Abstract Airborne wind energy is a new approach to reach the stronger and more consistent winds at higher altitudes. In this paper, the interconnection of pumping mode airborne wind energy systems inside an energy farm is investigated. An experimental rig hardware setup has been designed and built to model an AWE farm in small scale. A direct interconnection system has been developed and examined on the experimental test rig. The direct interconnection technique (DIT) is a new method developed for the interconnection of marine wind energy systems within an energy farm, without requiring offshore-based power electronic converters. DIT relocates power electronic converters from the offshore site to the shore substation by interconnecting marine generators directly to a common bus. This method makes possible significant improvements to the economy and reliability of marine renewable energy systems. In this paper, for the first time, the direct interconnection technique is investigated experimentally for physically emulated pumping mode airborne wind energy systems. The construction of the experimental rig hardware setup is described, and the laboratory test results for the direct interconnection of airborne wind energy systems are presented and discussed.

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机载风能系统直接互连技术的试验台研究

摘要 机载风能是一种在高海拔地区获得更强、更一致的风的新途径。在本文中，研究了能源农场内泵送模式机载风能系统的互连。已经设计并构建了一个实验设备硬件设置来模拟小规模的 AWE 农场。在实验测试台上开发并检验了一个直接互连系统。直接互连技术 (DIT) 是一种开发用于在能源场内互连海洋风能系统的新方法，无需基于海上的电力电子转换器。DIT 通过将船用发电机直接互连到公共总线，将电力电子转换器从海上站点转移到岸上变电站。这种方法可以显着提高海洋可再生能源系统的经济性和可靠性。在本文中，首次对物理仿真泵送模式机载风能系统的直接互连技术进行了实验研究。描述了实验台硬件设置的构造，并介绍和讨论了机载风能系统直接互连的实验室测试结果。