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The AWESCO Initial Training Network
Addressing the Key Engineering Challenges of AWE Roland Schmehl, TU Delft
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Outline • • • • •
What is an Initial Training Network Why an Initial Training Network for AWE Research themes Themes that are not addressed First steps
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Introduction
What is an Initial Training Network (ITN) • Horizon 2020 Marie Curie Action • A network of PhD researchers (ESRs) and supervising staff embedded in industrial and academic research & development groups • Shared common vision for tackling a challenging field of research & development • An instrument to train a new generation of world class AWE researchers with a high value to industry
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Introduction
Why an ITN for AWE? Airborne Wind Energy still faces major technological hurdles, e.g. • reliability and robustness, particularly with respect to longduration operation • full automation of the AWE system operation • scaling up
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Introduction
Technology classification
Wind turbine
Tethered rigid wing for airborne energy conversion
Tethered inflatable wing for ground based traction power conversion
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Introduction
Expected breakthroughs • state-of-the modelling and simulation frameworks for rigid and flexible wing AWE systems, • optimised systems for launching, power production, and landing of rigid and flexible wings, • development and rapid deployment of new sensors and new estimation and control algorithms.
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R&D landscape 2015
Devotek Kitemill Xsens E-kite Ampyx Power TU Delft KU Leuven University of Grenoble Kite Power Solutions University of Limerick ENSA Bretagne Beyond the Sea Omnidea HAWP
Crosswind Power eWind Solution Google[x] SRI International
Stanford University UC Santa Barbara Sky Windpower Honeywell
CMNA Power Magenn WindLift University of Delaware NASA Langley WPI Highest Wind
DTU-Wind Fraunhofer IWES SkySails Anurac Chalmers University Tampere University Alula Energy EnerKite Nature Technology Systems Airborne Wind Turbine Baayen-Heinz Fraunhofer IPA TU Munich University of Freiburg Alstom Power FHNW EMPA TwingTec ETH Zurich EPFL Politecnico Torino KiteGen KiteNRG Guangdong HAWP Technology RMIT University
Altaeros Energies UFSC
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AWESCO short sketch Key figures
• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Initial Training Network • 4 work packages focussing on scientific challenges: • • • •
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Modelling and Simulation (WP lead: TUD) System Design and Optimisation (WP lead: ALU-FR) Sensors and Estimation (WP lead: Xsens) Control Systems (WP lead: TUM)
14 PhD projects, all contributing to relevant questions of industry 10 EU-funded partners 2 CH-funded partners 3.4 M€ total budget
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AWESCO short sketch Not addressed in project • • • •
Material research Certification Regulations Environmental impact
→ For other research projects
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Airborne Wind Energy
AWESCO interdisciplinary approach Aerospace Control Engineering
Electrical Mechanical Engineering
Engineering
Engineering
areodynamics
fault-tolerant, mechanics & electrical machines robust, & optimal control multibody physics
computational system identification fluid dynamics
hybrid systems sensor fusion embedded comp.
fault detection/ materials & structures
product power electronics
condition monit.
development
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Research themes
Coupled FSI and flight dynamics of inflatable wings
Fluid-Structure Interaction
Flight dynamics
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Research themes
Fast aerodynamic methods to predict wing loading
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FEA
Complete depower maneuver
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AWESCO management Supervisory Board WP1
WP5
Executive Board General Financial Administration
WP2
WP3
WP6
Recruitment
Supervisory Board
Academic Partners
WP7
WP4
ESR Group
Industrial Partners
Academic & Industry Liaison ER and an ESR
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AWESCO management Executive board
Roland Schmehl
Moritz Diehl
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AWESCO Kick-off meeting 01-2015
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AWESCO implementation Secondments
Simulation and Theory TUD, ALU-FR, KUL, CHAL, TUM, ULIM, ETHZ, EPFL, FhG-IWES
Secondments
Secondments
Industrial System Development Ampyx, Skysails, Xsens, EnerKite, Flysurfer, Makani, FhG-IPA
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Summary • Project website http://www.awesco.eu/
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