Suitability of utilizing small horizontal axis wind turbines for off grid loads in eastern region of Saudi Arabia

Energy Exploration and Exploitation

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 449-467

  Rehman, S ^a   Baseer, M A ^b,c   Meyer, J P ^b   Alam, Md M ^d   Alhems, L M ^a   Lashin, A ^e,f   Al Arifi, N ^g  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c JUBAIL INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE   (Saudi Arabia)

^d HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^f BENHA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^g KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Annual energy yield; Hub height; Small wind turbine; Turbulence intensity; Wind power density; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

WIND; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER;

ENERGY YIELDS; HUB HEIGHT; SMALL WIND TURBINE; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; WIND POWER DENSITY; WIND SPEED;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 84976609394     PISSN: 01445987     EISSN: 20484054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0144598716630170     Document Type: Article

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