Modelling the aerodynamics of vertical-axis wind turbines in unsteady wind conditions

Wind Energy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 91-107

  Scheurich, Frank ^a   Brown, Richard E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

numerical simulation; unsteady wind conditions; vertical axis wind turbine; vorticity transport model

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC CONFIGURATIONS; ANGLE OF ATTACK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; VORTICITY; WAKES; WIND TURBINES;

AERO-DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; CONSTANT ROTATIONAL SPEED; NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; POWER COEFFICIENTS; TURBINE AERODYNAMICS; VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINES; VORTICITY TRANSPORT MODEL; WIND CONDITIONS;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

AERODYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; VORTICITY; WIND PROFILE; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84872932323     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.532     Document Type: Article

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