"Mamdouh " <mrenergy2011@hotmail.com> wrote in message <kr8u43$lku$1@newscl01ah.mathworks.com>...
> Hi everyone,
> I hope to get your help in solving my problem, by suggesting a suitable Optimization algorithm and Solver.
>
> My problem in simple words is:
> Layout Optimization for Wind Turbines inside a Wind Farm,
> 1- I have an array of turbines (say 10 rows x 15 columns) in a specified rectangular area of say 45*D wide and 40*D deep, where D is the turbine rotor diameter.
> 2- The wake effects of the upstream turbines on the downstream ones are evaluated by a certain wake model to estimate the total power output.
>
>
> the objective is to maximize the total energy produced.
>
> I have 3 variables for each turbine which are X,Y location, beside the height (H) at which it works.
>
> the minimum separating distance among turbines is set to 2*D in both X and Y directions.
>
> any kind of help will be greatly appreciated,
> thanks in advance,
> Best Regards,
> Mamdouh.
Did you ever figure it out? I am doing a similar project and I cannot figure out where to begin! Can you help?
Any help will be much appreciated
> Hi everyone,
> I hope to get your help in solving my problem, by suggesting a suitable Optimization algorithm and Solver.
>
> My problem in simple words is:
> Layout Optimization for Wind Turbines inside a Wind Farm,
> 1- I have an array of turbines (say 10 rows x 15 columns) in a specified rectangular area of say 45*D wide and 40*D deep, where D is the turbine rotor diameter.
> 2- The wake effects of the upstream turbines on the downstream ones are evaluated by a certain wake model to estimate the total power output.
>
>
> the objective is to maximize the total energy produced.
>
> I have 3 variables for each turbine which are X,Y location, beside the height (H) at which it works.
>
> the minimum separating distance among turbines is set to 2*D in both X and Y directions.
>
> any kind of help will be greatly appreciated,
> thanks in advance,
> Best Regards,
> Mamdouh.
Did you ever figure it out? I am doing a similar project and I cannot figure out where to begin! Can you help?
Any help will be much appreciated