Wind shear coefficients and their effect on energy production

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 46, Issue 15-16, 2005, Pages 2578-2591

  Rehman, Shafiqur ^a   Al Abbadi, Naif M ^b  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Energy Research Institute   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Air density; Frequency distribution; Plant capacity factor; Wind power; Wind shear coefficient; Wind shear factor; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COOLING; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; WIND POWER;

AIR DENSITY; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION; PLANT CAPACITY FACTORS; WIND SHEAR COEFFICIENTS; WIND SHEAR FACTORS; WIND SPEED;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 17744385304     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2004.12.005     Document Type: Article

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