Improved Formulation for the Optimization of Wind Turbine Placement in a Wind Farm

As an alternative to fossil fuels, wind can be considered because it is a renewable and greenhouse gas-free natural resource. When wind power is generated by wind turbines in a wind farm, the optimal placement of turbines is critical because different layouts produce different efficiencies. The obje...

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Published in:Mathematical problems in engineering 2013-01, Vol.2013 (2013), p.1-5
Main Authors: Geem, Zong Woo, Hong, Junhee
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alternative energy
Budgets
Fossil fuels
Genetic algorithms
Greenhouse effect
Greenhouse gases
Mathematical problems
Natural gas
Optimization
Optimization techniques
Placement
Researchers
Turbines
Wind farms
Wind power
Wind turbines
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Summary:As an alternative to fossil fuels, wind can be considered because it is a renewable and greenhouse gas-free natural resource. When wind power is generated by wind turbines in a wind farm, the optimal placement of turbines is critical because different layouts produce different efficiencies. The objective of the wind turbine placement problem is to maximize the generated power while minimizing the cost in installing the turbines. This study proposes an efficient optimization formulation for the optimal layout of wind turbine placements under the resources (e.g., number of turbines) or budget limit by introducing corresponding constraints. The proposed formulation gave users more conveniences in considering resources and budget bounds. After performing the optimization, results were compared using two different methods (branch and bound method and genetic algorithm) and two different objective functions.
ISSN:1024-123X
1563-5147
DOI:10.1155/2013/481364