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COBEM 2017
24th ABCM International Congress of Mechanical Engineering
Wind Farm Layout Optimization Based on CFD Simulations
Submission Author:
Luis Eduardo Boni Cruz , SP
Co-Authors:
Bruno Carmo, Luis Eduardo Boni Cruz
Presenter: Luis Eduardo Boni Cruz
doi://10.26678/ABCM.COBEM2017.COB17-1723
Abstract
The project consists of developing a tool for wind farm layout optimization based on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations of the atmospheric wind flow and inter-turbine interference using the open source code OpenFOAM and the Dakota optimization toolkit. Since it is not feasible to simulate a whole wind farm using the complete geometry of the wind turbines, the need for models to represent their effects on the wind flow and the interference of one turbine into the others arises, and the most commonly used model is the Actuator Disk model and its variations. Once defined the procedure for wind turbine behavior evaluation using a CFD model, the coupling between this model and Dakota optimization toolkit took place. With this new tool in hand, two configurations were tested in order to achieve the best wind farm layout in terms of power output that respects the imposed physical restrictions.
Keywords
Layout optimization, wind turbine, energy production, Actuator Disk, OpenFOAM, Dakota
