Effect of surface contamination on the performance of a section of a wind turbine blade

Scientia Iranica

Volumn 18, Issue 3 B, 2011, Pages 349-357

  Soltani, M R ^a   Birjandi, A H ^b   Seddighi Moorani, M ^c  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contamination model; Experimental test; Performance drop; Pressure distribution; Roughness effects; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

AIRFOILS; ANGLE OF ATTACK; CONTAMINATION; DROPS; LIFT; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE TESTING; TURBINE COMPONENTS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND TUNNELS; WIND TURBINES;

CONTAMINATION MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; LEADING EDGE ROUGHNESS; LOW-SPEED WIND TUNNEL; MAXIMUM LIFT COEFFICIENT; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; ROUGHNESS EFFECTS; SURFACE CONTAMINATIONS;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURBULENCE; WIND TUNNEL; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 80054890939     PISSN: 10263098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scient.2011.05.024     Document Type: Article

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