The Power Increasing of the Land-based Sailing Power Plant
High-power installations that convert kinetic wind energy into electricity have large dimensions due to low air density, which leads to the need to construct large structures when using wind wheels with a horizontal axis of rotation in installations. A variant of a land-based sailing power plant is proposed, in which the problem associated with the large size of wind energy converters is removed. An experimental installation was developed and created to conduct research on models of a land-based sailing power plant, including platforms with sails mounted on them. The conducted experimental studies have shown the operability of the systems included in the experimental installation, structural elements have been found that can be used in the implementation of a land-based sailing installation. A system for controlling the position of sails through a contact rail has been developed, simulating the transmission of electricity to an external consumer. A method is proposed to increase the capacity of the installation by organizing the movement of platforms along two adjacent paths. The research results are presented in this article.