Investigation of the wake energy recovery of cross-flow turbines in paired configuration by means of 3d-CFD and analysis of the streamwise momentum budget

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Issue		E3S Web Conf. Volume 312, 2021 76^th Italian National Congress ATI (ATI 2021)


Article Number		08011
Number of page(s)		14
Section		Systems for Sustainable Energy Generation
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202131208011
Published online		22 October 2021

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