Floating vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs) display considerable advantages over
horizontal-axis wind turbines (HAWTs) due to their Omni directionality, better structural …

Small Darrieus hydrokinetic turbines with fixed pitch blades typically suffer from poor starting
torque, low efficiency and shaking due to large fluctuations in both radial and tangential …

Installation of H-type vertical axis wind turbines is in many cases limited by the inherent start-
up issues associated with this type of turbine. This could be crucial in environments with low …

Numerical research for vertical axis wind turbine with different thicknesses or different
cambers of airfoils was conducted in this paper. By comparing with the experiment results …

The current design of vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) suffers from inevitable change in
tip speed ratio, λ, in variant wind conditions due to fixed rotor speed. At relatively high wind …

Vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) provide promising solutions for wind energy harvesting
in complex flow environment. However, it is challenging to guarantee satisfactory self …

Full-scale, 3D, time-dependent aerodynamics and fluid–structure interaction (FSI)
simulations of a Darrieus-type vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT) are presented. A structural …

Most of the experimental research on vertical axis wind turbines was carried out during 1970–
1980s but, recently, the potential of wind energy harvesting in new environments has …

Self-start capability is an important feature of wind turbines. It allows to obtain simpler and
cheaper turbines not actively controlled. Different approaches to describe the self-start of an …

The H-Darrieus vertical axis turbine is one of the most promising wind energy converters for
locations where there are rapid variations of wind direction, such as in the built environment …