Iranian Journal of Mechanical Engineering Transactions of ISME

Iranian Journal of Mechanical Engineering Transactions of ISME

Mathematical modelling and stability study of KiteGen movement in space

Authors
Sadra Pourtaheri 1
Ali Rahmani Henzaki
Hosein Derijani 2
1 Msc. Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University
2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
Abstract
The drawback of energy production from fossil fuels, which is due to resource limitations, high pollution and degradation of the environment, causes to attract researchers’ attention to renewable sources of energy such as wind, solar, hydroelectric, geothermal, etc. In this article, one of the new ideas for generating electrical energy from wind called KiteGen is investigated. The project began in Torino, Italy for the first time. To produce the maximum energy, it is necessary to properly control the trajectory of kite, which needs a precise mathematical model and dynamic analysis of the kite behavior. This paper presents mathematical modeling and study of controllability and observability of Kite moving along the path that has been suggested somewhere else. The results of this research show that the kite around the path is controllable and observable, and thus the kite is stable in space.
Keywords
Wind Energy
Mathematical modeling
Dynamic
Controllability
Observability
stability
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Iranian Journal of Mechanical Engineering Transactions of ISME
Volume 17, Issue 1 - Serial Number 38
System Dyanamics and Solid Mechanics
Spring 2015
Pages 6-15

  • Receive Date 22 May 2015