Wind power of small wind turbines in turbulent open jets

Scientia Iranica

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 272-281

  Sedaghat, A ^a   Liu, X ^b   Whitty, J ^b   Tang, X ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circular open jet; Turbulent jet; Wind power; Wind tunnel; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

REYNOLDS NUMBER; WIND POWER; WIND TUNNELS;

ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS; ANALYTICAL RELATIONS; CIRCULAR OPEN JETS; EXPERIMENTAL CORRELATION; HIGH REYNOLDS NUMBER; POWER PRODUCTION; SMALL WIND TURBINE; TURBULENT JET;

WIND TURBINES;

CORRELATION; DIAMETER; JET; POWER GENERATION; WIND POWER; WIND TUNNEL; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84859903239     PISSN: 10263098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scient.2011.12.011     Document Type: Article

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