Optimizing the energy output of vertical axis wind turbines for fluctuating wind conditions

Collection of Technical Papers - 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Volumn 23, Issue , 2007, Pages 16202-16214

  McIntosh, S C ^a,c   Babinsky, H ^a,c   Bertenyi T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Quiet Revolution Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FEEDBACK CONTROL; MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SPEED CONTROL;

POWER COEFFICIENT; SPEED MODEL; TIP SPEED RATIO FEEDBACK MODELS;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 34250816937     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2007-1368     Document Type: Conference Paper

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