CEAS EuroGNC 2026
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Evaluation of an Energy Management System for a Hybrid DC Microgrid Coupled to Ground-Generation Airborne Wind Energy
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| César Eduardo Perdomo Díaz |
Researcher, Electrical Engineering Department Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. | | Gabriel Brondel Oñate |
Researcher, Electrical Engineering Department Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. | | Pablo Flores Martín |
Researcher, Electrical Engineering Department Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. | | Carolina Nicolás Martín |
Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering Department Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. | | Osmany R. Pérez Aballe |
Researcher, Electrical Engineering Department Universidad de Moa, Cuba. | | David Santos Martín |
Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering Department Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. |
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| Abstract:
Airborne Wind Energy Systems (AWES) can access stronger, steadier high-altitude winds with lower structural and economic requirements than conventional turbines, but their cyclic reel out/in operation produces highly dynamic power swings that complicate grid integration. This work presents an Energy Management System (EMS) tailored for a ground-generation AWES hybrid microgrid and validates it under variable wind conditions to approximate real environmental dynamics. The EMS implementation is achieved through a state-based controller in MATLAB/Simulink, using Stateflow, that coordinates grid export, a supercapacitor bank, and a battery. A Software-in-the-Loop (SiL) framework models power converters, hybrid electrical storage, and the electric machine while injecting time-varying wind-driven AWES power profiles and prediction uncertainty. Results show that, despite stochastic changes in cycle energy and intra-cycle fluctuations, the EMS maintains DC-bus stability, smooths the power profile delivered to the grid, and minimizes battery cycling by prioritizing super capacitor action, thereby demonstrating robust operation and effective control under realistic conditions. These findings indicate that variable-wind-aware EMS design is key to dependable AWES integration in decentralized grids and provides a scalable pathway from simulation toward laboratory and field deployment.
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| Keywords: Airborne Wind Energy; Energy Management System; DC Microgrid; Hybrid Storage; Simulation; Stateflow; Variable Wind |
 View PDF CEAS-GNC-2026-070 doi: 10.82124/CEAS-GNC-2026-070 |
| César Eduardo Perdomo Díaz, Gabriel Brondel Oñate, Pablo Flores Martín, Carolina Nicolás Martín, Osmany R. Pérez Aballe, David Santos Martín: Evaluation of an Energy Management System for a Hybrid DC Microgrid Coupled to Ground-Generation Airborne Wind Energy. Proceedings of the 2026 CEAS EuroGNC conference. Madrid, Spain. May 2026. doi: 10.82124/CEAS-GNC-2026-070.
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| BibTeX entry (UTF-8):
@Incollection{CEAS-GNC-2026-070,
author = {Perdomo Díaz, César Eduardo and Brondel Oñate, Gabriel and Flores Martín, Pablo and Nicolás Martín, Carolina and Pérez Aballe, Osmany R. and Martín, David Santos},
title = {Evaluation of an Energy Management System for a Hybrid DC Microgrid Coupled to Ground-Generation Airborne Wind Energy},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2026 {CEAS EuroGNC} conference},
address = {Madrid, Spain},
month = may,
year = {2026},
doi = {10.82124/CEAS-GNC-2026-070}
}
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