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P = 0.5*ρAV3 - Morrisville State College

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Turbine Efficiency“… you can’t beat Betz” Albert Betz calculated the theoretical maximumefficiency of a wind machine to be 59% No machine will ever come close to thismaximum› Drag› Blade tip losses› Rotor “wakes” Seek high rotor speeds and low torque (hightorque leaves a larger wake)

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