Optimizing the unrestricted placement of turbines of differing rotor diameters in a wind farm for maximum power generation

Souma Chowdhury; Achille Messac; Jie Zhang; Luciano Castillo; Jose Lebron

doi:10.1115/DETC2010-29129

Optimizing the unrestricted placement of turbines of differing rotor diameters in a wind farm for maximum power generation

Souma Chowdhury
, Achille Messac
, Jie Zhang
, Luciano Castillo
, Jose Lebron

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Abstract

This paper presents a new method (the Unrestricted Wind Farm Layout Optimization (UWFLO)) of arranging turbines in a wind farm to achieve maximum farm efficiency. The powers generated by individual turbines in a wind farm are dependent on each other, due to velocity deficits created by the wake effect. A standard analytical wake model has been used to account for the mutual influences of the turbines in a wind farm. A variable induction factor, dependent on the approaching wind velocity, estimates the velocity deficit across each turbine. Optimization is performed using a constrained Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm. The model is validated against experimental data from a wind tunnel experiment on a scaled down wind farm. Reasonable agreement between the model and experimental results is obtained. A preliminary wind farm cost analysis is also performed to explore the effect of using turbines with different rotor diameters on the total power generation. The use of differing rotor diameters is observed to play an important role in improving the overall efficiency of a wind farm.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ASME 2010 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE2010
Pages	775-790
Number of pages	16
Edition	PARTS A AND B
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2010-29129
State	Published - 2010
Event	ASME 2010 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE2010 - Montreal, QC, Canada Duration: Aug 15 2010 → Aug 18 2010

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Name	Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference
Number	PARTS A AND B
Volume	1

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Conference	ASME 2010 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE2010
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Montreal, QC
Period	08/15/10 → 08/18/10

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Optimization
Particle swarm
Wake model
Wind energy

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Chowdhury, S., Messac, A., Zhang, J., Castillo, L., & Lebron, J. (2010). Optimizing the unrestricted placement of turbines of differing rotor diameters in a wind farm for maximum power generation. In ASME 2010 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE2010 (PARTS A AND B ed., pp. 775-790). (Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference; Vol. 1, No. PARTS A AND B). https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2010-29129

Chowdhury, Souma ; Messac, Achille ; Zhang, Jie et al. / Optimizing the unrestricted placement of turbines of differing rotor diameters in a wind farm for maximum power generation. ASME 2010 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE2010. PARTS A AND B. ed. 2010. pp. 775-790 (Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference; PARTS A AND B).

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Chowdhury, S, Messac, A, Zhang, J, Castillo, L & Lebron, J 2010, Optimizing the unrestricted placement of turbines of differing rotor diameters in a wind farm for maximum power generation. in ASME 2010 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE2010. PARTS A AND B edn, Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference, no. PARTS A AND B, vol. 1, pp. 775-790, ASME 2010 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE2010, Montreal, QC, Canada, 08/15/10. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2010-29129

Optimizing the unrestricted placement of turbines of differing rotor diameters in a wind farm for maximum power generation. / Chowdhury, Souma; Messac, Achille; Zhang, Jie et al.
ASME 2010 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE2010. PARTS A AND B. ed. 2010. p. 775-790 (Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference; Vol. 1, No. PARTS A AND B).

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Chowdhury S, Messac A, Zhang J, Castillo L, Lebron J. Optimizing the unrestricted placement of turbines of differing rotor diameters in a wind farm for maximum power generation. In ASME 2010 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE2010. PARTS A AND B ed. 2010. p. 775-790. (Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference; PARTS A AND B). doi: 10.1115/DETC2010-29129

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