Design optimization of a cost-effective micro wind turbine

WCE 2010 - World Congress on Engineering 2010

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 988-993

  Leung, D Y C ^a   Deng, Y ^b   Leung, M K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b ARUP   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Angular velocity; Starting torque; Wind turbine blade

Indexed keywords

BLADE NUMBERS; CFD ANALYSIS; CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPUTER MODELS; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; LOW COSTS; MICRO-WIND TURBINES; STARTING TORQUE; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; WIND SPEED; WIND TURBINE BLADES;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TURBINES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 79959841158     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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