Floating offshore wind turbine aerodynamics: Trends and future challenges

D Micallef, A Rezaeiha - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Offshore wind turbines present novel challenges to the field of rotor aerodynamics because
of complex behaviours associated with six degrees of freedom motions of the platform. The …

Review of vibration control methods for wind turbines

A Awada, R Younes, A Ilinca - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
The installation of wind energy increased in the last twenty years, as its cost decreased, and
it contributes to reducing GHG emissions. A race toward gigantism characterizes wind …

[HTML][HTML] On the accuracy of turbulence models for CFD simulations of vertical axis wind turbines

A Rezaeiha, H Montazeri, B Blocken - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
A comparative analysis of seven commonly-used eddy-viscosity turbulence models for CFD
simulations of VAWTs is presented. The models include one-to four-equations, namely the …

Effects of blade airfoil chord length and rotor diameter on aerodynamic performance of straight-bladed vertical axis wind turbines by numerical simulation

G Tong, Y Li, K Tagawa, F Feng - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Straight-bladed Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (SB-VAWTs) have recently attracted
much attention as they are considered to be an option for wind energy utilization, whether in …

[HTML][HTML] Towards optimal aerodynamic design of vertical axis wind turbines: Impact of solidity and number of blades

A Rezaeiha, H Montazeri, B Blocken - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
The current study systematically analyzes the impact of solidity (σ) and number of blades (n)
on the aerodynamic performance of 2-, 3-and 4-bladed Darrieus H-type vertical axis wind …

A framework for preliminary large-scale urban wind energy potential assessment: Roof-mounted wind turbines

A Rezaeiha, H Montazeri, B Blocken - Energy Conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Urban wind energy can provide a decentralized local source of energy for residential areas
and reduce the cost of energy by avoiding the losses/costs of long-distance energy …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of aerodynamic performance of vertical axis wind turbines: Impact of operational parameters

A Rezaeiha, H Montazeri, B Blocken - Energy Conversion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) have received growing interest for off-shore application
and in the urban environments mainly due to their omni-directional capability, scalability …

[HTML][HTML] Towards accurate CFD simulations of vertical axis wind turbines at different tip speed ratios and solidities: Guidelines for azimuthal increment, domain size …

A Rezaeiha, H Montazeri, B Blocken - Energy conversion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The accuracy of CFD simulations of vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) is known to be
significantly associated with the computational parameters, such as azimuthal increment …

Improvement of the aerodynamic performance of vertical axis wind turbines with leading-edge serrations and helical blades using CFD and Taguchi method

Z Wang, Y Wang, M Zhuang - Energy conversion and management, 2018 - Elsevier
The flow performance of vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs) is significantly deteriorated by
dynamic stall at low tip-speed-ratios (TSR). Dynamic stall occurs periodically during the …

[HTML][HTML] CFD simulation of cross-ventilation in buildings using rooftop wind-catchers: Impact of outlet openings

H Montazeri, F Montazeri - Renewable Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Cross-ventilation using rooftop wind-catchers is very complex as it is influenced by a wide
range of interrelated factors including aerodynamic characteristics of the wind catcher …