A review of existing technical challenges and their potential solutions in the development of
Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs) is presented in the context. Over the last decade …

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 …

There has been a resurgence of interest in the development of small-scale vertical-axis wind
turbines (VAWTs) in the past few decades as is evident from the plethora of published …

Thanks to the continuous improvement of calculation resources, computational fluid
dynamics (CFD) is expected to provide in the next few years a cost-effective and accurate …

The importance of wind energy has increased at a rapid pace in the last years. As a result,
increasing efforts are taken to improve the efficiency and extend the applicability of wind …

Energized by the recent rapid progress in high-performance computing and the growing
availability of large computational resources, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is offering …

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 …

In unfavourable wind conditions, factors such as low wind speed, high turbulence, and
constant wind direction change can reduce the power production of a horizontal axis wind …

The paper demonstrates the potential of an unsteady RANS 3D approach to predict the
effects of skewed winds on the performance of an H-type vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT) …

H-Darrieus wind turbines are gaining popularity in the wind energy market, particularly as
they are thought to represent a suitable solution even in unconventional installation areas …