Optimal design of an offshore wind farm layout

SPEEDAM 2008 - International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1470-1474

  Nandigam, Mahidhar ^a   Dhali, Shirshak K ^a  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

Author keywords

Optimization methods; Power distribution wind power generation

Indexed keywords

DC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FINANCE; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE POWER PLANTS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; POWER ELECTRONICS; TURBINES; WIND POWER;

COMPUTATIONAL OPTIMIZATION; ELECTRICAL DRIVES; ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS; GEOMETRIC PROGRAMS; INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM; OFFSHORE WIND FARMS; OFFSHORE WINDS; OPTIMAL DESIGNS; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; OPTIMIZATION METHODS; POWER DISTRIBUTION WIND POWER GENERATION; RELIABILITY MODELING; TRANSMISSION VOLTAGE; VARIABLE SPACE; WIND FARMS; WIND SPEED;

FARMS;

EID: 51849084848     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SPEEDHAM.2008.4581308     Document Type: Conference Paper

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