scholarly journals Using artificial neural networks to determine the location of wind farms. Miedzna district case study

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Pokonieczny
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Artificial Neural Networks ◽  
Wind Farm ◽  
Digital Terrain Model ◽  
Wind Farms ◽  
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Artificial Neural ◽  
Trained Neural Network ◽  
Area Classification

Abstract The article concerns issues pertaining to of selecting suitable areas for wind farms. The basic assumption of the study was to take into account both criteria related to the profitability of this type of power plant, as well as public interest, which means the harmonious and not burdensome functioning of these installations for local communities. The problem of wind farm localization may be solved by the application of artificial neural networks (ANN), which are a computational intelligence element. In the conducted analysis, the possibility of wind farm localization was considered for the primary grid field with dimensions of 100 by 100 m. To prepare the training set, topographic vector data from the VMap L2 and SRTM (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission) digital terrain model were used. For each 100-meter × 100-meter grid, the input data was prepared, consisting of the factors which are important from the point of view of wind farm localization (forests, rivers, built-up areas etc.). Studies show that a properly trained neural network (using a representative number of samples and for the appropriate architecture), allows to process automation area classification in terms of placement on the wind turbines.

Case study: Automated recognition of wind farm sound using artificial neural networks

2020 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-167
Author(s):  
Gino Iannace ◽  
Amelia Trematerra ◽  
Giuseppe Ciaburro
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Artificial Neural Networks ◽  
Wind Farm ◽  
Power Level ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Wind Farms ◽  
Noise Pollution ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Artificial Neural

Wind energy has been one of the most widely used forms of energy since ancient times, with it being a widespread type of clean energy, which is available in mechanical form and can be efficiently transformed into electricity. However, wind turbines can be associated with concerns around noise pollution and visual impact. Modern turbines can generate more electrical power than older turbines even if they produce a comparable sound power level. Despite this, protests from citizens living in the vicinity of wind farms continue to be a problem for those institutions which issue permits. In this article, acoustic measurements carried out inside a house were used to create a model based on artificial neural networks for the automatic recognition of the noise emitted by the operating conditions of a wind farm. The high accuracy of the models obtained suggests the adoption of this tool for several applications. Some critical issues identified in a measurement session suggest the use of additional acoustic descriptors as well as specific control conditions.

scholarly journals Downscaling and Verification of Maximum Wind Speeds by Using Artificial Neural Networks for New European Wind Atlas and Wind Farm Data 

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melek Akın ◽  
Ahmet Öztopal ◽  
Ahmet Duran Şahin
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Artificial Neural Networks ◽  
Wind Speed ◽  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Electricity Generation ◽  
Wind Farm ◽  
Wind Farms ◽  
Maximum Wind ◽  
Wind Speeds ◽  
Artificial Neural

<p>As is known, wind is a renewable and non-polluting energy resource. In addition, there is no transportation problem in wind energy and it does not require very high technology for electricity generation. Wind turbines are used for electricity generation from kinetic energy of wind. In the point of power curves of these turbines, wind speed must be a certain band. Generally, they do not generate electricity cut-in wind speed that is between 0 and 4 m/s and cut out wind speed that is over 20-25 m/s. Over cut-out values cause breaking down of wind turbines, because high wind speeds create extra mechanical loads on them. Therefore, maximum/extreme winds and their estimation and prediction carry weight in terms of energy generation.</p><p>New European Wind Atlas (NEWA) is the project, within the scope of ERANET+ Program, and the attendants are Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Latvia, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey. The aim of NEWA is to present a new wind atlas to the wind industry. In this project, the physical model used for obtaining wind speeds is a numerical weather prediction model named Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF).</p><p>One of the methods, which are developed by imitating of biological properties of living forms in a virtual environment, is Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs). Stimulations taken from the environment by using sense organs are transmitted to brain whereby neurons in a body and brain makes a decision towards these stimulations. That is the working form of ANNs. Moreover, ANNs can be thought as a black box, which processes given data and produces outputs against inputs. Furthermore, they are a method of Artificial Intelligence.</p><p>In this study, maximum wind speeds of 4 different wind farms in Turkey were estimated by using a downscaling method based on ANNs and wind data which were produced in grid points of NEWA Project. Besides that, 8 different levels (10, 50, 75, 100, 150, 200, 250, and 500 m) for each wind farm were considered. As a result of determining the best ANN architectures with sensitivity analysis, it was seen that Levenberg-Marquardt Backpropagation (trainlm) approach as a training algorithm and 9 neurons in each layer are common traits of best ANN architectures. In addition, 50 m for 2 wind farms and 10 m with 75 m for others were determined as an optimum downscaling levels. Moreover, according to downscaling results, correlation values were calculated around 0.80.</p><p><strong>Key Words: </strong>ANN, Downscaling, Maximum wind, NEWA, Turkey, Wind farm.</p>

scholarly journals A general method to estimate wind farm power using artificial neural networks

Wind Energy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (11) ◽  
pp. 1421-1432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chi Yan ◽  
Yang Pan ◽  
Cristina L. Archer
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Artificial Neural Networks ◽  
Wind Farm ◽  
Artificial Neural ◽  
General Method

scholarly journals Artificial Neural Networks Application in Modal Analysis of Tires

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 273-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Koštial ◽  
Z. Jančíková ◽  
D. Bakošová ◽  
J. Valíček ◽  
M. Harničárová ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Neural Networks ◽  
Artificial Neural Networks ◽  
Modal Analysis ◽  
Speckle Pattern ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Artificial Neural

Abstract The paper deals with the application of artificial neural networks (ANN) to tires’ own frequency (OF) prediction depending on a tire construction. Experimental data of OF were obtained by electronic speckle pattern interferometry (ESPI). A very good conformity of both experimental and predicted data sets is presented here. The presented ANN method applied to ESPI experimental data can effectively help designers to optimize dimensions of tires from the point of view of their noise.

