Analysis of the design parameters related to a fixed-pitch straight-bladed vertical axis wind turbine

• Main Authors: Islam, Mazharul, Fartaj, Amir, Carriveau, Rupp
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sage Publications 2008
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/56609/1/10_WE_DESIGN_PARAMETERS-ISLAM_ET_AL_2008.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/56609/; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1260/030952408786411903

The fixed-pitch straight-bladed vertical axis wind turbine (SB-VAWT) is one of the simplest types of wind turbine. One of the main challenges of wide spread application of the smaller-capacity SB-VAWT is to design and develop it in a cost-effective manner. The overall cost of the SB-VAWT will mainly...