A technology review and simulation based performance analysis of river current turbine systems

Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 2288-2293

  Khan, M J ^a   Iqbal, M T ^a   Quaicoe, J E ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Augmentation; Darrieus rotor; Renewable energy; River Current Turbine (RCT); Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTORS;

DARRIEUS ROTOR; GRAPHICAL INTERPRETATIONS; RIVER CURRENT TURBINE (RCT);

TURBINES;

EID: 39049156986     PISSN: 08407789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CCECE.2006.277821     Document Type: Conference Paper

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