Airborne Wind Energy

摘要： <正>Airborne wind energy is a new class of wind energy converters that employs flying tethered wings or aircraft to reach winds blowing at atmosphere layers that are inaccessible by traditional wind turbines.The autonomous aircraft moves in a regular cross-wind figure-8 pattern at high altitudes and in turn,turns a winch via a line,driving a power generator.Research on airborne wind energy started in the mid seventies,and has gained noticeable momentum （共1頁）