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标题：Hierarchical Control Design and Performance Assessment of an Ocean Kite in a Turbulent Flow Environment ⁎
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作者：James Reed ; Mitchell Cobb ; Joshua Daniels 等
期刊名称：IFAC PapersOnLine
印刷版ISSN：2405-8963
出版年度：2020
卷号：53
期号：2
页码：12726-12732
DOI：10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.12.1887
语种：English
出版社：Elsevier
摘要：AbstractThis paper presents a hierarchical control framework for a kite-based marine hydrokinetic (MHK) system that executes power-augmenting cross-current flight, along with simulation results based on a high-fidelity turbulent flow model that is representative of flow conditions in the Gulf Stream. The hierarchical controller is used to robustly regulate both the kite’s flight path and the intra-cycle spooling behavior, which is ultimately used to realize net positive energy production at a base station motor/generator system. Two configurations are examined in this paper: one in which the kite is suspended from a surface-mounted platform, and another in which the kite is deployed from the seabed. To evaluate the robustness of this control framework in a realistic ocean environment, we present simulation results whereby we superimpose low-frequency data from the Mid Atlantic Bight South Atlantic Bight Regional Ocean Modeling System and acoustic Doppler current profiler measurements with a high-frequency turbulence model, resulting in a high-fidelity 3D spatiotemporal flow field that is presented to the kite system. Based on this simulation framework, we demonstrate the effectiveness of the control system both in terms of robust flight and power generation.
关键词：KeywordsEnergy systemsMarine systemsEmerging control systemsHierarchical controlPeriodic control