Start-up dynamics of vertical axis wind turbines: a review.

Lough, Jamie; Asim, Taimoor; Coull, Scott; Marshall, Andrew; Islam, Sheikh Zahidul; Amber, Ityona

Abstract

Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs) are becoming increasingly popular for wind power extraction due to their simpler design, lower manufacturing and maintenance costs. The omni-directionality of these power generating machines make them more suitable for operation both under lower wind speeds and highly transient winds. The key wind power extraction component of VAWTs is their rotor, which is conventionally either Drag-based or Lift-based, with the latter being more widely studied in the published literature due to its higher power coefficient compared to its counterpart. The lift-based rotor comprises of aerodynamically profiled blades, while the drag-based rotor comprises of thin cup-shaped blades. The start-up of both these types of VAWT rotors has been an area of active research in the last decade. These studies have been conducted using numerical and experimental methods focusing on key parameters related to the start-up dynamics of VAWTs. Many of these research studies complement each other's findings, however, there are also a number of aspects where there are disagreements and/or significant knowledge gaps that need to be highlighted in order to accelerate scientific efforts strategically. In the present study, we aim to address these challenges through a thorough and critical review of the published literature on VAWTs' start-up dynamics, leading towards the identification of key knowledge gaps.

Citation

LOUGH, J., ASIM, T., COULL, S., MARSHALL, A., ISLAM, S.Z. and AMBER, I. 2023. Start-up dynamics of vertical axis wind turbines: a review. Journal of physics: conference series [online], 2626: proceedings from the 2023 EERA (European Energy Research Alliance) DeepWind conference, 18-20 January 2023, Trondheim, Norway, article 012006. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2626/1/012006

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Conference Name: 2023 EERA (European Energy Research Alliance) DeepWind conference
• Conference Location: Trondheim, Norway
• Acceptance Date: Oct 16, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Nov 6, 2023
• Publication Date: Dec 31, 2023
• Deposit Date: Dec 5, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 5, 2023
• Journal: Journal of physics: conference series
• Print ISSN: 1742-6588
• Electronic ISSN: 1742-6596
• Publisher: IOP Publishing
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2626
• Article Number: 012006
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2626/1/012006
• Keywords: Vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs); Wind power; Lower wind speeds; Transient winds
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2143529