INVELOX: Description of a new concept in wind power and its performance evaluation

Energy

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 336-344

  Allaei, Daryoush ^a   Andreopoulos, Yiannis ^b  

^a SheerWind Inc   (United States)

^b City University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Ducted turbines; Sustainable energy; Wind energy; Wind turbines

Indexed keywords

FLOW FIELDS; WIND TURBINES; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER;

AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT; DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DUCTED TURBINES; EXTERNAL FLOW FIELDS; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; WIND POWER INDUSTRY; WIND VELOCITIES; WIND CONDITIONS;

WIND POWER; AERODYNAMICS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXHAUST EMISSION; FLOW MODELING; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INNOVATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 84901487494     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.03.021     Document Type: Article

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