International Journal of Rotating Machinery
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 505343, 7 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/505343
Research Article

H-Darrieus Wind Turbine with Blade Pitch Control

I. Paraschivoiu,1 O. Trifu,1 and F. Saeed2

1Département de Génie Mécanique, École Polytechnique de Montreal, CP 6079 succursale Centre-Ville, Montreal, QC, H3C 3A7, Canada
2Aerospace Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Mail Box 1637, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia

Received 1 September 2008; Revised 10 February 2009; Accepted 6 April 2009

Academic Editor: Shigenao Maruyama

Copyright © 2009 I. Paraschivoiu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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