Anémodyne is a research project of the LAGEPP and Polytech Lyon, at Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University. Initiated in April 2024, it aims to bring advanced control methods developped at LAGEPP to improve the control and observation of airborne wind energy systems.
Since theory should be backed by practical experiments, in the Industrial Systems and Robotics department of Polytech Lyon, we design a ground station that will serve a an experimental test bench for the project.
The control theory is designed in Villeurbanne, at LAGEPP, and the test bench is designed in Roanne.
name
Anémodyne : Power of the wind
Issued from two Greek words, anemoi (ανεµoι), gods of the wind, and dynamikos (δυναµικóς), “powerful”, “efficient”.
The alpha in ανεµoι recalls the figure of eight trajectories of airborne wind energy systems, and dynamikos also reminds of dynamics, which we are interested in as control scientists.
Funding
The project receives funding through Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University in 2024 and 2025 which allowed to purchase equipment, mechanical and electrical components as well as hire master students and a technician.
The Graduate Initiative Energy and Industry of the Future allowed us to hire two master students in 2024 and 2025.
Polytech lyon funded an M1 master students, and allowed thirteen students to help with Raspberry Pi programming.
Roanne Agglomération lends the facility where we develop the test bench.