MosettiTurbineCost {wflo}

Returns Mosetti's cost model for a number of turbines.

Description

This function returns the dimensionless cost based on Mosetti et al. (1994).

Usage

MosettiTurbineCost(N)

Arguments

N

number of turbines for which cost is to be computed.

Details

Wind farm cost does not increase linearly with the number of turbines. Economies of scale lead to disproportionate cost increases. This function returns the dimensionless cost based on Mosetti et al. (1994).

Value

MosettiTurbineCost returns a dimensionless cost factor.

Author(s)

Carsten Croonenbroeck

References

G. Mosetti, C. Poloni, B. Diviacco (1994). Optimization of wind turbine positioning in large windfarms by means of a genetic algorithm, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 51(1), 105-116.

See Also

Cost for a plug-in cost function for profit.

Examples

MosettiTurbineCost(1)
MosettiTurbineCost(20)