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Design of a mechanical assembly for power kites automatic control
Wind – generated energy is one of the most relevant “clean” energies in use today – and growing -. Use of Wind Turbines is the most extended and known way to generate energy from the wind. An alternate and less known “wind generators” are the Airborne Wind Energy systems, which in essence consist in flying tethers or flying devices which are supposed to reach winds at altitudes impossible for standard or conventional wind turbines. This work consists on the design of a ground station to control and measure forces in kite tethers, as a basis / first step to develop an efficient and reliable kite flight simulator and data acquisition from real flight of a kite with onboard instruments. Further, in order to make accurate simulations and properly evaluate the possible impact of an AWE system, first thing to know are the aerodynamic coefficients. This work also aims to design a modular (and transportable) ground structure to control an AWE kite, and also to take the best measures possible by means of two cell loads connected to the control lines, which with help of the data provided by onboard equipment, would be finally used to accurately determine those coefficients. ; Ingeniería Mecánica
Design of a mechanical assembly for power kites automatic control
Wind – generated energy is one of the most relevant “clean” energies in use today – and growing -. Use of Wind Turbines is the most extended and known way to generate energy from the wind. An alternate and less known “wind generators” are the Airborne Wind Energy systems, which in essence consist in flying tethers or flying devices which are supposed to reach winds at altitudes impossible for standard or conventional wind turbines. This work consists on the design of a ground station to control and measure forces in kite tethers, as a basis / first step to develop an efficient and reliable kite flight simulator and data acquisition from real flight of a kite with onboard instruments. Further, in order to make accurate simulations and properly evaluate the possible impact of an AWE system, first thing to know are the aerodynamic coefficients. This work also aims to design a modular (and transportable) ground structure to control an AWE kite, and also to take the best measures possible by means of two cell loads connected to the control lines, which with help of the data provided by onboard equipment, would be finally used to accurately determine those coefficients. ; Ingeniería Mecánica
Design of a mechanical assembly for power kites automatic control
2018-07-03
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