Phases of icing on wind turbine blades characterized by ice accumulation

Renewable Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 966-972

  Kraj, Andrea G ^a   Bibeau, Eric L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ice accumulation rate; Ice mitigation; Ice thickness; Icing; Thermal treatments; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

ICE ACCUMULATION; ICE ACCUMULATION RATE; ICE THICKNESS; ICING; THERMAL TREATMENT;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS; HEAT TREATMENT; ICE; ICE PROBLEMS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; MITIGATION; OPTIMIZATION; TURBINE;

EID: 73249124827     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.09.013     Document Type: Article

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