An investigation of radial velocities for a horizontal axis wind turbine in axial and yawed flows

Wind Energy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 529-544

  Micallef, Daniel ^a,b   Van Bussel, Gerard ^a   Ferreira, Carlos Simão ^a   Sant, Tonio ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

3D unsteady potential flow models; axial flow; radial velocity; yawed flow

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW; POTENTIAL FLOW; RADIAL FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WAKES; WIND TURBINES;

BLADE ELEMENT MOMENTUM ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; HORIZONTAL AXIS WIND TURBINES; POTENTIAL FLOW MODEL; RADIAL VELOCITY; STEREO PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; YAWED FLOW;

VELOCITY;

DATA SET; GEOMETRY; RADIAL FLOW; VELOCITY; WAKE; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84877876580     PISSN: 10954244     EISSN: 10991824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/we.1503     Document Type: Article

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