Alternative design for variable-geometry rotor of vertical axis wind turbine

• Main Author: Jungao, Erwin A.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2005
• Subjects: Engineering design; Wind turbines; Rotors; Manufacturing; Mechanical Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/3333; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=10171&context=etd_masteral
• Institution: De La Salle University

The Philippine Energy Plan 1999-2008 projected a wind energy contribution of 410 MW. This action is a part of its commitment to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and to utilize the countrys wind resource potential. However, the country is situated in a typhoon-belt. Wind...