Wood, T. A., Hesse, H. and Smith, R. S. (2017) Predictive control of autonomous kites in tow test experiments. IEEE Control Systems Letters, 1(1), pp. 110-115. (doi: 10.1109/LCSYS.2017.2708984)
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Abstract
In this letter, we present a model-based control approach for autonomous flight of kites for wind power generation. Predictive models are considered to compensate for delay in the kite dynamics. We apply model predictive control (MPC), with the objective of guiding the kite to follow a figure-of-eight trajectory, in the outer loop of a two level control cascade. The tracking capabilities of the inner-loop controller depend on the operating conditions and are assessed via a frequency domain robustness analysis. We take the limitations of the inner tracking controller into account by encoding them as optimization constraints in the outer MPC. The method is validated on a kite system in tow test experiments.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Hesse, Dr Henrik |
Authors: | Wood, T. A., Hesse, H., and Smith, R. S. |
College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Autonomous Systems and Connectivity |
Journal Name: | IEEE Control Systems Letters |
Publisher: | IEEE |
ISSN: | 2475-1456 |
ISSN (Online): | 2475-1456 |
Published Online: | 26 May 2017 |
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2017 IEEE |
First Published: | First published in IEEE Control Systems Letters 1(1): 110-115 |
Publisher Policy: | Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy |
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