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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Main Author: Schmidt, Michael Frank
Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1853/19740