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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-4-653-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-4-653-2019
Research article
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11 Dec 2019
Research article |  | 11 Dec 2019

A double-multiple streamtube model for vertical axis wind turbines of arbitrary rotor loading

Anis A. Ayati, Konstantinos Steiros, Mark A. Miller, Subrahmanyam Duvvuri, and Marcus Hultmark

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This work presents an improvement to a popular algorithm used in the prediction of the power of vertical axis wind turbines. While, until now, the algorithm was considered valid only for low rotor speeds and a small number of blades, our improvement makes it valid for any configuration. The predictions of the improved algorithm were found to be of considerable accuracy, when validated with measurements of a small model turbine acquired in a compressed air wind tunnel.
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