Horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWTs) are the mainstream of wind power industry in the
world; however, as turbines are becoming bigger, the maintenance of equipments grows …

A comparative analysis of seven commonly-used eddy-viscosity turbulence models for CFD
simulations of VAWTs is presented. The models include one-to four-equations, namely the …

Urban wind energy research is crucial for the success or failure of wind turbines installed in
the built environment. Research in this field is fragmented into various research groups …

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 …

A novel computational framework is presented for the lifetime prediction of vertical-axis wind
turbines (VAWTs). The framework uses high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics (CFD) …

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 …

Vertical axis tidal turbines (VATTs) are perceived to be an attractive alternative to their
horizontal axis counterparts in tidal streams due to their omni-directionality. The accurate …

The aim of this study is to present the effects of different Omni-direction-guide-vane (ODGV)
angles on the performance of the vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT). For this purpose, five …

A blade element model is developed to include unsteady lift and drag coefficients and it is
shown that this provides improved prediction of the spectrum of root bending moment of a …

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations are currently one of the most popular
methods for the modelling of a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) that gives good insight on …