Energy conversion efficiency of the pumping kite wind generator

Renewable Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1052-1060

  Argatov, I ^a   Silvennoinen, R ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Crosswind motion; Energy conversion efficiency; kite generator; Mechanical power; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELLING; CLOSED-LOOP; GROUND BASED; MECHANICAL POWER; MOTION ENERGY; MOTION LAW; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPEN LOOPS; OPERATING PRINCIPLES; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; OPTIMALITY; PERFORMANCE COEFFICIENTS; TETHER LENGTHS; WIND ENERGY; WIND GENERATORS;

AVIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY CONVERSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUMPS;

WIND POWER;

ELECTRICAL POWER; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POWER GENERATION; TRAJECTORY; WIND FORCING;

ACCIPITRIDAE;

EID: 73249152584     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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