Vertical axis wind turbine performance enhancement using plasma actuators

Renewable Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 345-354

  Greenblatt, David ^a   Schulman, Magen ^a   Ben Harav, Amos ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuator; Dynamic stall control; Vertical axis wind turbine

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE PLASMAS; DUTY CYCLES; DYNAMIC FLOWS; DYNAMIC STALLS; LOW-SPEED WIND TUNNEL; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PERFORMANCE BENEFITS; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; PHASE-LOCKING; PLASMA ACTUATOR; PLASMA POWER; PLASMA PULSATION FREQUENCY; REDUCED FREQUENCY; ROTATIONAL FREQUENCY; TURBINE PERFORMANCE; TURBINE POWER; UPSCALING; VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE; VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINES;

ACTUATORS; AIRFOILS; CASCADES (FLUID MECHANICS); DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; FLOW CONTROL; PLASMA THEORY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WIND TURBINES;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

CONTROL SYSTEM; INSTALLATION; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND POWER; WIND TUNNEL; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 79961129659     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.06.040     Document Type: Article

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