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Types of Wind Turbines

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Introduction to Wind Turbine Aerodynamics

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Equation (1.5) from Chap. 1 may also be used to define an efficiency or power coefficient \(0 \le c_P \le 1\):

$$\begin{aligned} c_P = \frac{P}{\frac{\rho }{2} A_r \cdot v^3} \; . \end{aligned}$$

Wind turbine aerodynamic analysis frequently involves the derivation of useful equations and numbers for this quantity.

Ich halte dafür, daß das einzige Ziel der Wissenschaft darin besteht, die Mühseligkeit der menschlichen Existenz zu erleichtern (B. Brecht, Life of Galileo, 1941). [4] (Presumably for the principle that science’s sole aim must be to lighten the burden of human existence.)

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    A more detailed discussion can be found in Sect. 2.6.

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Schaffarczyk, A.P. (2020). Types of Wind Turbines. In: Introduction to Wind Turbine Aerodynamics. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41028-5_2

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