Optimum project for horizontal axis wind turbines ‘OPHWT’

Kamoun Badreddinne, Helali Ali and Afungchui David

Renewable Energy, 2005, vol. 30, issue 13, 2019-2043

Abstract: The objective of this project ‘OPHWT’ is to develop an efficient numerical code, for the optimisation of the aerodynamic characteristics of horizontal axis wind turbines. A vortex model has been treated based on the lifting line theory.

Keywords: Wind Turbine; Vortex Theory; Optimum Circulation; Lifting Line; Variational problem; Power coefficient; Induced Velocities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2004.12.004

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