An experimental assessment of blockage and reynolds number effects on wind turbine wake development

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages 949-958

  McTavish, S ^a   Feszty, D ^a   Nitzsche, F ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPANSION; GAS TURBINES; TURBINE COMPONENTS; VISUALIZATION; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES; WIND TURBINES;

BLOCKAGE RATIO; DOWN-STREAM; DYE VISUALIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT; REYNOLD NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER EFFECT; TIP CHORD; TIP SPEED; WAKE EXPANSIONS; WATER CHANNELS;

REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 84881122263     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/GT2012-69335     Document Type: Conference Paper

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