Traut, Michael; Gilbert, Paul; Walsh, Conor; Bows, Alice; … - In: Applied Energy 113 (2014) C, pp. 362-372
harnessing wind power for shipping. Numerical models of two wind power technologies, a Flettner rotor and a towing kite, are … a single Flettner rotor and between 127kW and 461kW for the towing kite. The variability of the power output from the … Flettner rotor is shown to be smaller than that from the towing kite while, due to the different dependencies on wind speed and …