Energy production, distribution, and storage systems play a critical role in powering modern-day society. Due to its strategic importance, this area of applications is constantly raising new and exciting research challenges that span听a variety of different fields.

Autonomous Mobile Sensors for Wind Field Estimation

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Image听courtesy of Dr. Christopher J. Bay.

In an effort to improve the efficiency of wind energy, this project investigates the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to estimate the airflow within a wind farm.

This is done using simplified turbine wake models to identify the areas with听the highest density of information and generate a suitable flight path for the UAVs. The measurements taken by the mobile sensors are then used to update the current model of the wind field.

Collaborators: Cory Dixon1, Lucy Pao1, Jennifer Annoni2, Christopher J. Bay2
1. 麻豆视频
2. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Students: David J. Pasley

Funding:听Autonomous Systems IRT听(Seed grant)

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Showcase

Trajectory generation for multiple mobile sensors estimating the wind field

Multi-agent wake estimation

Our work on wind field estimation continues with a multi-agent scenawhere multiple mobile sensors communicate... Read more
Trajectory generation for a mobile sensor estimating the wind field

Wake estimation

As the ASIRT seed grant draws to a close, we have successfully demonstrated that it... Read more