Miles L. Loyd     [GMJuly2, 2010 About 7,290 results]      Working growing this file.      
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• US4251040 Miles L. Loyd  Wind driven apparatus for power generation     Filed: Dec 11, 1978    Discuss: AirborneWindEnergy/conversations/topics/2610
• http://homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~highwind/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Loyd1980.pdf    Seminal paper of 1980.
• Spoke at 2010 AWEC Community conference. He told of his and his son's exploration of rigid cross-wind kiting. 
  http://awec2010.com/public/presentations/loyd_miles.pdf
   
• AWES6400
• Answering some questions Loyd placed in his cross wind paper:  AirborneWindEnergy/message/8196
   
• He has given his early notes to Makani Power in some arrangement. He has been in close communications with JoeBen Bevirt.
• http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/AirborneWindEnergy/sfedit?path=/Loyd/Loyd%20is%20mentioned
• Richard Ruiterkamp of Ampyx Power particularly mentioned in e-mail about Loyd.  June 2010.   DaveS replies.
• http://www.kuleuven.be/optec/files/Loyd1980.pdf   Crosswind Kite Power
• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California
• Google Scholar notes other articles citing Loyd's paper.

• Data input form: Please place Loyd references and notes in this form; data will post to this page. Editor will clean the page later.  tudelft.nl [PDF] Optimal Crosswind Towing and Power Generation with Tethered Kites Paul Williams, Bas Lansdorp, and Wubbo Ockels‡ Delft University of Technology, 2600 GB Delft, The Netherlands

• tudelft.nl [PDF]
• http://awec2010.com/public/presentations/loyd_miles.pdf

• * Wind driven apparatus for power generation Miles L. Loyd
  http://www.google.com/patents?id=2is6AAAAEBAJ
  4227 Colgate Way, Liveremore, California 94550 US. Patent 4251040 Filed Dec. 11, 1978
  * Message in group KitePatents
  
  &* Loyd, Miles L., "Crosswind Kite Power'', Journal of Energy, May - June 1980, Vol. 4 No. 3 pp. 106 - 111

• Wind driven apparatus for power generation

   Miles L. Loyd

  Filed Dec. 11, 1978

  

  Loyd cites in his patent:

  4035658	High power wind turbine with kinetic accumulator	Jul 12, 1977
  4058979	Energy storage and conversion technique and apparatus	Nov 22, 1977
  4109465	Wind energy accumulator	Aug 29, 1978
  4118936	Surge tank for pneumatically operated motors	Oct 10, 1978
  4251040	Wind driven apparatus for power generation	Feb 17, 1981

   

  He mentions in his first paragraphs of the patent instruction US Patents

  3924827    APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING ENERGY from winds at significant height above the surface   Lambros Lois
  3987987
  4076190 
  4084102 

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DaveS notes:   This from Loyd's classic 1982 paper Crosswind Power-

"For auxiliary power, wind-driven electric generators have been used on kites.
However, for large-scale power production, the weight of generators (& conductors)
on the kite degrades performance, and other means of power transmission to the ground is needed."

This is true without even considering safety/reliability issues. Read the entire paper here-
http://www.kuleuven.be/optec/files/Loyd1980.pdf