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

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Low, Chee Meng.
• مؤلفون آخرون: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• التنسيق: Theses and Dissertations
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2013
• الموضوعات: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/54774
• المؤسسة: 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...