15 Megawatt Holbrook Aerospace Reference Wind Turbine

Designed for windspeeds from 5 to 25 [m/s] Windspeed:
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Designed for windspeeds from 5 to 25 [m/s]

Windspeed [m/s]        5                 11.67             18.33             25           
Pitch [deg]                   0                 -8.0               6.17               18.31              
Thrust [N]                   -0.75e6       -0.17e7         -0.94e6       -0.75e6 
P Shaft [W]                 1.55e6         15.72e6        15.71e6         15.71e6 
P Elect [W]                  1.53e6         15.01e6        15e6             15e6       
RPM                             5.017            5.27             5.27              5.27         
 

Blade radius 119.5 meters.

All performance numbers verified by Qprop, a blade simulation tool made by Mark Drela @ MIT. Input and output files included here.

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