Airborne wind energy: Simulation of directly interconnected synchronous generators for a novel wind energy technology

This paper presents the design and simulation of a simple wind farm consisting of three identical airborne wind energy systems. The novel concept of airborne wind energy (AWE) is briefly introduced. The focus of the paper is on the modelling of an operational method that provides a continuous power supply from a cluster of AWE systems whose individual operation delivers a non-continuous, periodic supply. The devices are directly interconnected on a local bus with an operation schedule to provide a continuous power output. A synchronisation routine is described, which enables an offline machine to join the bus. This setup is simulated under typical operating scenarios with results presented and discussed within.