Pumped-Hydro AWES Concept

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Pumped-Hydro AWES Concept

A farm of kites lifting hoses (and/or bags) full of water high into the air can create a large common instantaneous head of water to drive a hydro-electric generator at higher-efficiency than ordinary pumped-hydro at a lower head. A simple valve suffices to match load to generation, without complex gearing or close kite control.

This is not Pumped-Hydro Storage as such, but a distinct AWES concept, partly related to long-discussed concepts for kite-based wildfire-fighting, irrigation, etc..

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~ Dave Santos 12Feb2014 Discuss at: AirborneWindEnergy/conversations/messages/11523

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- One may understand a "kite system" as the net total of parts found in the kite system, say the hoses and water that is mentioned by DaveS in the tech note above. In such case, see: Kite as energy storage device in itself ~ JoeF

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