Airborne Wind Energy System Modelling, Control and Optimisation (AWESCO)

Mobile airborne wind energy system (Courtesy of Enerkite).


 This project is funded by the European Union (Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions). As part of the working package 4, we collaborate with the Institute for Electrical Drive Systems and Power Electronics (Prof. Kennel) on the task „Robust and Fault-Tolerant Low-Level Control of the Electrical Drive System“. 

Project description

The task „Robust and Fault-Tolerant Low-Level Control of the Electrical Drive System“ is about developing intelligent control schemes that are sufficiently robust to launch and land the PowerPlane, a tethered rigid-wing sailplane or kite, even at strong winds and under faulty conditions.  The study will cover all necessary steps for controller implementation, including modelling, controller design and testing. For more information about the whole ITN project, please follow the following link http://www.awesco.eu/.