Events Optec Agenda Detail
"EnerKite - Ways to cost-effective airborne wind energy converter"
Alexander Bormann
Abstract:
The topic of our talk will be "Ways to an cost-effective airborne wind turbine technology". The Presentation will show results of the preliminary EnerKite designs and reveal the importance of design principles, operational constraints and material selection.
Biographical Information
Alexander Bormann, CEO of aeroix, works in the field of wind engineering since 1993. He developed an optimized design method for the towers of multimegawatt turbines. Currently he and his company are developing technologies to make wind turbine towers useless. Aeroix is successful in kite automation since 2008. In addition to power generation Aeroix offers solutions for energy and material efficiency in aeronautics and architecture.
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Two OPTEC professors have been awarded three "Gouden Krijtjes", the yearly teaching awards given by the organization of engineering students (vtk). Prof. Lombaert was awarded the prize for the best course in civil engineering, and Prof. Diehl the prizes for the best professor and the best course in mathematical engineering (where he teaches numerical optimization). They received these awards at the yearly "proffentap" where experienced students taught them how to draft beer professionally.
