Vertical-axis wind turbines in oblique flow: Sensitivity to rotor geometry

European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2011, EWEC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 222-225

  Scheurich, Frank ^a   Brown, Richard E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Numerical modelling; Oblique flow; Vertical axis wind turbine; Vorticity transport model

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; AIR FLOW; AXIS OF ROTATION; DECENTRALISED; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; NORMAL FLOW; OBLIQUE FLOW; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; POWER COEFFICIENTS; ROTATIONAL AXIS; STRAIGHT-BLADED; TIP SPEED RATIO; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINES; VORTICITY TRANSPORT MODEL; WAKE DYNAMICS; WIND SPEED; WIND VECTORS;

AERODYNAMIC CONFIGURATIONS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; EXHIBITIONS; NUMERICAL MODELS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WAKES; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 84870187450     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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