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Articles | Volume 8, issue 11
Articles | Volume 8, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1639-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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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

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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.
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