@inbook{199a8d2b05de44a791ea87767f5713a2,
title = "Crosswind kite power with tower",
abstract = "Crosswind kite power replaces the tower and the support structure of a conventional wind turbine by a lightweight tether leading to a potentially lower levelized cost of electricity. However, in this chapter it is shown that tethering the kite to the top of a tower instead of to the ground can have advantages: Most notably, the “cosine loss” is reduced, i.e. the misalignment of the wind velocity vector and the direction of the traction power transfer. Hence, a tower can increase the power and energy yield up to about the double. Even for small tower heights compared to the kite{\textquoteright}s operation altitude, a significant efficiency increase can be obtained. Further advantages of a tower are highlighted e.g. for the autonomous start and landing and for the wind velocity measurement. Possible tower concepts are illustrated.",
author = "Florian Bauer and Hackl, {Christoph M.} and Keyue Smedley and Kennel, {Ralph M.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.1007/978-981-10-1947-0_18",
language = "English",
series = "Green Energy and Technology",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
number = "9789811019463",
pages = "441--462",
booktitle = "Green Energy and Technology",
edition = "9789811019463",
}
