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coal power plant. Heliostat arrays cause about 40% of the costs of central receiver power plants. The cost reduction of … static pressure on the leeward surface of the facets. Consequently it increases the total drag force on the heliostat …. However, the absolute increment of the wind load is very small compared with the overall wind load on the heliostat structure …

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Computational and experimental investigations of an omni-flow wind turbine

Ying, P.; Chen, Y.K.; Xu, Y.G.; Tian, Y. - In: Applied Energy 146 (2015) C, pp. 74-83

Both numerical and experimental studies were conducted to evaluate the performance of an omni-flow wind turbine designed to provide renewable electricity on the top of urban buildings like skyscrapers. The numerical approach was based on Finite Volume Method (FVM) and the turbulence flow was...

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An aerodynamic analysis of a novel small wind turbine based on impulse turbine principles

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The paper presents both a numerical and an experimental approach to study the air flow characteristics of a novel small wind turbine and to predict its performance. The turbine model was generated based on impulse turbine principles in order to be employed in an omni-flow wind energy system in...

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