Predicting the performance of small wind turbines in the roof-top urban environment

European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2007, EWEC 2007

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 1990-1999

  Watson, Simon ^a   Infield, David ^a   Harding, Mark ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy resource; Energy yield; Small wind turbines; Urban environment; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY FACTORS; ENERGY YIELDS; FLOW REATTACHMENT; MAXIMUM WIND SPEED; OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE; PREVAILING WINDS; SMALL WIND TURBINE; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

BUILDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENERGY RESOURCES; EXHIBITIONS; HOUSES; ROOFS; URBAN GROWTH; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

WIND EFFECTS;

EID: 84875348607     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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