Optimal Control of Underwater Kite Power Systems

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2017

Authors

L.T. Paiva (Author) FEUP; Fontes, Fernando A C C (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: Energy and Sustainability in Small Developing Economies, ES2DE 2017 - Proceedings

2017 Energy and Sustainability in Small Developing Economies, ES2DE 2017

10 July 2017 through 12 July 2017

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Authenticus ID: P-00N-3HD

DOI: 10.1109/es2de.2017.8015353

Abstract (EN): We address the problem of generating electricity through Underwater Kite Power Systems. For this problem, we develop an optimal control problem formulation using a continuous-time model of the kite to devise the trajectories and controls for the kite that maximize the total energy produced in a given time interval. This is an highly nonlinear problem for which the optimization is challenging. We also develop a numerical solution scheme for the optimal control problem based on direct methods and on adaptive time-mesh refinement. We report results that show that the problem can be quickly solved with a high level of accuracy when using our adaptive mesh refinement strategy. The results confirm the values of electrical power that can be produced with such device.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 6