Optimal angle of attack for untwisted blade wind turbine

Renewable Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1279-1284

  Thumthae, Chalothorn ^a   Chitsomboon, Tawit ^a  

^a SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

HAWT; Maximum power; Optimal angle of attack; Untwisted blade; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ANGLE OF ATTACK; DRAG; ENGINES; OPTIMIZATION; ROTATION; TURBINES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

HAWT; MAXIMUM POWER; OPTIMAL ANGLE OF ATTACK; UNTWISTED BLADE; WIND TURBINE;

COMPUTER CRIME;

NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; POWER GENERATION; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 58649117975     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2008.09.017     Document Type: Article

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