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Kite Engines
What is a kite engine? Is a transducer an
engine? Kite engines seem to take some of the wind's kinetic energy
in order to generate motion, lift, drag, heat, electricity, sound, vibrations,
oscillations, etc. Is a kite engine a generator? Is a kite an
engine? Is a kite a motor? A kite system may have an
integrated proper subassembly (less
than the whole system) that is identified as a kite motor or kite
engine. We do not resolve the issue of what terms to use among
generator, motor, engine, sensor, transducer, but are concerned with
having kite systems do things; the kite operates and something happens as a
result. Getting the results wanted will mean designing, building,
and controlling a certain kite system that deposits desired results.
Particular
communities use terms within their field without always matching the usage
in other tech fields. We urge AWES developers to tell us about
inputs and outputs and how the transformation of inputs to outputs occurs.
We invite all AWES teams to discuss their kite engines in
AirborneWindEnergy public forum.
Essays are invited.
We invite all to send notes/links about their own kite engines. |
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The term "kite engine" used in a special sense:
circa 1905, ""kite engine" in a different sense: If I understand this
correctly, the steam was used to drive an engine that operated winding the
kite line; my interpretation has yet to be solidly verified.
Article was written by George C. Simpson, F. R. Met. Soc. [Fellow,
Royal Meteorological Society].
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Volume 32. By
Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain)
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William Henry
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