Design tools
As wind turbine designs become more complex, computer codes are an increasingly important tool for the wind turbine designer. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory`s (NREL`s) National Wind Technology Center (NWTC) and its subcontractors have developed a variety of sophisticated computer codes that model wind characteristics, the interactions of the wind with wind turbine blades, turbine structures, power output, and total wind system operation. This fact sheet briefly highlights design codes and provides directions for obtaining the codes. Selected codes are also available via file transfer protocol from the NWTC home page at http: //nwtc.nrel.gov.
- Research Organization:
- Midwest Research Inst., Kansas City, MO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-83CH10093
- OSTI ID:
- 254343
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/SP--440-20495; ON: DE96007911
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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