Cross-sectional geometry of a horizontal axis tidal stream turbine (HATST) blade was
optimized using surrogate models and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis. The …

This paper presents the development of the continuous adjoint method for incompressible
fluid flows, solved for the absolute velocity in the relative reference frame, allowing the …

Horizontal axis wind turbines are some of the most widely used clean energy generators in
the world. Horizontal axis wind turbine blades need to be designed for optimization in order …

We have recently presented an initial study of evolutionary algorithms used to design
vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs) wherein candidate prototypes are evaluated under fan …

The draft tube design of low and medium head hydraulic turbines plays an important role in
determining the efficiency and power output. Proposed Francis draft tube geometry was …

The analysis of horizontal axis wind turbines has been subject to investigation to improve
their efficiency. However, the rotor performance evaluation has been a challenge since each …

Aerodynamic performance of two small-scale horizontal axis wind turbines are analyzed
under the extreme operating gust and extreme direction change conditions with initial wind …

The effect of selecting the twist angle and chord length distributions on the wind turbine
blade design was investigated by performing aerodynamic optimization of a two-bladed stall …

The performance of any Evolutionary Algorithm (EA) is closely related to the topographical
features of the problem fitness landscape it is applied to. It is therefore of paramount …

In order to improve the performance of the draft tube in hydraulic turbine, a multi–objective
optimization method for the draft tube is developed by combining the design of experiment …