7. Citing

Please cite the following paper if you are using OpenTidalFarm:

For work on global optimisation of turbine locations through the use of a hybrid global-local optimisation schemes and wake models pease see:

  • GL Barnett, SW Funke, MD Piggott (2014). Hybrid global-local optimisation algorithms for the layout design of tidal turbine arrays, submitted. arXiv:1410.2476 [math.OC] [PDF].

For work on the addition of cost models into the OpenTidalFarm framework please see:

  • DM Culley, SW Funke, SC Kramer, MD Piggott (2014). Integration of cost modelling within the micro-siting design optimisation of tidal turbine arrays, submitted. doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.1219374. [PDF].

For a general piece on the role OpenTidalFarm might play in the overall tidal turbine array design process see:

  • DM Culley, SW Funke, SC Kramer, MD Piggott (2014). A hierarchy of approaches for the optimal design of tidal turbine farms, submitted. doi:10.684/m9.figshare.1219375. [PDF].

Finally, OpenTidalFarm relies on external tools to achieve its goals, such as:

  • A Logg, K-A Mardal, GN Wells et al. (2013). Automated Solution of Differential Equations by the Finite Element Method, Springer [Webpage, PDF].
  • SW Funke and PE Farrell (2013). A framework for automated PDE-constrained optimisation, submitted. arXiv:1302.3894 [cs.MS] [PDF].
  • PE Farrell, DA Ham, SW Funke and ME Rognes (2013). Automated derivation of the adjoint of high-level transient finite element programs, SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing 35.4, pp. C369-C393. doi:10.1137/120873558. arXiv:1204.5577 [cs.MS]. [PDF].

7.1. Posters and presentations

OpenTidalFarm at the International Conference on Ocean Energy, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2014:

Poster presentation:

  • DM Culley, SW Funke, SC Kramer, MD Piggott (2014). Resource assessment of tidal sites through array optimisation of the number of turbines and the micro-siting design, doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.1219384. [PDF].