Abstract: This case study investigates the generator of a large offshore Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT). In particular this case study focuses on the effect of the inherent cyclic torque loading of ...

You may have seen this photo online recently of EDF’s floating offshore vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT) called “Vertiwind.” It has a nameplate capacity of two megawatts. The Vertiwind will be part ...

For many environmental enthusiasts, horizontal-axis wind turbines (HAWTs) — the kind that look like windmills slowly spinning in the distance — are a pretty familiar sight. Unfortunately, there are ...

Abstract: This work presents the development of multi stages and contra-rotating (MSCR) vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) an attempt to enhance its performance and energy productivity. The efforts are ...

SeaTwirl's design rigidly mounts three VAWT blades on a long, buoyant pole with a low center of gravity and a heavy weight at the bottom acting as a keel. This sits in a static generator ring, which ...

South Australia’s Flinders University is set to trial a next-generation vertical wind turbine south of Adelaide in a research collaboration with local start-up VAWT-X Energy. Backed by private equity ...

World Wide Wind, a Norway-based company, is now developing a new type of floating Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT), as reported by Interesting Engineering. Engineers believe that the VAWT can make a ...

Vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWT) are great candidates for enabling wind power extraction in urban and off-shore applications. Unlike the commonly known horizontal-axis wind turbines (HAWT), VAWTs ...

1 Department of Engineering, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. 2 Department of Mechatronics Engineering, PAF Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan. 3 Department ...

1 Mechanical Engineering Department, Russ College of Engineering and Technology, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA. 2 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Statler College of Engineering and ...