Influence of atmospheric stability on wind turbine power performance curves

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 531-538

  Sumner, Jonathon ^a   Masson, Christian ^a  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric stability; Power performance; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POWER CONTROL; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ANNUAL ENERGY PRODUCTION (AEP); ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; POWER PERFORMANCE CURVES; TURBULENCE EQUATION; WIND SPEED;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 33845562716     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2347714     Document Type: Article

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