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@unpublished{Funke:2015,
author = {Funke, SW and Kramer, SC and Piggott, MD},
title = {Design optimisation and resource assessment for tidal-stream renewable  energy farms using a new continuous turbine approach},
url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1507.05795v1},
year = {2015}
}

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AB  - This paper presents a new approach for optimising the design of tidal streamturbine farms. In this approach, the turbine farm is represented by a turbinedensity function that specifies the number of turbines per unit area and anassociated continuous locally-enhanced bottom friction field. The farm designquestion is formulated as a mathematical optimisation problem constrained bythe shallow water equations and solved with efficient, gradient-basedoptimisation methods. The resulting method is accurate, computationallyefficient, allows complex installation constraints, and supports different goalquantities such as to maximise power or profit. The outputs of the optimisationare the optimal number of turbines, their location within the farm, the overallfarm profit, the farm's power extraction, and the installation cost. Wedemonstrate the capabilities of the method on a validated numerical model ofthe Pentland Firth, Scotland. We optimise the design of four tidal farmssimultaneously, as well as individually, and study how farms in close proximitymay impact upon one another.
AU  - Funke,SW
AU  - Kramer,SC
AU  - Piggott,MD
PY  - 2015///
TI  - Design optimisation and resource assessment for tidal-stream renewable  energy farms using a new continuous turbine approach
UR  - http://arxiv.org/abs/1507.05795v1
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/27747
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