Effects of stator vanes on power coefficients of a zephyr vertical axis wind turbine

Renewable Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1043-1051

  Pope, K ^a   Rodrigues, V ^a   Doyle, R ^a,b   Tsopelas, A ^a   Gravelsins, R ^a   Naterer, G F ^a   Tsang, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Zephyr Alternate Power Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Vertical axis wind turbine; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GEOMETRIC DESIGN; MEAN VELOCITIES; NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OPERATING PERFORMANCE; POWER COEFFICIENTS; POWER OUT PUT; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; ROTOR VELOCITY; SPALART-ALLMARAS; STATOR VANE; TIME-AVERAGED; TRANSIENT SIMULATION; VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINES; WIND ENERGY; WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENT;

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; STATORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VANE PUMPS; WIND TUNNELS; WIND TURBINES;

WIND POWER;

GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND POWER; WIND TUNNEL; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 73249127727     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.10.012     Document Type: Article

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