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WIND SHADE [1 record]

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Record 1 2013-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wind Energy
DEF

A phenomenon occurring in an area whose surface roughness is such that it generates a loss of kinetic energy from the wind passing through a wind turbine installed on this site and caused by the presence of an obstacle upstream the wind turbine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Énergie éolienne
DEF

Phénomène [...] propre à un site dont la rugosité de surface est telle qu'elle engendre une perte d'énergie cinétique du vent captée par l'éolienne installée sur ce site et qui est dû notamment à la présence d'un obstacle en amont de l'éolienne.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Energía eólica
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