Wind tunnel testing of a horizontal axis wind turbine rotor and comparison with simulations from two Blade Element Momentum codes

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 123, Issue , 2013, Pages 99-106

  Monteiro, João P ^a   Silvestre, Miguel R ^a   Piggott, Hugh ^b   André, Jorge C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b Scoraig Wind Electric   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Simulations; Smallwind turbine; Wind tunnel experiments

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CODES (SYMBOLS); HAND TOOLS; SPEED; TURBINE COMPONENTS; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; WIND STRESS; WIND TURBINES;

BLADE-ELEMENT MOMENTUMS; HORIZONTAL AXIS WIND TURBINES; POWER COEFFICIENTS; SIMULATIONS; WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENT; WIND TUNNEL TESTS; WIND-TUNNEL DATA; WIND-TUNNEL TESTING;

WIND TUNNELS;

EID: 84887012106     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2013.09.008     Document Type: Article

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