Airborne Wind Turbine: A turbine in the air without a tower
About this ebook
An airborne wind turbine is a design concept for a wind turbine with a rotor that is supported in the air without a tower. This allows the wind turbine to take advantage of the greater wind speed and persistence at higher altitudes, while also avoiding the expense of tower construction and the requirement for slip rings or yaw mechanisms. There are two possible locations for an electrical generator: on the ground or in the air. The ability to securely hang and maintain turbines hundreds of meters from the ground in heavy winds and storms is one of the challenges faced. Other challenges include transmitting the electricity that has been gathered and/or created back to land and interfering with aviation.
How You Will Benefit
(I) Insights, and validations about the following topics:
Chapter 1: Airborne wind turbine
Chapter 2: Aircraft
Chapter 3: Unpowered aircraft
Chapter 4: Aerostat
Chapter 5: Balloon (aeronautics)
Chapter 6: Savonius wind turbine
Chapter 7: Hybrid airship
Chapter 8: List of energy resources
Chapter 9: Allsopp Helikite
Chapter 10: Airborne wind energy
Chapter 11: Unconventional wind turbines
Chapter 12: Tethered balloon
Chapter 13: Tethered Aerostat Radar System
Chapter 14: Laddermill
Chapter 15: Kite types
Chapter 16: Kytoon
Chapter 17: Unpowered flight
Chapter 18: Makani (company)
Chapter 19: Aerostat (disambiguation)
Chapter 20: Crosswind kite power
Chapter 21: Kitepower
(II) Answering the public top questions about airborne wind turbine.
(III) Real world examples for the usage of airborne wind turbine in many fields.
(IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of airborne wind turbine' technologies.
Who This Book Is For
Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of airborne wind turbine.
