A review of methodological approaches for the design and optimization of wind farms

JF Herbert-Acero, O Probst, PE Réthoré, GC Larsen… - Energies, 2014 - mdpi.com
This article presents a review of the state of the art of the Wind Farm Design and
Optimization (WFDO) problem. The WFDO problem refers to a set of advanced planning …

Optimizing the arrangement and the selection of turbines for wind farms subject to varying wind conditions

S Chowdhury, J Zhang, A Messac, L Castillo - Renewable Energy, 2013 - Elsevier
The development of large scale wind farms that can compete with conventional energy
resources presents significant challenges to today's wind energy industry. A powerful …

Design optimization of offshore wind farms with multiple types of wind turbines

J Feng, WZ Shen - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Most studies on offshore wind farm design assume a uniform wind farm, which consists of an
identical type of wind turbines. In order to further reduce the cost of energy, we investigate …

Concurrent optimization of thermal and electric storage in commercial buildings to reduce operating cost and demand peaks under time-of-use tariffs

CJ Meinrenken, A Mehmani - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Demand-side management (DSM) in response to market-based electricity tariffs can
potentially increase the efficiency and reliability of the electric power grid. This study …

Metaheuristics for (variable-size) mixed optimization problems: A unified taxonomy and survey

P Talbi - arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.03880, 2024 - arxiv.org
Many real world optimization problems are formulated as mixed-variable optimization
problems (MVOPs) which involve both continuous and discrete variables. MVOPs including …

Wind farm layout optimization with a three-dimensional Gaussian wake model

S Tao, Q Xu, A Feijóo, G Zheng, J Zhou - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
An accurate wake model is essential for the mathematical modeling of a wind farm (WF) and
the optimal positioning of wind turbines (WTs). In order to effectively solve the WF layout …

Multidisciplinary dynamic optimization of horizontal axis wind turbine design

AP Deshmukh, JT Allison - Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 2016 - Springer
The design of physical (plant) and control aspects of a dynamic system have traditionally
been treated as two separate problems, often solved in sequence. Optimizing plant and …

A new PSO-based algorithm for multi-objective optimization with continuous and discrete design variables

V Mokarram, MR Banan - Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 2018 - Springer
This paper presents a new multi-objective optimization algorithm called FC-MOPSO for
optimal design of engineering problems with a small number of function evaluations. The …

Overview on binary optimization using swarm-inspired algorithms

M Macedo, H Siqueira, E Figueiredo, C Santana… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Swarm Intelligence is applied to optimisation problems due to its robustness, scalability,
generality, and flexibility. Based on simple rules, simple reactive agents-swarm (eg fish, bird …

Smart grid resiliency improvement using a multi-objective optimization approach

M Mallaki, S Najibi, M Najafi, NC Shirazi - Sustainable Energy, Grids and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The enhancement in temperature will increase energy consumption and reduce the power
grid's efficiency. Due to global warming, improving grid resilience under extreme heat is very …