Student Work

Design and Testing of Power Cycle Concepts for the WPI Kite-Powered Water Pump

Public

Downloadable Content

open in viewer

The goal of this MQP was to continue the design and testing of the Rotary WPI Kite-Powered Water Pump using concepts for airborne wind energy systems. An ascending kite pulls on a tether attached to a rotating wheel, gear mechanism, and water pump axle. The kite is retracted to its original altitude using a retraction system. First, we designed a support for the water pump that could be incorporated into the existing A-frame design. We improved the housing for the power spool to allow for a stall spool and brakes. We improved the vertical pump shaft connecting the windmill pump to the underground pump cylinder. Solidworks was used to design all parts and a program was developed to calculate variables within the airborne wind system. The final design was lab and field tested.

  • This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.
Creator
Publisher
Identifier
  • E-project-110615-144606
Advisor
Year
  • 2015
Date created
  • 2015-11-06
Location
  • Worcester
Resource type
Major
Rights statement

Relations

In Collection:

Items

Items

Permanent link to this page: https://digital.wpi.edu/show/bz60cz05z