General momentum theory for wind turbines at low tip speed ratios

Wind Energy

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 821-839

  Sørensen, Jens N ^a   Van Kuik, Gijs A M ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

actuator disc; momentum theory; rotor aerodynamics; wind turbines

Indexed keywords

ACTUATOR DISKS; AERODYNAMICS; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES; WIND TURBINES;

ACTUATOR DISC; FREE VORTEX WAKE MODELS; GENERAL MOMENTUM THEORY; LOW TIP SPEED RATIOS; MOMENTUM THEORY; POWER COEFFICIENTS; ROTOR AERODYNAMICS; SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS;

MOMENTUM;

AERODYNAMICS; MOMENTUM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE GRADIENT; VORTEX; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 80055060899     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.423     Document Type: Article

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