relation: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/2469/
title: Optimization of airborne wind energy generators
creator: Fagiano, Lorenzo
creator: Milanese, Mario
creator: Piga, Dario
subject: QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
subject: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
description: This paper presents novel results related to an innovative airborne wind energy technology, named 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 a lower cost than fossil energy. This work investigates three important theoretical 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 modeling, control, and optimization methods that result to be key technologies for a significant breakthrough in renewable energy generation.
publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
date: 2012-12
type: Article
type: PeerReviewed
identifier:   Fagiano, Lorenzo and Milanese, Mario and Piga, Dario  Optimization of airborne wind energy generators.  International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control , 22 (18).  pp. 2055-2083.  ISSN 1049-8923      (2012)  
relation: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rnc.1808
relation: 10.1002/rnc.1808