Abstract
The Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI), in cooperation with SeaWest Energy Group, has completed extensive atmospheric testing of the special-purpose SERI thin-airfoil family during the 1990 wind season. The purpose of this test program was to experimentally verify the predicted performance characteristics of the thin-airfoil family on a geometrically optimized blade, and to compare it tooriginal-equipment blades under atmospheric wind conditions. The tests were run on two identical Micon 65/13 horizontal-axis wind turbines installed side-by-side in a wind farm. The thin-airfoil family 7.96 m blades were installed on one turbine and AeroStar 7.41 m blades were installed on the other. This paper presents final performance results of the side-by-side comparative field test forboth clean and dirty blade conditions.
| Original language | American English |
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| Number of pages | 7 |
| State | Published - 1990 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/TP-257-3939
Keywords
- atmospheric testing
- geometrically optimized blade
- horizontal-axis
- thin airfoil family