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Title: Vertical-axis wind turbines -- The current status of an old technology

Abstract

Vertical-axis wind turbine technology is not well understood, even though the earliest wind machines rotated about a vertical axis. The operating environment of a vertical-axis wind turbine is quite complex, but detailed analysis capabilities have been developed and verified over the last 30 years. Although vertical-axis technology has not been widely commercialized, it exhibits both advantages and disadvantages compared to horizontal-axis technology, and in some applications, it appears to offer significant advantages.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
432928
Report Number(s):
SAND-96-2400C; CONF-9611121-1
ON: DE97000171; TRN: AHC29704%%43
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Japan Wind Energy Association symposium, Tokyo (Japan), 21 Nov 1996; Other Information: PBD: [1996]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
17 WIND ENERGY; VERTICAL AXIS TURBINES; HORIZONTAL AXIS TURBINES; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; PERFORMANCE; STRESSES

Citation Formats

Berg, D E. Vertical-axis wind turbines -- The current status of an old technology. United States: N. p., 1996. Web.
Berg, D E. Vertical-axis wind turbines -- The current status of an old technology. United States.
Berg, D E. 1996. "Vertical-axis wind turbines -- The current status of an old technology". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/432928.
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abstractNote = {Vertical-axis wind turbine technology is not well understood, even though the earliest wind machines rotated about a vertical axis. The operating environment of a vertical-axis wind turbine is quite complex, but detailed analysis capabilities have been developed and verified over the last 30 years. Although vertical-axis technology has not been widely commercialized, it exhibits both advantages and disadvantages compared to horizontal-axis technology, and in some applications, it appears to offer significant advantages.},
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year = {Tue Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1996},
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