Design and performance of a centimetre-scale shrouded wind turbine for energy harvesting

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Howey, D A ^a   Bansal, A ^a   Holmes, A S ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SPEED; AXIAL-FLUX PERMANENT MAGNET MACHINES; BEARING LOSS; BLADE-ELEMENT MOMENTUMS; ELECTRICAL POWER; FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; GENERATOR STATORS; IN-PIPE; LOW FRICTION; MAXIMUM POWER; OUTER DIAMETERS; POWER DELIVERY; PROTOTYPE DEVICES; ROTOR DIAMETER; TIP SPEED RATIO; TURBINE PERFORMANCE; WIND-TUNNEL TESTING; WIRELESS SENSOR;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; JEWEL BEARINGS; NONMETALLIC BEARINGS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SPEED; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND TURBINES;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 79961043160     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/20/8/085021     Document Type: Article

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