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SkySails Power Functional Model
SKYSAILS POWERFUNCTIONAL MODEL
SkySails Power Functional Model
MORE ENERGY USING HIGH-ALTITUDE WIND
Solar power
Average solar radiation in Central Europe: 115 W/m²
Conventional wind power Average specific wind power at 70m over the North Sea: 1,000 W/m²
High altitude wind power
Average specific wind power at 400m over the North Sea: 1,800 W/m²
Solar power
Average solar radiation in Central Europe: 115 W/m²
Conventional wind power Average specific wind power at 70m over the North Sea: 1,000 W/m²
High altitude wind power
Average specific wind power at 400m over the North Sea: 1,800 W/m²
SkySails Power Functional Model
FUNCTIONAL MODELTechnical Specifications
System data:Total weight: 3 tDesign load: 20 kN
Generator/Winch:Installed power: 55 kWSpeed (max.): 5 m/s
Rope:Length brutto: 350 mDiameter: 6 mmCollapse load: 38 kNMaterial: with Dyneema®
Kite:Sail area: 20 m2
Span width: 7 mWing depth: 3.3 mMaterial: Polyamide
Launch and Recovery System:Total height (mast extended): 7.5 mControlled via a PLC
Functional model: launch of the kite
Functional model in operation
SkySails Power Functional Model
SkySails Power functional model in operation
TECHNOLOGY BASE SKYSAILS MARINE Small-scale testing platform MY “Jan Luiken”
SkySails Power Functional Model
Ship Data MY “Jan Luiken”:Weight: 18 tLength: 15 mYear built: 1964SkySails system: SKS C 20
System data SKS C 20:Design load: 20 kN
Kite:Sail area: 20 m2
Span width: 7 mWing depth: 3.3 mMaterial: Polyamide
Rope:Length brutto: 200 mDiameter: 10 mm(with integrated cable)Collapse load: 80 kNMaterial: with Dyneema®
Launch and Recovery System:Total height (mast extended): 5.3 m
SkySails Marine testing platform MY “Jan Luiken”
The SkySails Power functional mo-del is based on the SkySails Ma-rine small-scale testing platform MY “Jan Luiken”.
Since 2005, all development steps of and new technology concepts for the SkySails Marine products are tested aboard the MY “Jan Luiken” in small scale before being imple-mented in full scale on customers’ cargo vessels.
TECHNOLOGY BASE SKYSAILS MARINELatest product generation SKS C 320
SkySails Power Functional Model
The SkySails Power system is based on the SkySails technology that is being used in the shipping industry to provide added wind propulsion for cargo ships.
The latest SkySails product generation for the com-mercial shipping industry – the SKS C 320 towing kite system with a towing kite area of 320 m2 – re-places up to 2 MW of the main engine’s propulsion power.
The essential difference between SkySails towing-kite propulsion and the SkySails Power system is that SkySails towing-kite propulsion uses the kite’s trac-tive force to directly propel the ship forward, where-as the SkySails Power system uses a generator to convert this force into electricity.
Today’s SKS C 320 would be capable of generat-ing up to 500 kWh of electrical power (generator output).
MV “BBC SkySails” with SKS C 320