Conceptual Design of Wind Power System Using Kites for Railway Applications

초록

Recently, the energy issues have been seriously required due to the increase in energy demands in most industrial areas nationally. Therefore, the utilization of renewable energy such as powers from wind, solar, or wave, has been important issues. In this investigation, the wind power system using kites was designed for railway applications providing electric power to relatively small stations as an energy farm. The basic idea for the power system is based on automatic control of the string of kite with the function of repeated winding and rewinding. Moreover, in order to control of the height of kite, a folding kite concept was employed. In this paper, conceptual design of energy farm possibly constructing at the wayside of railway was introduced to provide emergency or routine power to relatively small stations. Especially, the wind power system using kites was introduced to evaluate the possibility of the use of the small power system. The design concept and performance testing results of the power system have been provided.