Various wind resource assessment (WRA) methods have been applied to explore the
feasibility of installing wind turbines for urban wind energy harvest. Nevertheless, there are …

Abstract Computational Fluid Dynamics is thought to provide in the near future an essential
contribution to the development of vertical-axis wind turbines, helping this technology to rise …

Urban wind energy consists of the utilization of wind energy technology in applications to the
urban and suburban built environment. The paper provides some views on the progress …

Presently small wind turbines are receiving greater attention, due to the extensive promotion
of decentralized power generation in a sustainable way by national and international …

Urban wind energy can provide a decentralized local source of energy for residential areas
and reduce the cost of energy by avoiding the losses/costs of long-distance energy …

The present study mainly focused on a new design of deflector by utilizing a rotating cylinder
to augment the overall performance of the drag-type Savonius turbine since the negative …

This work deals with a computational investigation emphasized on the calibration of a
turbulence model regarding to the operational capability of a SS-HAWT (small-scale …

There is great potential in the use of urban wind energy to form electricity generation
modules over a distribution network to maximize wind power production in densely …

In urban areas, vertical axis wind turbines have been installed on both sides of the road and
rooftop. Compared with rooftop, vertical axis wind turbines mounted on the side of a building …

While modern wind turbines have become by far the largest rotating machines on Earth with
further upscaling planned for the future, a renewed interest in small wind turbines (SWTs) is …