Special Session SS17

Key Energy Conversion Technologies for Airborne High-Altitude Wind Power Generation Systems

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Introduction:

Airborne high-altitude wind power generation can make full use of high-altitude wind energy resources and is a promising renewable energy technology. An airborne high-altitude wind power generation system captures high-altitude wind energy via a floating platform and, compared with conventional ground-based wind power, offers prominent advantages such as high wind resource utilization and low land occupation. However, the airborne system is strictly constrained by the payload of the floating platform and faces challenges including complex meteorological disturbances, strong aerodynamic–electrical coupling, and multibody dynamic disturbances of the floating platform. These conditions impose stringent requirements on lightweight onboard generation equipment, power conversion, air-to-ground energy transmission, and cooperative system control, and conventional energy conversion theories for ground-based wind power cannot be directly applied. To this end, it is necessary to combine multi-physics coupling modeling, lightweight energy conversion and transmission device design, and efficient and stable control to reveal the system’s energy conversion mechanism and improve the stability and energy utilization efficiency of the power generation system. This special session focuses on key energy conversion technologies for airborne high-altitude wind power generation systems, covering the entire process from wind energy capture and onboard power conversion to ground-side grid integration control, and exploring relevant new methods and key technologies.

The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

1. Wind energy capture mechanisms and multi-field coupling characteristics analysis for airborne high-altitude wind power
2. Lightweight generation equipment design and multi-physics analysis
3. Power electronic conversion topologies and their control technologies in high-altitude environments
4. Air-to-ground energy transmission technologies for airborne systems
5. Power regulation and stability enhancement methods under complex operating conditions
6. Cooperative operation and optimal control of multiple units/subsystems
7. Reliability and condition monitoring technologies for electrical equipment in harsh high-altitude environments
8. Grid integration control technologies and power quality analysis for airborne high-altitude wind power

SS17's Session Chair:

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Prof. Chao Lu, Tsinghua University, China

SS17's Session Co-chairs:

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Prof. Guoning Xu, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Assoc. Res. Prof. Jianxiao Wang, Peking University, China

Asst. Res. Fellow Wenmao Liu, Tsinghua University, China

Asst. Res. Fellow Di Liu, Tsinghua University, China