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

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Low, Chee Meng.
Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/54774