Numerical implications of solidity and blade number on rotor performance of horizontal-axis wind turbines

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 425-432

  Duquette, Matthew M ^a   Visser, Kenneth D ^a  

^a Clarkson University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE; ROTORS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WAKES; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER;

BLADE NUMBER; HORIZONTAL-AXIS WIND TURBINES; SOLIDITY;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 0348252427     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1629751     Document Type: Article

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