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Small wind turbine effectiveness in the urban environment

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  • Battisti, L.
  • Benini, E.
  • Brighenti, A.
  • Dell’Anna, S.
  • Raciti Castelli, M.

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The aerodynamic design of small wind turbines for the urban setting attracts increasing interest within the scientific community, but the adoption of a proper control strategy may be just as important, especially in high turbulent winds, where such energy conversion devices should ideally operate. As a matter of fact, the mere rotor efficiency is meaningless unless the system has also the capability of rapidly changing its angular speed in case of a sudden variation of the wind velocity, to reach a new optimal operating condition. This work will attempt neither to develop dynamic simulation models nor to examine possible turbine control strategies, being the focus much broader, namely, the investigation of operational contexts where the peculiar inertial characteristics of wind turbines would compromise any form of robust control.

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  • Battisti, L. & Benini, E. & Brighenti, A. & Dell’Anna, S. & Raciti Castelli, M., 2018. "Small wind turbine effectiveness in the urban environment," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 129(PA), pages 102-113.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:129:y:2018:i:pa:p:102-113
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2018.05.062
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