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Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by Frank Kreith, Susan Krumdieck
August 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
790 pages
30h 5m
English
CRC Press
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3.3.1 Noise Issues
Noise issues related to wind energy have been reported since the 1980s. Problems were ini-
tially found with the mechanical design as well as blade design and operation. For example,
the 2 MW MOD-1 turbine developed by NASA in the late 1970s was a two-bladed turbine
(61 m rotor diameter) [2]. It operated with the turbine blades downstream of a lattice tower
structure. Low-frequency noise was produced as the turbine blades moved in and out of
the “tower shadow” caused by wind owing around and through the lattice tower. Noise
of signicant magnitude ...
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ISBN: 9781466556966