Suggestions for improving wind turbines power curves

Desalination

Volumn 209, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 221-229

  Khalfallah, Mohammed G ^a,b   Koliub, Aboelyazied M ^a,b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b The Public Authority for Applied Education and Training   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Performance upgrading; Pitch regulated; Stall regulated; Vortex generators; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

POWER GENERATION; ROTORS; TURBOGENERATORS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

VORTEX GENERATORS; WIND FARM;

WIND TURBINES;

POWER GENERATION; ROTORS; TURBOGENERATORS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND TURBINES;

AERODYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 34247571614     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2007.04.031     Document Type: Article

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