Thermodynamic analysis of wind energy

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 553-566

  Şahin, Ahmet Duran ^a   Dincer, Ibrahim ^b   Rosen, Marc A ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Energy; Exergy; Model; Wind speed; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMICS; WIND TURBINES;

TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; WIND CHILL EFFECT; WIND SPEED;

WIND POWER;

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMICS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

EID: 33745588595     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.1163     Document Type: Article

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