Obiettivo A new class of large scale wind power generators shall be investigated viamathematical modelling, computer simulation and multidisciplinary optimization methods. The underlyingtechnical idea is to use fast flying tethered airfoils that fly in altitudes of several hundredmeters above the ground. They will perform specially controlled loops accompanied by line lengthand line tension variations, that are used to drive a generator on the ground.Being a high risk / high gain technology, the applicant believes that the main focus in the first developmentyears should not be on building large and expensive experimental setups (as some courageousexperimentalists currently do in Europe and the US), but on mathematical modelling, computersimulation and optimization studies, accompanied by only small scale experiments for modeland control system validation. This will help finding optimal system designs before expensive andpotentially dangerous large scale systems are built. The research requires an interdisciplinary collaborationof scientists from mathematical, mechanical, aerospace, and control engineering, as wellas from the computational sciences. At the end of the project, a small scale, automatically flying prototype shall be realized, accompaniedby validated and scalable mathematical models and a toolbox of efficient computational methodsfor simulation and multidisciplinary optimization of high altitude wind power systems. If successful,the project will help to establish this new type of wind power generator that might provide electricitymore cheaply than fossil fuels and is deployable at considerably more sites than conventional windmills. Campo scientifico engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systemsengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energywind powernatural sciencescomputer and information sciencescomputational scienceengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol engineeringnatural sciencesmathematicsapplied mathematicsmathematical model Programma(i) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Argomento(i) ERC-SG-PE7 - ERC Starting Grant - Systems and communication engineering Invito a presentare proposte ERC-2010-StG_20091028 Vedi altri progetti per questo bando Meccanismo di finanziamento ERC-SG - ERC Starting Grant Istituzione ospitante ALBERT-LUDWIGS-UNIVERSITAET FREIBURG Contributo UE € 694 057,74 Indirizzo FAHNENBERGPLATZ 79098 Freiburg Germania Mostra sulla mappa Regione Baden-Württemberg Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Ricercatore principale Moritz Mathias Diehl (Prof.) Contatto amministrativo Moritz Diehl (Prof.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato Beneficiari (2) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto ALBERT-LUDWIGS-UNIVERSITAET FREIBURG Germania Contributo UE € 694 057,74 Indirizzo FAHNENBERGPLATZ 79098 Freiburg Mostra sulla mappa Regione Baden-Württemberg Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Ricercatore principale Moritz Mathias Diehl (Prof.) Contatto amministrativo Moritz Diehl (Prof.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN Belgio Contributo UE € 805 742,26 Indirizzo OUDE MARKT 13 3000 Leuven Mostra sulla mappa Regione Vlaams Gewest Prov. Vlaams-Brabant Arr. Leuven Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contatto amministrativo Sofie Heroes (Ms.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato