Development of a wind turbine optimization tool using open-source software

• 主要作者: Low, Chee Meng.
• 其他作者: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• 格式: Theses and Dissertations
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2013
• 主題: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• 在線閱讀: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/54774
• 機構: Nanyang Technological University

A wind turbine rotor optimization tool was developed. The tool makes use of the Blade Element Momentum (BEM) method for the calculation of aerodynamic performance of rotors. A single objective optimization scheme based on genetic algorithms was implemented with the objective function being...