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Khudri Johari, Muhd, Muhammad Azim A Jalil, and Mohammad Faizal Mohd Shariff. "Comparison of horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT) and vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT)." International Journal of Engineering & Technology 7, no. 4.13 (October 9, 2018): 74. http://dx.doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.13.21333.

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As the demand for green technology is rising rapidly worldwide, it is important that Malaysian researchers take advantage of Malaysia’s windy climates and areas to initiate more power generation projects using wind. The main objectives of this study are to build a functional wind turbine and to compare the performance of two types of design for wind turbine under different speeds and behaviours of the wind. A three-blade horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT) and a Darrieus-type vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) have been designed with CATIA software and constructed using a 3D-printing method. Both wind turbines have undergone series of tests before the voltage and current output from the wind turbines are collected. The result of the test is used to compare the performance of both wind turbines that will imply which design has the best efficiency and performance for Malaysia’s tropical climate. While HAWT can generate higher voltage (up to 8.99 V at one point), it decreases back to 0 V when the wind angle changes. VAWT, however, can generate lower voltage (1.4 V) but changes in the wind angle does not affect its voltage output at all. The analysis has proven that VAWT is significantly more efficient to be built and utilized for Malaysia’s tropical and windy climates. This is also an initiative project to gauge the possibility of building wind turbines, which could be built on the extensive and windy areas surrounding Malaysian airports.
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Ackshaya Varshini, K. S., Alenkar K. Aswin, H. Rajan, and K. S. Maanav Charan. "Concept design and numerical analysis of hybrid solar–wind turbine." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 850, no. 1 (November 1, 2021): 012032. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/850/1/012032.

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Abstract A wind turbine is a device that converts wind energy to electrical energy. External factors such as wind speed and direction shift, as well as turbine blade design considerations, cause a significant amount of energy to be wasted throughout the conversion process. Considering all these losses, a turbine’s average efficiency is roughly 45 percent. The blades of a wind turbine are one of the most crucial factors in determining the turbine’s efficiency. The design and geometry of the blades have a direct impact on performance since it determines how much kinetic energy from the wind is converted into mechanical energy. Many concepts and technologies are being used to improve the efficiency of wind turbines while lowering their maintenance costs. Wind turbines based on their axis orientation are classified as vertical axis and horizontal axis. Vertical axis wind turbines are not as widespread as their horizontal-axis counterparts due to their lower efficiency. In this study, we will use a Savonius vertical axis wind turbine to investigate a way of enhancing its efficiency by installing solar panels on its vertical blades and determining the best performance angle at which the turbine should be kept achieving maximum efficiency. Computation fluid dynamic analysis and thermal and structural analysis has been performed to check the efficiency of the designed blade. As a result, an optimized wind turbine design has been developed.
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Khammas, Farhan Ahmed, Kadhim Hussein Suffer, Ryspek Usubamatov, and Mohmmad Taufiq Mustaffa. "Overview of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) is one of the Wind Energy Application." Applied Mechanics and Materials 793 (September 2015): 388–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.793.388.

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This paper reviews the available types of wind turbine which is one of the wind energy applications. The authors intend to give investors a better idea of which turbine is suitable for a particular setting and to provide a new outlook on vertical axis wind turbines. Wind technology has grown substantially since its original use as a method to grind grains and will only continue to grow. Vertical-axis wind turbines are more compact and suitable for residential and commercial areas while horizontal-axis wind turbines are more suitable for wind farms in rural areas or offshore. However, technological advances in vertical axis wind turbines that are able to generate more energy with a smaller footprint are now challenging the traditional use of horizontal wind turbines in wind farms. Vertical axis wind turbines do not need to be oriented to the wind direction and offer direct rotary output to a ground-level load, making them particularly suitable for water pumping, heating, purification and aeration, as well as stand-alone electricity generation. The use of high efficiency Darrieus turbines for such applications is virtually prohibited by their inherent inability to self-start.
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GALLO TORRES, MARLON, ENEKO MOLA SANZ, IGNACIO MUGURUZA FERNANDEZ DE VALDERRAMA, AITZOL UGARTEMENDIA ITURRIZAR, GONZALO ABAD BIAIN, and DAVID CABEZUELO ROMERO. "STATE OF THE ART OF SMALL WIND ENERGY ANALYSING DIFFERENT CONTROLS." DYNA 97, no. 1 (January 1, 2022): 11. http://dx.doi.org/10.6036/10376.

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There are two wind turbine topologies according to the axis of rotation: horizontal axis, "Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines" (HAWT) and vertical axis, "Vertical Axis Wind Turbines" (VAWT) [2]. HAWT turbines are used for high power generation as they have a higher energy conversion efficiency [2]. However, VAWTs are used in mini wind applications because they do not need to be oriented to the prevailing wind and have lower installation cost.
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Guo, Jia, and Liping Lei. "Flow Characteristics of a Straight-Bladed Vertical Axis Wind Turbine with Inclined Pitch Axes." Energies 13, no. 23 (November 28, 2020): 6281. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en13236281.

