Summary:
Electrical layout design is, for offshore wind farms (OWF), a complex problem that has a far-reaching impact on both plant cost and reliability. A full optimization of the layout, as opposed to just selecting the most favorable pre-established configuration, is required in order to capture all the potential efficiencies. However, classical optimization methods such as mixed-integer programming (MIP) might not be applicable to large OWFs. This paper describes a novel combination of ordinal optimization (OO) and MIP that is able to deal with large problems in reduced computation times with a statistical optimality guarantee. The algorithm is applied to a real case study taken from Barrow Offshore Wind Farm in the East Irish Sea.
Keywords: offshore wind farms; collector system; transmission system; electrical layout; circuit optimization
JCR Impact Factor and WoS quartile: 2,891 - Q1 (2015); 4,100 - Q1 (2022)
DOI reference:
https://doi.org/10.1002/we.1807
Published on paper: December 2015.
Published on-line: October 2014.
Citation:
S. Lumbreras, A. Ramos, P. Sánchez, Offshore wind farm electrical design using a hybrid of ordinal optimization and mixed-integer programming. Wind Energy. Vol. 18, nº. 12, pp. 2241 - 2258, December 2015. [Online: October 2014]
