Nick notes that there's something funny if an array reduces effective wind for
a peleton of sweaty b icy clistes, but increases it for a bunch of spinning
turbines. And he's dead right! A nd these are legitimate, rational questions
that an intelligen t layman should ask. The answer is that
/28/2009 10:31:30 AM
Subject: [FRIAM] Array Interference
Nick notes that there's something funny if an array reduces effective wind for
a peleton of sweaty bicyclistes, but increases it for a bunch of spinning
turbines. And he's dead right! And these are legitimate, rational questions
plissa...@comcast.net wrote:
I was concerned at his naive statement that the power increases
because the rotational speed increases.
Wouldn't it be remarkable for these Caltech guys (ok, trained in
aerodynamics but researching biopropulsion) to not hold torque fixed in
their models?
Marcus
plissa...@comcast.net wrote:
When I study it, I'll brief Friamers on the content, and its validity.
Looking forward to that!
Thanks,
Marcus
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