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Títol: Optimization of wind farm layout design

Estudiants que han llegit aquest projecte:

Director/a: VILLARDI DE MONTLAUR, ADELINE DE

Departament: FIS

Títol: Optimization of wind farm layout design

Data inici oferta: 26-09-2016     Data finalització oferta: 26-04-2017


Estudis d'assignació del projecte:
    MU AEROSPACE S&T 15
Tipus: Individual
 
Lloc de realització: EETAC
 
Paraules clau:
optimization, CFD model, wind farm, genetic algorithm, wind energy, openfoam
 
Descripció del contingut i pla d'activitats:
An important phase of a wind farm design is solving the Wind
Farm Layout Optimization Problem, which consists in optimally
positioning the turbines within the wind farm so that the wake
effects are minimized and therefore the expected power
production maximized.

This project aims to propose a solution to this problem. It will
consist of several phases:
1. state of the art
2. choice of the wake turbulence mathematical model and
subsequent objective function
3. study of possible optimization solutions (Genetic Algorithm,
Integer programming, etc.) and choice of one
4. implementation of the problem (using for example Matlab)
5. results and comparison with other methods

 
Overview (resum en anglès):
The use of renewable energy has been increasing in recent years. In 2015, the Paris agreement was signed in which the signatory countries are committed to the fact that the global temperature does not increase more than 2ºC. In order to reduce greenhouse gases, renewable energy can be a great ally. This project investigates the optimization of wind farms, whose installed capacity is expected to increase in the coming decades.

The objective is to develop an optimization methodology for wind farms. Two models of wind farms have been taken into account: those located offshore and those within the territory, whichever on flat or mountainous terrain.

For the offshore wind farms, the use of a genetic algorithm has been proposed to optimize them, which also has been useful for those wind farms that are in levelled terrains.

For wind farms located on mountainous areas, the use of OpenFoam is proposed, with the aim of doing a CFD study of the terrain and then locating the position of the wind turbines.

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