The Aerodynamics and Performance of Small Scale Wind Turbine Starting

Sobotta, Dorit (2015) The Aerodynamics and Performance of Small Scale Wind Turbine Starting. PhD thesis, University of Sheffield.

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Supervisors: Howell, Robert and Jing, Lou
Keywords: wind turbine, hawt, cfd, computational fluid dynamics, starting, start up, horizontal axis wind turbine, simulation, small scale turbine, boundary layer, bem, blade element momentum theroy, geometry, thickness, pitch, design, fluent, unsteady simulation, transient simulation, mrf, moving reference frame, quasi steady, quasi steady simulation, mesh, structured, hybrid, unstructured, nrel, nrel phase vi, energy yield, energy, starting time, power, aerodynamics, scale, wind speed, reynolds number, tip speed ratio, aerofoil, airfoil, k-epsilon, k-omega, sliding mesh, torque, moment, stream lines, radius, small scale wind turbine, small hawt
Awarding institution: University of Sheffield
Academic Units: The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Mechanical Engineering (Sheffield)
Identification Number/EthosID: uk.bl.ethos.678767
Depositing User: Dorit Sobotta
Date Deposited: 03 Feb 2016 16:59
Last Modified: 12 Dec 2023 12:58

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