Effect of guide vanes on the performance of a self-rectifying air turbine with constant and variable chord rotors

Renewable Energy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 201-219

  Govardhan, M ^a   Dhanasekaran, T S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSED AIR MOTORS; PNEUMATICS; ROTORS;

TANGENTIAL FORCE;

WIND POWER;

FLOW; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 0036591732     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(01)00124-0     Document Type: Article

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