WinchModels

This package shall implement different models of ground stations for airborne wind energy systems. A ground station has the following components:

• motor/generator
• gearbox (optional)
• drum

Currently implemented is a model of the 20kW ground station from Delft University of Technology. In addition, a generic, torque controlled winch without brake is implemented.

Torque controlled winch.

First, install Julia 1.10 or higher. Then launch Julia and install this package using the package manager.

using Pkg
pkg"add WinchModels"

AbstractWinchModel
AsyncMachine
TorqueControlledMachine

calc_acceleration(wm::AsyncMachine, speed, force;            set_torque=nothing, set_speed=nothing, use_brake = false)
calc_acceleration(wm::TorqueControlledMachine, speed, force; set_torque=nothing, set_speed=nothing, use_brake = false)
calc_force(wm::AsyncMachine, set_speed, speed)

calc_reactance
calc_inductance
calc_resistance
calc_coulomb_friction
calc_viscous_friction
smooth_sign

using WinchModels, BenchmarkTools, KiteUtils

set = se()
wm = AsyncMachine(set)
@benchmark calc_acceleration(wm, 7.9, 8.0, 100.0)

On i7-7700K 17ns for Julia, 1050ns with Python.

This project is licensed under the MIT License. Please see the below WAIVER in association with the license.

Technische Universiteit Delft hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the package “KiteModels.jl” (models for airborne wind energy systems) written by the Author(s).

Prof.dr. H.G.C. (Henri) Werij, Dean of Aerospace Engineering

• Research Fechner
• The application KiteViewer
• the package KiteUtils
• the packages KiteModels and KitePodModels and AtmosphericModels
• the package KiteControllers and KiteViewers