Application of engineering models to predict wake deflection due to a tilted wind turbine

European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2012, EWEC 2012

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1044-1049

  Guntur, Srinivas ^a   Troldborg, Niels ^a   Gaunaa, Mac ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Tilt; Wake deflection; Wind turbines; Yaw

Indexed keywords

CFD COMPUTATION; EMPIRICAL MODEL; ENGINEERING MODELS; TILT; UNIFORM INFLOW; VERTICAL DIRECTION; WIND DIRECTIONS; YAW;

ACTUATOR DISKS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXHIBITIONS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

WAKES;

EID: 84884302842     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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