Towards the Design of Aerostat Wind Turbine Arrays through AI
This addresses the problem of designing efficient wind energy systems for renewable energy applications, but it appears incremental as it builds on existing aerostat and AI techniques.
The paper tackled the design of aerostat wind turbine arrays by combining AI and rapid prototyping to reduce reliance on accurate aerodynamic models, and presented initial small-scale wind tunnel tests for design and algorithmic fundamentals.
A new form of aerostat wind generation system which contains an array of interacting turbines is proposed. The design of the balloon turbine components is undertaken through the combination of artificial intelligence and rapid prototyping techniques such that the need for highly accurate models/simulations of the lift and wake dynamics is removed/reduced. Initial small-scale wind tunnel testing to determine design and algorithmic fundamentals will be presented.