Attitude Tracking Control of an Airborne Wind Energy System. Li, H., Olinger, D. J., & Demetriou, M. A. In Airborne Wind Energy: Advances in Technology Development and Research, pages 215–239. Springer, Singapore, 2018.
Paper doi abstract bibtex We consider attitude tracking control for an airborne wind energy system, which generates electricity through a turbine mounted on a tethered glider flying at higher altitude than conventional wind turbines. The airborne wind energy system, which efficiently harnesses energy due to high-speed crosswind motion, consists of a rigid glider (also referred as a rigid kite) and constant length tether connected to the ground. Full aircraft dynamics are modeled including a rotational equation of motion. The resulting dynamical system is an under-actuated mechanical system with only rotational control inputs. We first propose an attitude tracking theorem that provides desired tracking signals for rotational motion. A feedback linearization controller and a real time differentiator are designed and implemented on the full glider dynamics to try to achieve the desired angle of attack and sideslip angle. A comparison study is conducted between a Lyapunov-based and attitude tracking control for the same baseline conditions for the airborne wind energy system.
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abstract = {We consider attitude tracking control for an airborne wind energy system, which generates electricity through a turbine mounted on a tethered glider flying at higher altitude than conventional wind turbines. The airborne wind energy system, which efficiently harnesses energy due to high-speed crosswind motion, consists of a rigid glider (also referred as a rigid kite) and constant length tether connected to the ground. Full aircraft dynamics are modeled including a rotational equation of motion. The resulting dynamical system is an under-actuated mechanical system with only rotational control inputs. We first propose an attitude tracking theorem that provides desired tracking signals for rotational motion. A feedback linearization controller and a real time differentiator are designed and implemented on the full glider dynamics to try to achieve the desired angle of attack and sideslip angle. A comparison study is conducted between a Lyapunov-based and attitude tracking control for the same baseline conditions for the airborne wind energy system.},
language = {en},
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doi = {10.1007/978-981-10-1947-0_10},
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