Feb 20, 2013 - Kite Power Research Group / Wind Energy section / Faculty of Aerospace ... Renewable Energy ... Kite in B
Fuel savings & emission reduction by using large traction kites for ship propulsion STW Maritime Matchmaking event, 20 February 2013
Dr. Roland Schmehl Kite Power Research Group / Wind Energy section / Faculty of Aerospace Engineering
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Introduction
TU Delft kite power group
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1998: Wubbo Ockels patent on „Laddermill“ 2004: Research group established 2007: Pumping kite system used for Jan Akkerman concert 2008: Bas Lansdorp & Richard Ruiterkamp start Ampyx-Power 2009: Roland Schmehl head of research group 2010: Starting January regular operation of 20 kW demonstrator 2012: Automatic operation of complete power cycles up to 700 m
TU Delft kite power group staff 2012
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Renewable Energy
Pumping Kite Power system
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Ship propulsion
Kite-assisted ship traction
SkySails (2007)
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Demonstrator
Traction kite
Kite power system demonstration Maasvlakte 2, the Netherlands, June 2012
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Demonstrator
Kite Control Unit
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Demonstrator
Kite Control Unit
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Demonstrator
System Components
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Demonstrator
Ground station generator
Kite power system demonstration Global Windday 2010, Lelystad, the Netherlands
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Demonstrator
Tether guidance
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Demonstrator
High-response winch
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Kite power technology demonstration June 2012, Maasvlakte 2, the Netherlands
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Kite power system demonstration April 2012, Valkenburg, the Netherlands
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Development roadmap
Automate
Start 3kW
2005
2007
6kW
2011
20kW
2015
500kW (net power)
2018 STW Maritime 2013
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Research areas
Modelling & Simulation
Fluid dynamics
Flight dynamics
FSI
Structural dynamics
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Research areas
Aerodynamics (Finite Volume Methods)
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Research areas
Aerodynamics (Panel Methods / VLM)
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Research areas Structural dynamics
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Research areas Measurement technology Windtunnel measurement Shape deformation I
Kite in Böenwindkanal, University of Stuttgart
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Dr. Roland Schmehl Delft University of Technology Kluyverweg 1 2629 HS Delft
[email protected] +31 15 278 5318
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