Optimization of wind energy capture using BET

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 879-887

  Perez Blanco, H ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADE-ELEMENT THEORY; CONJUGATE GRADIENT; ENERGY CAPTURE; ENERGY EXTRACTION; EQUALITY CONSTRAINTS; INCIDENCE ANGLES; INDUCTION FACTORS; INEQUALITY CONSTRAINT; LEVENBERG-MARQUARDT; LIFT TO DRAG RATIO; LITERATURE SEARCH; OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURES; OPTIMIZERS; POWER COEFFICIENTS; QUASI-NEWTON METHODS; RADIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SMALL WIND TURBINE; TIP LOSS; WIND SPEED;

AIRCRAFT ENGINES; AIRFOILS; ALTERNATIVE FUELS; CONJUGATE GRADIENT METHOD; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DRAG; EXHIBITIONS; LIFT; NEWTON-RAPHSON METHOD; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84865517671     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/GT2011-46302     Document Type: Conference Paper

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