New Design Concept Proposed for a Mobile-Parachuted Driven Wind Turbine Generator for Battlefield Use A. K. GOUDOSIS 2, T. G. KOSTIS 1,2 , Ch. K.VOLOS 1 , & N. V. NIKITAKOS 3 1 Faculty of Mathematics & Engineering Sciences Department of Military Science Hellenic Army Academy Athens, GR-16673 GREECE 2 Hellenic Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education Leof. Syggrou 44, Athens 11742, HELLAS 3 School of Business Administration Department of Shipping, Trade and Transport University of the Aegean 2a Korai Street, 82100 Chios HELLAS. tkostis@iee.org, chvolos@gmail.com, a.goudosis@hqa.gr, nnik@aegean.gr Abstract: - Despite their efficiency, modern wind turbines’ designs suffer from several major drawbacks for battlefield use. This paper seeks to remedy a number of these drawbacks by proposing a new design concept of a wind turbine for battlefield use. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to presents a new design concept for a mobile-parachuted driven wind turbine generator for battlefield use. The proposed concept is suitable to the modern war doctrines that requiring renewable energy power generators that are cost effective, simple but robust, highly scalable, transferable and easily deployable in all terrains around the globe. The goal of the parachuted wind turbine is to cover the same wind area and produce the same energy with a much larger conventional wind turbine. The proposed wind turbine consists of a lightweight telescopic pylon that could replaced by a common crane and a special designed pair of parachutes instead of a conventional bladed rotor. Thus, the aim of this paper is to examine and proof the concept of a new bladeless, parachuted wind turbine which is designed especially for battlefield use. Key Words: - Renewable Energy, Battlefield, Parachutes, Wind turbines. 1 Introduction It is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the growing energy consumption of the armies in modern battlefields. Modern war doctrines relies on fast moving units consisting of armored vehicles, various support and supply vehicles and electronic warfare equipment along with unmanned aerial vehicles. Those fast moving units should be transferred and deployed as soon as possible close to line of fire. In addition, the experience from currently running United States anti-terror wars extend the above doctrine in order to includes the deployment of Forward Operating bases on foe territories. Fast moving fully mobilized army units along with electronic warfare and Forward Operating bases needs a large amount of power in order to accomplish their missions. The needed power today provided mainly by petroleum supplies Recent Advances in Telecommunications and Circuit Design ISBN: 978-960-474-310-0 180