Energy exchange in an array of vertical-axis wind turbines

Journal of Turbulence

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-13

  Kinzel, Matthias ^a   Mulligan, Quinn ^a   Dabiri, John O ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy transport; Roughness length; Turbulence; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RECOVERY; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY; WAKES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

BLOCKAGE EFFECTS; COUNTER ROTATING; ENERGY EXCHANGES; ENERGY TRANSPORT; HORIZONTAL-AXIS WIND TURBINES; LARGE-SCALE WIND FARMS; MEAN WIND SPEED; MEASUREMENTS OF; METEOROLOGICAL TOWER; PLANFORM; ROTOR DIAMETER; ROUGHNESS LENGTH; SOURCE OF ENERGY; THREE-COMPONENT; TURBULENCE KINETIC ENERGY; ULTRASONIC ANEMOMETER; VELOCITY FIELD; VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINES; WAKE REGION; WIND FARM;

TURBINE COMPONENTS;

ANEMOMETER; BOUNDARY LAYER; FLOW VELOCITY; KINETIC ENERGY; WAKE; WIND FARM; WIND TURBINE; FLOW FIELD; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURBULENCE; ULTRASONICS; WIND POWER;

EID: 84871156314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14685248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14685248.2012.712698     Document Type: Article

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