Effects of Reynolds Number on the Energy Conversion and Near-Wake Dynamics of a High Solidity Vertical-Axis Cross-Flow Turbine

Experiments were performed with a large laboratory-scale high solidity cross-flow turbine to investigate Reynolds number effects on performance and wake characteristics and to establish scale thresholds for physical and numerical modeling of individual devices and arrays. It was demonstrated that th...

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Main Authors: Peter Bachant, Martin Wosnik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-01-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/9/2/73