14 Daniel Gelbaum CEO Sky WindPower Inc. PO. Box 150387 San Rafael California, USA daniel@skywindpower.com www.skywindpower.com
Commercial Scale Design of the
Sky WindPower Flying Electric Generator
Daniel Gelbaum (Speaker Garrett Smith)Sky WindPower
Since Sky WindPower demonstrated power generation from a Flying Electric Generator in December, 2011, we have been working to design a larger scale machine, one that could pro-duce power on a scale useful for commercial electric power generation. We have used the data gathered in our testing to refine our analyses, which have helped us scale up our de-signs from our test prototype to a commercial scale generator that will operate well above the boundary layer at altitudes beyond 2000m. Our concept has been reviewed by a large Aerospace Engineering company in an independent, self-funded study which verified the technical feasibility of our design, including scaling up to at least 250kW per Flying Elec-tric Generator (FEG). This study made use of Sky WindPow-er test data and the findings of a papWindPow-er presented at a 2012 AIAA exposition entitled “Optimum Pitch Settings and RPM
for Tethered, Yawed Wind Turbines,” a paper that makes an in-depth study of the Flying Electric Generator.
Sky WindPower has made advances in tether technology and direct-drive, high voltage motors, and continues to add to its intellectual property portfolio. These innovations will be dis-cussed as they relate to our commercial scale FEG design. This presentation will explain our FEG concepts and give a brief history of our development and testing of the Flying Electric Generator to date, plus describe the key features of a commercial scale FEG design and show feasibility of the design.
Sky WindPower plans to make this presentation in about 15 minutes with an additional 5 minutes for questions, time allowing. The level of detail can be adjusted to the time allotted.
