Refining the airborne wind energy system power equations with a vortex wake model

Trevisi, Filippo; Riboldi, Carlo E. D.; Croce, Alessandro

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1639-2023

Articles | Volume 8, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1639-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1639-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 11

Research article

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08 Nov 2023

Research article |

| 08 Nov 2023

Refining the airborne wind energy system power equations with a vortex wake model

Filippo Trevisi, Carlo E. D. Riboldi, and Alessandro Croce

Model code and software

Figures and code: Refining the airborne wind energy systems power equations with a vortex wake model Filippo Trevisi, Carlo E.D. Riboldi, and Alessandro Croce https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8210953

Short summary

The power equations of crosswind Ground-Gen and Fly-Gen airborne wind energy systems (AWESs) are refined to include the contribution from the aerodynamic wake. A novel power coefficient is defined by normalizing the aerodynamic power with the wind power passing through a disk with a radius equal to the AWES wingspan, allowing us to compare systems with different wingspans. Ground-Gen and Fly-Gen AWESs are compared in terms of their aerodynamic power potential.