凧を利用した高高度風力発電システム(新エネルギー(2),空気調和・冷凍・エネルギー有効利用技術)

抄録

If a wind power generator could be held to a high altitude in strong wind, a significant amount of natural energy would be utilized. In the present paper, we have proposed a high altitude wind power generation system using a flying kite and have adapted the link model for a kite string to represent its flexibility and large deflections. Two dimensional equilibrium equations for the system are numerically solved. It is found that a single-kite system is not satisfied for its low altitude, while the system is improved by using an auxiliary kite and the newly developed two-kite system will provide sufficient amount of energy.