Optimization methods applied to renewable and sustainable energy: A review

R Banos, F Manzano-Agugliaro, FG Montoya… - … and sustainable energy …, 2011 - Elsevier
Energy is a vital input for social and economic development. As a result of the generalization
of agricultural, industrial and domestic activities the demand for energy has increased …

Review of performance optimization techniques applied to wind turbines

A Chehouri, R Younes, A Ilinca, J Perron - Applied Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper presents a review of the optimization techniques and strategies applied to wind
turbine performance optimization. The topic is addressed by identifying the most significant …

A review on the technologies, design considerations and numerical models of tidal current turbines

M Nachtane, M Tarfaoui, I Goda, M Rouway - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Tidal current turbine is one of the innovative and emerging technologies of marine
renewable energies because it offers constant and predictable energy source that can be …

A review of wind energy technologies

GMJ Herbert, S Iniyan, E Sreevalsan… - … and sustainable energy …, 2007 - Elsevier
Energy is an essential ingredient of socio-economic development and economic growth.
Renewable energy sources like wind energy is indigenous and can help in reducing the …

Multidisciplinary design optimization of offshore wind turbines for minimum levelized cost of energy

T Ashuri, MB Zaaijer, JRRA Martins, GJW Van Bussel… - Renewable energy, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper presents a method for multidisciplinary design optimization of offshore wind
turbines at system level. The formulation and implementation that enable the integrated …

Power extraction efficiency optimization of horizontal-axis wind turbines through optimizing control parameters of yaw control systems using an intelligent method

D Song, X Fan, J Yang, A Liu, S Chen, YH Joo - Applied energy, 2018 - Elsevier
To optimize the power extraction from the wind, horizontal-axis wind turbines are normally
manipulated by the yaw control system to track the wind direction. How is the potential …

Models for monitoring wind farm power

A Kusiak, H Zheng, Z Song - Renewable Energy, 2009 - Elsevier
Different models for monitoring wind farm power output are considered. Data mining and
evolutionary computation are integrated for building the models for prediction and …

Genetic diversity as an objective in multi-objective evolutionary algorithms

A Toffolo, E Benini - Evolutionary computation, 2003 - direct.mit.edu
A key feature of an efficient and reliable multi-objective evolutionary algorithm is the ability to
maintain genetic diversity within a population of solutions. In this paper, we present a new …

Shape optimization of wind turbine blades

W Xudong, WZ Shen, WJ Zhu… - Wind Energy: An …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a design tool for optimizing wind turbine blades. The design model is
based on an aerodynamic/aero‐elastic code that includes the structural dynamics of the …

Multi-objective deep reinforcement learning for optimal design of wind turbine blade

Z Wang, T Zeng, X Chu, D Xue - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The design of a wind turbine blade is a typical complex multi-objective optimization problem,
mostly solved by evolutionary algorithms. However, these methods are not effective due to …