Automatic retraction phase of airborne wind energy systems
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2014-09
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Conference Paper
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Abstract
Airborne wind energy systems are an emerging technology to harvest wind energy at higher altitude. Renewable energy is produced by exploiting the aerodynamic lift exerted by a wing tethered to the ground and controlled to fly crosswind paths. System realizations with either on-board or ground-based generation are possible. The focus of this paper is on ground-based generation systems where a two phase cycle is carried out. In the traction phase, power is produced by reeling-out the tether, which is coiled around drums connected to generators; in the retraction phase, the tether is reeled-in after the maximum length has been reached. A new flight controller for the retraction phase, which is straightforward to implement and tune, is proposed and a theoretical analysis and simulation results are presented.
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19th IFAC World Congress, IFAC 2014. Proceedings
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47 (3)
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5826 - 5831
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Elsevier
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19th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC 2014)
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Control of renewable energy resources; Control system design
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03416 - Morari, Manfred (emeritus)