Predicting peak power and loads on a fixed-pitch wind tubine. How does the performance of the airfoil in the wind tunnel differ from the performance of an operating horizontal-axis wind turbine (HAWT)?
Butterfield, C. P.; Musial, W. P.; Scott, G. N.; Simms, D. A.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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