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Improving The Efficiency Of Wind Farm Turbines Using External Airfoils, Shujaut Bader
Improving The Efficiency Of Wind Farm Turbines Using External Airfoils, Shujaut Bader
Masters Theses
Wind turbine efficiency typically focuses on the shape, orientation, or stiffness of the turbine blades. In this thesis, the focus is instead on using static fixed airfoils in proximity to the wind turbine to control the airflow coming out of the turbine. These control devices have three beneficial effects. (1) They gather air from “higher up” where the air is moving faster on average (and therefore has more kinetic energy in it). (2) They throw the used (and slowed down air) downwards. This means that any turbines in the wind farm behind the lead turbines do not get “stale” air. …