The funnel effect and its practical benefits in wind applications

2010 IEEE International Conference on Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics, AQTR 2010 - Proceedings

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 475-479

  Capatina, O ^a   Grosan, T ^b   Vadan, I ^c   Trimbitas, R ^b   Ignat, S ^a   Calarasu, A ^a  

^a IPA   (Romania)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c Universitatea Tehnica Cluj Napoca ^*  (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERTING SYSTEMS; KNOW-HOW; LOW WIND SPEED; ROTOR BLADES; TUNNEL EFFECT; WIND APPLICATIONS; WIND ENERGY; WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS; WIND SPEED; WIND TECHNOLOGY;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ROBOTICS; SPEED; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; WIND EFFECTS;

WIND POWER;

EID: 77958570857     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AQTR.2010.5520784     Document Type: Conference Paper

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