Patent ID: 9189570
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: F05B,G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for placing one or more wind turbines in a windfarm, the method further comprising: identifying a first location for placing a first wind turbine; calculating a first energy produced by the first placed wind turbine; identifying an additional location for placing an additional wind turbine; calculating a total energy produced by the first and additional wind turbines; repeating the identifying the first location, the calculating the first energy, the identifying the additional location, and the calculating the total energy until all the one or more wind turbines are placed in the windfarm, wherein the total produced energy is calculated by in which P! is a power, p is the first location or the additional location, x p is 0 or 1, wdir is a wind direction, U is an original wind speed, frac is a probability that the wind direction wdir and a wind speed U occur, PC t is a power curve function, δV is wind deficit at a location p from the wind direction, wherein a processor coupled to a memory device is configured to perform: the identifying the first location, the calculating the first energy, the identifying the additional location, the calculating the total energy, and the repeating.