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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY 33 (2008) 3466– 3470
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Computational method for the design of wind
turbine blades
. Vitalea,b,c, . Rossib,c,Ã
aInstituto Argentino de Oceanografı´a, Camino La Carrindanga Km. , CC 804, B8000FWB Bahı´a Blanca, Argentina
bUniversidad olo´gica Nacional Facultad Regional Bahı´a Blanca, GESE, 11 de Abril 461, B8000LMI Bahı´a Blanca, Argentina
cUniversidad Nacional del Sur, Dpto. de Ing. Ele´ctrica y putadoras, Av. Alem 1253, 8000 Bahı´a Blanca, Argentina
article info abstract
Article history: Zeus Disen˜ ador was developed to design low-power, horizontal-axis wind turbine blades,
Received 27 July 2007 by means of an iterative algorithm. With this software, it is possible to obtain the optimum
Received in revised form blade shape for a wind turbine to satisfy energy requirements of an electric system with
25 April 2008 optimum rotor efficiency. The number of blades, the airfoil curves and the average wind
Accepted 28 April 2008 velocity can be specified by the user. The user can also request particular edge conditions
Available online 18 June 2008 for the width of the blades and for the pitch angle. Results are provided in different
windows. Two- and three-dimensional graphics show the aspect of the resultant blade.
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