Airborne wind energy literature - January 2018

This is the current KiteX literature list that we have been using internally, we hope that it might be able to help new entrants into the field of Airborne Wind Energy (AWE). It should be possible to find the paper/resource based on the title mentioned. First a few especially interesting papers.

Literature review

Compared to the literature review Cherubini, Antonello, et al. “Airborne Wind Energy Systems: A review of the technologies.” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 51 (2015): 1461-1476. Then this list also contains secondary literature like general flight control and general wind energy/off grid market information ect.

Getting started

For anyone getting started we would recommend reading Diehl, Moritz. “Airborne wind energy: Basic concepts and physical foundations.” Airborne wind energy. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. 3-22.

Onboard generation

If you are paticular interested in onboard generation then you will find Kolar, Johann W., et al. “Conceptualization and multiobjective optimization of the electric system of an airborne wind turbine.” IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics 1.2 (2013): 73-103. to be an excellent start. Also try to find articles by Florian Bauer on the topic of power trains.

Meta study

You can find the most significant contributions to the AWE scene in this meta study Mendonça, Anny Key de Souza, et al. “Comparing Patent and Scientific Literature in Airborne Wind Energy.” Sustainability 9.6 (2017): 915.. The amount of AWE patents has now reached 238 and the (proceeding and article) count has reached 199.

Airborne Wind Energy

• (Springer Proceedings in Energy) Ahmet Yavuz Oral, Zehra Banu Bahsi Oral (eds.)-3rd International Congress on Energy Efficiency and Energy Related Materials (ENEFM2015)_ Proceedings, Oludeniz, Turkey,
• A review of wind energy technologies
• A Study on Wind Power Evolution
• Active pitch control of tethered wings for airborne wind energy
• Airbone Wind Energy. Basic Concepts and Physical Foundations
• Airborne Wind Energy Based on Dual Airfoils
• Airborne Wind Energy Systems. A review of the technologies
• Crosswind Kite Power
• Flight dynamics and stability of a inflatble kiteplane
• IDTechEx Webinarslides Airborne Wind Energy AWE 20172027
• KiWiGen Horizon 2020 funded early project
• Mathematical Modeling of the Pumping Kite Wind Generator- Optimization of the Power Output
• Optimal Control for an energy generating kite
• Traction Power With Tether Kites

Aircraft

• Drag Reduction Through Distributed Electric Propulsion

Airfoil

• Aerodynamic Characteristics of Seven Symmetrical Airfoil Sections Through
• Aerodynamic_characteristics_of_wind_turbine_blade_
• Calculated and Measured Pressure distributuions over the midspan section of the N.A.C.A. 4412 Airfoil
• Design of Airfoils for Wind Turbine Blades. Delft Lecture
• Drag Power Kite with Very High Lift Coefficient
• Low Speed Airfoil Data V1 - Summary of low speed airfoil data
• Low Speed Airfoil Data V2 - Summary of low speed airfoil data
• Low Speed Airfoil Data V3 - Summary of low speed airfoil data
• Low Speed Airfoil Data V4 - Wind Tunnel Aerodynamic Tests of Six Airfoils for Use on Small Wind Turbines
• Low Speed Airfoil Data V5 - Summary of low speed airfoil data
• Wind tunnel aerodynamic test of six airfouls for use on small wind turbines

Books

• Airborne Wind Energy - Uwe Ahrens et al. (Springer, 2014)

Competition

• 2016 Small Wind World Report
• IRENA Solar PV Costs Africa 2016

Competitors

• NPS-100C-24_General Specification
• Polaris P12-25 Specification Sheet
• XANT Company Presentation
• XANT M-21 General Specifications V2.2
• XANT M-24 General Specifications V2.2.3

Conventional WInd

• The History and State of the Art of Variable-Speed wind Turbine Technology
• Vestas V164 7MW Presentation

Electrical System

• Cable Design Guide cat07 design guide V10
• Conceptualization and Multiobjective Optimization of the Electric System of an Airborne Wind Turbine
• Design of a Minimum Weight Dual Active Bridge Converter for an Airborne Wind Turbine System
• Fault Tolerant Power Electronic System for Drag Power Kites
• Multicopter with Series Connected Propeller Drives
• Sic power module 201604 Mitsubshi
• Wind Turbines Emulating Inertia and Supporting Primary Frequency Control

Financial And Cost

• Ecological and economic cost-benefit analysis of offshore wind energy
• IRENA Renewable Energy Technologies. Cost Analysis. Wind Power
• NREL 2015 Cost of Wind energy review

Flight Control

Airborne Wind Energy

• AWEsome. An open-source test platform for airborne wind energy systems
• On Sensor Fusion for Airborne Wind Energy Systems
• Sensors and Navigation Algorithms for Flight Control of Tethered Kites

Control

• A Global Strategy for Tailsitter Hover Control
• A quaternion-based model for optimal control of an airborne wind energy system
• An Efficient Model Predictive Control Scheme for an Unmanned Quadrotor Helicopter
• Attitude Control of Multicopter
• Control of Airborne Wind Energy Systems Based on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control & Moving Horizon Estimation
• Dynamic Model of a Pumping Kite Power System
• Embedded Model Predictive Control and Moving Horizon Estimation for Mechatronics Applications
• Full Quaternion Based Attitude Control for a Quadrotor
• Model predictive quadrotor control. attitude, altitude and position experimental studies
• Real-time Model Predictive Control for Quadrotors

Internal Measurement Unit

• Direction Cosine Matrix IMU. Theory. William Premerlani and Paul Bizard

Learning

• Autonomous inverted helicopter flight via reinforcement learning
• Learning-Based Model Predictive Control on a Quadrotor- Onboard Implementation and Experimental Results

