Definitive Generic Study of Augmented Horizontal Axis Wind Energy Systems. Executive Summary. Final Report

摘要

A method of increasing the power output of a wind turbine is to add an augmentor system which will act like a converging duct to increase the velocity at the turbine disk and thus increase the energy flux through the power extraction device. The cost-effectiveness of such systems depends upon the trade-off between the additional energy output and the added cost of the augmentor system. The report studies the cost-effectiveness of three different types of augmentors. (ERA citation 05:030589)