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- Wind energy startups chase mile-high power
Magenn Power is betting big on high-soaring blimps.
By Jennifer Alsever December 4, 2008
http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/02/smallbusiness/wind_energy_blimps.fsb/index.htm
See the Magenn photo [EKS Ed: How much do those electrified conducting down wires weigh?]
- Renewable Energy From Artificial Trees: SolarBotanic's Fascinating Designs by T Goodman. [Let your kite sense identify the millions of little kites involved in the artificial trees.]
- Jagadees’s English Weblog "Laddermill will provide 100 times the amount energy needed by world"
- http://www.freepatentsonline.com/EP1581743B1.html
- March 5, 2009
20 Years of Wind Turbines: An Industry Running on Prototypes? They keeping trying to get the wing up higher and higher. However, note the full-system concerns.
- Past, Present, and Future of Kites and Energy Generation J. Breukels, M.Sc.
and Prof. Dr. Wubbo J. Ockels of Delft University of Technology
- Wildlife and Windmill Windmills and Impact on Wildlife [Wildlife and energy kite systems?]
- Sustainable Energy --- without the hot air [Book Does the book mention kite energy?
The index section of the book did not have the word "kite" or "kites."
We will not hold this against the author. The book has many positive aspects to it.]
- Small Wind Many documents and notes.
Some rooting fun from joy to free flight: Mary Poppins.
"However did you manage it?"
- Kite Energy
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Harnessing High Altitude Wind Power
- The LadderMill: work in
progress
- Water-kite opportunities article
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Furey, A.D.J. and Harvey, I. (2008). Adaptive Behavioural Modulation and Hysteresis in an Analogue of a Kite Control Task. In proc of Simulation of Adaptive Behaviour (in print) pre-print PDF
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Furey, A.D.J. and Harvey, I. (2008).'Robust Adaptive Control for Kite Wind Energy Using Evolutionary Robotics'. Biological Approaches to Engineering, pages 117-120. Southampton, UK. PDF
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Furey, A.D.J. and Harvey, I. (2007). Evolution of Neural Networks for Active Control of Tethered Airfoils. In Almeida e Costa, F., Rocha, L.M., Costa, E., Harvey, I. and Coutinho, A., editors, Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Artificial Life, pages 746-756. Springer. PDF.
- 2004
"Laddermill, work in progress", Ockels, W.J., Lansdorp, B., Breukels, J., Spierenburg, G.J., EWEC 2004, London, UK.
2005
"Design of a 100 MW laddermill for wind energy generation from 5 km altitude", Lansdorp, B., Ockels, W.J., 7th World Congress on Recovery, Recycling and Re-integration, Beijing, China.
"Design and testing of a remotely controlled surfkite for the Laddermill", Lansdorp, B., Remes, B., Ockels, W.J., World Wind Energy Conference 2005, Melbourne, Australia.
"Tethered kiteplane design for the Laddermill project", Breukels, J., Ockels, W.J., World Wind Energy Conference 2005, Melbourne, Australia.
"Comparison of concepts for high-altitude wind energy generation with ground based generator". Lansdorp, B., Ockels, W.J., 2nd China International Renewable Energy Equipment & Technology Exhibition and Conference, Beijing, China.
2006
"The Laddermill - Innovative Wind Energy from High Altitudes in Holland and Australia", Lansdorp, B., Williams, P., Windpower 2006, Adelaide, Australia.
"Ship propulsion by Kites combining energy production by Laddermill principle and direct kite propulsion", Ockels, W.J., Ruiterkamp, R., Lansdorp, B., Kite Sailing Symposium, Seattle, USA.
"Laddermill-sailing,Ship propulsion by wind energy independent from the wind direction", Ockels, W.J., Journal of the International Shipbuilding Progress.
"Stability of Optimal Solutions: Multi- and Single-Objective Approaches" Podgaets, A.R., Ockels, W.J.
"Flight control and stability of a multiple kites tethered system", Podgaets, A.R., Ockels, W.J., Renewable energy conference 2006
"Three-dimensional simulation of a Laddermill", Podgaets, A.R., Ockels, W.J., WindPower Asia 2006, Beijing, China.
"Problem of Pareto-Optimal Control for a High Altitude Energy System", Podgaets, A.R., Ockels, W.J., 9th World Renewable Energy Congress, Florence, Italy.
"Design & construction of a 2 kW Laddermill groundstation", Lansdorp, B., Ockels, W.J., Wind Power Asia 2006, Beijing, China.
2007
"Past, present and future of kites and energy generation", Breukels, j., Ockels, W.J., PES2007 Clearwater, FL, USA.
"Numerical and experimental results of the airflow in the Delft University KiteLab", Breukels, j., Ockels, W.J., 37th AIAA Fluid Dynamics conference, Miami, FL, USA.
"An inflatable wing using the principle of Tensairity" Breuer, J., Ockels, W.J., Luchsinger, R.H., 48th AIAA Structures, structural dynamics and materials conference, Waikiki, Hawaii, USA
"Design of a large inflatable kiteplane" Breukels, J., Ockels, 48th AIAA Structures, structural dynamics and materials conference, Waikiki, Hawaii, USA
"Flight control of the high altitude wind power system" Podgaetz, A.R., Ockels, W.J., 7th conference on Sustainable applications for tropical island states, Cape canaveral, FL, USA
"A multi-body dynamics approach to a cable simulation for kites" Breukels, J., Ockels, W.J., AsiaMS2007, Oct 8 - 10, Beijing, China.