Math

• Computing Euler Angles from direction Cosines
• Introduction into quaternions for spacecraft attitude representation

Path Tracking

• Path Tracking for Unmanned Ground Vehicle Navigation

Positioning

• Achieving Centimeter Level Performance with Low Cost Antennas

ROS and PX4

• A Gentle Introduction to ROS. Jason Kane
• Autonomous Disaster Relief Agents (ADRA)
• Comprehensive Simulation of Quadrotor UAVs using ROS and Gazebo
• Dynamic Visual Servoing of Rotary Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
• PX4 A Node-Based Multithreaded Open Source Robotics Framework for Deeply Embedded Platforms
• Water jet based autonomous surface vehicle for coastal waters operations

Sensors

• Simple DIY Angle of Attack Indicator. Aoa-sensor v1

Life Cycle Assesment

• Comparative life cycle assessment of 2.0 MW wind turbines
• Comparative life-cycle assessment of a small wind turbine for residential off-grid use

Maintainence

• Leading edge erosion of coated wind turbine blades. Review of coating life models

Market

Case studies

• Energi forsynings losninger december 2011, bilag8 Livo
• Grøn Livø
• LIVØ -FØRSTE IMPLEMENTERING AF ENERGIFORSYNINGS, LØSNINGER
• Wind energy for Itilleq, Greenland

Forest and Plantations

• FOREST PLANTATIONS AND WOODLOTS IN TANZANIA
• On-Site Energy Consumption at Softwood Sawmills in Montana

General

• Bloomberg new energy finance. New Energy outlook 2017 ExecutiveSummary

Grids

• Optimal electricity market for wind power
• Phasing in wind-power in Norway, Network congestion and crowding-out of hydropower

Irrigation and water supply

• EVALUATING ENERGY USE FOR PUMPING IRRIGATION WATER
• Ground water Resource of the world, map
• Rural cost functions for water supply and sanitation
• Wind Turbines for Irrigation Pumping clark1981

Islands

• IRENA - Antiqua Readiness Assessment
• IRENA - National Energy Roadmaps for Islands
• IRENA - Process Development
• IRENA Renewable Energy for Islands
• IRENA SIDS Partnership briefs
• Islands_RenewableMicrogrids_Report_2015

Mining

• Global energy consumption due to friction and wear in the mining industry

Offgrid and Hybrid Systems

• A novel off-grid hybrid power system comprised of solar photovoltaic, wind, and hydro energy sources
• Feasibility Study of Renewable Energy Systems for Off-Grid Island
• Innovative Remote Micro-Grid Systems
• Micro grid Deploymen tracker -4Q12-Executive-Summary
• Multi-objective design of PV-Wind-Diesel-Hydrogen-Battery systems
• Off-grid electricity generation in India
• Optimizing PV-Wind-Diesel-Battery systems
• Power Quality Issues in a Hybrid Power System
• The Development of Hybrid Integrated Renewable Energy System (Wind and Solar) for Sustainable Living at Perhentian Island, Malaysia

Offshore

• Deep water. The next step for offshore wind energy

Repowering

• Sustainable decommissioning of an offshore wind farm
• Wind Power Project Repowering- Financial Feasibility, Decision Drivers, and Supply Chain Effects

Mechanical

• On the mechanics of braided composites in tension

Multi Rotor Design

• Comparison of Fixed and Variable Pitch Actuators for Agile Quadrotors
• IDTechEx Webinarslides Electric UAV Drones Autonomous Energy Independent 20172027

Noise - Aerocoustics and propellers

• ANIBAL. A NEW AERO-ACOUSTIC OPTIMIZED PROPELLER FOR LIGHT AIRCRAFT APPLICATIONS
• Noise Assessment Harrington Parks Farm
• Noise Measurements of Tactical UAVs
• Propeller noise prediction. William E. Zorumski. NASA
• Propeller Performance at Low Advance Ratio
• The Acoustic Analogy and the Prediction of the Noise of Rotating Blades

Other

• Anti-icing and de-icing techniques for wind turbines. Critical review
• The Lean Mindset, Henrik Stiesdal

Patents

• Patent US8800931 - Planform configuration for stability of a powered kite and a system and method for use of same
• Patent US8888049 - Kite ground station and system using same
• Patent US8922046 - Kite configuration and flight strategy for flight in high wind speeds
• Patent US8955795 - Motor pylons for a kite and airborne power generation system using same
• Patent US9230714 - High strength windable electromechanical tether with low fluid dynamic drag
• Patent US9429141 - Methods and systems for managing power generation and temperature control of … - Google Patents
• Patent US9611835 - Motor control topology for airborne power generation and systems using same - Google Patents
• Patent US9709026 - Airfoil for a flying wind turbine - Google Patents
• Patent US9745962 - Radiator configuration for a flying wind turbine that passively controls airflow - Google Patents
• Patent US9764820 - Horizontal tail surface

Policy

• Policy Recomendations. Poster. Kitemill
• Response to the Federal Aviation Authority. Makani Power, INC.

Power Electronics

• Future on Power Electronics for Wind Turbine Systems
• High-Power Wind Energy Conversion Systems- State-of-the-Art and Emerging Technologies

Power grids

• Microgrids and Distributed Generation
• Microgrids in Active Network Management Part I Hierarchical Control Energy Storage Virtual Power Plants and Market Participation
• Phasing in wind-power in Norway. Network congestion and crowding-out of hydropower

Take Off And Landing

• On the Take-off of Airborne Wind Energy Systems Based on Rigid Wings

Wind profiles

• 6 years of wind data for Marsabit, Kenya average over 14 m:s at 100 m hub height; An analysis of the wind energy potential
• Wind profile Texas