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Currently, vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT) are considered as an alternative technology to horizontal axis wind turbines in specific wind conditions, such as offshore farms. However, complex unsteady wake structures of VAWTs exert a significant influence on performance of wind turbines and wind farms. In the present study, instantaneous flow fields around and downstream of an innovative VAWT with inclined pitch axes are simulated by an actuator line model. Unsteady flow characteristics around the wind turbine with variations of azimuthal angles are discussed. Several fluid parameters are then evaluated on horizontal and vertical planes under conditions of various fold angles and incline angles. Results show that the total estimated wind energy in the shadow of the wind turbine with an incline angle of 30° and 150° is 4.6% higher than that with an incline angle of 90°. In this way, appropriate arrangements of wind turbines with various incline angles have the potential to obtain more power output in a wind farm.
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M. Saad, Magedi Moh. "Comparison of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines and Vertical Axis Wind Turbines." IOSR Journal of Engineering 4, no. 8 (August 2014): 27–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.9790/3021-04822730.

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Horiuchi, Kenji, Izumi Ushiyama, and Kazuichi Seki. "Straight Wing Vertical Axis Wind Turbines: A Flow Analysis." Wind Engineering 29, no. 3 (May 2005): 243–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1260/030952405774354840.

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This research examines the flow velocity characters around lift-based straight-wing vertical-axis wind turbines (SW-VAWT) by numerical simulation. The precision of the prediction technique was confirmed. Furthermore, we estimate the flow behaviour during the wind turbine rotation by using this numerical simulation technique, and evaluate the flow around the SW-VAWT. This paper presents an outline of the work and gives the results of the calculations.
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Rabelo Moraes, André, Carlos Eduardo Silva Abreu, Arthur Eduardo Alves Amorim, and Rodrigo Fiorotti. "COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS ANALYSIS OF FLOW AUGMENTATION SYSTEM APPLIED TO VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINES." Revista Ifes Ciência 8, no. 1 (September 16, 2022): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.36524/ric.v8i1.1325.

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Wind Energy, Convergent omnidirectional nozzle guide, Vertical Axis Wind Turbine, Energy Efficiency Wind energy, considered a stable alternative, can be implemented in cities by means of vertical axis wind turbines, which have better performance against turbulent flow compared to horizontal axis turbines. However, this type of turbine has not evolved technologically significantly in the last few centuries, being the horizontal axis turbines more studied and developed, due to the theoretical better efficiency of these turbines, which creates room for improvement. Therefore, vertical axis wind turbine will be studied and the performance of some enhancements will be analyzed aiming a more efficient harvesting of wind energy. In this regard, a flow augmentation system is proposed to be integrated with the wind turbine. In addition, the Lenz 2, S815 and JShaped airfoil shapes will be analyzed by Computational Fluid Dynamics – CFD technique on the ANSYS software for comparison of static torque generated by the wind turbine against wind flow for different angular positions of the turbine. Analyzing the gains obtained with the integration of the flow augmentation system proposed, achieving, this way, results regarding to cut in speed and overall efficiency of the shapes. Results show that the use of the convergent omnidirectional nozzle guide increased the overall static torque of all turbines, which would decrease the cut in speed, as well as its increased effectiveness on drag driven airfoils.
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Cho, Soo-Yong, Sang-Kyu Choi, Jin-Gyun Kim, and Chong-Hyun Cho. "An experimental study of the optimal design parameters of a wind power tower used to improve the performance of vertical axis wind turbines." Advances in Mechanical Engineering 10, no. 9 (September 2018): 168781401879954. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1687814018799543.

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In order to augment the performance of vertical axis wind turbines, wind power towers have been used because they increase the frontal area. Typically, the wind power tower is installed as a circular column around a vertical axis wind turbine because the vertical axis wind turbine should be operated in an omnidirectional wind. As a result, the performance of the vertical axis wind turbine depends on the design parameters of the wind power tower. An experimental study was conducted in a wind tunnel to investigate the optimal design parameters of the wind power tower. Three different sizes of guide walls were applied to test with various wind power tower design parameters. The tested vertical axis wind turbine consisted of three blades of the NACA0018 profile and its solidity was 0.5. In order to simulate the operation in omnidirectional winds, the wind power tower was fabricated to be rotated. The performance of the vertical axis wind turbine was severely varied depending on the azimuthal location of the wind power tower. Comparison of the performance of the vertical axis wind turbine was performed based on the power coefficient obtained by averaging for the one periodic azimuth angle. The optimal design parameters were estimated using the results obtained under equal experimental conditions. When the non-dimensional inner gap was 0.3, the performance of the vertical axis wind turbine was better than any other gaps.
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Sonune, Gaurav G., Chandani S. Bisen, Chhagendranath K. Nagmote, Akshay K. Dhongade, and Akshay B. Kathwate. "Fabrication of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine and Application." International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology 10, no. 4 (April 30, 2022): 127–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.22214/ijraset.2022.41206.

