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 …

Investigation of the effect of critical structural parameters on the aerodynamic performance of the double darrieus vertical axis wind turbine

Z Shen, S Gong, G Xie, H Lu, W Guo - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Double Darrieus Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (DD-VAWT) can efficiently capture wind
energy at low tip speed ratios. In this work, the laws governing the effects of critical structural …

An optimization framework for wind farm layout design using CFD-based Kriging model

Z Wang, Y Tu, K Zhang, Z Han, Y Cao, D Zhou - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Wind farm layout optimization (WFLO) seeks to alleviate the wake loss and maximize wind
farm power output efficiency, and is a crucial process in the design and planning of wind …

A numerical study on a winglet floating breakwater: Enhancing wave dissipation performance

H Yuan, H Zhang, G Wang, J Tu - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Box-type floating breakwaters (FBs), widely used for marine protection, face challenges in
their wave dissipation capabilities. Although the effectiveness of the winglet-type floating …

Investigation of the wind turbine aerodynamic performance via the combining blowing and suction flow control

Y Sun, Y Qian, T Wang, L Wang, C Zhu, Y Gao - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The single-channel jet control strategy, with a suction slot on the upper surface and an
injection slot near the trailing edge on the lower surface, has the dual benefit of both …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] A numerical study of bio-inspired wingtip modifications of modern wind turbines

K RahnamayBahambary, MR Kavian-Nezhad… - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, we propose an efficient turbine retrofit based on the use of bio-inspired winglets
to increase the power production of a wind turbine. To assess the capability of the modified …

NREL Phase VI wind turbine blade tip with S809 airfoil profile winglet design and performance analysis using computational fluid dynamics

G Dejene, VR Ancha, A Bekele - Cogent Engineering, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
A crucial factor in designing the wind turbine blade tips for improved aerodynamic
performance is the winglet geometry. The potentials of curved planform winglet profiles for …

An analysis of the effects of a fused blade tip construction on a wind turbine's aerodynamic performance and wake flow characteristics was carried out

Y Dai, L Zhong, B Li, Z Deng, J Wang, C Zhao - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
In order to address the energy problem and increase wind turbine efficiency, this study
suggests a fusion tip shape. The construction permits blade tip folding angle adjustment …

[HTML][HTML] Investigations on thermal profiles and flow structures in a square channel equipped with staggered vortex turbulators

A Boonloi, N Lewpiriyawong… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Given the escalating energy demands today, improving the efficiency of engineering
equipment is crucial for optimizing energy use. This study focuses on enhancing heat …