DK2700814T3 - Svævefly til luftbåren vindenergiproduktion - Google Patents

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DK2700814T3
DK2700814T3 DK12181506.2T DK12181506T DK2700814T3 DK 2700814 T3 DK2700814 T3 DK 2700814T3 DK 12181506 T DK12181506 T DK 12181506T DK 2700814 T3 DK2700814 T3 DK 2700814T3
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03D—WIND MOTORS
    • F03D5/00—Other wind motors
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64U—UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64U10/00—Type of UAV
    • B64U10/60—Tethered aircraft
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64U—UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64U10/00—Type of UAV
    • B64U10/25—Fixed-wing aircraft
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64U—UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [UAV]; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64U10/00—Type of UAV
    • B64U10/50—Glider-type UAVs, e.g. with parachute, parasail or kite
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
    • F05B2240/00—Components
    • F05B2240/90—Mounting on supporting structures or systems
    • F05B2240/92—Mounting on supporting structures or systems on an airbourne structure
    • F05B2240/921—Mounting on supporting structures or systems on an airbourne structure kept aloft due to aerodynamic effects
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/70—Wind energy
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/70—Wind energy
    • Y02E10/72—Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction

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1. Svævefly (10) til elektrisk strømproduktion fra vind (50), hvilket svævefly omfatter et bæreplan (14), ombordværende styreorganer (20, 22, 24) til vipning, rulning og giring af svæveflyet (10), når det er luftbåret, følerorganer (17, 17’, 18), som tilvejebringer et første signal relateret til en absolut position af svæveflyet (10), et andet signal relateret til en fart i luften af svæveflyet (10) og et tredje signal relateret til en acceleration af svæveflyet (10), en styreindretning forbundet med styreorganerne (20, 22, 24) til styring af autonom flyvning af svæveflyet (10) på basis af signalerne, som er tilvejebragt af følerorganerne (17, 17’, 18), samt et forbindelsesmiddel arrangeret til løsbar forbindelse af et tøjr (44) til svæveflyet for at forbinde svæveflyet (10) med en jordbaseret elektrisk maskine (46) konstrueret til at konvertere en løftekraft, som er genereret ved at bæreplanet (14) udsættes for vind (50) og overført til jorden via tøjret (44), til elektrisk effekt.
2. Svævefly ifølge krav 1, kendetegnet ved, at følerorganerne (17, 17’, 18) omfatter en første positionsføler (17), især en GPS-føler.
3. Svævefly (10) ifølge krav 2, kendetegnet ved, at følerorganerne (17, 17’, 18) omfatter en anden positionsføler (17’), især en GPS-føler, hvori den anden positionsføler (17’) er placeret med en given afstand til den første positionsføler (17).
4. Svævefly (10) ifølge ethvert af de foregående krav, kendetegnet ved, at følerorganerne (17, 17’, 18) omfatter en fartmåler (18), især et pitotrør.
5. Svævefly (10) ifølge krav 4, kendetegnet ved, at fartmåleren (18) er en retningsbestemt fartmåler (18), især et flerkanal pitotrør.
6. Svævefly (10) ifølge ethvert af de foregående krav, kendetegnet ved, at følerorganerne (17, 17’, 18) omfatter en inertiføler.
7. Svævefly (10) ifølge krav 6, kendetegnet ved, at inertiføleren omfatter et gyroskop og/eller et accelerometer.
8. Svævefly (10) ifølge ethvert af de foregående krav, kendetegnet ved, at styreorganerne (20, 22, 24) omfatter mindst en aerodynamisk aktiv styreflade (20, 22, 24), især mindst et krængeror (20) og/eller mindst et højderor (22) og/eller mindst et sideror (24).
9. Svævefly (10) ifølge ethvert af de foregående krav, kendetegnet ved, at styreindretningen omfatter en datalagerenhed til lagring af data, som er relateret til svæveflyets (10) flyvekarakteristik, og en databehandlingsenhed til at udlede styresignaler for styreorganerne (20, 22, 24) baseret på lagrede data og på signalerne tilvejebragt af følerorganerne (17, 17’, 18).
10. Svævefly (10) ifølge ethvert af de foregående krav, kendetegnet ved, at styreindretningen implementerer et Kalmanfilter, især et ’’unscented” Kalmanfil-ter.
11. Svævefly (10) ifølge ethvert af de foregående krav, kendetegnet ved, at styreindretningen tilvejebringer en første driftsmåde til at trække i et tøjr (44), der forbinder svæveflyet (10) med en jordbaseret elektrisk maskine (46), og hvori styreindretningen tilvejebringer en anden driftsmåde til at nærme sig den elektriske maskine (46).
12. Svævefly (10) ifølge ethvert af de foregående krav, kendetegnet ved, at svæveflyet (10) omfatter mindst en aerodynamisk styreflade (26) til at variere en løftekoefficient af bæreplanet (14) og/eller variere en luftmodstandskoefficient af bæreplanet (14) og/eller til at variere en luftmodstandskoefficient af svæveflyet (10).
13. Svævefly (10) ifølge ethvert af de foregående krav, kendetegnet ved, at bæreplanet (14) omfatter en variabel aerodynamisk profil.
14. System til elektrisk strømproduktion fra vind (50), omfattende et svævefly (10) ifølge ethvert af krav 1 til 13, en jordbaseret elektrisk maskine (46) og et tøjr (44), som forbinder svæveflyet (10) med den elektriske maskine (46), hvori den elektriske maskine (46) er konstrueret til at konvertere en løftekraft genereret ved at bæreplanet (14) udsættes for vind (50) og overført til jorden via tøjret (44), til elektrisk effekt.
15. Anvendelse af et svævefly (10) ifølge ethvert af krav 1 til 13 til fremstilling af elektrisk effekt fra vind.
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