Energy

Comparative analysis of bent and basic winglets on performance improvement of horizontal axis wind turbines

The winglet has been widely deployed in the optimization of the blade design as it reduces the tip loss of the blade and increases the …

Zhihao Zhang, Limin Kuang, Zhaolong Han, Dai Zhou, Yongsheng Zhao, Yan Bao, Lei Duan, Jiahuang Tu, Yaoran Chen, Mingsheng Chen

The mean wake model and its novel characteristic parameter of H-rotor VAWTs based on random forest method

Using the random forest (RF) algorithm, this study presented a key parameter to characterize the mean wake of H-rotor VAWTs while …

Zhikun Dong, Yaoran Chen, Dai Zhou, Jie Su, Zhaolong Han, Yong Cao, Yan Bao, Feng Zhao, Rui Wang, Yongsheng Zhao, Yuwang Xu

Aerodynamic performance assessment of φ-type vertical axis wind turbine under pitch motion

The floating vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) is considered as a competitive device in the utilization of offshore wind energy. …

Jie Su, Yu Li, Yaoran Chen, Zhaolong Han, Dai Zhou, Yongsheng Zhao, Yan Bao

Investigation of wake characteristics for the offshore floating vertical axis wind turbines in pitch and surge motions of platforms

Pitch and surge motions of platforms are two main movements of offshore floating vertical axis wind turbines when they are faced with …

Hang Lei, Jie Su, Yan Bao, Yaoran Chen, Zhaolong Han, Dai Zhou