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Electrical Energy Conversion System for an Experimental Pumping Airborne Wind Energy Set-up

Boekbijdrage - Boekhoofdstuk Conferentiebijdrage

Harvesting wind energy using tethered aeroplanes offers an interesting alternative to tradi- tional wind turbines. By flying crosswind cycles with a tethered aeroplane and reeling out under high tether tension and reeling in under lowtether tension, net elec- trical energy can be generated. This is called the pump- ing cycle. The scope of this paper is the design and implementation of a complete electrical energy conver- sion system for a state-of-the-art experimental pumping airborne wind energy test set-up. The paper first de- scribes in more detail the mechanical design of the set- up, from which the requirements of the electrical energy conversion system follow. Topics described are: a drive system (2 motors with converters, active front-end and peripherals), an advanced safety system, a drive control system and an overlaying electrical architecture. The system has been successfully implemented at KU Leu- ven, Belgium and is currently being used in the univer- sity of Freiburg, Germany.
Boek: EWEA 2015 - Scientific proceedings
ISBN:9782930670003
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