A Micro-Scale Cyclone-Wind Turbine for Rooftop Ventilator

Design Optimization of a Cost-Effective Micro Wind Turbine

The aim of this paper is to investigate the performance of a specially designed micro wind turbine for urban environment where the wind speed is usually low. Differing from the traditional wind turbine that can be connected directly to the grid, the micro wind turbine is linked to a small generator and mainly used for local applications. The advantage of the micro wind turbine is that, apart fr...

Innovative design procedures for large-scale wind turbine blades

cost-effective, lightweight, large-scale wind turbine blades. Material costs are continuously changing, and the use of glass fibres (E-, Sand R-glass) and carbon fibre should be explored considering density/cost, specific stiffness and strength. The various fibre angles should also be used to best meet the design requirements. Rather than just a straight blade, various blade geometries should b...

Hybrid Communication Network Architectures for Monitoring Large-Scale Wind Turbine

Nowadays, a rapid development in wind power technologies is occurring compared with other renewable energies. This advance in technology has facilitated a new generation of wind turbines with larger capacity and higher efficiency. As the height of the turbines and the distance between turbines increases, the monitoring and control of this new generation wind turbines presents new challenges. Th...

Wind Flow Analysis of Twisted Savonius Micro-Turbine Array

This paper provides a computational analysis of wind impact on different geometric configurations of Savonius turbines proposed and previously studied in specialized literature. As a result of comparative analysis of turbines, we performed a flow analysis over a microturbine array, proposed a twisted Savonius turbine respecting its original profile, and subjected it to a comparative analysis of...

Rooftop Solar Arrays and Wind Loading