A comprehensive review of innovative wind turbine airfoil and blade designs: Toward enhanced efficiency and sustainability

A Krishnan, ASM Al-Obaidi, LC Hao - Sustainable Energy Technologies …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wind energy is a clean, sustainable energy source crucial in transitioning to a low-carbon
energy system. Wind power has become an affordable source due to technological …

Effects of the Reynolds number and reduced frequency on the aerodynamic performance and dynamic stall behaviors of a vertical axis wind turbine

C Zhu, H Yang, Y Qiu, G Zhou, L Wang, Y Feng… - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Dynamic stall is the main reason for the low power efficiency of vertical axis wind turbines
(VAWTs) at low tip speed ratios, where the utilizable wind kinetic energy is also high …

Investigation of the effect of hidden vortex generator-flap integrated mechanism revealed in low velocities on wind turbine blade flow

M Özden, MS Genç, K Koca - Energy Conversion and Management, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, the flap and vortex generator (VG) mechanisms which were employed
separately in aircraft were used as integrated first in literature. In this mechanism, the flap …

Investigation of aero-hydro-elastic-mooring behavior of a H-type floating vertical axis wind turbine using coupled CFD-FEM method.

Q Liu, M Bashir, G Iglesias, W Miao, M Yue, Z Xu… - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Floating vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) are being explored as a promising new option
for harnessing offshore wind energy due to their unique advantages, including low …

Stall control on the wind turbine airfoil via the single and dual-channel of combining bowing and suction technique

Y Sun, Y Qian, Y Gao, T Wang, L Wang - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Based on the single-channel jet control strategy with a suction slot on the upper surface and
injection slots near the trailing edge on the lower surface, proposed in this work is a novel …

Performance enhancements on wind turbines using flow controllers: A review

K Kord, A Noori, N Hasanpour… - Wind Energy …, 2024 - wes.copernicus.org
An effective strategy for enhancing the performance of wind turbines has been identified in
the utilization of flow controllers. In this review paper, recent advances in flow control …

Numerical simulation study of the injection characteristics affecting trans-/supercritical sprays based on orthogonal experiment design

J Ba, W Wei, L Zhao, X Gang, Z Song, S Xia - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
A mixture of numerical models and orthogonal experiments was used to better understand
the mixing behavior and heat/mass transfer in jets operating under supercritical conditions …

Application of deflected leading and trailing edges to pitching airfoils and cycloidal rotor

L Shi, Y Wang, M Wang, D Zhang - Energy Conversion and Management, 2024 - Elsevier
The cycloidal rotors are often applied to the energy propulsion equipment, and have been
attracting more attention recently. The present work investigates the influence of both …

Multiple boundary layer suction slots technique for performance improvement of vertical-axis wind turbines: Conceptual design and parametric analysis

R Zhang, L Kuang, Y Tu, Z Dong, H Ping, K Zhang… - Physics of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs) are gaining attention for urban and offshore
applications. However, their development is hindered by suboptimal power performance …

Aerodynamic performance enhancement and noise reduction for Darrieus vertical axis wind turbines: V-shaped blades and trailing-edge serrations

J Su, Y Tu, L Kuang, R Zhang, Y Shao, D Zhou… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
The Darrieus vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) are one of the mainstream devices for
wind energy utilization in the urban areas. The market's pursuit of high wind energy …