A critical review of vertical axis wind turbines for urban applications

R Kumar, K Raahemifar, AS Fung - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Wind energy is one of the most promising renewable energy resources for power
generation, and rapid growth has been seen in its acceptance since 2000. The most …

[HTML][HTML] Selection guidelines for wind energy technologies

AG Olabi, T Wilberforce, K Elsaid, T Salameh… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
The building block of all economies across the world is subject to the medium in which
energy is harnessed. Renewable energy is currently one of the recommended substitutes for …

Performance parameters of Savonius type hydrokinetic turbine–A Review

A Kumar, RP Saini - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Energy crisis and high emission of fossil fuels are major driving forces for develo**
renewable energy based technologies. In order to meet growing demand for energy …

Performance analysis of a Savonius hydrokinetic turbine having twisted blades

A Kumar, RP Saini - Renewable Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
In the quest for renewable energy sources, kinetic energy available in small water streams,
river streams or human-made canals may provide new avenue which can be harnessed by …

Principle parameters and environmental impacts that affect the performance of wind turbine: an overview

MBA Bashir - Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 2022 - Springer
The share of wind-based electricity generation is gradually increasing in the world energy
market. Wind energy can reduce dependency on fossil fuels, as the result being attributed to …

Unsteady analysis on the instantaneous forces and moment arms acting on a novel Savonius-style wind turbine

S Roy, A Ducoin - Energy Conversion and Management, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper aims to present a transient analysis on the forces acting on a novel two-bladed
Savonius-style wind turbine. Two-dimensional unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes …

A review of the optimization studies for Savonius turbine considering hydrokinetic applications

NR Maldar, CY Ng, E Oguz - Energy Conversion and Management, 2020 - Elsevier
The trend of utilizing renewable energy sources is witnessing a brisk growth around the
world. Among the various sources of renewable energy, hydropower is considered the most …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical investigation of the Savonius vertical axis wind turbine and evaluation of the effect of the overlap parameter in both horizontal and vertical …

M Ebrahimpour, R Shafaghat, R Alamian… - Symmetry, 2019 - mdpi.com
Exploiting wind energy, which is a complex process in urban areas, requires turbines
suitable for unfavorable weather conditions, in order to trap the wind from different …

Evolution and progress in the development of savonius wind turbine rotor blade profiles and shapes

N Alom, UK Saha - Journal of Solar Energy …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The blade profiles and blade shapes of vertical-axis Savonius wind turbine rotors have
undergone a series of changes over the past three decades. Wind turbine aerodynamicists …

A modified novel blade configuration proposal for a more efficient VAWT using CFD tools

I Ostos, I Ruiz, M Gajic, W Gómez, A Bonilla… - Energy conversion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
It is a priority to generate affordable and reliable energy with higher participation of
renewable energy technologies into the global energy mix to provide efficient sustainable …