A critical review of vertical axis wind turbines for urban applications

R Kumar, K Raahemifar, AS Fung - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Wind energy is one of the most promising renewable energy resources for power
generation, and rapid growth has been seen in its acceptance since 2000. The most …

Computational fluid dynamics and turbulence modelling in various blades of Savonius turbines for wind and hydro energy: Progress and perspectives

A Dewan, SS Tomar, AK Bishnoi, TP Singh - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The world's focus is shifting towards solar and wind energies which are primarily
contributing to renewable energy. Wind turbines are subdivided into horizontal axis wind …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of pitch angle on power performance and aerodynamics of a vertical axis wind turbine

A Rezaeiha, I Kalkman, B Blocken - Applied energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Due to growing interest in wind energy harvesting offshore as well as in the urban
environment, vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) have recently received renewed interest …

Urban wind energy: Some views on potential and challenges

T Stathopoulos, H Alrawashdeh, A Al-Quraan… - Journal of Wind …, 2018 - Elsevier
Urban wind energy consists of the utilization of wind energy technology in applications to the
urban and suburban built environment. The paper provides some views on the progress …

Design and CFD study of a hybrid vertical-axis wind turbine by employing a combined Bach-type and H-Darrieus rotor systems

A Hosseini, N Goudarzi - Energy conversion and management, 2019 - Elsevier
The objective of this work was to design, simulate and evaluate the performance of an
innovative hybrid vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT) for obtaining an extended operational …

Aerodynamic investigation of the start-up process of H-type vertical axis wind turbines using CFD

Y Celik, L Ma, D Ingham, M Pourkashanian - Journal of Wind Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, a CFD start-up model has been built after conducting the sensitivity studies to
evaluate the self-starting behaviour of the H-type vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs). The …

Darrieus wind turbine blade unsteady aerodynamics: a three-dimensional Navier-Stokes CFD assessment

F Balduzzi, J Drofelnik, A Bianchini, G Ferrara, L Ferrari… - Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Energized by the recent rapid progress in high-performance computing and the growing
availability of large computational resources, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is offering …

A decision framework of low-speed wind farm projects in hilly areas based on DEMATEL-entropy-TODIM method from the sustainability perspective: A case in China

Y Wu, M Liao, M Hu, J Lin, J Zhou, B Zhang, C Xu - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The development of low-speed wind farms (LSWFs) has been recognized as the most
promising option for onshore wind power project in the future. However, existing research on …

Enhancing wind energy harvesting performance of vertical axis wind turbines with a new hybrid design: A fluid-structure interaction study

K Liu, M Yu, W Zhu - Renewable Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) provide promising solutions for wind energy harvesting
in complex flow environment. However, it is challenging to guarantee satisfactory self …

Performance evaluation of a novel vertical axis wind turbine with coaxial contra-rotating concept

DH Didane, N Rosly, MF Zulkafli, SS Shamsudin - Renewable energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract the present work, development and aerodynamic performance prediction of a
unique contra-rotating vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) have been studied. The purpose of …