The high emission of fossil fuels are major driving forces in renewable energy technology
development. In response, the lift-type vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT) is experiencing a …

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

With the main advantages of simple shape, smart structural and wind direction
independence, Straight-bladed vertical axis wind turbines has been increasingly used in …

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 …

Abstract Computational Fluid Dynamics is thought to provide in the near future an essential
contribution to the development of Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines. The unsteady flow past …

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

Abstract Gurney Flaps (GFs) can enhance the aerodynamic performance of airfoils, making
them generate more lift and delaying the onset of stall. Since their potential was discovered …

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 …

Numerical research for vertical axis wind turbine with different thicknesses or different
cambers of airfoils was conducted in this paper. By comparing with the experiment results …

Cross-flow turbines harness kinetic energy in wind or moving water. Due to their unsteady
fluid dynamics, it can be difficult to predict the interplay between aspects of rotor geometry …