Performance analysis of a smaller-capacity straight-bladed VAWT with prospective airfoils

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Islam, Mazharul, Amin, M. Ruhul, Ting, David, Fartaj, Amir
• التنسيق: Conference or Workshop Item
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) 2008
• الموضوعات: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://irep.iium.edu.my/56953/7/56953.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/56953/; https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/pdf/10.2514/6.2008-1333

Modern wind turbines are categorized as horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWTs) and vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs), which are currently being utilized for diversified applications. The basic theoretical advantages of VAWTs are: (i) they accept the wind from any direction, and (ii) the generato...