Analysis of the wind turbine noise emissions and impact on the environment

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 58, Issue , 2016, Pages 825-831

  Katinas, Vladislovas ^a   Marčiukaitis, Mantas ^a   Tamašauskiene, Marijona ^a  

^a LITHUANIAN ENERGY INSTITUTE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Acoustic noise; Background noise; Impact on environment; Noise propagation; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; AERODYNAMICS; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FLOW VELOCITY; NOISE POLLUTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WIND;

BACKGROUND NOISE; BACKGROUND NOISE LEVELS; IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT; IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT; NOISE EMISSIONS; NOISE IMPACT; NOISE LEVELS; NOISE PROPAGATION; NOISE SPECTRUM; WIND TURBINE NOISE;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 84954289470     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.12.140     Document Type: Review

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