Impact of different wake models on the estimation of wind farm power generation

12th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations (ATIO) Conference and 14th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tong, Weiyang ^a   Chowdhury, Souma ^b   Zhang, Jie ^b   Messac, Achille ^a  

^a Syracuse University   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity factor; Land Area per Turbine; Power generation; Unrestricted Wind Farm Layout Optimization; Velocity deficit; Wake model

Indexed keywords

AVIATION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; POWER GENERATION; TURBINES; WAKES; WIND; WIND POWER;

CAPACITY FACTORS; LAND AREAS; VELOCITY DEFICITS; WAKE MODEL; WIND FARM LAYOUT OPTIMIZATIONS;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION;

EID: 85043965035     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2012-5430     Document Type: Conference Paper

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