Aerodynamic aspects of wind energy conversion

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 43, Issue , 2011, Pages 427-448

  Sørensen, Jens Nørkærrkær ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

BEM theory; CFD; rotor aerodynamics; wakes; wind farms; wind turbines

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; AERODYNAMIC RESEARCH; BEM THEORY; BLADE GEOMETRY; BLADE-ELEMENT MOMENTUMS; CFD; CLASSICAL MODEL; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PERFORMANCE PREDICTION; ROTOR AERODYNAMICS; WIND ENERGY; WIND ENERGY CONVERSION; WIND FARM; WIND FARMS; WIND TURBINE AERODYNAMICS; WIND TURBINE ROTORS; WIND TURBINE WAKES;

AIRFOILS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY CONVERSION; FARMS; FORECASTING; ROTORS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WAKES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

AERODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS; GUIDELINE; MOMENTUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; WAKE; WIND FARM; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 79951978379     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-fluid-122109-160801     Document Type: Article

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