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Abstract: Wind energy is one of the renewable energy sources and the trend is positive and increasing year by year. This technology is applied widely in several regions in the world and already has maturity in technology, good infrastructure, and relative cost competitiveness. The application of structural health monitoring (SHM) is crucial especially to evaluate the performance of wind turbines in real-time assessment. One of the main advantages of this type of wind turbine is the fact that is the only one that was accepted by the environmental agencies because the special shape of the rotor doesn’t kill birds that fly in the area where these turbines are mounted. Keywords: Wind turbine, Green Energy, Energy Management, respect for the Environment, Vertical Axis Wind Turbine
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Waltham, M. R. "Sailwing vertical axis wind turbines." Thesis, University of Reading, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.316334.

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Rossander, Morgan. "Electromechanics of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Elektricitetslära, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-331844.

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Wind power is an established mean of clean energy production and the modern horizontal axis wind turbine has become a common sight. The need for maintenance is high and future wind turbines may need to be improved to enable more remote and offshore locations. Vertical axis wind turbines have possible benefits, such as higher reliability, less noise and lower centre of gravity. This thesis focuses on electromechanical interaction in the straight bladed Darrieus rotor (H-rotor) concept studied at Uppsala University. One of the challenges with vertical axis technology is the oscillating aerodynamic forces. A force measurement setup has been implemented to capture the forces on a three-bladed 12 kW open site prototype. The normal force showed good agreement with simulations. An aerodynamic torque could be estimated from the system. The total electrical torque in the generator was determined from electrical measurements. Both torque estimations lacked the expected aerodynamic ripple at three times per revolution. The even torque detected is an important result and more studies are required to confirm and understand it. The force measurement was also used to study the loads on the turbine in parked conditions. It was discovered that there is a strong dependence on wind direction and that there is a positive torque on the turbine at stand still. The results can assist to determine the best parking strategies for an H-rotor turbine. The studied concept also features diode rectification of the voltage from the permanent magnet synchronous generator. Diodes are considered a cheap and robust solution for rectification at the drawback of inducing ripple in the torque and output voltage. The propagation of the torque ripple was measured on the prototype and studied with simulations and analytical expressions. One key conclusion was that the mechanical driveline of the turbine is an effective filter of the diode induced torque ripple. A critical speed controller was implemented on the prototype. The controller was based on optimal torque control and according to the experiments and the simulations it was able to avoid a rotational speed span. Finally, the optimal torque control was evaluated for multiple turbines with diode rectification to a common DC-link. The setup can potentially reduce the overall complexity of wind farms. The simulations suggest that stability of the system can be obtained by controlling the DC-link load as a semi constant voltage. The thesis is based on nine papers of which six are treated in the thesis summary.
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Roynarin, Wirachai. "Optimisation of vertical axis wind turbines." Thesis, Northumbria University, 2004. http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/1655/.

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A practical Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWTs) based on a Darrieus rotor has been designed and tested and found to be capable of self-starting at wind speeds above 4m/s. The self-start feature has been achieved by replacing the usual symmetrical aerofoil blade in the VAWT rotor and by using a concentric Savonius rotor or semi-cylinder turbine. A computer program was produced to compute the power coefficient versus tip speed ratio characteristics of a selected aerofoil profile employed in a VAWT. The program accounts for chord length, pitch angle, number of blades, and rotor radius at any wind speed. The published data from 40 aerofoil sections were assessed, taking into account the two main criteria — self-starting and efficiency. Computational fluid dynamics software (ANSYS, Flotran) has been used to investigate the lift and drag performance of a NACA 66-212 and NACA 4421 aerofoils in order to check the computer program predictions. Excellent agreement was obtained for the static aerofoil assessment, but only after special ICEM Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) meshing interface routines were utilised. However, agreement between the theoretical and published results was not good for the rotating aerofoils in a VAWT. Thus, further CFD work was not pursued and in preference, an experimental route was initiated. In the first series of wind tunnel tests involving three candidate profiles, good agreement was found between the experimental results and the mathematical models. The aerofoils chosen were the NACA 661-212, the 51223 and the Clark-Y standard aerofoils. A number of prototype VAWTs were fabricated and tested for the influence of the blade pitch angle, the chord length ratio, with 2 or 3 blades. The aerofoil surfaces were made from aluminium sheet with a standard surface finish. The prototype designs were tested in the Northumbria University low speed wind tunnel facility - the models were 0.4 m. high with a 0.4 m diameter. The torque versus wind speed characteristics were recorded and analysed. The S 1223 profile was found to be self-starting with high efficiency. This model generated a high power coefficient of about 0.3 at a tip speed ratio of 1.2. The second series of tests were carried out in field sites in the UK with a 2 m diameter straight—bladed Darrieus rotor prototype with 3 blades using the S1223 blade section. Three field trials were undertaken in the UK to produce realistic performance characteristics for wind conditions of 4-10 m/s. The maximum power coefficient of this machine was found to be 0.18 at a tip speed ratio of 1.2. In addition, an alternative semi-cylinder turbine combined with a Darrieus rotor was fabricated and tested in the UK. It demonstrated the advantage that it could self-start at lower wind speeds, that is 3m/s but delivers approximately 50% less power than that obtained from the first proposed design. A final phase of testing was carried out with an enlarged and modified 3 m diameter prototype installed at a shrimp farm in Thailand to demonstrate how the unit could be used to replace an equivalent 2 HP 2-stroke diesel engine and hence eliminate its inherent emission pollution problems. A Savonius rotor was fitted to the prototype to improve self-start capabilities at a wind speed of 4 m/s for a practical application which by its nature required a high starting torque. The designs are easy to fabricate, low cost, pollution free and have been demonstrated to be ideal for applications in developing countries where there are sufficient wind resources.
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Pearson, Charlie. "Vertical axis wind turbine acoustics." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2014. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/245256.

