IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/renene/v238y2025ics0960148124019918.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

A novel small-scale H-type Darrieus vertical axis wind turbine manufactured of carbon fiber reinforced composites

Author

Listed:
  • Sun, Min
  • Peng, Liangchang
  • Lei, Hongshuai
  • Zhang, Jialei
  • Zhang, Zheng
  • Chen, Qiang
  • Zhang, Guang
  • Li, Jiquan

Abstract

Carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) is widely used in horizontal axis wind turbines; however, their use in vertical axis wind turbines remains uncommon. To explore the advantages of CFRP composites in vertical axis wind turbines, this study introduces a new small vertical axis wind turbine constructed from CFRP. In particular, a vacuum assisted resin infusion process was used to fabricate a carbon fiber composite blade that exhibits high strength and significantly reduced mass compared to conventional blades. A two-dimensional numerical computational model of the vertical axis wind turbine was developed using the multiple reference system model. Wind tunnel experiments were conducted to validate the numerical calculations of the wind turbine. In addition, the effects of different parameters of different materials on the power output of the wind turbine were analyzed. The self-starting performance of the small vertical axis wind turbine was thoroughly examined. It was shown that the maximum power of the wind turbine equipped with carbon fiber blades was up to 14 times greater than that of the traditional wind turbine with resin blades. Furthermore, these turbines equipped with carbon fiber blades could self-start in light breezes and operate stably even at the tip speed ratio below one.

Suggested Citation

  • Sun, Min & Peng, Liangchang & Lei, Hongshuai & Zhang, Jialei & Zhang, Zheng & Chen, Qiang & Zhang, Guang & Li, Jiquan, 2025. "A novel small-scale H-type Darrieus vertical axis wind turbine manufactured of carbon fiber reinforced composites," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 238(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:238:y:2025:i:c:s0960148124019918
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2024.121923
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148124019918
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.renene.2024.121923?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:238:y:2025:i:c:s0960148124019918. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/renewable-energy .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.