The wake structure in a 2D grid installation of the horizontal axis micro wind turbines

Renewable Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2247-2267

  Hossain, M Z ^a   Hirahara, H ^a   Nonomura, Y ^b   Kawahashi, M ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hot wire anemometer; Integrated wind turbines; Micro wind turbine; Particle image velocimetry; Ultrasonic anemometer; Wake

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WAKES;

HOT-WIRE ANEMOMETER; INTEGRATED WIND TURBINES; MICRO-WIND TURBINE; ULTRASONIC ANEMOMETER;

WIND TURBINES;

ANEMOMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WAKES; WIND TURBINES;

ANEMOMETER; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLOW FIELD; INSTALLATION; TURBULENCE; WAKE; WIND TUNNEL; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 33947593963     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2006.11.016     Document Type: Article

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