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Control Volume Analysis for Wind Turbines

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Small Wind Turbines

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Elementary control volume techniques are used to determine the power output and thrust from a wind turbine using the equations of conservation of mass, momentum, angular momentum and energy. The main turbine operating parameters from Chap. 1 are quantified and the Lanchester-Betz limit derived. The analysis in this chapter concentrates on the wind flowing through the blades, rather than the blades themselves which are analysed in Chap. 3.

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  1. Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Calgary, University Dr NW 2500, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada

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Wood, D. (2011). Control Volume Analysis for Wind Turbines. In: Small Wind Turbines. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-175-2_2

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