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.
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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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	address = {Singapore},
	title = {Attitude {Tracking} {Control} of an {Airborne} {Wind} {Energy} {System}},
	isbn = {978-981-10-1947-0},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1947-0_10},
	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},
	urldate = {2025-03-11},
	booktitle = {Airborne {Wind} {Energy}: {Advances} in {Technology} {Development} and {Research}},
	publisher = {Springer},
	author = {Li, Haocheng and Olinger, David J. and Demetriou, Michael A.},
	editor = {Schmehl, Roland},
	year = {2018},
	doi = {10.1007/978-981-10-1947-0_10},
	pages = {215--239},
}

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