"Kite Launch using an Aerostat", Breukels, J., ASSET Internal report, 1 September 2007, Delft, The Netherlands
"Design and construction of the 4kW groundstation for the laddermill", Lansdorp, B., Ockels, W.J., IASTED EuroPES 2007, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
"Modeling and Control of a Kite on a Variable Length Flexible Inelastic Tether", Williams, P., Lansdorp, B., Ockels, W.J., AIAA Modelling and Simulation Technologies Conference and Exhibit, 20 - 23 August 2007, Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA
"Optimal cross-wind towing and power generation with tethered kites", Williams, P., Lansdorp, B., Ockels, W.J., AIAA Modelling and Simulation Technologies Conference and Exhibit, 20 - 23 August 2007, Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA
"Towards Flight Testing of Remotely Controlled Surfkites for Wind Energy Generation", Lansdorp, B., Ruiterkamp, R., Ockels, W.J., AIAA Modelling and Simulation Technologies Conference and Exhibit, 20 - 23 August 2007, Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA
"Flexible Tethered Kite with Movable Attachment Points, Part I: Dynamics and Control", Williams, P., Lansdorp, B., Ockels, W.J., AIAA Modelling and Simulation Technologies Conference and Exhibit, 20 - 23 August 2007, Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA
"Flexible Tethered Kite with Movable Attachment Points, Part II: State and Wind Estimation", Williams, P., Lansdorp, B., Ockels, W.J., AIAA Modelling and Simulation Technologies Conference and Exhibit, 20 - 23 August 2007, Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA
"Optimal Trajectories for Tethered Kite Mounted on a Vertical Axis Generator", Williams, P., Lansdorp, B., Ockels, W.J., AIAA Modelling and Simulation Technologies Conference and Exhibit, 20 - 23 August 2007, Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA
"Laddermill-sailing, Ship propulsion by wind energy independent from the wind direction" Ockels, W.J., Journal of the International shipbuilding society.
"Comparison of two mathematical models of the kite for laddermill sail simulation" Podgaets, A.R., Ockels, W.J., IAENG World Congress of Engineering Computer Science, 24 - 26 October, San Francisco, USA.
"Laddermill sail - a new concept in sailing" Podgaets, A.R., Ockels, W.J., International Conference on Engineering Technology ICET 2007, 11 - 14 December 2007, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
"Robust Control of Laddermill Wind Energy System" Podgaets, A.R., Ockels, W.J., Wind Power Shanghai Conference 2007, 1 - 3 November 2007, Shanghai, China.
2008
"Optimal Crosswind Towing and Power Generation with Tethered Kites", Williams, P., Lansdorp, B., Ockels, W.J., Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics Vol. 31, No. 1, January-February 2008.
"Summary of Data Analysis of the YES2 Tethered SpaceMail Experiment", Michiel Kruijff, Igor Belokonov, Erik J. van der Heide, Wubbo J. Ockels, Eberhard Gill
"Analysis of complex inflatable structures using a multi-body dynamics approach", 49th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Schaumburg, IL, USA. J. Breukels and W.J. Ockels.
"Interior design and accessibility aspects of the Superbus", SAE International 2007, Antonia Terzi, Jochem van Deelen, Wubbo Ockels
"Nonlinear Control and Estimation of a Tethered Kite in Changing Wind Conditions", Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 31, No. 3, May- June 2008. Paul Williams, Bas Lansdorp and Wubbo Ockels.
"Long-Term Laddermill Modeling for Site Selection", Bas Lansdorp, Richard Ruiterkamp, Paul Williams, Wubbo Ockels
"Climber Motion Optimization for the Tethered Space Elevator", Paul Williams and Wubbo Ockels
"Data Analysis of a Tethered SpaceMail Experiment" Michiel Kruijff, Erik J. van der Heide, Wubbo J. Ockels, Eberhard Gill.
"Modeling, Simulation, and Testing of Surf Kites for Power Generation" Paul Williams, Bas Lansdorp, Richard Ruiterkamp, Wubbo Ockels
"The YES2 Experience: Towards Sustainable Space Transportation using Tethers" Erik J. van der Heide, Michiel Kruijff, Wubbo J. Ockels.
"Modeling of Optimal Power Generation using Multiple Kites" Paul Williams, Bas Lansdorp, Wubbo Ockels, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
- Modeling, Simulation, and Testing of Surf Kites for Power Generation, Paul Williams, Bas Lansdorp, Richard Ruiterkamp, Wubbo Ockels, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
- Podgaets A.R., Ockels W.J. Comparison of two mathematical models of the kite for Laddermill sail simulation // IAENG World Congress of Engineering Computer Science, San Francisco, 24-26 October 2007
Authors:
Aleksandr Romanovich Podgaets
Wubbo Johannes Ockels
- Welcome to the WPI Kite Power Wiki
- Mathematical Modeling of the Pumping Kite Wind Generator: Optimization of the Power Output
Joachim Krenciszek ____ Team Leader. TU Kaiserslautern, Germany
Saheed Ojo Akindeinde ____ TU Kaiserslautern, Germany
Hans Braun ____ TU Kaiserslautern, Germany
Clement Marcel ____ University of Joseph Fourier, France
Eric Okyere ____ Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Dr. Ivan Argatov ____ Instructor. Tampere University of Technology, Finland
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J.S. Goela, R. Vijayakumar and R. H. Zimmermann, “Performance
characteristics of a Kite Powered Pump”, Journal of Energy resources
Technology, Transactions of ASME, pp188-193, vol.108, June 1986.
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