The modelling of wind farm layout optimization for the reduction of wake losses

• Main Authors: Shakoor, Rabia, Hassan, Mohammad Yusri, Raheem, Abdur, Rasheed, Nadia
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Indian Society for Education and Environment 2015
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/58971/1/RabiaShakoor2015_TheModellingofWindFarmLayoutOptimization.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/58971/; http://dx.doi.org/10.17485/ijst/2015/v8i17/69817
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

The objective of the present research is to find out the optimized dimensions of the wind farm area and turbines layout to reduce the overall cost per unit power. The velocity deficits caused by the wakes of each turbine were calculated by using Jensen's wake model. The optimal positions of win...