Vertical axis wind turbines in cluster configurations

LN Azadani - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Low noise emission, aesthetic design, omni-directionality, and efficient operation in turbulent
wind conditions make vertical axis wind turbines promising devices to harness wind energy …

Darrieus vertical-axis wind turbine performance enhancement approach and optimized design: A review

Z Shen, S Gong, Z Zuo, Y Chen, W Guo - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Wind energy is a clean and renewable energy source. The Darrieus vertical-axis wind
turbine has the potential to be an efficient wind turbine with numerous applications. Various …

Floating offshore vertical axis wind turbines: Opportunities, challenges and way forward

A Arredondo-Galeana, F Brennan - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
The offshore wind sector is expanding to deep water locations through floating platforms.
This poses challenges to horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWTs) due to the ever growing …

Design optimization of a Contra-Rotating VAWT: A comprehensive study using Taguchi method and CFD

J Radhakrishnan, S Sridhar, M Zuber, EYK Ng… - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract With Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs) showing promising capabilities in the
recent years, lately there has been an increase in research towards the performance …

Advancement of tidal current generation technology in recent years: A review

Z Qin, X Tang, YT Wu, SK Lyu - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Renewable energy provides an effective solution to the problem existing between energy
and environmental protection. Tidal energy has great potential as a form of renewable …

Fish response to the presence of hydrokinetic turbines as a sustainable energy solution

S Müller, V Muhawenimana, G Sonnino-Sorisio… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Hydrokinetic turbines such as vertical axis turbines (VATs) may provide decentralised, clean,
sustainable energy for remote communities that lack access to the main energy grid or …

[HTML][HTML] Vertical-axis wind-turbine farm design: Impact of rotor setting and relative arrangement on aerodynamic performance of double rotor arrays

S Sahebzadeh, A Rezaeiha, H Montazeri - Energy Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
The impact of rotor setting and relative arrangement on the individual and overall power
performance and aerodynamics of double rotor vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) arrays is …

Colour as a behavioural guide for fish near hydrokinetic turbines

GS Sorisio, S Müller, CAME Wilson, P Ouro, J Cable - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Hydropower is a traditional and widespread form of renewable energy and vertical axis
turbines are an emerging technology suitable for low to medium velocity water bodies such …

Experimental performance and wake study of a ducted twin vertical axis turbine in ebb and flood tide currents at a 1/20th scale

M Moreau, G Germain, G Maurice - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
While studies on horizontal axis tidal turbines are plentiful, those on ducted twin vertical axis
alike HydroQuest's turbines are lacking. For such a device, both the relative counter-rotation …

Power density capacity of tidal stream turbine arrays with horizontal and vertical axis turbines

P Ouro, P Dené, P Garcia-Novo, T Stallard… - Journal of Ocean …, 2023 - Springer
Tidal and wind energy projects almost exclusively adopt horizontal axis turbines (HATs) due
to their maturity. In contrast, vertical axis turbines (VATs) have received limited consideration …