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Airborne turbines: The impact of scaling on system performance
, Article ASME 2017 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2017, 3 November 2017 through 9 November 2017 ; Volume 6 , 2017 ; 9780791858417 (ISBN) ; Goudarzi, N ; ASME ; Sharif University of Technology
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
2017
Abstract
Tethered airborne wind energy systems are among emerging renewable energy technologies in recent years. These systems can harness greater power densities at higher altitudes with lower costs of installation and energy production in comparison with those from conventional ground-based energy harnessing technologies. A Buoyant Airborne Turbine (BAT) as a flying aerostat has a horizontal axis wind turbine within its shell and can elevate up to 600m. There are a number of pertinent parameters such as BAT configurations/component dimensions or its aerodynamic characteristics that impact the system total power performance. Identifying the optimum values of these parameters by conducting...