公开(公告)号：US10008973B1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-26

申请号：US14985808

申请日：2015-12-31

Applicant: X Development LLC

Inventor： Leo Casey ,  Geoffrey Dolan

IPC: H02P29/02 ,  F03D9/00 ,  F03D11/00 ,  H02P27/06

CPC classification number: F03D17/00 ,  B64C39/022 ,  B64C2201/021 ,  B64C2201/122 ,  B64D27/02 ,  B64D27/24 ,  B64F3/00 ,  F03D9/255 ,  H02M2001/0093 ,  H02P27/06 ,  H02P29/028 ,  H02P29/032 ,  Y02E10/72

Abstract: This disclosure discusses systems and methods related to the following example scenarios. When an aerial vehicle of an airborne wind turbine is functioning normally in motoring mode, a voltage converter may receive a nominal voltage from a power conversion system and provide the nominal voltage to the aerial vehicle. When the aerial vehicle is experiencing a fault in motoring mode, the voltage converter may receive the nominal voltage and provide a reduced fault voltage to the aerial vehicle. When the aerial vehicle is functioning normally in power-generating mode, the voltage converter may receive the nominal voltage from the aerial vehicle and provide the nominal voltage to the power conversion system. When the aerial vehicle is experiencing a fault in power-generating mode, the voltage converter may receive a reduced fault voltage from the aerial vehicle, boost the fault voltage, and provide the boosted fault voltage to the power conversion system.