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creators_name: Milanese, Mario
creators_name: Fagiano, Lorenzo
creators_name: Piga, Dario
creators_id: 
creators_id: 
creators_id: dario.piga@imtlucca.it
title: Control as a key technology for a radical innovation in wind energy generation
ispublished: pub
subjects: QA75
subjects: T1
divisions: CSA
full_text_status: none
keywords: Kitenergy; numerical simulations; optimization methods;   radical innovative technology; renewable energy generation; wind energy generation

note: 2010 American Control Conference, held in Marriott Waterfront (USA), June 30-July 02, 2010
abstract: This paper is concerned with an innovative technology, denoted as Kitenergy, for the conversion of high-altitude wind energy into electricity. The research activities carried out in the last five years, including theoretical analyses, numerical simulations and experimental tests, indicate that Kitenergy could bring forth a revolution in wind energy generation, providing renewable energy in large quantities at lower cost than fossil energy. After an overview of the main features of the technology, this work investigates three important aspects: the evaluation of the performance achieved by the employed control law, the optimization of the generator operating cycle and the possibility to generate continuously a constant and maximal power output. These issues are tackled through the combined use of advanced modeling, control and optimization methods, which results to be key technologies for a significant breakthrough in renewable energy generation.
date: 2010-06
date_type: published
publisher: IEEE
pagerange: 2361-2377
event_title: American Control Conference (ACC), 2010
id_number: 10.1109/ACC.2010.5530562
refereed: TRUE
isbn: 978-1-4244-7426-4 
book_title: Proceedings of American Control Conference (ACC), 2010 
official_url: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=5530562&isnumber=5530425
funders: This research was partly supported by funds of Regione Piemonte, Italy, under the Project “KiteNav: power kites for naval propulsion”.
citation:   Milanese, Mario and Fagiano, Lorenzo and Piga, Dario  Control as a key technology for a radical innovation in wind energy generation.   In:  Proceedings of American Control Conference (ACC), 2010.   IEEE, pp. 2361-2377.  ISBN 978-1-4244-7426-4       (2010)