AERIAL DRONE FOR WIND OBSERVATION, WIND OBSERVATION METHOD, WIND POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND WIND POWER GENERATION METHOD

• Main Authors: KAWABATA SHUNICHI, SUGANUMA NAOTAKA, WARASHINA MASAHIKO, KIM YEON-GYEONG, MATSUZAKI KENJI, TANIYAMA YOSHIHIRO, SASAGAWA KENJI, YOSHIMIZU KENJI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 24.05.2023
• Subjects: AEROPLANES; AIRCRAFT; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; BLASTING; COSMONAUTICS; EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; HEATING; HELICOPTERS; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PARACHUTES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS; WIND MOTORS; WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS MOTORS

To provide a wind observation technique that can observe a three-dimensional wind flow.SOLUTION: An aerial drone for wind observation 50 comprises: an airframe 51 that enables unmanned flight by autonomous control or remote operation and also enables hovering by the thrust to be generated by rotating a main rotor 52; a flight control unit 63 that controls the flight of the airframe 51; an anemoscope 56 that is mounted on the airframe 51 and measures a wind direction in a horizontal direction; an anemometer 57 that is mounted on the airframe 51 and measures a wind velocity in the horizontal direction; and a vertical wind velocity measurement unit 65 that measures a wind velocity in a vertical direction on the basis of the thrust generated from the main rotor 52 while the airframe 51 is hovering.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6 【課題】３次元的な風の流れを観測することができる風況観測技術を提供する。【解決手段】風況観測用空中ドローン５０は、自律制御または遠隔操作により無人で飛行が可能であり、かつメインロータ５２を回転させたときに発生する推力でホバリングが可能な機体５１と、機体５１の飛行を制御する飛行制御部６３と、機体５１に搭載され、水平方向の風向を計測する風向計５６と、機体５１に搭載され、水平方向の風速を計測する風速計５７と、機体５１がホバリングをしているときにメインロータ５２で発生させている推力に基づいて垂直方向の風速を計測する垂直風速計測部６５とを備える。【選択図】図６