A Shrouded Wind Turbine Generating High Output Power with Wind-lens Technology

We have developed a new wind turbine system that consists of a diffuser shroud with a broad-ring brim at the exit periphery and a wind turbine inside it. The shrouded wind turbine with a brimmed diffuser has demonstrated power augmentation by a factor of about 2–5 compared with a bare wind turbine,...

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Main Authors: Yuji Ohya, Takashi Karasudani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2010-03-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/3/4/634/