Electric Power ›› 2019, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (1): 63-68.DOI: 10.11930/j.issn.1004-9649.201806043

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Optimization of Offshore Wind Farm Collector Systems Based on Improved Genetic Algorithm

WANG Weiyuan1, QIAO Ying2, DOU Fei1, YANG Lin1, ZHANG Yujing2   

  1. 1. State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power Co.,Ltd., Nanjing 210008, China;
    2. Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • Received:2018-06-15 Revised:2018-09-11 Online:2019-01-05 Published:2019-01-14
  • Supported by:
    This work is supported by Joint Research Fund for Smart Grid of National Natural Science Foundation of China (Research on Basic Theory and Key Technologies of Integrated Generation and Transmission Planning of Future High Renewable Power Penetrated Grid, No. U1766201), Science and Technology Project of State Grid Corporation of China (Large Scale Offshore Wind Farm's Wind Resources Assessment and Coordinated Operation of Source-Grid-Load Research, No.52100116001W).

Abstract: The cost of offshore wind farm's collector system constitutes a significant proportion of the wind farm's total investment, it is thus very significant to make a topology optimization of the collector system for reducing the fixed investment. The topology optimal problem can be modeled as a minimum spanning tree problem with dynamic edge weight. Because the edge weight is coupled with topology optimization, it cannot be solved by traditional methods. Through improvement in initial population selection, use of linked list coding and elite genetic operators, the improved genetic algorithm is engaged in the paper, which can not only improve the algorithm's efficiency, but also better address the complicated restrains of uncrossed marine cables. The case study shows the improved GA has good capability in optimization searching and convergence.

Key words: offshore wind power, collector system, topology optimization, genetic algorithm

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