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Wind Power for the World
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Wind Power for the World

by Preben Maegaard, Anna Krenz, Wolfgang Palz
June 2013
Beginner content levelBeginner
676 pages
20h 39m
English
CRC Press
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The Aerodynamic Research on Windmill Sails of Poul la Cour
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production.
Figure 4.4 La Cour’s windmill in Askov.
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turbine and a vertical spindle down to the DC dynamo in the building.
To begin with it was used with canvas sails, but very soon these were
changed to wooden shutters, which were a well-known technology.
But la Cour is known for the improvement of the automatic regulating
system of the shutters.
Figure 4.5 Details of the sails.
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