Betz's law
Ley de Betz
- Date
- 1919 · confidence high
- Place
- Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Credited to
- Albert Betz
- Field
- Matter & energy
What was discovered
An aerodynamics law setting the maximum fraction of wind kinetic energy a turbine can extract (16/27, or 59.3%), published by German physicist Albert Betz.
What it led to
- Modern wind turbine design
- Industrial wind power
- Turbine blade optimization
- Renewable energy engineering