NREL Combined Experimental Final Report--Phase II

Technical Report · Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/883861· OSTI ID:883861

Butterfield, C P; Musial, W P; Scott, G N; Simms, D A

Predicting peak power and loads on a fixed-pitch wind turbine. How does the performance of the airfoil in the wind tunnel differ from the performance of an operating horizontal-axis wind turbine (HAWT)?

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99-GO10337
• OSTI ID: 883861
• Report Number(s): NREL/TP-442-4807; TRN: US200615%%301
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

17 WIND ENERGY
AIRFOILS
PEAK LOAD
PERFORMANCE
WIND TUNNELS
WIND TURBINES
WIND POWER
HAWT
MEASUREMENT
INSTRUMENTATION
WIND TUNNEL TESTS
AIRFOIL ROUGHNESS TESTING
Wind Energy