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Betz's law

Betz's law proper noun: a law describing the maximum power that can be extracted from the wind. It states that no turbine, regardless of its design, can capture more than 16/27 (59.3%) of the kinetic energy in wind.

Proper noun

Betz's law

  1. A law describing the maximum power that can be extracted from the wind. It states that no turbine, regardless of its design, can capture more than 16/27 (59.3%) of the kinetic energy in wind.

Origin of Betz's law

It was published in 1919, by the German physicist Albert Betz.

Questions about Betz's law

What does Betz's law mean?
Betz's law means a law describing the maximum power that can be extracted from the wind. It states that no turbine, regardless of its design, can capture more than 16/27 (59.3%) of the kinetic energy in wind.
What part of speech is Betz's law?
Betz's law is a proper noun.

Words near Betz's law in the dictionary

  1. Betz
  2. Betz cell
  3. Betz cells
  4. Betz limit
  5. Betz limits
  6. Betz's law
  7. Betzer
  8. Betzers
  9. Betzes
  10. Betzold
  11. Betzolds

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