Floating vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs) display considerable advantages over
horizontal-axis wind turbines (HAWTs) due to their Omni directionality, better structural …

This paper reviews key issues in the physical and numerical modelling of marine renewable
energy systems, including wave energy devices, current turbines, and offshore wind …

This paper presents a study on the effect of solidity and airfoil profile on the performance of
Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs). A 1.1 kW commercially viable Darrieus VAWT was …

Horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWTs) are the mainstream of wind power industry in the
world; however, as turbines are becoming bigger, the maintenance of equipments grows …

In order to increase the efficiency of straight-bladed vertical axis wind turbine (SB-VAWT),
the inboard, outboard, two-side Gurney flap (GF) and dimple-GF are applied in SB-VAWT …

The vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs), as common wind turbines for harvesting wind
energy, have wide prospects of development. However, the VAWTs are periodically …

Vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) suffer from a poor power performance at low tip speed
ratios, where their blade aerodynamics are dominated by unsteady separation and dynamic …

The installation of a small rod in front of the leading edge of the symmetrical aerofoil as a
passive control approach was proposed to control the dynamic stall of the Darrieus vertical …

In recent days, enhancement of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs) by mitigating flow
deteriorating effects like dynamic stalling, unsteady wake is given great importance. The …

The purpose of present paper is to adopt two-dimensional numerical simulation to
investigate the flow field and flow control effect around a straight-bladed vertical axis wind …