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| aerial RATs aerial WECs airborne ram-air turbine airborne wind-energy conversion systems airborne wind energy generator airborne wind energy airborne wind energy systems airborne wind power airborne wind turbine air device ascending-descending pumping kite system yo-yo AWEGS AWES BAT buoyant air turbine crosswind kite crosswind towing deep dive wing electrical kite energy drones energy kites energy kite systems energy transfer system flying electric generator flying electric generator flying energy generator FEG flying generators flying turbine flying WECs flying wind drones flying windmills flying wind power plant flying wind turbine ground-based generator kite systems ground-based winch-generator kite system HAWT high-altitude tethered wind turbines high altitude wind energy high altitude wind energy systems high altitude wind power high altitude wind system high flying turbine blimps industrial kite systems kite kite-based wind energy kite energy devices kite energy machine kite energy machines kite generator kite hang gliders kite power system kite powered system kite propulsion device kite propulsion system kites kite-towed ship kite turbine kite turbines kite wind energy kite wind generator kite wind power lighter-than-air wind energy system low-altitude tethered wind turbine man-lifting kites meteorolical kites paragliders paravanes power generating kites power-generating kites power kite practical kite practical kite systems pumping kite renewable-energy kite renewable-energy kites renewable-energy kite systems scientific kites skysails sky sails tasked kite system towing wings tethered airborne module tethered airfoils tethered aerogenerator tethered atmospheric energy harvesters tether-based generator kite system tethered energy device (TED) tethered energy device system tethered energy drone tethered energy drone systems (T.E.D.S.) (TEDS) tethered energy fans tethered energy harvesters tethered fluid deflectors tethered fluid energy-producing machines (AWES with "air" implying broadly fluids and fluid-like media) tethered flying wings tethered hydrokinetic energy harvesters tethered media deflectors tethered media energy harvesters tethered undersea kites (TUSK) tethered vanes tethered water turbines tethered wind energy tethered WECs tethered wind deflectors tethered wind energy generation system tethered wind energy generator tethered wind energy systems tethered wind energy turbine tethered wind-powered aircraft tethered wing tethered wings tethered wings energy generators tethered wings energy harvesters traction air device traction kites Twing (tradename formed from tethered wing) levopter levopters wind drones wind-energy drones wing-based generator kite system wired airfoils working kite working kites working kite systems "Parallels can be drawn with hydro kinetic devices or even micro fluidic devices and MEMS… IMO
The scientific analysis of AWES devices is currently lagging far behind
design engineering." Rod Read Ed adding: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microelectromechanical_systems |
| March 10, 2020, post by Dave Santos Modern Lexigraphy accounts for multiple meanings to the same words (homonyms). For example, a battery charged by a conventional HAWT, then carried up by aircraft, can be correctly called a case of “Airborne Wind Energy”, without undue contradiction. There is no authority (word police) to decree otherwise, that “AWE” can only mean what one party insists. Joe and I, as originators of “AWE”, do not oppose anyone from using AWE as they wish (no censorship). Its a logical fallacy to argue from any one definition of AWE, as alone true. Joe and I agree that to us AWE properly began with biological evolution, the broadcasting of airborne spores and seeds, that developed into complex insect, bird, and bat migration. Tailwinds to us capture ~5% of aviation fuel market. Kite toys and sports are AWE to us. Our urgent quest for utility-scale electrical power is just a latest major aspect of AWE. We have no problem keeping track of “AWE” usage in any identified context. Saving billions of pounds of jet fuel may be the top AWE app so far, and powering the planet may be next. Its exciting to be in between these AWE phases, seeing the present clearly in order to shape the future. Its a huge joy to fool around with kites; pumping, pulling, and lifting for fun. That’s AWE too. Let no one despair except those who will not fly kites. The power kite has not failed AWE. Judge Joe and my predictions for large-scale AWE to succeed in the 2030 timeframe, not the premature claims of others. We are not product developers. Its enough to us that there are talented developers of small AWES products now (ie. Kiwee), circumnavigating sea-steads (Race for Water), polar-exploration platforms (Inuit Windsled), and players like Airbus as early adopters (ship-kite delivery). What a fantastic new AWE technology is blossoming in our time. |