Tests on ducted and bare helical and straight blade Darrieus hydrokinetic turbines

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3013-3022

  Kirke, B K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Darrieus; Diffuser; Effi ligature ciency; Helical; Hydrokinetic; Starting torque

Indexed keywords

DARRIEUS; DIFFUSER; EFFI{LIGATURE}CIENCY; HELICAL; HYDROKINETIC; STARTING TORQUE;

TORQUE; TURBINES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA ACQUISITION; DIFFUSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCE; TORQUE; TURBINE; VELOCITY;

EID: 79957838858     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.03.036     Document Type: Article

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