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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2010
Bistra N. Dilkina, Ithaca, NY (US);
Jayant R. Kalagnanam, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Elena A. Novakovskaia, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Bistra N. Dilkina, Ithaca, NY (US);
Jayant R. Kalagnanam, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Elena A. Novakovskaia, Chappaqua, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for designing a layout of turbines on a grid is provided. The method comprises receiving wind data for each possible location of placement of a turbine on said grid; calculating an energy yield for a given layout of turbines on said grid as a nonlinear objective function, said function constrained by said wind data; implementing a bounding heuristic, said bounding heuristic comparing said calculated energy yield for said given layout of turbines to a current lower bound, and if said calculated energy yield is greater than the current lower bound, replacing the current lower bound with the calculated energy yield; and repeating the above steps for different layouts of turbines on the grid.