The Economic Optimization of Wind Turbine Design
This thesis studies the optimization of a variable speed, three blade, horizontal-axis wind turbine. The design parameters considered are the rotor diameter, hub height and generator capacity. The levelized cost of energy and simple payback are the figures of merit being minimized. Blade element...
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Georgia Institute of Technology
2008
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/19740 |