Vertical Axis Wind Turbines: Current Technologies and Future Trends
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 June 2024 | Viewed by 217
Special Issue Editors
Interests: vertical-axis wind turbines; horizontal-axis wind turbines; cost reduction of wind turbines; aerodynamics; computational fluid dynamics; blade element momentum theory; over-speed control of wind turbines; wind turbine wake; closely spaced arrangements of VAWT; interaction between wind turbines; phase synchronization; aeroelastic analysis; fatigue analysis; wind power; fluid mechanics; renewable energy
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Interests: energy saving; educational technology; fluid mechanics; turbulence; wind tunnel experiment
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Dear Colleagues,
Wind power has now become a major power source. The majority of it is produced via the large horizontal-axis wind turbine (HAWT), the size of which continues to increase. However, the difficulty of increasing its size has become apparent, and reducing the impact on the environment has also become an issue. In order to achieve carbon neutrality, it is necessary to pursue every possibility, and there are great expectations for the widespread use of vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs) and the resolution of these problems. Wind farms using small, low-cost VAWTs is considered to be one such promising technique. However, there is still a lack of research and technological development for VAWTs, which generate more complex flow fields around them and larger load fluctuations than HAWTs do. Increasing the size of VAWTs is also a major target of the wind power field.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to collate original papers and review papers on various topics related to vertical-axis wind turbines, and to investigate new possibilities of vertical-axis wind turbines.
Prof. Dr. Yutaka Hara
Prof. Dr. Yoshifumi Jodai
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT)
- aerodynamics related to VAWT
- computational fluid dynamics of VAWT
- blade element momentum theory of VAWT
- reduction in costs of VAWT
- control of VAWT
- wake analysis of VAWT
- wind farm of VAWT
- closely spaced arrangements of VAWTs
- interaction between VAWTs
