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Interface for Modeling the Power Output of a Small Wind Turbine


Affiliations
1 Dept. of Mech. Engineering, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria, Nigeria
2 Dept. of Agric. & Biosystem Engineering, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria, Nigeria
 

Wind power is one of the world's fastest growing energy sources. A program was developed using Visual Basic 6.0 to model a small wind turbine drive train and power output before it is being fabricated, deployed and tested.

Keywords

Wind Power, Program, Model Wind Turbine
User

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Authors

K. R. Ajao
Dept. of Mech. Engineering, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria, Nigeria
M. R. Mahamood
Dept. of Mech. Engineering, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria, Nigeria
M. O. Iyanda
Dept. of Agric. & Biosystem Engineering, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria, Nigeria

Abstract


Wind power is one of the world's fastest growing energy sources. A program was developed using Visual Basic 6.0 to model a small wind turbine drive train and power output before it is being fabricated, deployed and tested.

Keywords


Wind Power, Program, Model Wind Turbine

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17485/ijst%2F2009%2Fv2i5%2F29458