Performance of tornado-type wind turbines with radial inflow supply

Technical Report · Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:5512777

Hsu, C T; Ide, H

Wind tunnel tests were conducted for the performance of tornado-type wind turbines with radial inflow supply from the incoming wind. It was shown that the radial inflow supply was necessary for intensifying a vortex in the wind collecting tower and, consequently, for enhancing the power efficiencies. A maximum power efficiency of 3.8 was obtained for a circular-shaped tower as compared to the value of 0.4 for the conventional windmills.

• Research Organization: Iowa State Univ. of Science and Technology, Ames (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5512777
• Report Number(s): N-8325044
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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