Assessing the effect of wind farm layout on energy storage requirement for power fluctuation mitigation
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Accepted version
Author(s)
Kazari, Hessam
Oraee, Hashem
Pal, BC
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Optimization of wind farm (WF) layout has been studied in the literature with the objective of maximizing the wind energy capture. Based on the power spectrum density (PSD) theorem, this paper shows that the WF layout affects not only the total harvested energy but also the level of power fluctuation, which in turn influences required capacity of battery energy storage system (BESS) needed to mitigate the inherent power fluctuation of the wind farms. Since both harvested energy level and BESS capacity directly influence the profit of WF owner, the effect of WF layout on these quantities are taken into account simultaneously and WF layout optimization problem is redefined. Genetic algorithm (GA) is then employed in order to optimize the resulting objective function. The proposed method and optimization process are performed on the layout of an actual offshore WF using real wind data. A new index is introduced to quantify the power fluctuations, and energy curtailment is assessed. The comparative analysis between the actual layout performance and the optimal layout in different scenarios is conducted, showing the reduction of power fluctuations and improvement of energy curtailment. In addition, different BESS technologies have been analyzed to study the impact of their parameters on the optimization results.
Date Issued
2019-04
Date Acceptance
2018-05-08
Citation
IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 2019, 10 (2), pp.558-568
ISSN
1949-3029
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Start Page
558
End Page
568
Journal / Book Title
IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy
Volume
10
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
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Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Identifier
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8359352
Grant Number
EP/L014343/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Energy & Fuels
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Science & Technology - Other Topics
Engineering
Power fluctuation
wind farm
battery energy storage
optimal layout
genetic algorithm (GA)
SIMULATION METHOD
OPTIMIZATION
TURBINES
PLACEMENT
WAKE
0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
0915 Interdisciplinary Engineering
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2018-05-15