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Increasing awareness of the issues of climate change and sustainable energy use has led to growing levels of interest in small-scale, decentralised power generation. Small-scale wind power has seen significant growth in the last ten years, partly due to the political support for renewable energy and the introduction of Feed In Tariffs, which pay home owners for generating their own electricity. Due to their ability to respond quickly to changing wind conditions, small-scale vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) have been proposed as an efficient solution for deployment in built up areas, where the wind is more gusty in nature. If VAWTs are erected in built up areas they will be inherently close to people; consequently, public acceptance of the turbines is essential. One common obstacle to the installation of wind turbines is noise annoyance, so it is important to make the VAWT rotors as quiet as possible. To date, very little work has been undertaken to investigate the sources of noise on VAWTs. The primary aim of this study was therefore to gather experimental data of the noise from various VAWT rotor configurations, for a range of operating conditions. Experimental measurements were carried out using the phased acoustic array in the closed section Markham wind tunnel at Cambridge University Engineering Department. Beamforming was used in conjunction with analysis of the measured sound spectra in order to locate and identify the noise sources on the VAWT rotors. Initial comparisons of the spectra from the model rotor and a full-scale rotor showed good qualitative agreement, suggesting that the conclusions from the experiments would be transferable to real VAWT rotors. One clear feature observed in both sets of spectra was a broadband peak around 1-2kHz, which spectral scaling methods demonstrated was due to laminar boundary layer tonal noise. Application of boundary layer trips to the inner surfaces of the blades on the model rotor was found to eliminate this noise source, and reduced the amplitude of the spectra by up to 10dB in the region of the broadband peak. This method could easily be applied to a full-scale rotor and should result in measurable noise reductions. At low tip speed ratios (TSR) the blades on a VAWT experience dynamic stall and it was found that this led to significant noise radiation from the upstream half of the rotor. As the TSR was increased the dominant source was seen to move to the downstream half of the rotor; this noise was thought to be due to the interaction of the blades in the downstream half of the rotor with the wake from the blades in the upstream half. It was suggested that blade wake interaction is the dominant noise source in the typical range of peak performance for the full-scale QR5 rotor. Different solidity rotors were investigated by using 2-, 3- and 4-bladed rotors and it was found that increasing the solidity had a similar effect to increasing the TSR. This is due to the fact that the induction factor, which governs the deflection of the flow through the rotor, is a function of both the rotor solidity and the TSR. With a large body of experimental data for validation, it was possible to investigate computational noise prediction methods. A harmonic model was developed that aimed to predict the sound radiated by periodic fluctuations in the blade loads. This model was shown to agree with similar models derived by other authors, but to make accurate predictions very high resolution input data was required. Since such high resolution blade loading data is unlikely to be available, and due to the dominance of stochastic sources, the harmonic model was not an especially useful predictive tool. However, it was used to investigate the importance of the near-field components of the sound radiated by the wind tunnel model to the acoustic array. It was shown that the near-field terms were significant over a wide range of frequencies, and the total spectrum was always greater than that of the far-field component. This implied that the noise levels measured by the acoustic array represented an upper bound on the sound radiated to the far-field, and hence that the latter would also be dominated by stochastic components. An alternative application of the harmonic model, which attempted to determine the blade loading harmonics from the harmonics in the sound field was proposed. This inversion method utilised a novel convex optimisation technique that was found to generate good solutions in the simulated test cases, even in the presence of significant random noise. The method was found to be insensitive at low frequencies, which made it ineffective for inverting the real microphone data, although this was shown to be at least partly due to the limitations imposed by the array size. In addition to the harmonic models, an empirical noise prediction method using the spectral scaling laws derived by \citet*{Brooks_1989} was trialled, and was found to be capable of making predictions that were in agreement with the measured data. The model was shown to be sensitive to the exact choice of turbulence parameters used and was also found to require good quality aerodynamic data to make accurate noise predictions. If such data were available however, it is expected that this empirical model would be able to make useful predictions of the noise radiated by a VAWT rotor.
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Elmabrok, Ali Mohammed. "The aerodynamics of vertical axis wind turbines." Thesis, University of Manchester, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.629477.

