Feasibility study of micro-wind turbines for powering wireless sensors on a cable-stayed bridge

Energies

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3450-3464

  Park, Jong Woong ^a   Jung, Hyung Jo ^a   Jo, Hongki ^b   Spencer, Billie F ^b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; Micro wind turbine; Structural health monitoring; Wind energy; Wind power; Wireless sensor

Indexed keywords

CABLE STAYED BRIDGES; CABLES; ENERGY HARVESTING; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; TURBINE COMPONENTS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND TURBINE BLADES;

BLADE ROTORS; CABLE-STAYED BRIDGE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HORIZONTAL AXIS; LARGE AMOUNTS; MICRO-WIND TURBINES; POWER; SMALL WIND GENERATORS; WIND ENVIRONMENT; WIRELESS SENSOR;

WIND POWER;

EID: 84866541082     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en5093450     Document Type: Article

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