Paper Info
Title
Windenergienutzung mit schnell fliegenden Flugdrachen: eine Herausforderung für die Optimierung und Regelung (Wind Power via Fast Flying Kites: a Challenge for Optimization and Control)
Abstract
This paper presents optimization studies for kites that generate wind energy by periodically pulling a generator on the ground while flying fast in a crosswind direction. We review the current state of the art in building and modelling such systems, and formulate an optimal control problem with periodic boundary conditions and free cycle duration. The objective function is the average power at the generator We solve this nonlinear and unstable optimal control problem numerically with the direct multiple shooting method. The result of our optimization studies is that we can attain about 5 MW average power with a 500 m(2)-kite at 10 m/s wind speed. When two kites are connected to yield a "dancing kite pair", the efficiency can be further increased by 40% per airfoil, due to the considerably reduced line drag.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1524/auto.2009.0798
AT-AUTOMATISIERUNGSTECHNIK
Keywords
Field
DocType
Periodic systems,kites,wind power,optimal control
Humanities,Control engineering,Engineering,Electrical engineering
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
57
10
0178-2312
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.62
3
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Moritz Diehl11343134.37
Boris Houska221426.14