Control of Airborne Wind Energy systems based on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control Moving Horizon Estimation. Gros, S., Zanon, M., & Diehl, M. In 2013 European Control Conference (ECC), pages 1017–1022, July, 2013.
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Among the several problems arising in the Airborne Wind Energy paradigm, an essential one is the control of the tethered airfoil trajectory during power generation. Tethered flight is a fast, strongly nonlinear, unstable and constrained process, motivating control approaches based on fast Non-linear Model Predictive Control. In this paper, a computationally efficient model is proposed, based on Differential-Algebraic equations. A control scheme based on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) and an estimator based on Moving Horizon Estimation (MHE) is proposed to handle the wind turbulences. In order to make a real-time application of Non-linear Model Predictive Control possible, a Real-Time Iteration scheme is proposed.
@inproceedings{gros_control_2013,
	title = {Control of {Airborne} {Wind} {Energy} systems based on {Nonlinear} {Model} {Predictive} {Control} {Moving} {Horizon} {Estimation}},
	doi = {10.23919/ECC.2013.6669713},
	abstract = {Among the several problems arising in the Airborne Wind Energy paradigm, an essential one is the control of the tethered airfoil trajectory during power generation. Tethered flight is a fast, strongly nonlinear, unstable and constrained process, motivating control approaches based on fast Non-linear Model Predictive Control. In this paper, a computationally efficient model is proposed, based on Differential-Algebraic equations. A control scheme based on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) and an estimator based on Moving Horizon Estimation (MHE) is proposed to handle the wind turbulences. In order to make a real-time application of Non-linear Model Predictive Control possible, a Real-Time Iteration scheme is proposed.},
	booktitle = {2013 {European} {Control} {Conference} ({ECC})},
	author = {Gros, S. and Zanon, M. and Diehl, M.},
	month = jul,
	year = {2013},
	keywords = {Computational modeling, Estimation, MHE, NMPC, Optimal Control, Power generation, Process control, Real-time iteration, Real-time systems, Trajectory, Vectors, aerospace control, airborne wind energy system control, atmospheric turbulence, control approach, differential algebraic equations, differential-algebraic equation, fast NMPC \& MHE, fast strongly nonlinear unstable constrained process, flight control, infinite horizon, moving horizon estimation, nonlinear control systems, nonlinear model predictive control, power generation, power generation control, predictive control, real-time iteration scheme, stability, tethered airfoil trajectory control, tethered flight, trajectory control, trajectory tracking, wind, wind power, wind turbulence handling},
	pages = {1017--1022},
}

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