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Old   July 22, 2010, 12:28
Default Tip speed, RPM, Power, Wind Speed relationships
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How does rpm for a rotor does correlate to the power of a wind turbine?
And how does the wind velocity, V_infinity, does correlate to the power of a wind turbine?

I'm trying to relate the wind velocity to the speed of the blade's tip from a power curve plot (power vs wind speed).

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