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Optimizing a wind turbine’s power output involves the consideration of many elements: blade pitch, blade length, number of blades, direction of rotation, gearbox ratio, and number of blades. This chapter presents a method and setup for quantifying power output, giving a measurement by which the efficacy of a design can be assessed. Incremental design changes can be quickly tested in a trial-and-error approach that converges to form the best solution.
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Koch, G., Koch, E. (2019). Measuring Performance. In: LEGO Wind Energy. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4439-5_6
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