A novel approach to Airborne Wind Energy: Overview of the EAGLE System project

Author

Garcia-Sanz, Mario ; White, Nicholas ; Tierno, Nicholas

Author_Institution

Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

20-22 July 2011

Firstpage

167

Lastpage

172

Abstract

This paper describes the design, modeling and development of a novel Airborne Wind Energy system (the EAGLE System), designed to handle a 2.5 kW, 25 kW or 100 kW aloft generator at varying altitudes. The system combines a hybrid tethered lighter-than-air and aerodynamic lift based flyer supporting a counter-rotating wind power generator payload, and a nonlinear-robust MIMO control system, with longitudinal and lateral control capabilities. Within this design, the power generation and lift systems are separate and do not rely on each other for operation. Overviews of the modeling, controller design, payload variations, and future prototyping are included topics.

Keywords

power generation control; wind power; EAGLE system project; aerodynamic lift; airborne wind energy; aloft generator; counter-rotating wind power generator payload; hybrid tethered lighter-than-air; lateral control; lift systems; longitudinal control; nonlinear-robust MIMO control system; power 100 kW; power 2.5 kW; power 25 kW; power generation; Aerodynamics; Atmospheric modeling; Control systems; Generators; MIMO; Mathematical model; Wind energy; MIMO control; aerodynamics; electrical generators; modeling; renewable energy; robust control; wind power;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace and Electronics Conference (NAECON), Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE National

Conference_Location

Dayton, OH

ISSN

0547-3578

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1040-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NAECON.2011.6183096

Filename

6183096