| Abstract: A wind turbine blade having a geometry that decreases the distance
downstream at which freestream momentum is recovered is disclosed. The
blade design increases the loading on the inboard portion of the blade
and unloads the tip portion relative to a conventional blade designed to
maximize power coefficient. A wind farm having a reduced inter-turbine
distance and including one or more wind turbines having the new blade
designs is also disclosed. |
| Filed: 12/22/2015 |
| Application Number: 14/979080 |
| This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |
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