Velocity measurement of flow around model vertical axis wind turbines

International Journal of Green Energy

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 55-68

  McWilliam, M ^a   Johnson, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Experiment; PIV; Savonius; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF GASES; FLOW STRUCTURE; ROTORS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW;

AIR FLOW; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; TURBINE ROTOR;

WIND TURBINES;

AIRFLOW; DESIGN; EXPERIMENT; FLOW VELOCITY; MODELING; VORTEX; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 40349093355     PISSN: 15435075     EISSN: 15435083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15435070701845691     Document Type: Article

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