TY - JOUR
T1 - Wake losses optimization of offshore wind farms with moveable floating wind turbines
AU - Fragoso Rodrigues, S.M.
AU - Teixeira Pinto, R.
AU - Soleimanzadeh, M.
AU - Bosman, Peter A.N.
AU - Bauer, P.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - In the future, floating wind turbines could be used to harvest energy in deep offshore areas where higher wind mean speeds are observed. Currently, several floating turbine concepts are being designed and tested in small scale projects; in particular, one concept allows the turbine to move after installation. This article presents a novel layout optimization framework for wind farms composed of moveable floating turbines. The proposed framework uses an evolutionary optimization strategy in a nested configuration which simultaneously optimizes the anchoring locations and the wind turbine position within the mooring lines for each individual wind direction. The results show that maximum energy production is obtained when moveable wind turbines are deployed in an optimized layout. In conclusion, the framework represents a new design optimization tool for future offshore wind farms composed of moveable floating turbines.
AB - In the future, floating wind turbines could be used to harvest energy in deep offshore areas where higher wind mean speeds are observed. Currently, several floating turbine concepts are being designed and tested in small scale projects; in particular, one concept allows the turbine to move after installation. This article presents a novel layout optimization framework for wind farms composed of moveable floating turbines. The proposed framework uses an evolutionary optimization strategy in a nested configuration which simultaneously optimizes the anchoring locations and the wind turbine position within the mooring lines for each individual wind direction. The results show that maximum energy production is obtained when moveable wind turbines are deployed in an optimized layout. In conclusion, the framework represents a new design optimization tool for future offshore wind farms composed of moveable floating turbines.
KW - Moveable floating turbines
KW - Nested optimization
KW - Offshore wind energy
KW - Turbine micro siting
KW - Wake losses
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84911126740&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.enconman.2014.11.005
DO - 10.1016/j.enconman.2014.11.005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84911126740
SN - 0196-8904
VL - 89
SP - 933
EP - 941
JO - Energy Conversion and Management
JF - Energy Conversion and Management
ER -