This paper presents a review of the optimization techniques and strategies applied to wind
turbine performance optimization. The topic is addressed by identifying the most significant …

Highlights•Detailed on various optimization techniques used in wind farm
modelling.•Detailed on several modelling approaches used in wind farm …

The type of airfoil with small wind turbine blades should be selected based on the wind
potential of the area in which the turbine is used. In this study, 10 low Reynolds number …

The continuous and the binary techniques are the main types of genetic algorithms that
could be employed for an optimization problem. The study investigates the robustness and …

The design of a wind turbine blade is a typical complex multi-objective optimization problem,
mostly solved by evolutionary algorithms. However, these methods are not effective due to …

The development of large-scale wind turbines is challenged by loads, mass, and cost
growth, and more flexible blades that impact power and tower clearance. Further, the long …

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is increasingly used to analyze wind turbines, and the
next logical step is to develop CFD‐based optimization to enable further gains in …

The wind energy industry relies heavily on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to analyze
new turbine designs. To utilize CFD earlier in the design process, where lower-fidelity …

The quest for reduced levelized cost of energy has driven significant growth in wind turbine
size; however, larger rotors face significant technical and logistical challenges. The largest …

This paper is concerned with the holistic optimization of wind turbines. A multi-disciplinary
optimization procedure is presented that marries the overall sizing of the machine in terms of …