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A review on small scale wind turbines

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  1. Thé, Jesse & Yu, Hesheng, 2017. "A critical review on the simulations of wind turbine aerodynamics focusing on hybrid RANS-LES methods," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 138(C), pages 257-289.
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  3. Osvaldo Rodriguez-Hernandez & Manuel Martinez & Carlos Lopez-Villalobos & Hector Garcia & Rafael Campos-Amezcua, 2019. "Techno-Economic Feasibility Study of Small Wind Turbines in the Valley of Mexico Metropolitan Area," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(5), pages 1-26, March.
  4. Trentin, Pedro Francisco Silva & Martinez, Pedro Henrique Barsanaor de Barros & dos Santos, Gabriel Bertacco & Gasparin, Elóy Esteves & Salviano, Leandro Oliveira, 2022. "Screening analysis and unconstrained optimization of a small-scale vertical axis wind turbine," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 240(C).
  5. Tadas Zdankus & Jurgita Cerneckiene & Andrius Jurelionis & Juozas Vaiciunas, 2016. "Experimental Study of a Small Scale Hydraulic System for Mechanical Wind Energy Conversion into Heat," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 8(7), pages 1-18, July.
  6. Momeni, Farhang & Sabzpoushan, Seyedali & Valizadeh, Reza & Morad, Mohammad Reza & Liu, Xun & Ni, Jun, 2019. "Plant leaf-mimetic smart wind turbine blades by 4D printing," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 130(C), pages 329-351.
  7. Caio Cesar Moreira Chagas & Marcio Giannini Pereira & Luiz Pinguelli Rosa & Neilton Fidelis da Silva & Marcos Aurélio Vasconcelos Freitas & Julian David Hunt, 2020. "From Megawatts to Kilowatts: A Review of Small Wind Turbine Applications, Lessons From The US to Brazil," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(7), pages 1-25, April.
  8. Bao, Mupeng & Xie, Yudong & Zhang, Xinbiao & Ju, Jinyong & Wang, Yong, 2023. "Performance improvement of a control valve with energy harvesting," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 263(PC).
  9. von Rüden, Lea & Satola, Barbara & Reininghaus, Nies & Kröner, Michael & Vehse, Martin & Dyck, Alexander & Agert, Carsten, 2025. "GIS-based technical analysis of the local renewable energy production potentials of farms in Germany," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 212(C).
  10. Peng Wang & Daorina Bao & Mingzhi Zhao & Zhongyu Shi & Fan Gao & Feng Han, 2023. "The Design, Analysis, and Optimization of a New Pitch Mechanism for Small Wind Turbines," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(18), pages 1-25, September.
  11. Liu, Shibo & Zhang, Lijun & Lu, Jiahui & Zhang, Xu & Wang, Kaifei & Gan, Zhenwei & Liu, Xiao & Jing, Zhengjun & Cui, Xudong & Wang, Hang, 2025. "Advances in urban wind resource development and wind energy harvesters," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 207(C).
  12. Ma, Ning & Lei, Hang & Han, Zhaolong & Zhou, Dai & Bao, Yan & Zhang, Kai & Zhou, Lei & Chen, Caiyong, 2018. "Airfoil optimization to improve power performance of a high-solidity vertical axis wind turbine at a moderate tip speed ratio," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 150(C), pages 236-252.
  13. Kuang, Limin & Su, Jie & Chen, Yaoran & Han, Zhaolong & Zhou, Dai & Zhang, Kai & Zhao, Yongsheng & Bao, Yan, 2022. "Wind-capture-accelerate device for performance improvement of vertical-axis wind turbines: External diffuser system," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 239(PB).
  14. Mintra Trongtorkarn & Thanansak Theppaya & Kuaanan Techato & Montri Luengchavanon & Chainuson Kasagepongsarn, 2021. "Relationship between Starting Torque and Thermal Behaviour for a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator (PMSG) Applied with Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(16), pages 1-13, August.
  15. Huang, Huilan & Luo, Jiabin & Li, Gang, 2023. "Study on the optimal design of vertical axis wind turbine with novel variable solidity type for self-starting capability and aerodynamic performance," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 271(C).
  16. Akhter, Md Zishan & Ali, Ahmed Riyadh & Jawahar, Hasan Kamliya & Omar, Farag Khalifa & Elnajjar, Emad, 2023. "Performance enhancement of small-scale wind turbine featuring morphing blades," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 278(C).
  17. Cemil Yigit, 2020. "Effect of Air-Ducted Blade Design on Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Performance," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(14), pages 1-15, July.
  18. Małgorzata Stępień & Michał Kulak & Krzysztof Jóźwik, 2020. "“Fast Track” Analysis of Small Wind Turbine Blade Performance," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(21), pages 1-16, November.
