Computational fluid dynamics investigation of a novel multiblade wind turbine in a duct

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Jifeng ^a   Piechna, Janusz ^b   Mller, Norbert ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

composite material; ducted; multiblade; power; wind turbine

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC DESIGNS; DESIGN PERIOD; DUCTED; DUCTED WIND TURBINES; LIGHTWEIGHT COMPOSITES; LOW POWER; MESHING TOOLS; MULTIBLADE; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; POWER; POWER COEFFICIENTS; TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE; THRUST COEFFICIENTS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DUCTS; FILAMENT WINDING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; WHEELS;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 84865130965     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4007089     Document Type: Article

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