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SKYSAILS POWER
FUNCTIONAL MODEL
SkySails Power Functional Model
MORE ENERGY USING HIGH-ALTITUDE WIND
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
SkySails Power Functional Model
FUNCTIONAL MODEL
Technical Specifications
System data:
Total weight: Design load: 3t
20 kN
Generator/Winch:
Installed power:
Speed (max.): 55 kW
5 m/s
Rope:
Length brutto: Diameter: Collapse load: Material: 350 m
6 mm
38 kN
with Dyneema®
Kite:
Sail area:
20 m2
Span width: 7m
Wing depth:
3.3 m
Material: Polyamide
Launch and Recovery System:
Total height (mast extended): 7.5 m
Controlled via a PLC
Functional model: launch of the kite
Functional model in operation
SkySails Power Functional Model
SkySails Power functional model in operation
SkySails Power Functional Model
TECHNOLOGY BASE SKYSAILS MARINE
Small-scale testing platform MY “Jan Luiken”
The SkySails Power functional model is based on the SkySails Marine 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 implemented in full scale on customers’
cargo vessels.
SkySails Marine testing platform MY “Jan Luiken”
Ship Data MY “Jan Luiken”:
Weight:18 t
Length:
15 m
Year built: 1964
SkySails system:
SKS C 20
System data SKS C 20:
Design load: 20 kN
Kite:
Sail area:
20 m2
Span width: 7m
Wing depth:
3.3 m
Material: Polyamide
Rope:
Length brutto: Diameter: (with integrated cable)
Collapse load: Material: 200 m
10 mm
80 kN
with Dyneema®
Launch and Recovery System:
Total height (mast extended): 5.3 m
SkySails Power Functional Model
TECHNOLOGY BASE SKYSAILS MARINE
Latest product generation SKS C 320
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 commercial shipping industry – the SKS C 320 towing
kite system with a towing kite area of 320 m2 – replaces up to 2 MW of the main engine’s propulsion
power.
The essential difference between SkySails towingkite propulsion and the SkySails Power system is that
SkySails towing-kite propulsion uses the kite’s tractive force to directly propel the ship forward, whereas the SkySails Power system uses a generator to
convert this force into electricity.
Today’s SKS C 320 would be capable of generating up to 500 kWh of electrical power (generator
output).
MV “BBC SkySails” with SKS C 320
SkySails Power Functional Model