Air-turbine with self-pitch-controlled blades for wave energy conversion (estimation of performances in periodically oscillating flow)

International Journal of Rotating Machinery

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 233-238

  Setoguchi, T ^a   Raghunathan, S ^b   Takao, M ^a   Kaneko, K ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air turbine; Fluid machinery; Natural energy; Quasi steady analysis; Self pitch controlled blades; Wave power

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000009418     PISSN: 1023621X     EISSN: 15423034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/S1023621X97000213     Document Type: Article

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