An experimental and numerical study of the performance of a model turbine

Wind Energy

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 443-457

  Krogstad, P A ^a   Lund, J A ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Agder Energi   (Norway)

Author keywords

model test; numerical simulation; wind turbine

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SPEED; TURBULENCE MODELS; WIND TURBINES;

BLADE-ELEMENT MOMENTUMS; EFFICIENCY COEFFICIENT; EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDIES; K-OMEGA TURBULENCE MODEL; MODEL TESTS; NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY; POWER AND THRUST COEFFICIENTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

NUMERICAL MODELS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84859728266     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.482     Document Type: Article

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