Tidal turbine array optimisation using the adjoint approach

Renewable Energy

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 658-673

  Funke, S W ^a,b   Farrell, P E ^c   Piggott, M D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SIMULA RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adjoint method; Array layout; Gradient based optimisation; Marine renewable energy; Shallow water equations; Tidal turbines

Indexed keywords

ADJOINT METHODS; ARRAY LAYOUT; MARINE RENEWABLE ENERGY; OPTIMISATIONS; SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS; TIDAL TURBINES;

ALGORITHMS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; TIDAL POWER;

TURBINES;

ALGORITHM; ARRAY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NONLINEARITY; OPTIMIZATION; POWER GENERATION; SHALLOW WATER; TIDAL POWER; TURBINE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; ADJOINT METHOD; GEOPHYSICAL ARRAY; MODEL VALIDATION; OCEAN TIDE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

PENTLAND FIRTH; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84887162673     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.09.031     Document Type: Article

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