Year: 1981
Type: report
Abstract: This Phase II summary contains a description of the 8 kW wind turbine full-scale hardware fabrication, and the results of the preliminary testing conducted at East Hartford, CT. Also summarized in this report are the results of wind tunnel testing of a 1/3-scale model, which was conducted to evaluate the rotor stability characteristics under stalled overspeed conditions. Although two low speed start-up problems were encountered during the full-scale testing, and subsequently corrected, the system demonstrated the predicted performance characteristics and the basic operating features which are unique to the UTRC design.
DOI: 10.2172/5987689
Authors: R. Taylor, M. Cheney
Language: English
Field: Energy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: U.S. Department of Energy
OpenAlex ID: W22144292