Rope for airborne wind power generation systems
AssigneeAMPYX Power B.V.
InventorRigobert BOSMAN
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Abstract
The invention relates to a rope having a length LR of at least 100 m, the rope comprising synthetic filaments with a filament tenacity of at least 1.0 N/tex, characterized in that a weight fraction χ of the total weight of synthetic filaments present in the load bearing core have a length LF of 0.01 m to 0.7*LR, wherein said weight fraction is at least 50 wt %. The invention further relates to an airborne wind power generation system comprising the rope as well as the use of the rope in an airborne wind power generation system wherein the length of the rope oscillates between a maximum length Lmax and a minimum length Lmin, wherein Lmax is at most 10,000 m and Lmin is at least 100 m and wherein the ratio of Lmax to Lmin is between 10 and 1.5.
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A rope having a length LR of at least 100 m, the rope comprising synthetic filaments with a filament tenacity of at least 1.0 N/tex, wherein a weight fraction χ of the total weight of synthetic filaments present in a load bearing core have a length LF of 0.01 m to 0.7*LR, and wherein said weight fraction is at least 50 wt %.
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