Wind turbine performance predictions using a differential actuator-lifting disk model

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 200-208

  Leclerc, Christophe ^a   Masson, Christian ^a  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actuator Disk; Blade Element Theory; Wind Turbine Performance Predictions

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; VECTORS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ACTUATOR-DISK; BLADE-ELEMENT THEORY; EULER EQUATIONS; WIND TURBINE PERFORMANCE PREDICTIONS;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 19144370199     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1889466     Document Type: Article

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