Experimental analysis of the wake of a horizontal-axis wind-turbine model

Renewable Energy

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 31-46

  Lignarolo, L E M ^a   Ragni, D ^a   Krishnaswami, C ^a   Chen, Q ^a,b   Simao Ferreira C J ^a   van Bussel, G J W ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Horizontal axis wind turbines; Tip vortex breakdown; Wake instability; Wake mixing; Wake re energising; Wind turbine wake

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; MIXING; STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING; VELOCITY; VORTEX FLOW; WIND POWER; WIND TUNNELS; WIND TURBINES;

HORIZONTAL AXIS WIND TURBINES; TIP VORTEX; WAKE INSTABILITIES; WAKE MIXING; WIND TURBINE WAKES;

WAKES;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MOMENTUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; TURBULENCE; VORTEX; WAKE; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84902281816     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.01.020     Document Type: Article

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