Betz's law

English

Etymology

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

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.
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