A Review: Approaches for Aerodynamic Performance Improvement of Lift-Type Vertical Axis Wind Turbine

Zhenzhou Zhao; Dingding Wang; Tongguang Wang; Wenzhong Shen; Huiwen Liu; Ming Chen

doi:10.1016/j.seta.2021.101789

A Review: Approaches for Aerodynamic Performance Improvement of Lift-Type Vertical Axis Wind Turbine

Zhenzhou Zhao^*, Dingding Wang, Tongguang Wang, Wenzhong Shen, Huiwen Liu, Ming Chen

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Hohai University

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Abstract

Floating vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs) display considerable advantages over horizontal-axis wind turbines (HAWTs) due to their Omni directionality, better structural scalability, and higher system stability. VAWTs are therefore experiencing a regained interest for use in large-scale offshore wind energy generation. However, the aerodynamic performance of lift-type VAWTs is lower than that of HAWTs. To provide more guidance for the performance improvement of VAWTs, this article reviews the existing approaches to aerodynamic performance enhancement from the perspectives of geometric parameters, flow control methods, blade shape modification, power augmentation devices, hybrid systems, and variable pitch control. Additionally, the findings of various investigations on the performance improvement of VAWTs are summarized.

Original language	English
Article number	101789
Journal	Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments
Volume	49
Number of pages	21
ISSN	2213-1388
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2021.101789
Publication status	Published - 2022

Keywords

Vertical axis wind turbine
Aerodynamics
Flow control
Dynamic stall
Vortex generators
Variable-pitch approach
Power augmentation device
Contra-rotating wind turbine
Performance improvement
Hybrid VAWT

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