An Optimal Design Method for Artificial Neural Networks by Using the Design of Experiments

2007 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 593-599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eiichi Inohira ◽  
◽  
Hirokazu Yokoi
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Artificial Neural Networks ◽  
Optimal Design ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Feedforward Neural Networks ◽  
Learning Rate ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Approximation Accuracy ◽  
Artificial Neural ◽  
Trained Neural Network

This paper presents a method to optimally design artificial neural networks with many design parameters using the Design of Experiment (DOE), whose features are efficient experiments using an orthogonal array and quantitative analysis by analysis of variance. Neural networks can approximate arbitrary nonlinear functions. The accuracy of a trained neural network at a certain number of learning cycles depends on both weights and biases and its structure and learning rate. Design methods such as trial-and-error, brute-force approaches, network construction, and pruning, cannot deal with many design parameters such as the number of elements in a layer and a learning rate. Our design method realizes efficient optimization using DOE, and obtains confidence of optimal design through statistical analysis even though trained neural networks very due to randomness in initial weights. We apply our design method three-layer and five-layer feedforward neural networks in a preliminary study and show that approximation accuracy of multilayer neural networks is increased by picking up many more parameters.

scholarly journals Trends of Dust Transport Episodes in Cyprus Using a Classification of Synoptic Types Established with Artificial Neural Networks

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Michaelides ◽  
F. Tymvios ◽  
S. Athanasatos ◽  
M. Papadakis
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Artificial Neural Networks ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Synoptic Scale ◽  
Dust Transport ◽  
Synoptic Patterns ◽  
Artificial Neural ◽  
Dust Events ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between dust episodes over Cyprus and specific synoptic patterns has long been considered but also further supported in recent studies by the authors. Having defined a dust episode as a day when the average PM10 measurement exceeds the threshold of 50 mg/(m3 day), the authors have utilized Artificial Neural Networks and synoptic charts, together with satellite and ground measurements, in order to establish a scheme which links specific synoptic patterns with the appearance of dust transport over Cyprus. In an effort to understand better these complicated synoptic-scale phenomena and their associations with dust transport episodes, the authors attempt in the present paper a followup of the previous tasks with the objective to further investigate dust episodes from the point of view of their time trends. The results have shown a tendency for the synoptic situations favoring dust events to increase in the last decades, whereas, the synoptic situations not favoring such events tend to decrease with time.

Intelligent Traffic Sign Classifiers

2011 ◽  
pp. 956-962
Author(s):  
Raúl Vicen Bueno ◽  
Elena Torijano Gordo ◽  
Antonio García González ◽  
Manuel Rosa Zurera ◽  
Roberto Gil Pita
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Artificial Neural Networks ◽  
Intelligent Systems ◽  
Main Part ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Traffic Sign ◽  
Traffic Signs ◽  
Artificial Neural ◽  
The Brain

The Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) are based on the behavior of the brain. So, they can be considered as intelligent systems. In this way, the ANNs are constructed according to a brain, including its main part: the neurons. Moreover, they are connected in order to interact each other to acquire the followed intelligence. And finally, as any brain, it needs having memory, which is achieved in this model with their weights. So, starting from this point of view of the ANNs, we can affirm that these systems are able to learn difficult tasks. In this article, the task to learn is to distinguish between different kinds of traffic signs. Moreover, this ANN learning must be done for traffic signs that are not in perfect conditions. So, the learning must be robust against several problems like rotation, translation or even vandalism. In order to achieve this objective, an intelligent extraction of information from the images is done. This stage is very important because it improves the performance of the ANN in this task.

Intelligent Radar Detectors

2011 ◽  
pp. 933-939
Author(s):  
Raúl Vicen Bueno ◽  
Manuel Rosa Zurera ◽  
María Pilar Jarabo Amores ◽  
Roberto Gil Pita ◽  
David de la Mata Moya
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Artificial Neural Networks ◽  
Intelligent Systems ◽  
Main Part ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Communications Systems ◽  
Reflected Signal ◽  
Artificial Neural ◽  
The Brain

The Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) are based on the behaviour of the brain. So, they can be considered as intelligent systems. In this way, the ANNs are constructed according to a brain, including its main part: the neurons. Moreover, they are connected in order to interact each other to acquire the followed intelligence. And finally, as any brain, it needs having memory, which is achieved in this model with their weights. So, starting from this point of view of the ANNs, we can affirm that these systems are able to learn difficult tasks. In this article, the task to learn is to distinguish between the presence or not of a reflected signal called target in a Radar environment dominated by clutter. The clutter involves all the signals reflected from other objects in a Radar environment that are not the desired target. Moreover, the noise is considered in this environment because it always exists in all the communications systems we can work with.

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