Blade offset and pitch effects on a high solidity vertical axis wind turbine

Wind Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 237-246

  Fiedler, Andrzej J ^a   Tullis, Stephen ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airfoil; Blade; High solidity; Mount; Offset; Performance; Pitch; VAWT; Vertical Axis Wind Turbine

Indexed keywords

BLADE; HIGH SOLIDITY; MOUNT; OFFSET; PERFORMANCE; PITCH; VAWT; VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE;

AIRFOILS; ENGINES; MOUNTINGS; STATISTICAL TESTS; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER; WIND TUNNELS;

WIND TURBINES;

DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WIND TUNNEL; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 70349464741     PISSN: 0309524X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/030952409789140955     Document Type: Article

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