Convergent-diffuser for small horizontal wind turbines

A small horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT) equipped with an annular Convergent-Diffuser (C-D) is under development. Small to medium wind turbines equipped solely with a diffuser are becoming quite common: the annular structure around the rotor decreases the pressure downstream the rotor, augmenting...

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Main Author: Ribeiro, Luís Frölén (author)
Other Authors: Paulo, Jorge Alexandre Rente (author), Garcia, Valdemar (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10198/11089
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:bibliotecadigital.ipb.pt:10198/11089