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One of the operational problems encountered with vertical axis wind turbines is their low starting torque. A number of analytical methods were investigated to see whether they could predict the starting performance of vertical axis turbines. The chosen methods used " actuator disc theory" for both single and multiple streamtubes. Two different forms of the multiple streamtube model are applied, one using a single actuator disc and the other using two discs in tandem. The computational analysis of all models simulates the blade aerodynamics throughout the full range of incidence from -180° to 180°. The effects of varying various geometric parameters of the windmill upon the performance of the rotor are investigated to find a design with improved self starting characteristics. The best agreement between theory and experiment was obtained using the multiple streamtube (double disc) method. Savonius rotors have been commonly employed as " starters "for Darrieus turbines. A new analytical method has been developed to model the performance characteristics of the Savonius rotor. In this method the blade is divided up into small elements, and each element is treated as a thin airfoil. The rotor torque and power are computed taking into account the blades' motion, the blade shape and momentum consideration. This method shows good agreement with experimental results for a variety of Savonius rotors.A new experimental technique has been developed to provide information about the variation of torque within a cycle. These results have been used as a check on all the theoretical methods. The agreement between these experimental results and the theoretical methods show that they predict both the time averaged and the instantaneous performance.
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D'Ambrosio, Marco, and Marco Medaglia. "Vertical Axis Wind Turbines: History, Technology and Applications." Thesis, Halmstad University, Halmstad University, School of Business and Engineering (SET), 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-4986.

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In  this  Master Thesis  a  review  of  different  type  of  vertical  axis  wind turbines (VAWT)  and  a preliminary investigation of a new kind of VAWT are presented.

After an introduction about the historical background of wind power, the report deals with a more accurate analysis of the main type of VAWT, showing their characteristics and their operations. The aerodynamics of the wind turbines and a review of different type on generators that can be used to connect the wind mill to the electricity grid are reported as well.

Several statistics are also presented, in order to explain how the importance of the wind energy has grown  up  during  the  last  decades  and  also  to  show  that  this development  of  the  market  of  wind power  creates  new  opportunity  also  for VAWT,  that  are  less  used  than  the  horizontal  axis  wind turbine (HAWT).

In the end of 2009 a new kind of vertical axis wind turbine, a giromill 3 blades type, has been built in Falkenberg, by the Swedish company VerticalWind. The tower of this wind turbine is made by wood,  in  order  to  get  a  cheaper  and  more environment  friendly  structure,  and  a  direct  driven synchronous multipole with permanent magnents generator is located at its bottom. This 200 kW VAWT represents the intermediate step between the 12 kW prototype, built in collaboration with the Uppsala University, and the common Swedish commercial size of 2 MW, which is the goal of the company.

A  preliminary  investigation  of  the  characteristics  of  this  VAWT  has  been done, focusing  in particular on the value of the frequency of resonance of the tower, an important value that must be never reached during the operative phase in order to avoid serious damage to all the structure, and on the power curve, used to evaluate the coefficient of power (Cp) of the turbine. The results of this investigation and  the steps  followed  to  get  them  are  reported.  Moreover  a  energy production analysis of the turbine has been done using WindPro, as well as a comparison with and older type on commercial VAWT.

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Bülow, Fredrik. "A Generator Perspective on Vertical Axis Wind Turbines." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Elektricitetslära, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-197855.

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The wind energy conversion system considered in this thesis is based on a vertical axis wind turbine with a cable wound direct drive PM generator. Diode rectifiers are used to connect several such units to a single DC-bus and a single inverter controls the power flow from the DC-bus to a utility grid. This work considers the described system from a generator perspective i.e. the turbine is primarily seen as a torque and the inverter is seen as a controlled load. A 12 kW VAWT prototype with a single turbine has been constructed within the project. The power coefficient of this turbine has been measured when the turbine is operated at various tip speed ratios. This measurement determines both how much energy the turbine can convert in a given wind and at what speed the turbine should be operated in order to maximise the energy capture. The turbine torque variation during the revolution of the turbine has also been studied. A PM generator prototype has been constructed in order to study power loss in the stator core at low electrical frequencies. Heat exchange between the stator and the air-gap between the stator and the rotor has been studied. Heat exchange between the stator and the air-gap is increased by turbulence caused by the rotor. The generator was also used in a demonstration of a DC-grid where two diode rectified PM generators supplied power to a single DC load.  An initial study of an inverter suitable for grid connection of the 12 kW PM generator has been performed. Several turbine control strategies are evaluated in simulations. The control strategies only require the parameter "turbine speed" to determine the optimal system load.
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Scheurich, Frank. "Modelling the aerodynamics of vertical-axis wind turbines." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2011. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/2897/.

