Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Wind farm layout optimization"”.
-
Formulations and methods for wind farm layout optimization
The use of wind energy in electricity generation around the world has increased steadily over the past few years as the world seeks to reduce the use of fossil fuels in response to concerns over climate change and air pollution. Utility scale wind power is generated at large wind farms with as many …
-
Conceptual Design of Wind Farms Through Novel Multi-Objective Swarm Optimization
<p>Wind is one of the major sources of clean and renewable energy, and global wind energy has been experiencing a steady annual growth rate of more than 20% over the past decade. In the U.S. energy market, although wind energy is one of the fastest increasing sources of electricity generation (by …
-
Optimization of Wind Turbine Airfoils/Blades and Wind Farm Layouts
<p>Shape optimization is widely used in the design of wind turbine blades. In this dissertation, a numerical optimization method called Genetic Algorithm (GA) is applied to address the shape optimization of wind turbine airfoils and blades. In recent years, the airfoil sections with blunt trailing …