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Placement system for a flying kite-type wind-attacked element in a wind-powered watercraft Download PDF

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US20070157868A1
US20070157868A1 US11/578,860 US57886005A US2007157868A1 US 20070157868 A1 US20070157868 A1 US 20070157868A1 US 57886005 A US57886005 A US 57886005A US 2007157868 A1 US2007157868 A1 US 2007157868A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63H—MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING
    • B63H9/00—Marine propulsion provided directly by wind power
    • B63H9/04—Marine propulsion provided directly by wind power using sails or like wind-catching surfaces
    • B63H9/06—Types of sail; Constructional features of sails; Arrangements thereof on vessels
    • B63H9/069—Kite-sails for vessels
    • B63H9/072—Control arrangements, e.g. for launching or recovery
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63H—MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING
    • B63H9/00—Marine propulsion provided directly by wind power
    • B63H9/04—Marine propulsion provided directly by wind power using sails or like wind-catching surfaces
    • B63H9/06—Types of sail; Constructional features of sails; Arrangements thereof on vessels
    • B63H9/069—Kite-sails for vessels
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63H—MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING
    • B63H9/00—Marine propulsion provided directly by wind power
    • B63H9/04—Marine propulsion provided directly by wind power using sails or like wind-catching surfaces
    • B63H9/06—Types of sail; Constructional features of sails; Arrangements thereof on vessels
    • B63H9/069—Kite-sails for vessels
    • B63H9/071—Kite-sails for vessels for use in combination with other propulsion means, e.g. for improved fuel economy
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B35/00—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for
    • B63B2035/009—Wind propelled vessels comprising arrangements, installations or devices specially adapted therefor, other than wind propulsion arrangements, installations, or devices, such as sails, running rigging, or the like, and other than sailboards or the like or related equipment
    • 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
    • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
    • Y02T70/00—Maritime or waterways transport
    • Y02T70/50—Measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions related to the propulsion system
    • Y02T70/5218—Less carbon-intensive fuels, e.g. natural gas, biofuels
    • Y02T70/5236—Renewable or hybrid-electric solutions