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The current generation of wind turbines that are being deployed around the world features, almost exclusively, a three-bladed rotor with a horizontal-axis configuration. In recent years, however, a resurgence of interest in the vertical-axis wind turbine configuration has been prompted by some of its inherent advantages over horizontal-axis rotors, particularly in flow conditions that are typical of the urban environment. The accurate modelling of the aerodynamics of vertical-axis wind turbines poses a significant challenge. The cyclic motion of the turbine induces large variations in the angle of attack on the blades during each rotor revolution that result in significant unsteadiness in their aerodynamic loading. In addition, aerodynamic interactions occur between the blades of the turbine and the wake that is generated by the rotor. Interactions between the blades of the turbine and, in particular, tip vortices that were trailed in previous revolutions produce impulsive variations in the blade aerodynamic loading, but these interactions are notoriously difficult to simulate accurately. This dissertation describes the application of a simulation tool, the Vorticity Transport Model (VTM), to the prediction of the aerodynamic performance of three different vertical-axis wind turbines - one with straight blades, another with curved blades and a third with a helically twisted blade configuration - when their rotors are operated in three different conditions. These operating conditions were chosen to be representative of the flow conditions that a vertical-axis wind turbine is likely to encounter in the urban environment. Results of simulations are shown for each of the three different turbine configurations when the rotor is operated in oblique flow, in other words when the wind vector is non-perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the rotor, and also when subjected to unsteady wind. The performance of the straight-bladed turbine when it is influenced by the wake of another rotor is also discussed. The capability of the VTM to simulate the flow surrounding vertical-axis wind turbines has been enhanced by a dynamic stall model that was implemented in the course of this research in order to account for the effects of large, transient variations of the angle of attack on the aerodynamic loading on the turbine blades. It is demonstrated that helical blade twist reduces the oscillation of the power coefficient that is an inherent feature of turbines with non-twisted blades. It is also found that the variation in the blade aerodynamic loading that is caused by the continuous variation of the angle of attack on the blades during each revolution is much larger, and thus far more significant, than that which is induced by an unsteady wind or by an interaction with the wake that is produced by another rotor. Furthermore, it is shown that a vertical-axis turbine that is operated in oblique flow can, potentially, produce a higher power coefficient compared to the operation in conditions in which the wind vector is perpendicular to the axis of rotation, when the ratio between the height of the turbine and the radius of the rotor is sufficiently low.
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Möllerström, Erik. "Vertical Axis Wind Turbines : Tower Dynamics and Noise." Licentiate thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Energiteknik, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-242267.

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Vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) have with time been outrivaled by the today common and economically feasible horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWTs). However, VAWTs have several advantages such as the possibility to put the drive train at ground level, lower noise emissions and better scaling behavior which still make them interesting for research. The work within this thesis is made in collaboration between the Department of Construction and Energy Engineering at Halmstad University and the Division for Electricity at Uppsala University. A 200 kW VAWT owned by the latter and situated close to Falkenberg in the southwest of Sweden has been the main subject of the research even if most learnings has been generalized to fit a typical vertical turbine. This particular turbine has a wooden tower which is semi-guy-wired, i.e. the tower is both firmly attached to the ground and supported by guy-wires. This thesis has two main topics both regarding VAWTs: eigenfrequency of the tower and the noise generated from the turbine. The eigenfrequency of a semi-guy-wired tower is studied and an analytical expression describing this is produced and verified by experiments and simulations. The eigenfrequency of the wire itself and how it is affected by wind load are also studied.  The noise characteristics of VAWTs have been investigated, both theoretically and by noise measurement campaigns. Both noise emission and frequency distribution of VAWTs has been studied. The work has resulted in analytical expressions for tower and wire eigenfrequency of a semi-guy-wired tower as well as recommendations for designing future towers for VAWTs. The noise emission of VAWTs has been studied and proven low compared to HAWTs. The noise frequency distribution of the 200 kW VAWT differs significantly from that of a similar size HAWTs with for example lower levels for frequencies below 3000 Hz.
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Eriksson, Sandra. "Direct Driven Generators for Vertical Axis Wind Turbines." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala : Acta Universitatis Uppsaliensis, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-9210.

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Elmabrok, Ali Mohammed. The aerodynamics of vertical axis wind turbines. Manchester: University of Manchester, 1995.

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K, Pope, and Naterer Greg F, eds. Normalized power correlation for a vertical axis wind turbine with varying geometries. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2009.

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Jerry, Kennard, and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, eds. Development of large, horizontal-axis wind turbines. [Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1985.

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Sørensen, Jens Nørkær. General Momentum Theory for Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22114-4.

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Madsen, Peter Hauge. Design turbulence loads on horizontal-axis wind turbines. Roskilde, Denmark: Riso National Laboratory, 1986.

