Simulating the aerodynamic performance and wake dynamics of a vertical-axis wind turbine

Wind Energy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-177

  Scheurich, Frank ^a   Fletcher, Timothy M ^a   Brown, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

blade wake interaction; Darrieus rotor; dynamic stall; numerical simulation; vertical axis wind turbine; vorticity transport model

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC STALLING; ANGLE OF ATTACK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY; WAKES; WIND TURBINES;

BLADE-WAKE INTERACTIONS; DARRIEUS ROTORS; DYNAMIC STALLS; VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINES; VORTICITY TRANSPORT MODEL;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

AERODYNAMICS; FLOW FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 79952615559     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.409     Document Type: Article

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