Maximizing the overall production of wind farms by setting the individual operating point of wind turbines

Renewable Energy

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 219-229

  Serrano González, Javier ^a   Burgos Payán, Manuel ^a   Riquelme Santos, Jesús ^a   González Rodríguez, Ángel Gaspar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithm; Offshore wind farm; Wake effect; Wind energy; Wind farm; Wind farm operation

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; WAKES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

AERODYNAMIC POWER; ENERGY EXTRACTION; OPERATING POINTS; OPERATION STRATEGY; TIP SPEED RATIO; WAKE EFFECT; WIND FARM; WIND FARM OPERATIONS;

OFFSHORE WIND FARMS;

AERODYNAMICS; GENETIC ALGORITHM; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; POWER GENERATION; TURBULENCE; WIND FARM; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84923288286     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2015.02.009     Document Type: Article

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