On a self-start Darrieus wind turbine: blade design and field tests

This paper is about a design of an urban area Darrieus VAWT, having self-start ability due to an innovative profile design named EN0005, avoiding the need of extra components or external electricity feed-in. An approach is presented to study the ability of a blade profile to offer self-start ability...

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Main Author: Melicio, Rui (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10174/16508
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/16508