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Prospects for development of wind turbines with orthogonal rotor

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The experimental data obtained previously on the investigation of power characteristics and the possibility of the self-start of the Darrieus rotor are anlysed. These results are used at the design of new two-tier wind turbines with straight blades. The full-scale tests of two design variants showed the prospects for the development of wind turbines with the Darrieus rotor. At a reasonable design, they do not need any devices for the rotor orientation and start-up, are little sensitive to wind gusts and can have a high level of power characteristics, which is not inferior to the best samples of the units of propeller type.

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  1. Omsk Branch of the Institute of Mathematics SB RAS, Omsk, Russia

    D. N. Gorelov

  2. GRTs-Vertical, Ltd, Miass, Chelyabinsk Region, Russia

    V. P. Krivospitsky

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Gorelov, D.N., Krivospitsky, V.P. Prospects for development of wind turbines with orthogonal rotor. Thermophys. Aeromech. 15, 153–157 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0869864308010149

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