This thesis is concerned with the study of the Airborne Wind Energy systems (AWE): devices that use a wing connected with tethers to the ground to generate energy from the wind. The fist part of the work has been developed in collaboration with the department of Aerospace engineering of the University Carlos III of Madrid, in which the objective was to develop and improve a realistic model of the university’s AWE system. The model presented was conceived as alternative to an already present model developed by the de- partment, in order to improve the realism of some behaviours of the system, such as the tether’s dynamics and the interaction of the system of bridles with the wing. In a second place, the work has been centered on the development of a control strategy in order to guide the kite along a crosswind trajectory.
La tesi riguarda lo studio degli Airborne Wind Energy systems: dispositivi che usano un’ ala connessa con dei cavi al suolo per generare energia dal vento. La prima parte del lavoro è stata svolta in collaborazione con il dipartimento di ingegneria aerospaziale dell’ università Carlos III di Madrid, nella quale l’obiettivo era quello di sviluppare e miglio- rare un modello realistico del sistema AWE dell’ università. Il modello presentato è stato concepito come un alternativa ad un modello gia sviluppato dal dipartimento, in modo da migliorare il realismo di alcuni comportamenti del sistema, come la dinamica dei cavi, e l’interazione tra le briglie e l’ala. In un secondo momento, il lavoro si è concentrato sullo sviluppo di una strategia di controllo in modo da far volare il kite lungo una cosidetta ’crosswind trajectory’.
On trajectory tracking for in Airborne Wind Energy applications
Costantini, Matteo
2021/2022
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This thesis is concerned with the study of the Airborne Wind Energy systems (AWE): devices that use a wing connected with tethers to the ground to generate energy from the wind. The fist part of the work has been developed in collaboration with the department of Aerospace engineering of the University Carlos III of Madrid, in which the objective was to develop and improve a realistic model of the university’s AWE system. The model presented was conceived as alternative to an already present model developed by the de- partment, in order to improve the realism of some behaviours of the system, such as the tether’s dynamics and the interaction of the system of bridles with the wing. In a second place, the work has been centered on the development of a control strategy in order to guide the kite along a crosswind trajectory.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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