The starting and low wind speed behaviour of a small horizontal axis wind turbine

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 92, Issue 14-15, 2004, Pages 1265-1279

  Wright, Andrew K ^a   Wood, D H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blade element method; Field test; Small wind turbine; Starting

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ROTORS; TORQUE; WIND TURBINES;

BLADE DESIGN; WIND SPEED BEHAVIOUR;

WIND EFFECTS;

AEROFOIL; BLADE; HORIZONTAL AXIS WIND TURBINE; TORQUE; WIND ENGINEERING; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 8644262398     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2004.08.003     Document Type: Article

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