Optimum hub height of a wind turbine for maximizing annual net profit

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 100, Issue , 2015, Pages 90-96

  Lee, Jaehwan ^a   Kim, Dong Rip ^a   Lee, Kwan Soo ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Annual Net Profit; Hub height; Optimization; Wind power; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY; RATING; WIND; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER;

ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; ECONOMIES OF SCALE; HUB HEIGHT; NET PROFITS; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION METHOD; OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURES; WIND TURBINE POWER;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 84929154723     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2015.04.059     Document Type: Article

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