THE MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY OF THE CONVERSION OF SOLAR-ENERGY INTO WIND ENERGY

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作者
DEVOS, A [1 ]
FLATER, G [1 ]
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[1] FLATERS TECHNOL NV,B-9290 BERLARE,BELGIUM
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10.1119/1.16756
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G40 [教育学];
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040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
In the present paper, the Gordon and Zarmi model is applied for the conversion of solar energy into wind energy, in such a way that simple calculations lead to a universal result: The upper bound for the conversion efficiency of solar energy into wind energy equals 8.3%.
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