Power Curve Analysis Of On-ground Airborne Wind Energy Systems

Yashank Gupta (1) , Jonathan Dumon (2) , Ahmad Hably (1)

1 GIPSA-SYSCO - GIPSA - Systèmes non linéaires et complexité
2 GIPSA-Services - GIPSA-Services

In this paper, an algorithm is proposed to control parameters of an on-ground airborne wind energy system for the operational wind speed range, considering different winch configurations and the related saturation of its components, including electrical and hydraulic devices. Coupled with a static model, this leads to a tool that can easily calculate expected power curves for on-ground airborne wind energy system as a function of design parameters. The paper also presents the numerical examples of the power curve for a Magnus-based system and draws a comparison with the power curves of horizontal axis wind turbines.

Mots clés: Power curve; Ground station design; Magnus effect; Static modeling; High-level control; Hydraulic stage; pumping system; On-ground system; Airborne wind energy system

Domaines: Automatique / Robotique; Energie électrique

Yashank Gupta, Jonathan Dumon, Ahmad Hably. Power Curve Analysis Of On-ground Airborne Wind Energy Systems. ICIT 2019 - IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, Feb 2019, Melbourne, Australia. ⟨10.1109/ICIT.2019.8755195⟩. ⟨hal-01973326⟩