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  • a deployment system such as this for a freely flying kite-like element on which wind acts is known from the document: Ship Propulsive Kites, An Initial Study, by J. F. Wellicome and S. Williams, University of Southampton, ISSN 0140 3818 SSSU19, Section 4.1.2 “Non Powered Drogue Launch”.
  • FIG. 1 a shows a coordinate system which is used as the reference system in the following description
  • the actual position of the kite which is stored in the memory 213 , relates to the vessel and is preferably determined by subtraction of two GPS signals. This relates on the one hand to the GPS receiver 124 for the kite 101 within the kite system 100 , which is connected to the flying kite 101 .
  • the position data determined in the flight position of the kite 101 is transmitted by means of a transmitter 112 to a receiver 214 which is located on board the vessel.
  • a further GPS receiver 215 is likewise provided on board the vessel. Its output signal together with the output signal from the receiver 214 are supplied to a subtraction unit 216 , by means of which the differential GPS signal is produced.
  • this maneuver type memory 220 when activated, a flight program of the sequential type is read, and is transmitted to the autopilot for the system 100 on which wind acts.
  • the output signal from the memory 220 is in this case passed to a transmitter 221 , which emits the data and supplies it to a receiver 113 for the system 100 on which wind acts.
  • the signal is passed from the output of the receiver 113 to an autopilot assembly, and from there to a maneuvering control unit 114 , which receives signals which identify specific sequential flight maneuvers and converts them to turn values which are supplied to the flight processor 116 , which carries out the relevant flight maneuver.
  • the winch 240 is also driven from the positioning memory 220 b in order to feed out to a specific required cable length.
  • the anemometer For determination of the true wind direction and wind speed, the anemometer has pitot tubes pointing in different directions and having pressure capsules which are evaluated separately. The direction and speed of the wind can be determined with respect to the alignment of the anemometer 111 from the pressure values from the three pressure capsules which are directed at right angles to one another and have the highest pressure values. If the output signal from the magnetic-field sensor 128 , which contains a bridge circuit composed of magnetically sensitive resistances and thus makes it possible to determine the direction of the lines of force of the earth's magnetic field, is also taken into account, then the direction of the wind can be related to the northerly direction and can thus be transmitted to the watercraft as the direction of the apparent wind on the element on which wind acts. If required, the correction from magnetic north to geographic north is then also carried out in the watercraft.
  • An arrow pointing to the block 211 indicates that normal navigation of the kite is rendered inoperative in this case.
  • the rest of the normal maneuver control is also suppressed via an OR gate 224 connected upstream of the inverter 223 .
  • This also applies in a corresponding manner to the blocks 228 , 229 , 230 and 232 , which will be described in the following text and initiate further special functions. However, the associated signal links have been omitted there for reasons of clarity).
  • the block 228 initiates the “emergency jettison” emergency maneuver by selection and starting of the associated maneuver type via the right-hand part of the maneuver type memory 220 b , which contains the respective programs.
  • This maneuver is necessary when the element on which wind acts results in a major risk to the vessel, as a result of unfavorable circumstances or an accident (for example by collision with an obstruction). In this maneuver, the element on which wind acts is completely disconnected from the vessel.
  • a block 231 “vessel movements” determines the acceleration component in the direction of the hawser by means of an appropriately aligned accelerometer and, after integration, generates a signal which describes the vessel movements in the direction of the hawser.
  • This signal is supplied to the on-board GPS receiver which produces a position signal (in order to correct the position of the winch controller 240 ) if the receiver and/or the antenna are/is not themselves/itself mounted in this position. If this GPS position signal were to be evaluated directly together with the GPS position signal received via the receiver 214 from the kite system 100 and were to be used to control the kite 101 , then the kite 101 would follow the sea-state movements of the winch in its control process.
  • the integrated signal from the accelerometer is additionally supplied, in block 231 , to the GPS receiver 215 in order to be subtracted (as a disturbance) from the signal which is supplied to the block 216 for processing, so that the position signal of a “stabilized platform” is processed there.
  • the sea-state components acting in the hawser direction have the main effect on the flying object while in contrast components in the lateral direction with respect to this contribute only to a change in the angles ⁇ and ⁇ of the flight vector which tends to zero when the hawser is long, and can thus be ignored.
  • “predictive maneuvering” is carried out by inputting fictional wind and course data into the system in order to calculate the current position of the element on which wind acts, with the configuration that is then selected being displayed for information.
  • the vessel control system can then estimate the predictable behavior of the system from this, and can appropriately adjust the navigation.
  • This multiple processing of the data in the form of possible prediction is represented in FIG. 3 by multiple angles at the corners of various memory elements, with the aim of indicating that the contents of these memories are evaluated more than once, independently of the current process control.
  • additional memory means and comparative means are provided, which allow storage of signals associated with previous times with signals which occur at later times in such a manner that successive maneuver states can be compared on the basis of different—including fictional—input data.
  • the bead 188 is used to unreef and to stiffen the element on which wind acts during deployment while the air enters it during deployment, before the element on which wind acts leaves the launch crane.
  • the filling tube just has to open a valve in order to release the stiffening medium (preferably compressed air).
  • the mechanism is preferably modeled on the float body of a conventional inflatable boat.
  • the crane 180 is designed to be essentially hollow.
  • a fan is provided at the foot of the crane 180 and can also be operated in a suction mode.
  • a large cross-section air channel is incorporated in the receptacle apparatus 181 and emerges on the inside 182 .
  • the element 101 on which wind acts has an opening which is formed in a corresponding manner to the outlet opening of the air channel, so that the docked element on which wind acts can be inflated or deflated (in the suction mode) by starting up the fan. This allows faster deployment and stowage.
  • FIG. 4 c The detail (illustrated in FIG. 4 c ) of the element 101 on which wind acts shows a perspective illustration of a reefing device, for interaction with the docking apparatus as shown in FIG. 4 .
  • the illustration shows, schematically, the mechanical principle of one exemplary embodiment of a reefing device with an electrical winch and one exemplary embodiment of textile webs 160 to 165 which form the structure (which forms the profile) for the element 101 on which wind acts.
  • the schematic illustration does not show the covering surfaces.
  • An electric servo motor 166 is in the form of a stepping motor and is fitted with two winding disks 167 and 168 at the ends of its driveshaft.
  • Unreefing is carried out by activation of the servo motor 166 in the opposite direction, in which case the element 101 on which wind acts and which is in the form of a paraglider resumes the unreefed state by virtue of its curved shape and the tension force on the lines, without any additional operating force.
  • the signal profile relating to the blocks 228 to 230 is illustrated in a simplified form in FIGS. 5 a and 5 b .
  • the actual implementation may also include further logic signal links which ensure that the deployment and stowage functions are carried out safely, without any collision with other maneuvers).
  • the element on which wind acts is either guided with respect to the crane or the crane is guided with respect to the element on which wind acts, or a combination of both is used.
  • the element on which wind acts is moved towards the receptacle apparatus or docking apparatus by means of suitable guide devices or by sensors, in order that an appropriate mechanism can complete the docking maneuver.

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