  19. Ismail Kamdar & Shahid Ali & Juntakan Taweekun & Hafiz Muhammad Ali, 2021. "Wind Farm Site Selection Using WAsP Tool for Application in the Tropical Region," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(24), pages 1-25, December.
  20. Sungmok Hwang & Cheol Yoo, 2021. "Health Monitoring and Diagnosis System for a Small H-Type Darrieus Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(21), pages 1-18, November.
  21. Tavakol Aghaei, Vahid & Ağababaoğlu, Arda & Bawo, Biram & Naseradinmousavi, Peiman & Yıldırım, Sinan & Yeşilyurt, Serhat & Onat, Ahmet, 2023. "Energy optimization of wind turbines via a neural control policy based on reinforcement learning Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 341(C).
  22. Rizzo, Santi Agatino, 2025. "To be Artificial Intelligence for sustainability or not to be sustainable Artificial Intelligence," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 223(C).
  23. Shakil Rehman Sheikh & Syed Hassan Raza Shah & Umar Rauf & Fawad Rauf & Zareena Kausar & Umair Aziz & Muhammad Faizan Shah & Haseeb Yaqoob & Muhammad Bilal Khan Niazi, 2021. "A Low-Cost Sustainable Energy Solution for Pristine Mountain Areas of Developing Countries," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(11), pages 1-18, May.
  24. Junseon Park & Seungjin Lee & Joong Yull Park, 2020. "Effects of the Angled Blades of Extremely Small Wind Turbines on Energy Harvesting Performance," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 8(8), pages 1-15, August.
  25. Ahmed G. Abo-Khalil & Saeed Alyami & Khairy Sayed & Ayman Alhejji, 2019. "Dynamic Modeling of Wind Turbines Based on Estimated Wind Speed under Turbulent Conditions," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(10), pages 1-25, May.
  26. Matthew Gough & Mohamed Lotfi & Rui Castro & Amos Madhlopa & Azeem Khan & João P. S. Catalão, 2019. "Urban Wind Resource Assessment: A Case Study on Cape Town," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(8), pages 1-20, April.
  27. Wang, Junlei & Geng, Linfeng & Ding, Lin & Zhu, Hongjun & Yurchenko, Daniil, 2020. "The state-of-the-art review on energy harvesting from flow-induced vibrations," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 267(C).
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  29. Pagnini, Luisa & Piccardo, Giuseppe & Repetto, Maria Pia, 2018. "Full scale behavior of a small size vertical axis wind turbine," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 127(C), pages 41-55.
  30. Nguyen, Van-Dang & Jansson, Johan & Goude, Anders & Hoffman, Johan, 2019. "Direct Finite Element Simulation of the turbulent flow past a vertical axis wind turbine," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 135(C), pages 238-247.
  31. Badawy, Youssef E.M. & Nawar, Mohamed A.A. & Attai, Youssef A. & Mohamed, Mohamed H., 2023. "Co-enhancements of several design parameters of an archimedes spiral turbine for hydrokinetic energy conversion," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 268(C).
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  33. Toni Pujol & Albert Massaguer & Eduard Massaguer & Lino Montoro & Martí Comamala, 2018. "Net Power Coefficient of Vertical and Horizontal Wind Turbines with Crossflow Runners," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(1), pages 1-24, January.
  34. Zi Lin & Xiaolei Liu & Ziming Feng, 2020. "Systematic Investigation of Integrating Small Wind Turbines into Power Supply for Hydrocarbon Production," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(12), pages 1-16, June.
  35. Yao, Leyi & Liu, Zeyuan & Chang, Weiguang & Yang, Qiang, 2023. "Multi-level model predictive control based multi-objective optimal energy management of integrated energy systems considering uncertainty," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 212(C), pages 523-537.
  36. Stefan Arens & Sunke Schlüters & Benedikt Hanke & Karsten von Maydell & Carsten Agert, 2020. "Sustainable Residential Energy Supply: A Literature Review-Based Morphological Analysis," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(2), pages 1-28, January.
  37. Can Kang & Wisdom Opare & Chen Pan & Ziwen Zou, 2018. "Upstream Flow Control for the Savonius Rotor under Various Operation Conditions," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(6), pages 1-20, June.
  38. Luis Acevedo & Javier Uche & Alejandro Del Almo & Fernando Círez & Sergio Usón & Amaya Martínez & Isabel Guedea, 2016. "Dynamic Simulation of a Trigeneration Scheme for Domestic Purposes Based on Hybrid Techniques," Energies, MDPI, vol. 9(12), pages 1-25, November.
  39. Zhang, Sanxia & Luo, Kun & Yuan, Renyu & Wang, Qiang & Wang, Jianwen & Zhang, Liru & Fan, Jianren, 2018. "Influences of operating parameters on the aerodynamics and aeroacoustics of a horizontal-axis wind turbine," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 160(C), pages 597-611.
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