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Economic lifetime-aware wind farm control
Abhinav Anand
Wind Energy Institute, Technical University of Munich, Boltzmannstraße 15, 85748 Garching b. München, Germany
Robert Braunbehrens
Wind Energy Institute, Technical University of Munich, Boltzmannstraße 15, 85748 Garching b. München, Germany
Adrien Guilloré
Wind Energy Institute, Technical University of Munich, Boltzmannstraße 15, 85748 Garching b. München, Germany
Wind Energy Institute, Technical University of Munich, Boltzmannstraße 15, 85748 Garching b. München, Germany
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We present a new method for wind farm control based on the optimization of an economic cost function that accounts for revenue from power production and cost due to operation and maintenance. The new formulation also includes constraints to ensure a desired lifetime duration. The application to relevant scenarios shows consistently improved profit when compared to alternative formulations from the recent literature.
We present a new method for wind farm control based on the optimization of an economic cost...
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