Title:
CONTROL OF A WIND ENERGY PARK COMPRISING AIRBORNE WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2019/141332
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for controlling the operation of a number of airborne wind energy systems arranged in a wind energy park, where each airborne wind energy system comprises a wind engaging member being coupled to a ground station via a cable, and where the wind engaging members are operated to move along a flight path comprising a power generation phase of a generally upwards movement and a recovery phase of a generally downwards movement. The method comprises determining a position of a wind engaging member of a first airborne wind energy system and its distance to some predetermined reference location, and then controlling the operation of the airborne wind energy system in its power generation phase as a function of the determined distance. The controlling comprises steering the wind engaging member along a flight path of an upwards cyclic pattern having a width in a horizontal plane which increases with the distance. The invention further relates to operating more wind engaging members in the wind energy park along the same direction.
Inventors:
NIELSEN THOMAS S BJERTRUP (DK)
BAUN TORBEN LADEGAARD (DK)
BAUN TORBEN LADEGAARD (DK)
Application Number:
PCT/DK2019/050021
Publication Date:
August 29, 2019
Filing Date:
January 21, 2019
Export Citation:
Assignee:
VESTAS WIND SYS AS (DK)
International Classes:
F03D5/00
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2010122292A2 | 2010-10-28 |
Foreign References:
| DE202011102743U1 | 2012-11-15 | |||
| US7504741B2 | 2009-03-17 |
Other References:
DE ENGENHARIA ET AL: "FACULDADE Optimal Control of Power Kites for Wind Power Production", 7 February 2014 (2014-02-07), XP055601853, Retrieved from the Internet
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