IMT Institutional Repository: No conditions. Results ordered -Date Deposited. 2024-03-28T14:50:41ZEPrintshttp://eprints.imtlucca.it/images/logowhite.pnghttp://eprints.imtlucca.it/2018-03-12T10:30:55Z2018-03-12T10:44:22Zhttp://eprints.imtlucca.it/id/eprint/4020This item is in the repository with the URL: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/id/eprint/40202018-03-12T10:30:55ZControl of Dual-Airfoil Airborne Wind Energy systems based on nonlinear MPC and MHEAirborne Wind Energy (AWE) systems generate energy by flying a tethered airfoil across the wind flow at a high velocity. Tethered flight is a fast, strongly nonlinear, unstable and constrained process, motivating control approaches based on fast Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) and state estimation approaches based on Moving Horizon Estimation (MHE). Dual-Airfoil AWE systems, i.e. systems with two airfoils attached to a Y-shaped tether have been shown to be more effective than systems based on a single airfoil. This paper proposes a control scheme for a dual-airfoil AWE system based on NMPC and MHE and studies its performance in a realistic scenario based on state-of-the-art turbulence models.Mario Zanonmario.zanon@imtlucca.itGreg HornSebastien GrosMoritz Diehl