Analysis of the Madaras Rotor Power Plant: an alternate method for extracting large amounts of power from the wind. Volume 2. Technical report

Technical Report · Thu Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5556772· OSTI ID:5556772

Whitford, D. H.; Minardi, J. E.; West, B. S.; Dominic, R. J.

The purpose of the program was to analyze and up-date the design of the Madaras Rotor Power Plant concept that had been developed in the 1930's to determine the technical and economic feasibility of this system to be competitive with conventional horizontal axis wind turbines. A four-task program consisting of a series of wind tunnel tests, an electro-mechanical analysis, a performance analysis, and a cost analysis was conducted.

• Research Organization: Dayton Univ., OH (USA). Research Inst.
• OSTI ID: 5556772
• Report Number(s): DSE-2554-78/2(Vol.2)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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