A review of modelling techniques for floating offshore wind turbines

A Otter, J Murphy, V Pakrashi, A Robertson… - Wind …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Modelling floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) is challenging due to the strong coupling
between the aerodynamics of the turbine and the hydrodynamics of the floating platform …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic inflow model for a floating horizontal axis wind turbine in surge motion

C Ferreira, W Yu, A Sala, A Viré - Wind Energy Science, 2022 - wes.copernicus.org
Floating offshore wind turbines may experience large surge motions, which can cause blade–
vortex interaction if they are similar to or faster than the local wind speed. Previous research …

The assessment of a fast computational method in predicting the unsteady loads of vertical axis wind turbines undergoing floating motion

NR Hau, B Augier, B Paillard, M Träsch… - Journal of Wind …, 2023 - Elsevier
The low center of gravity and low center of thrust of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWT) are
interesting characteristics when considering Floating-Offshore Wind Turbine (FOWT) …

Function of the turbo‐sail airfoil applied to the Darrieus wind turbine

Y Ono, R Sayama, Y Murai, HJ Park, Y Tasaka - Wind Energy, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The use of a turbo‐sail airfoil to improve the power generation of a Darrieus wind turbine
was examined. The turbo‐sail airfoil comprises a symmetric blade from which a high‐speed …

Effect of Macroscopic Turbulent Gust on the Aerodynamic Performance of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine

L Srinivasan, N Ram, SB Rengarajan, U Divakaran… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs) have proven to be suitable for changing wind
conditions, particularly in urban settings. In this paper, a 2D URANS (Unsteady Reynolds …

A computational fluid dynamics analysis on enhancing wind turbine efficiency through synthetic jet actuation

A Matiz-Chicacausa, S Molano, OL Mejia - Journal of Renewable and …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Synthetic jets (SJs) offer a promising technique for enhancing aerodynamic efficiency in
vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs) by controlling boundary layer separation on airfoils. This …

A Verified Numerical Tool to Investigate the Performance of Floating Vertical Axis Wind Turbines

N Rosado Hau, B Augier, B Pallard, M Träsch… - AIAA SCITECH 2023 …, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-2244. vid A Floating-Offshore
Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (FOVAWT) might experience a six-degree-of-freedom (DOF) …

System for variable pitch vertical axis wind turbine

MC Calin, LM Ungureanu… - … Journal of Technical …, 2023 - rjts-applied-mechanics.ro
Climate changes and their effect worldwide point toward high need of renewable energy
resources exploitation and, consequently, adequate policies on regulation for efficient …

A Novel Blade-Pitching Mechanism Design and Testing for Micro Vertical-Axis Water Turbines

SR Sheikh, ZU Koreshi, U Rauf, S Khalil… - Technical …, 2020 - tj.uettaxila.edu.pk
This paper deals with improving the power output of a vertical-axis water turbine by
controlling blade pitch-angle. During turbine rotation, the angle-of-attack of the blades varies …