The Betz optimum efficiency for windmills

A. Rauh and W. Seelert

Applied Energy, 1984, vol. 17, issue 1, 15-23

Abstract: The derivation of the power coefficient, cp, by Betz is critically analyzed. This is done within the hydrodynamic model used by Betz. Neither the accepted value, cp = 16/27, nor the Froude theorem can be derived rigorously from the model.

Date: 1984
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