TY  - CHAP
UR  - http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39965-7_12
Y1  - 2013///
TI  - Model Predictive Control of Rigid-Airfoil Airborne Wind Energy Systems
AV  - none
SP  - 219
N2  - In order to allow for a reliable and lasting operation of Airborne Wind Energy systems, several problems need to be addressed. One of the most important challenges regards the control of the tethered airfoil during power generation. Tethered flight of rigid airfoils is a fast, strongly nonlinear, unstable and constrained process, and one promising way to address the control challenge is the use of Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) together with online parameter and state estimation based on Moving Horizon Estimation (MHE). In this paper, these techniques are introduced and their performance demonstrated in simulations of a 30 m wingspan tethered airplane with power generation in pumping mode.
T3  - Green Energy and Technology
PB  - Springer
SN  - 1865-3529
A1  - Zanon, Mario
A1  - Gros, Sébastien
A1  - Diehl, Moritz
T2  - Airborne Wind Energy
EP  - 233
ID  - eprints4023
ER  -