Fault-Tolerant Power Electronic System for Drag Power Kites

Table 1

Parameters of the two tether designs in Figure 10.

Parameter	Value; = 24	Value for	Relative difference
Rated power	5 MW	5 MW	±0%
Rated transmission voltage	8 kV	8 kV	±0%
Tether efficiency	98%	98%	±0%
Tether mass	1.503 kg	1.399 kg	−6.9%
Tether diameter	54.7 mm	56.1 mm	+2.6%

is the number which minimizes the tether diameter , found by the optimization described in Appendix A.10.