Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1749965 Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2015 15 Pages PDF
Abstract

This paper is about a design of an urban area Darrieus VAWT, having self-start ability due to an innovative profile design named EN0005, avoiding the need of extra components or external electricity feed-in. An approach is presented to study the ability of a blade profile to offer self-start ability. Methodologies applied for the blade body and for profile development are reported. Field tests and main conclusions are presented to persuade for the arrangement of this design.

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