Airborne rigid kite with on-board power plant for ship propulsion
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Feb 2, 2016
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Feb 12, 2015
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Apr 17, 2014
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A vehicle-based airborne wind turbine system having an aerial wing, a plurality of rotors each having a plurality of rotatable blades positioned on the aerial wing, an electrically conductive tether secured to the aerial wing and secured to a ground station positioned on a vehicle, wherein the aerial wing is adapted to receive electrical power from the vehicle that is delivered to the aerial wing through the electrically conductive tether; wherein the aerial wing is adapted to operate in a flying mode to harness wind energy to provide a first pulling force through the tether to pull the vehicle; and wherein the aerial wing is also adapted to operate in a powered flying mode wherein the rotors may be powered so that the turbine blades serve as thrust-generating propellers to provide a second pulling force through the tether to pull the vehicle.
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- C25B:ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES FOR THE ....
- B63H:MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING
- B64F:GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS
- F02B:INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENG....
- B64D:EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SU....
- F03D:WIND MOTORS
- B64C:AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
- F03G:SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA, OR LIKE MOTORS; MECHANICA....
- C02F:TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE....
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