Among renewable sources of energy, wind is the most widely used resource due to its
commercial acceptance, low cost and ease of operation and maintenance, relatively much …

Wind energy technology is one of the fastest growing alternative energy technologies.
However, conventional turbines commercially available in some countries are designed to …

Low starting torque is considered as one of the major drawbacks of Darrieus type vertical
axis wind turbine (VAWT). Design optimization to overcome this problem by modifying the …

Wind energy conversion is contributing significantly to the new clean energy transition but,
up to now, such contribution is mainly driven by large multi-MW windfarms. On the other …

The performance of a vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) deteriorates at low tip speed ratios
(TSR) and it is mainly characterized by flow separation and dynamic stall. Several mitigating …

The flow separation could affect the aerodynamic performance of the wind turbine blades
and induce to occur the stall of the wind turbine blades at high angle of attack. The leading …

The wind energy has positioned itself as a most promising sustainable energy. The straight-
bladed vertical axis wind turbines (SB-VAWTs), as a common turbine for harvesting wind …

In the present work, a narrow span-wise rectangular channel (referred to as a slot) is
introduced and drilled near the leading edge of a finite-span cambered airfoil to study its …

Recent studies have revealed that passive leading-edge slots on the pressure side has the
potential to increase both the peak and overall CL/CD of airfoils and may possess an …

Prevailing utilization of airfoils in the design of micro air vehicles and wind turbines causes
to gain attention in terms of determination of flow characterization on these flight vehicles …