You have assembled a modern three-bladed upwind WT with a rotor radius of 5 m at sea level where the density is 1.225 kg/m3.
a. If the wind is blowing at an average speed of 10 m/s, what is the power of the wind traveling through the swept area of the rotor?
b. What is the average actual power produced by a turbine of this type at this wind speed? (Hint: Find Cp)
Hint: Find the maximum power coefficient, Cp, based on the following equation for axial induction.