Evaluation of micro-wind turbine aerodynamics, wind speed sampling interval and its spatial variation

Building Services Engineering Research and Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-14

  Makkawi, A ^a   Celik, A N ^b   Muneer, T ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ENGINES; GAS DYNAMICS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; TURBINES; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TURBINES;

EFFICIENT POWER; HIGH EFFICIENCIES; LARGE WIND TURBINES; MICRO WINDS; MICRO-WIND TURBINES; REMOTE CONSUMERS; RESIDENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SAMPLING INTERVALS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPECIFIC DESIGNS; TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS; TURBULENT WINDS; URBAN AREAS; WIND CONDITIONS; WIND ENERGY PROJECTS; WIND SPEED; WIND SPEED DATUM; WIND SPEED DISTRIBUTIONS;

WIND POWER;

EID: 58949101610     PISSN: 01436244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143624408096343     Document Type: Article

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