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I'd like to design and build an axial wind turbine, 6 - 7 ft high, 3 -4 ft diameter. Any ideas on how to proceed. I'm just interested in the blade design at this point. Thanks
Chuck
I suggest reading the following report which addresses that very question:
NREL Airfoil Families for HAWTs by J.L.Tanger and D.M.Somers AWEA.1995 (National Renewable Energy Lab). You can find it by doing a google on wind turbine airfoil.
Paul
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Paul Soderman
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38 years as research engineer at NASA
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AIAA, NASA
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B.S. and M.S. Aeronautical Engineering - U. of Washington
Graduate work Standford U.
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AIAA Associate Fellow (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics)
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