Combining economic and fluid dynamic models to determine optimal spacing in very large wind-farms

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dc.contributorJohns Hopkins University. Whiting School of Engineeringen
dc.contributorUniversity of Twenteen
dc.contributorCalifornia ISO. Market Surveillance Committeeen
dc.contributorUniversidad Pontificia Comillas‏en
dc.contributorVirginia Tech. Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Departmenten
dc.contributor.authorStevens, Richarden
dc.contributor.authorHobbs, Benjaminen
dc.contributor.authorRamos, Andresen
dc.contributor.authorMeneveau, Charlesen
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-28T18:27:09Zen
dc.date.available2015-07-28T18:27:09Zen
dc.date.issued2015-06en
dc.description.abstractNow that wind-farms are becoming increasingly larger, the economics and physics of wind farms become intrinsically coupled and important when designing large wind farms. It is important to develop wind farm models in which economic considerations can be combined with physical considerations in a transparent and intuitive way. For smaller wind-farms the majority of the turbines can be placed such that physical wake effects are relatively limited and thus physical effects may be less important. However, for large wind farms (e.g. with hundreds or thousands of turbines) it is important to consider the influence of wake effects on the optimal turbine spacing. For the design of wind-farms the industry uses site-specific, detailed optimization calculations for wind-turbine placement based on wake models (1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6). Such calculations aim to place the turbines such that wake effects are limited with respect to the prevailing incoming wind-directions at the site under consideration. There are also academic studies that use wake models to optimize turbine placement using Monte Carlo simulations (7), genetic algorithms (8), or evolutionary algorithms (9; 10). In this work we will combine economic and fluid dynamic models to determine the main parameters that are important for the design of very large wind-farms.en
dc.description.notesSession 8B - Atmosphere/Turbine/Wake Interactionsen
dc.format.extent10 pagesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationStevens, R., Hobbs, B., Ramos, A., & Meneveau, C. (2015, June). Combining economic and fluid dynamic models to determine optimal spacing in very large wind-farms. Paper presented at the North American Wind Energy Academy 2015 Symposium, Blacksburg, VA.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/54677en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.ispartofNorth American Wind Energy Academy 2015 Symposiumen
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dc.rights.holderStevens, Richarden
dc.rights.holderHobbs, Benjaminen
dc.rights.holderRamos, Andresen
dc.rights.holderMeneveau, Charlesen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.titleCombining economic and fluid dynamic models to determine optimal spacing in very large wind-farmsen
dc.typePresentationen
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