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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2024): February 2024 Issue

Review of different vertical axis wind turbine modeling methods

Siavash Gitifar
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
Rahim Zahedi
Department of Renewable Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Saba Ziaie
Department of Physics and Energy Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Amir Mohammad Mirzaei
Faculty of Materials Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Mohammad Mahdi Forootan
Department of Energy Systems Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran

Corresponding Author(s) : Rahim Zahedi

rahimzahedi@ut.ac.ir

Future Energy, Vol. 3 No. 1 (2024): February 2024 Issue

Abstract

Wind energy can be used as an inexhaustible option for human consumption. Wind turbines offer a promising solution for off-grid areas. Darrieus turbine is one of the types of turbines that can be more efficient than other types if it is used by knowing its characteristics. The complex dynamic mechanism of the flow around the machine has led to its aerodynamic optimization problems remaining complex. This article reviews the applied methods in modeling vertical axis turbines and implicitly shows the turbine operation by presenting the results of these methods. Knowing these methods is important because each has its advantages and disadvantages and should be selected depending on the purpose of the research. One of the problems with Darrieus turbines is their poor start-up, which has been little researched so far. Finally, a suitable method that can model the start-up is introduced.

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Darrieus Wind turbine CFD Modeling Aerodynamics
Gitifar, Siavash, Rahim Zahedi, Saba Ziaie, Amir Mohammad Mirzaei, and Mohammad Mahdi Forootan. 2023. “Review of Different Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Modeling Methods”. Future Energy 3 (1):23-33. https://fupubco.com/fuen/article/view/108.
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