Applying micro scales of horizontal axis wind turbines for operation in low wind speed regions

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 87, Issue , 2014, Pages 119-127

  Pourrajabian, Abolfazl ^a   Ebrahimi, Reza ^a   Mirzaei, Masoud ^a  

^a K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blade; Genetic algorithm; Low wind speed regions; Micro wind turbines; Optimization; Starting time

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; WIND; SPEED; TURBINE COMPONENTS; WIND TURBINES;

BLADE; BLADE-ELEMENT MOMENTUMS; GEOMETRIC OPTIMIZATION; HORIZONTAL AXIS WIND TURBINES; LOW WIND SPEED; MICRO-WIND TURBINES; STARTING PERFORMANCE; STARTING TIME;

WIND TURBINES; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 84904859773     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2014.07.003     Document Type: Article

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