CONTROL OF SAFETY TETHER FOR AIR ELECTRIC GENERATORS Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC H02K51/00 B64C39/02 F03D5/00 

FIELD: electricity.

SUBSTANCE: power-generating system (20) comprises an air electric generator (30), a safety tether unit (40) configured to transfer electric energy from the air electric generator to the ground. The safety tether unit comprises the first tail end (42) coupled to the air electric generator and winch unit (50) that includes a drum (52), table and a transient unit. In the first variant the safety tether control method includes stages whereat altitude is gained for the air electric generator, the air electric generator is piloted downward, electric energy is generated by the air electric generator so that electric energy is passed via the safety tether to the ground station and then the air electric generator is piloted to the ground. In the second variant the safety tether control method contains stages whereat the air electric generator is deployed, the safety tether is wound and clamped by a clamping unit, the first positions are tracked along the safety tether and the safety tether is clamped in the second positions along the safety tether.

EFFECT: group of inventions is oriented towards optimization of aerodynamic drag.

15 cl, 14 dwg