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Kocurek, D. Lifting surface performance analysis for horizontal axis wind turbines. Golden, Colo: Solar Energy Research Institute, 1987.

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Center, Lewis Research, United States. Dept. of Energy. Wind Energy Technology Division, and University of Toledo, eds. Wake effects on the aerodynamic performance of horizontal axis wind turbines. Cleveland, Ohio: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Lewis Research Center, 1985.

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Center, Lewis Research, United States. Dept. of Energy. Wind Energy Technology Division., and University of Toledo, eds. Wake effects on the aerodynamic performance of horizontal axis wind turbines. Cleveland, Ohio: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Lewis Research Center, 1985.

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Center, Lewis Research, United States. Dept. of Energy. Wind Energy Technology Division., and University of Toledo, eds. Wake effects on the aerodynamic performance of horizontal axis wind turbines. Cleveland, Ohio: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Lewis Research Center, 1985.

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H, Hubbard Harvey, and Langley Research Center, eds. Sound propagation studies for a large horizontal axis wind turbine. Hampton, Va: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Langley Research Center, 1985.

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Nelson, Vaughn. "Vertical Axis Wind Turbines." In Innovative Wind Turbines, 63–90. First edition. | Boca Raton, FL : CRC press/Taylor & FrancisGroup, [2020]: CRC Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003010883-4.

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Mukinović, Merim, Gunther Brenner, and Ardavan Rahimi. "Analysis of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines." In Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design, 587–94. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14243-7_72.

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Yusof, A., and M. R. Mohamed. "Vertical Axis Wind Turbines: An Overview." In Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, 821–35. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2317-5_68.

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Koch, Grady, and Elias Koch. "The Vertical-Axis Turbine." In LEGO Wind Energy, 29–55. Berkeley, CA: Apress, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4439-5_3.

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Mukinović, Merim, Gunther Brenner, and Ardavan Rahimi. "Aerodynamic Study of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines." In Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, 43–49. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14438-7_4.

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De Tavernier, Delphine, Carlos Ferreira, and Anders Goude. "Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine Aerodynamics." In Handbook of Wind Energy Aerodynamics, 1317–61. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31307-4_64.

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De Tavernier, Delphine, Carlos Ferreira, and Anders Goude. "Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine Aerodynamics." In Handbook of Wind Energy Aerodynamics, 1–44. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05455-7_64-1.

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De Tavernier, Delphine, Carlos Ferreira, and Anders Goude. "Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine Aerodynamics." In Handbook of Wind Energy Aerodynamics, 1–45. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05455-7_64-2.

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Dumitrescu, Horia, Vladimir Cardoş, and Ion Mălăel. "The Physics of Starting Process for Vertical Axis Wind Turbines." In Springer Tracts in Mechanical Engineering, 69–81. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16202-7_7.

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Pagnini, Luisa, Giuseppe Piccardo, Maria Pia Repetto, and Giuseppe Riotto. "Dynamic Identification of a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine." In Wind Energy Exploitation in Urban Environment, 165–75. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13531-7_10.

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Conference papers on the topic "Vertical axis wind turbines"

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Graham, J. M. R., Joaquim Peiro, and John M. Rainbird. "Post-stall airfoil performance and vertical-axis wind turbines." In 33rd Wind Energy Symposium. Reston, Virginia: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2015-0720.

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Simao Ferreira, Carlos, Matthew F. Barone, Alessandro Zanon, Rody Kemp, and Pietro Giannattasio. "Airfoil optimization for stall regulated vertical axis wind turbines." In 33rd Wind Energy Symposium. Reston, Virginia: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2015-0722.

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Parra-Santos, Teresa, Armando Gallegos-Muñoz, Miguel A. Rodriguez-Beneite, Cristobal Uzarraga-Rodriguez, and Francisco Castro-Ruiz. "Numerical Modeling of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines." In ASME 2014 4th Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting collocated with the ASME 2014 12th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/fedsm2014-21356.

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This paper aims to predict the performance of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT), hence the modeling of kinetic energy extraction from wind and its conversion to mechanical energy at the rotor axis, is carried out. The H-type Darrieus turbine consists of three straight blades with shape of aerofoil attached to a rotating vertical shaft. The criterion on the selection of this kind of turbines, despite its reduced efficiency, is the easy manufacture in workshops. A parametric study has been carried out to analyze the camber effect on the non dimensional curves of power coefficient so that the self starting features as well as the range of tip speed ratio of operation could be predicted.
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Nagare, Pranit, Arnav Nair, Rammohan Shettigar, Pratibha Kale, and Prasanna Nambiar. "Vertical axis wind turbine." In 2015 International Conference on Technologies for Sustainable Development (ICTSD). IEEE, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ictsd.2015.7095839.

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Plourde, B. D., J. P. Abraham, G. S. Mowry, and W. J. Minkowycz. "Wind-Tunnel Tests of Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine Blades." In ASME 2011 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability. ASMEDC, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/es2011-54604.

