Title :
Global optimization of total power generated from wind farm
Author :
Akhavan, Yousef ; Chen, Michael ; Dong Liang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math. & Stat., York Univ., Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
Profitability of a wind farm hinges on the operational excellence of its wind turbines. We study the optimal velocity field and pitch angles of a turbine array using a combined technology of Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) and grid search optimization Method.
Keywords :
computational fluid dynamics; wind power plants; wind turbines; computational fluid dynamic; grid search optimization; optimal velocity field; turbine array; wind farm; wind turbines; Actuators; Blades; Equations; Mathematical model; Rotors; Wind farms; Wind turbines; Navier-Stokes equation; Wind farm; convergence analysis; power optimization; sparsity; stability; wakes; wind modeling;
Conference_Titel :
Power System Technology (POWERCON), 2014 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chengdu
DOI :
10.1109/POWERCON.2014.6993972
