandian, “A Review of Wind Energy
Technologies,” Renewable & Sustainable Energy
Reviews, Vol. 11, No. 6, 2007
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