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An ongoing research project is investigating the potential of locating vertical-axis wind turbines (WT) on remote, off-grid cellular communication towers. The goal of the WT is to provide local power generation to meet the electrical needs of the tower. While vertical-axis devices are less efficient than their more traditional horizontal-axis counterparts, they provide a number of practical advantages which make them a suitable choice for the present situation. First, the direction of their axis is aligned with the existing tower and its rotation does not interfere with the tower structure. Second, vertical-axis devices are much less susceptible to the direction of wind and they do not require control-systems to ensure they are oriented correctly. Third, vertical-axis turbines have very low start-up wind speeds so that they generate power over a wide range of speeds. Fourth, since vertical-axis turbines rotate at a slower speed compared with horizontal counterparts, they impart a lessened vibration load to the tower. These facts, collectively, make the vertical-axis turbine suitable for the proposed application. The design process involved a detailed initial design of the turbine blade using computational methods. Next, a trio of designs was evaluated experimentally in a large, low-speed wind tunnel. The wind tunnel is operated by the University of Minnesota’s St. Anthony Falls Fluid Laboratory. The tunnel possesses two testing sections. The larger section was sufficient to test a full-size turbine blade. Accounting was taken of the blockage effect following the tests. The experiments were completed on (1) a solid-wing design (unvented), (2) a slotted-wing design (vented), and (3) a capped-and-slotted design (capped). Conditions spanned a wide range of wind speeds (4.5–11.5 m/s). The turbines were connected to electronics which simulated a range of electrical loads. The tested range was selected to span the expected range of resistances which will be found in practice. It was discovered that over a range of these wind speeds and electrical resistances, slots located on the wings result in a slight improvement in power generation. On the other hand, the slotted-and-capped design provided very large increases in performance (approximately 200–300% compared with the unvented version). This large improvement has justified commercialization of the product for use in powering remote, off-grid cellular communication towers.
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Petruzela, Michal, and Vojtech Blazek. "3D simulation of the vertical axis wind turbines." In 2017 18th International Scientific Conference on Electric Power Engineering (EPE). IEEE, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/epe.2017.7967299.

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RAJAGOPALAN, R., and PAUL KLIMAS. "Aerodynamic interference of two vertical axis wind turbines." In 6th Applied Aerodynamics Conference. Reston, Virigina: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1988. http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.1988-2534.

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Schovanec, Cory, and Ramesh K. Agarwal. "Airborne Wind Energy Application using Multiple Vertical Axis Wind Turbines." In AIAA AVIATION 2021 FORUM. Reston, Virginia: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2021-2594.

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Ennis, Brandon. "Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines: a Solution for Floating Offshore Wind?." In Proposed for presentation at the AWEA Offshore. US DOE, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1826446.

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Mohammed, Abdul Akbar, and V. Mustafa. "An Easily Programmable Analysis Approach for Vertical Axis Wind Turbines." In Eighth Asia-Pacific Conference on Wind Engineering. Singapore: Research Publishing Services, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.3850/978-981-07-8012-8_293.

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Everett, Clint. Assessing wind energy potential for vertical axis wind turbines on the Tilikum Crossing. Portland State University Library, January 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.15760/honors.256.

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Griffith, D. Todd, Matthew F. Barone, Joshua Paquette, Brian Christopher Owens, Diana L. Bull, Carlos Simao-Ferriera, Andrew Goupee, and Matt Fowler. Design Studies for Deep-Water Floating Offshore Vertical Axis Wind Turbines. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), June 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1459118.

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Ennis, Brandon Lee, and D. Todd Griffith. System Levelized Cost of Energy Analysis for Floating Offshore Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), August 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1466530.

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Mallick, Kaushik, Don Radford, Nate Bachman, David Snowberg, Michael Stewart, and W. Scott Carron. Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) with Thermoplastic Composite Blades. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), November 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1650138.

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Bull, Diana L., Matthew Fowler, and Andrew Goupee. A Comparison of Platform Options for Deep-water Floating Offshore Vertical Axis Wind Turbines: An Initial Study. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), August 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1150233.

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Searcy, Chad, Steve Perryman, Dilip Maniar, D. Todd Griffith, and Brandon Lee Ennis. Optimal Floating Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine Platform Identification Design and Cost Estimation. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), August 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1466529.

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Ralph, M. Data logger for the 34-meter vertical axis wind turbine test bed. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), April 1990. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/6909607.

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Mitchell, M., and A. Murphy. Fatigue behavior of vertical axis wind turbine airfoils with two weld configurations. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), October 1989. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/5414835.

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Stephenson, W. A. Test plan for the 34 meter vertical axis wind turbine test bed located at Bushland, Texas. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), December 1986. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/6672744.

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Author, Not Given. Advanced horizontal axis wind turbines in windfarms. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), January 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1216673.

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