3 papers
astro-ph.IM2021
Combined Airborne Wind and Photovoltaic Energy System for Martian Habitats
Lora Ouroumova, Daan Witte, Bart Klootwijk +8
Generating renewable energy on Mars is technologically challenging. Firstly, because compared to Earth, key energy resources such as solar and wind are weak as a result of very low…
eess.SY2020
Enhancing Control System Resilience for Airborne Wind Energy Systems Through Upset Condition Avoidance
Sebastian Rapp, Roland Schmehl
Airborne wind energy (AWE) systems are tethered flying devices that harvest wind resources at higher altitudes which are not accessible to conventional wind turbines. In order to b…
physics.ao-ph2018
Airborne Wind Energy Resource Analysis
Philip Bechtle, Mark Schelbergen, Roland Schmehl +2
We compare the available wind resources for conventional wind turbines and for airborne wind energy systems. Accessing higher altitudes and dynamically adjusting the harvesting ope…