Desirable airfoil features for smaller-capacity straight-bladed VAWT

• Main Authors: Islam, Mazharul, Ting, David S-K., Fartaj, Amir
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2007
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/56612/1/7_Wind_Engineering-Desirable_Airfoil_Features-Islam_et_al-2007-JOURNAL.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/56612/; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1260/030952407781998800

In the small scale wind turbine market, the simple straight-bladed Darriues types vertical axis wind turbine (SB-VAWT) is very attractive for its simple blade design. A detailed aerodynamic performance analysis of the main aerodynamic challenges of this type of wind turbine were first discussed and...